This is what boredom looks like.
From Derrick to Victoria:
Mistaken texts - From Cole to Derrick:
From Mike to Derrick:
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
50: Strange Bedfellows – Pt. 2
*Author's note: Please excuse the lighting in some sections. I experienced a crash or two and forgot to dim them/color them flame.*
A steady stream of light, yellow in color with an orange hue
beamed down onto Victoria’s face as she awakened. Still clad in her underwear,
she lay sprawled out on her extra soft silk comforter doing her best to
convince her body to move. She sat up on the edge of the bed and stretched, wincing
from the pain in her neck. Every muscle in her body felt sore but it was the
good kind. Glancing over her shoulder she found herself staring into the charming
smile and reason behind the ache in her lower back and thighs. “What?” she
asked of the cocky expression on Derrick’s face.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
49: Strange Bedfellows – Pt. 1
“Nana, please answer your phone! This is close to my 10th
message and I’ve still not heard back from you.” Victoria sighed and switched
ears, successfully managing to multitask while prepping breakfast for her and
Derrick. She flipped the skillet, tossing the pancake up and catching it before
lowering the heat on the burner. “It’s really important I talk to you. I need
to know what to do next. Call me back, please.”
“Still haven’t heard from Loretta?” Derrick’s voice took her
by momentary surprise.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Sunday, October 5, 2014
48: To Hell and Back- Pt. 3
*Warning: Amazingly horrific photoshop!*
“You think maybe we should have left Loretta a note, you
know, just in case?”
“Oh sure like what? ‘Hey Nana, Derrick and I teleported to a
Hell dimension but we should be back soon, pick you up a knickknack on the way
home, love you!’?”
“Well not quite as sarcastic but yeah. Her magic is more
practiced, Victoria, and if something were to go wrong here with us, we’d have
an anchor to help pull us back.” Derrick explained as the two made their way
towards the ruined cathedral. “I’m glad you’re feeling better. I was really
worried.”
“What? Oh, yeah. Sorry if I scared you. But I actually feel
stronger.”
“No, don’t be silly, Victoria. I shouldn’t have fed from
you. I could have really…I could have killed you.”
Sunday, September 21, 2014
47: To Hell and Back- Pt. 2
Victoria awoke with a dark haze looming over her eyes.
Grogginess clouded her mind like thick smoke billowing from a chimney on a cold
winter’s morning. She blinked hard and shook her head to try and clear the fog.
Standing on unsure footing, she immediately stumbled into a wall, knocking over
a tray of fresh baked breads. “What? Where am I?” she wondered, dazed and
confused.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
46: To Hell and Back - Pt. 1
Derrick stood as Loretta entered the den where he sat with
his head lowered into his hands thinking about the woman laid up in the back
bedroom. His eyes moved to hers solemnly and took in the grim expression of her
stare as she pinned him in place in the middle of the room. Slowly he forced
his legs to move forward coming to stop just in front of his old friend as he
glanced up the stairs in a gesturing motion. “How is she?” he asked and tucked
his hands into his pockets, removing them and anxiously folding them in front
of him.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
45: The Walls Between Us – Pt. 3
“Tommy Calabrese is
currently in police custody. He is being held at the Avondale Police Department
until a bail hearing is set. In a move that shocked millions around the country
including members of his own family the long time Italian Godfather and rumored
gangster has confessed to his part in over a dozen unsolved homicides including
the recent assassination and beheading of Former Avondale Police Detective
Michael Rizzitello’s brother and sister-in-law. Stay tuned to WXKY Channel 10
News for more on this developing story.” Every station in town and even some national media outlets were all covering
the same story. Last week, Tommy ‘The Breeze’ Calabrese had turned himself in.
For many it had come as a surprise but for Victoria and Mike, it was a long
time coming.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
44: The Walls Between Us – Pt. 2
“Derrick?” Victoria called as she rounded the corner to his
living room. He was sitting in his favorite chair reading and looked up at her
with a smile as she entered.
“Hello, Beautiful!”
