IN THE DARK;
CHAPTER EIGHT
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' who are you in the dark?'

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The squad was currently in the brief room for an emergency meeting. Desiree was talking with Rosa while Adelaide and Callie were chatting with Jake and Charles.

"Whoa, Detective Santiago." Terry said as Amy walked into the room in a pink dress and heels.

"Big date tonight. How do I look?" She asked he colleagues.

"Well I think you look." Jake started before tapping his phone which made a weird donkey noise making Callie give him a weird look. "Sorry, that was supposed to be a catcall. I don't know how this works." Jake informed the brunette before she took a seat.

"Hey is this why you getting makeup tips from the prostitute in the holding cell?" Rosa asked as her and Desi looked at her with an intrigued expression.

"I just wanted to know how she got such smoky eyes. Turns out it was an STD rash." She responded with a slight frown.

"Detective Peralta has made a collar in the jewelry store heist." Captain Holt announced as he walked into the room.

"Way to go Jakey." Charles congratulated as Callie rose her hand for a high five.

"Ah that's okay." He spoke as he pushed Callies hand down.

"No. He didn't get sufficient evidence to make it stick so we have the next 48 hours to fix his mistake." Holt continued making the detectives groan in frustration

"Damn it Jake." Callie groaned as he put her face in her hands for a moment.

"Whay evidence did you have when you arrested this guy?" Desiree asked him.

"Soem pretty ironclad stuff." Jake replied before explaining to the group that he had seen him for questioning before arresting him. "Case closed?" He stuttered with a worries expression as Desiree shook her head in disappointment.

"If we don't find something conclusive, it jeopardizes the case and opens up the department to a lawsuit. So cancel your plans. We're here until this is over." Holt informed the group who groaned again.

"Damn it Peralta." Adelaide groaned as she threw her arms in the air, though she way a CSI she knew that the Captain would make her stay.

"Ow." He huffed when he felt a ball of paper hit him.

"I know everyone's mad at Peralta for ruining their weekend." Holt spoke.

"But..?" Jake asked hoping for one.

"That was it. I was just demonstrating for detective Peralta what a fact it is."

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"So looks like we're gonna be here for a while. Should someone do a coffee run?" He paused when he saw all the annoyed faces stare at him.

"You know what Coffee's on me. Oh But no froofy Frappuccinos or anything, I've only got like 10 bucks." Jake continued before Callie and Amy marched over and snatched the money from him.

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Callie, Desi, Adelaide and Rosa walked into the Precinct the following morning looking like fresh daisies. Since they lived close they were able to go home. Callie let her best friends stay over the night.

"Morning." Desiree sang as she walked in with her coffee and sunglasses on.

"Ugh. I can't believe you two live nearby and you won't let anyone crash at your place." Jake groaned as he rubbed his eyes.

"You people already know to much about me. Especially these three." Rosa said as she pointed to Callie, Desi and Adelaide who smiles slightly.

" I only know three facts about you. One of them is that you won't let anyone crash at your place."

"Is that a night gown?" Callie questioned Amy when she saw her in a large white shirt.

"Its mine. It's a Tshirt from my fat phase." Terry started as Amy nodded her head in confirmation.

"If at first you secede, try tru again." Adelaide read from the back of the shirt.

"When you're that big you buy anything that fits. Alot of fat guy clothes have racist overtones." Terry informed the group making Desiree sigh.

"Okay Amy let's get you cleaned up. Here is an Espresso with two shots, a breakfast sandwich and a choc chip muffin. And I drove to your house this morning and got you a change of clothes and soke extra stuff." Callie informed the blonde as she took placed the food on her desk as well as the duffel bag.

"Thank you, you're a life saver." She cheered as she hugged the blonde.

"Its what a friend would do. I should made you crash at my place."

"I said know because I knew you would have to deal with Desiree and Adelaide all night and I wouldn't want to be there.

"Heyy." Desiree pouted making Amy and Callie laugh before they all went to the brief room

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"Okay, a couple quick announcements. First I met our night Janitor Ronald . If any of you are missing hand sanitizer, he drank it. Second, our warrants went through. We gotta place Whitman at the scene and prove that he either posed or stole those diamonds." Jake informed the group of officers.

"I know you're all tired, but don't forget why we're here." Holt consoled.

"Because we're dedicated detectives." Jake assumed.

"Because Peralta." Holt stated.

"Yep."

"Get to work." Holt ordered before leaving the room.

"So we both had good answers." Jake said as he tried to lighten the mood.

"This isn't a joke. You're ruining our weekend." Amy complained.

"Okay, I'm sorry you had to cancel dinner with your dad."

"Date. I had a date."

"Hey, if Jake says the guy did it, that usually means the guy did it." Callie told them.

"Thank you, everyone listen to Callie."

"Nope I'm still bloody furious at you." Callie barked with her arms crossed.

"Okay, no one listen to Callie. She's clearly an accomplice to this crime. I'm gonna go take another crack at Whitman." Jake spoke as he started to leave the room.

"You've been in there like five times. What are you gonna do? Annoy him into talking?" Adelaide teased.

"Haha." Jake faked as he left the room with a guitar.

"Oh Lord please tell me he's not doing the Guitar thing." Callie begged as she put her head in her arms.

He returned a few minutes later and told everyone that it didn't work.

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Callie and Amy walked into the breakroom where Jake was, the former with her deodorant.

"Please, I'm begging you." Callie pleaded as she placed the deodorant in front of him.

"Ohh fair enough." He groaned after sniffing his arm pit.

"Yeah."

"That's for women. At least I'll smell like you now." He said as he nudged her with his elbow slightly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Callie asked with a chuckle, while trying to hide the slight warmth on her cheeks.

