Knock Out * 5

Stella parked her black Toyota sports car in the driveway of her white picket fence house. She was a little alarmed. Mike was home early. As she walked inside, and shut the door, silence filled her ears. She placed her car keys on the porcelain pan in the small hallway, and walked her way into the kitchen. She found Mike, sitting at the table, leaned back against the chair, with a beer in his hand.
"Hey.." She said, smiling a little.
"Saw you at the coffee shop with your new buddy. Who is he."
"My new partner." She said, opening a cabinet, and grabbing a can of Campbells vegetable soup.
"Your new partner."
"Yeah. Nate. We had a long day at this safe house.. helping people with cases and stuff. He asked if I wanted a cup of coffee."
"So, you said yes."
"Yes, Mike. I said yes. He's my partner and asked if I wanted a cup of coffee after the job." She said, dumping the can of soup into a pot she'd taken out of the cabinet under the counter.
"Don't raise your voice at me!" He yelled, turning her around and pressing her up against the counter. "I didn't do a fucking thing to you but ask a question and you think you can raise your voice to me? Who the fuck are you?"
"How much have you had to drink?" She asked, shoving him away from her gently.
He raised his hand fast, bringing it down across her face.
"Now my drinking's the problem?!"
Fresh tears filled her eyes as the sting on her face began to get worse. She kept her head turned, avoiding his eyes.
"I'm going out."
"Again?" She mumbled, brushing off her cheeks.
"Don't talk back to me!"
It was like someone shut the lights off in her head as she hit the floor. Nothing new to her though.

ERNT. ERNT. ERNT. ERNT. ERNT.
Nate rolled over, almost falling off his oversized bed. Slapping his hand against the alarm on his end table, get slowly sat himself up in bed, rubbing his hands against his face.
Four AM Wake up call. Getting up from his bed, he walked out of his room, down the hall, and then down the stairs. Walking into his kitchen in just loose boxers, he pressed the button on the coffee maker, and walked out of the kitchen, and back upstairs. A week of working with Stella, loving it, and now he had a day off. A day. As in one. He never took more than one day off. He'd go mental if he did. Dressing in shorts, a sweatshirt, and running shoes, he grabbed his iPod on the dock and ran down the stairs. He was out the door fast, out in the cool air, running. He felt good, real good running. As his feet hit the hard pavement, and Switchfoot played in his ears, he ran through the breeze of the 4 AM world.
As the weeks went by, and Stella and Nate won more cases together, he really began to like having a girl as a partner, but that didn't mean anything changed with him. He was still quiet, he was still reserved, and Stella was still spunky and ready to go get the baddies.

Nate took his break the usual way. He spent the day in front of the television, watching the news, and reading up on the cases he'd accumulated with Stella. When Monday came around once again, he was up, and back to work, happy to be back to work. But, as he walked into the office, he could feel something was off.
"Mornin' big and bad." His best friend Jason said from behind him.
Nate turned around fast, grinning.
"What's going on, man?"
"Nothing much, filling in for your partner today. Any idea on why?"
"Stella's not here?" Nate turned around, looking at her desk. It was empty.. which was odd.
"Day two, bro. She was supposed to come in yesterday.. but she didn't show either."
Nate pulled his phone out of his pocket, and punched in the number to speed dial on his phone that would give him a direct call to Stella's line.
"Hey, this is Stella. You've reached my voice mail. Leave me a message and I'll get back to you soon."
BEEP.
"Fuck this shit." Nate said, pulling his keys out of his pocket.
"Nate.." Jason called after his friend as he ran out of the department floor. "Nate! Ah jeez.."

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[MrYoungzman]

I THOUGHT I COMMENTED~

Anywhoo.

Nate wouldn't like this.

[00dancequeen10]

oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo abuseeeeeeeeeeeee

ABUSEEEEEEEe

lol ernt ernt ernt

you so cute

[ssechman]

oh man I love this please post another pwetty pwease ^_^

[mrztopazeyes95]

Go get her, Nate. You know you liike her, you want to kiss her, you think she's prettyyy... :p