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t know you had company. I’ll um; I’ll
come back a little later when you’re alone.”
“Victoria?” She stopped and turned to face him as he slid
from his seat and started towards her. “What are you talking about? I don’t
have any company.” Glancing over his shoulder, the man she saw sitting on the
couch beside him was gone and she gasped.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
43: The Walls Between Us – Pt. 1
Victoria awoke with a start, her eyes slowly adjusting to
the ginger candlelit hue of the room she laid in as her hands rubbed over her
face. Her damp tresses swept wildly over her head and she brushed them back
sleepily as she sat up. Air from the vent above the bed licked at her exposed
flesh, causing her nipples to alert her of the cool conditions of the room and
she pulled the blanket tighter over her shoulders.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
42: The Burning Question – Pt. 3
“Victoria, what are you doing out here?” Derrick asked in
shock as he opened his front door to find the detective dripping wet on his welcome mat. “It’s pouring rain, you could get sick!” He replied and reached a hand toward her with genuine concern. A quiver of awareness edged through her body at the mere touch of his
hand on her cheek. And there it was again.
Victoria had tried to fight the urge to face him; to walk up
to his door and see him after the fool she’d made of herself the night of
Devereux’s party. And yet she allowed her legs to carry her here. And now she
stood in front of the one man who, for the past week, had been avoiding her. Pulling
away as if she’d been burned by his fingers, she took a step back, blinking
several times to gather her wits about her. He watched her with his eyes
narrowed and expectant, waiting for her to speak.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
41: The Burning Question – Pt. 2
This isn’t right, this
can’t be happening right now, Victoria thought as she stood in the waiting
room listening to the Doctor tell her they were doing their best to stabilize
Mike. She couldn’t understand what he was saying, as if all of a sudden the
doctor spoke a different language and none of this was real. There was no way
she was standing in front of this man listening to him tell her that her
partner may not pull through or that he may not be able to continue in his line
of work.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
40: The Burning Question – Pt. 1
“How’s Derrick?” Mike asked with a smile hopping back in the
car after finishing his second round of checkpoints. “I’ve been meaning to have you thank him for me for the Murray’s gift basket. It’s just as good as I remember. I am curious how he knew what I liked. Then again my pillow talk usually doesn’t involve meats…well, not those kind anyway.”
Victoria responded with a simple shrug but couldn’t help noticing the presumptuous smirk on her partner’s face. “He’s fine I guess,” she answered, choosing to ignore his comment about pillow talk. “I’ll be sure to give him your message.”
“You guess? You mean you didn’t ask this morning when you left his
place?”
“Nice try Mike, but Derrick and I are friends. It’s not like
we talk every day.”
“Really? Still just friends huh?”
“Uh yeah, just friends.”
“Ah ok. Given the way you two were working the dance floor
at the party, one would assume, and rightfully so, that you’ve finally moved
passed that point.”
“Well you’d be assuming wrong.”
Friday, May 16, 2014
New episode this Sunday!
Chapter 40: The Burning Question - Pt. 1
A stakeout...
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A stakeout...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
39: Truth and Consequence – Pt. 3
“Who’s a vampire gotta kill to get a bloody drink around
here?” A tall, blonde haired man standing beside Victoria growled in a thick
English accent as he turned and rested against the bar. Leaning towards her she
could see the ice blue chill of his eyes and the fangs that stuck prominently
from either side of his jaw as he smiled seductively at her.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
38: Truth and Consequence – Pt. 2
“What the hell are you doing here?” Cole growled as he
opened his front door to find Derrick standing in the hallway. “Get lost before
I stake you.”
Derrick smiled sinisterly and inched closer towards the
threshold causing Cole to take one step back from the door. “Been reading up
have we? Preparing for a war Cole? Because trust me when I say I’m decidedly
better armed for whatever it is you think you can do to me but I didn’t come
here looking for a fight. I came on Victoria’s behalf; she needs you.”