"You always smell so nice."

"So you smell me, Peralta?" She questioned with a raised eyebrow at his response.

"Of course I do. I breathe when we have our hugging sessions so of course I'm going to smell you."

"What ever Jake. " Callie said as he and Amy chuckled as she took off her glasses.

"These your glasses?" Jake asked as he picked up the pink frames.

"Mm hmm." Amy confirmed

"They're gigantic."

"My contacts dried out, thanks to you and they're cool." Amy assured.

"No, they're not. Wow, you are blind blind." Jake spoke making Amy agree as Callie tried on the Glasses.

"Woah. Dude you are blind! You are ten times worse than I am." Callie stated after taking them off, blinking a few times to get her vision back.

"You wear glasses?" Amy asked the blonde.

"Yeah but I only wear them at home." Callie said while handing the glasses back to Amy.

"You only wear them at home, I've seen you in glasses." Jake blurted, he was talking about the day it happened.

"How come Jake's the only one who's seen you in glasses?" Amy questioned the blonde and brunette while they both made a slight 'oh shit' face and looked at eachother.

"Well..huh not just him...obviously...Desiree has seen me in glasses, Addy, my mother." She paused and gasped slightly when she hit the trash can while trying to back out the room. "My sisters ... brother...my dog...did I mention my mother... yeah i mentioned my mother...I'm gonna go now." She rambled some more before dashing out the room.

That made Jake smile slightly which Amy noticed quite clearly.

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It had been a couple hours and Jake and Amy were currently in the break room going through some footage.

"This is killing me." Jake complained.

" Good." Amy started.

"Die." Callie finished before the two girls stretched their hands up and high fives eachother from their positions on the couch.

"You know, if it does come to that, I have but one wish before i go." Jake started making the two women look at him.

"Can i please put your glasses on my penis? I just think that will be really funny." Jake suggested making Amy pout and Callie throw a pen at him.

After a couple minutes they got some pie and moved to the table where Jake was.

"Nothing." Amy grunted as her head rested on her palm.

"Wait, wait, wait. This guy, 5'9 or 5'10, black knit cap." Callie pointed out when she spotted him.

"Come on, come on, come on. Gotcha." Jake chanted when he paused on the right moment so they could see his face.

"Ugh it's not him." Amy complained.

"Let's just arrest this guy. Who even cares anymore." Callie suggested before eating a piece of her pie.

"So how'd my new best friend take it when you cancel on him again?" Jake asked the brunette.

"Don't know, hasn't called me back. Which is what always happens, because its impossible to be a cop and date." Amy sighed as she finished up her pie.

"I feel you there girl." Callie commented making Amy nod in agreement.

"Amy, look. There's a guy out there with incredibly low standards and a super weird soul patch. And he is waiting for you." Jake started as Callie printed out the picture and took it

"Amy, my patch tingles for you. We will wed on the isle of New Jersey. Our first dance will be to Jessie's girl, because my name is definitely Jessie." Callie imitated in a deep male like voice.

"Its so Romantic." Amy chuckled before her and Callie just laughed for a few moments.

"Hey guys." Scully greeted as he entered the room.

"Hey."

"Yeah, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that my saltwater taffy place was closed." Scully told the trio with a sad expression.

"And the good news?" Holt asked the older detective.

"Whitman's alibi checked out. Security footage from Torque show's he was there."

"That's not good news, Scully. That's bad news" Callie responded.

"Right. That is bad news. Sorry it's on me."

"No detective Scully it's on Peralta." Holt stated.

"No Captain, that's on Rodriguez." He paused when the blonde punched him on the shoulder. "Its It's on me it's still in me."

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It had a couple more hours and now Amy and Jake were talking in front Callies desk who was focusing on her work at the moment but a certain work made her ears perk up for a moment.

"Wait did you say locked up?" The blonde asked the male brunette.

"Yeah why?"

"Come with me."she said before she clasped his hand and pulled him to the break room.

She explained to him what she had just figured out and they made their way to the Captain's office.

"First off that's a terrible threat. Jake would love to have a statue of himself in the middle of a dance club." Callie pointed out.

"Second. Do me a favor, take a look at this picture, and tell me what you see." Jake said as he lifted open the file.

"You and Regis Philbin." Dustin answered.

"Awesome right? Surprisingly down to earth guy and definitely not the picture I meant to show you. But take a look at this." He continued before moving the picture.

"That's right you and your old cell mate Marcus Cole. And here he is again outside the jewelry store." Callie explained before moving another picture from the pile.

"The two of you planned this in prison. You taught him your M.O, he pulled off the Robery, you got yourself and alibi and you split the loot." Jake concluded before taking the picture of Marcus.

" Oh Man I can't believe he caught us." He paused the imitation before moving to the picture of him and Regis. "Of course he did, Peralta and Rodriguez are the best." He paused again switching back to him normal voice." Aw, thanks, Reg."

"That's enough." Holt said to him.

"Yeah he needs to work on his Regis. Anyway, see ya in jail, Whitman." Callie stated before singing the last part and leaving with Jake.

"Another win for Peralta and Rodriguez." Jake exclaimed when they reached the break room

"We are a really good team aren't we?" Callie stated as they locked eyes for a moment.

"Yeah we really are." He paused for a moment, not realizing that once again, Rosa, Desiree, Addy, Amy and even Gina were watching. " But for real thanks for the help." Jake thanked the blonde.

"You know I'd anything for you , right?" Callie assured to him.

"I do now." He responded with a smile before the two hugged.

"Those two are so in love." Gina stated making all the girls nod their heads from where they were sitting.

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