Cops, Bombs & Firemen - A Blue Bloods story

2: First Date & A Surprise

Grace groaned as she felt something warm and wet on her hand. She opened her eyes and smiled as she saw Bandit, her brother's Basset Hound, staring at her.

"Hey sweet boy, if you're here that means your Daddy is working a four on, four off shift, huh." she said as she scratched him behind the ears.

She got out of bed and walked into the kitchen with the dog on her heels. She stopped when she saw her brother Dylan standing at the sink with a bowl of cereal.

"Morning sis." he said with a mouth full of food.

"And you wonder why you're still single. Please tell me there is coffee." she said shaking her head.

"Only because you agree to keep Bandit for me while I am at the station, and because you don't nag me to get a haircut." he said as he pushed his dirty blonde hair out of his eyes and poured her a cup.

"Thanks, sounds like you've been talking to Mom, she's the only one who normally says anything about your hair." Grace replied as she fixed her coffee.

"I have, she wants me to find a nice girl, and says that I need a haircut and a shave for that to happen." he said with a shrug.

"She just tells me that I need to work less to meet a guy...oh and to flash more leg." Grace grinned.

"Well you do have better legs than I do little sis. How was the wedding last night?" he asked teasingly.

"It was good, I had to go by myself, but it was good. Fun actually." Grace answered as she toasted a bagel.

"I thought Luca was going with you?" Dylan asked.

"He was, but he got called into the hospital at the last minute." Grace explained.

Luca had been one of Grace's best friends since high school, and was a nurse at St. Victor's. It didn't hurt that when he went places with her, he deterred guys from hitting on her. Her brothers loved that fact, even if he was gay.

"Did Jeff call you last night?" Grace asked as she ate her breakfast.

"He did, asked if I wanted to hang out tonight. I would have said yes if I wasn't about to do a four day stretch. What about you?" he asked.

"Yeah, I have a date tonight, or I would have said yes too. Hopefully Andy is free. Jeff sounded kinda depressed, maybe we can take him out soon, cheer him up." Grace suggested.

"Wait, what date? With who?" Dylan asked suspiciously.

"His name is Jamie, we met at the wedding. He seemed nice, we exchanged numbers and he asked me out. We are going out after my meeting tonight." Grace answered rolling her eyes.

Grace was used to her brothers being overprotective about her love life. She was the only girl, and the baby, so she figured that it was normal for them to feel like they had a say in it. But at times like this, it made her wish that she had been an only child.

"He better be nice, if not, just say the word and we will take care of him." Dylan said.

"Thanks big bro, I will keep that in mind. Now I have to get ready for work, so I will see you later. Love you." she said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Love you too Brat." he said before giving Bandit a belly rub on his way out the door.

Grace stuck her tongue out at the closed door before she headed back to her room to get ready. She dressed in red shirt dress and flats since she knew that she would be in meetings most of the day, and kept her hair and makeup simple by just pulling her hair into a ponytail and applying clear lip gloss. Then she made sure that Bandit was taken care of before heading out the door for the day.