Sunday, March 2, 2014
37: Truth and Consequence – Pt. 1
“Hey,” Derrick smiled as Victoria opened the door to let him
inside. “I got your message, sorry I didn’t get here sooner but I had to make a
pit stop.” His fingers tapped lightly on the top of a box he was holding as he
made his way towards her living room.
“It’s ok I was just going over some of the evidence from the
last few crime scenes hoping to see some sort of connection. Nothing’s jumped
out at me yet though. You look nice tonight. New coat? Did I cut your date
short or something?”
“Date, right. No not at all, Victoria. I’m not sure if you’ve
noticed this or not but it’s sort of snowing outside.”
“Oh trust me I’ve noticed and I’m hoping it doesn’t stick. It was freezing in here too and I don’t care for a white Christmas. I
wasn’t aware that you felt the cold though; given that you’re body temperature
is oh, dead. As for me, I was about to just give up on this thing and go
upstairs to my blanket.”
“Mmm was that an invitation?”
Sunday, February 23, 2014
36: The Unlikely Duo – Pt. 3
“Derrick! What are you doing here?” Victoria asked in a
whisper trying her best to close the front door behind her.
“Uh, I thought you could use some help talking to your Mom.”
“What? No I don’t need help at all actually I can handle my
Mom. You need to get out of here, now.”
“What? I specifically said ‘no, Derrick, you aren’t invited’.”
“Ah, I thought you meant on the ride up, so I flew,” he smirked teasingly.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
35: The Unlikely Duo – Pt. 2
Victoria waited near the jeep as Derrick headed inside the
gate. The sun was starting to set and she had a sudden feeling of being
watched. Pushing off of her truck, she paced a little around the trunk looking
over the cars parked in the lot around her. With the exception of the traffic
moving over the freeway nearby, all was quiet. She shook off the sense of dread
and sighed heavily, glancing at the clock on the town hall tower a few blocks
away. “Come on, Derrick. How long is this gonna take.”
Monday, February 10, 2014
34: The Unlikely Duo – Pt. 1
“Hey, Vik, someone’s here to see you,” Lou yelled from the
bullpen towards the lounge. It was another hectic day at work and the precinct
was a flurry of activity. Police officers dressed in their blues milled about
shuffling papers back and forth to different departments as several
conversations shot off in every corner of the building concerning one case or
another.
With twenty-one active homicides and another three
aggregated from burglary, the detective’s bureau was stretched pretty thin.
Victoria had been working longer nights, some shifts totaling 48 hours without
breaks and she was doing all she could to stay on her feet and get her desk
cleared but it wasn’t easy. Between the gallons of coffee and tea she consumed
she had about a dozen witness testimonies to sift through and a handful of
interrogations to conduct.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
33: I Fall to Pieces – Pt. 3
“What the hell are you doing here?” Victoria asked taking Jake’s arm and quickly leading him into her garage away from possible prying eyes. “Are you crazy? Why would you come here?”
“Derrick asked me to check on you so I came. Why? What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong? Jake! You’re dead! How do you think it looks for a dead man to suddenly show up at the doorstep of the detective who investigated his murder? What the hell was Derrick thinking asking that of you? I can’t have you here! You can’t just up and walk into my driveway whenever you want!”
Sunday, January 26, 2014
32: I Fall to Pieces – Pt. 2
“What’s this?” Derrick growled as Perry dropped a stack of papers in front of him.
“It’s inventory from last night’s restock and sales report
for the last week.”
“I didn’t ask for this, I only wanted the morning paper.”
“Why? So you can see what that detective is up to? Planning
on stalking more crime scenes in hopes of catching a glimpse of her?” Perry
asked as he started for the door.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
31: I Fall to Pieces – Pt. 1
“I’m walking out my door as we speak,” Victoria spoke into
the microphone of her earpiece as she juggled her bags and an evidence box in
her hands and opened her front door to find Cole standing on her stoop with a
smile. “Uh Mike, I’ll see ya when I get to work alright? Cole!”
“Hey!” he grabbed the box from her hands and started towards
her car with her.
“Hey! It’s been a while since you’ve dropped by. How are
you?”
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