Tyler's P.O.V
I woke up at five-thirty to start getting ready. I dressed in my usual attire plus a Colombia zip-up for extra warmth. I pulled my hair into a low ponytail and feed Chewy.
I go downstairs and Daniel is in the kitchen eating breakfast. "I made you a plate." he nods to the plate on the island next to his, "Thanks." I say going to the fridge to get an apple juice.
"Were you serious last night, when you told James that you wouldn't let me see him anymore if I got home late?" I look up at him and take a bite.
"Not a hundred percent, I know he makes you really happy I couldn't take him from you like permanently. But if he gets you home late again maybe I'll have to suspend him from you." he chuckles at the end.
"So how'd you get me approved for a ride-along?" I finish my food and drink my juice. "Well I'm a Sargent so they can't really deny me." he shrugs with a smile.
I put my dishes in the sink, throw my bottle away and take my insulin. "Okay you ready?" he asks as I zip up my little backpack with my insulin and stuff.
"Yeah." I say and we head out the front door, "Okay when we get to the station we have to get you a pass, you're going to have to go through a metal detector to make sure you have no weapons on you. And they'll go through your bag, it'll go through an X-ray machine like at the airport. Now since you have needles they'll go through your bag but it'll get tagged as medical so you can carry it." he says backing out of the driveway.
The drive to the station is only about fifteen minuets, he parks his car by the other troopers and we head in. We get to the metal detectors and Daniel takes off his belt and puts it and his phone in the plastic tub on the side, he walks through then it's my turn.
I take off my backpack and put it and my phone in the next tub and go through, the machine beeps. This catches all the cops around us attention, I look at Daniel he looks confused, "My Dexcom." I whisper and place my hand over my shirt where its at.
He nods and looks to the guy working the detectors, he's scanned my bag and of course, that causes more alarms with my needles. "She's diabetic, she has a Dexcom on, and in the bag is her insulin." the guy nods handing me my stuff back. He nods us on signaling that we can continue on our way.
"Another reason I hate diabetes," I mutter as we head down the long hallway, I hear Daniel laugh behind me. "You know I don't know why I agreed to come here, cops make me nervous." I say as we pass a group of them by the coffee machine.
"Why?" he asks holding a door open for me, "I don't know, just something about yall is frightening. Like when you wear regular clothes you're like a teddy bear, except when you're threatening James of course. But the second you're in your uniform it like freaks me out." I look over at him and he has this expression on his face, not of like hurt or anything but I'm not quite sure how to explain it.
"Okay, let's get you a pass then I can take you to my office." he goes to this box and pulls out a pass and puts it on a lanyard handing it to me. I put it on and we leave the room and go down another hall.
We get to an office that has a little plaque on it that says 'Sargent'. "So I need to do something real quick then I can give you a tour and we can hit the road." he sits behind his desk and pulls out some files.
"So even though you're a Sargent you still do rounds and stuff?" I sit in the chair across from his desk. "Yeah, I really liked being on the street, being a Sargent just gives me more power and better pay." he scribbles some stuff down then closes the file and stands up.
He goes to the door and I follow him, we leave and head out to a big room with a bunch of desks and cops all around.
He stops at a desk where a young guy with red hair sits. "Here's that report you needed." he says putting it down on the officers' desk, "Thanks, who's this?" he asks looking at me.
"This is Tyler my daughter, Tyler this is officer Richard's a rookie." Daniel introduces us. "Oh she's the autistic one right?" he looks over at Daniel who nods.
"Hi. Nice... to.. meet.. you." he says loudly and with pauses in between each word. I blink at him then look over to Daniel, "Does he think that because I'm autistic that I'm stupid?" Daniel lets out a little snort and I see Officer Richard's face drop.
"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that." he apologizes. "Yeah sure." I mutter, I hate when people do that, treat me like I'm stupid because of my autism.
"Hey Sargent, this the kid who got suspended?" another officer comes up to Daniel and puts his hand on his shoulder. "Yeah, Tyler this is Officer Jones." I nod at the man.
"Nice to meet you." he puts his hand out for me to shake, I just stare at his hand. "She doesn't touch." Daniel says when the guy continues with his hand out staring at me.
He puts his hand down and puts them in his pockets. "So what'd you get suspended for?", "I burned the guy doing a self-defense course at my school with a lighter. Twice." the officer's head tilts a little.
"You know that's assault right?", "Yeah but he grabbed me tightly and wouldn't let go and I asked like twice and so I had to take matters into my own hands. Daniel agrees that it was self-defense." I shrug.
The officer nods and goes off somewhere, "Okay Tyler ready to hit to the road?" Daniel asks nodding his head off to the door we came through. I nod and we head off toward it, "So have you ever been shot?" I ask as the door closes behind us.
"Twice actually, once my first year the second like three years after me and Chris got married. He wanted me to leave the force but I couldn't, this job just makes me too happy." we get to his car and pull out of the parking lot.
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It's almost two o'clock and Daniel is headed to the diner for lunch. Today's been a little crazy, he's had about ten calls and anytime someone was arrested they had to be taken away by one of the other cops there. Daniel said he didn't want criminals in the car with me.
We park on the side of the diner and Daniel pulls out his phone. "Why did I just get a text from James asking if you could spend the night tomorrow?" he asks raising an eyebrow.
"Um, well he wanted me to ask you but I was scared to and I guess he really wanted to see if I could?" I pick at the skin around my thumbnail.
"I'll talk to him when we get in there." he opens his door and gets out. I follow him through the door and to a booth in the back, a booth that happened to be James'.
"So James, you want Tyler to spend the night tomorrow?" Daniel asks the second James comes up to us.
"Oh uh, yeah if you're okay with it. She'll sleep upstairs and I'll sleep in the living room, my parents will be home. Again only if you're okay with it...sir." I can see the sweat forming on James' face.
"I'll allow it, but only because I trust you both." Daniel says looking at both of us. I can't help the smile that forms on my face, "Okay, what can I get yall to drink?" James pulls out his little notepad.
We order our drinks and meal and James goes off to the back. "Thanks for letting me spend the night." I draw little shapes on the table with my finger.
"I trust you two. Now of course dont let Vivi find out, she begged me and Chris almost every weekend to spend the night with Kyle. I don't know why he was such a douch." he shakes his head.
I nod and our drinks come, "James?" Daniel asks as James tries to leave, "Sir?" he turns around.
"Have you talked to Greyson about Tyler staying over?" James' eyes almost pop out of his head. "Um no, I'll text him when I get off work." he scratches the back of his head. I've noticed that he does that when he's thinking or nervous.
"Good, you should get his approval about this." Daniel says, James nods then walks off.
I'm so happy, I hope Greyson is okay with this I really wanna stay the night.
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After lunch, me and Daniel finished his rounds and then went back to the station where he did reports for several hours.
At first, I was really bored then he let me read some old reports.
It's a little after nine when we pull into the driveway. We go into the house and Chris is in the kitchen cleaning up from dinner.
"Hey guys." he says when he notices us, Daniel goes and gives him a kiss. "Hey babe." I go put my insulin back in the drawer.
"I left you two plates in the fridge, just put them in the microwave when you're ready." Chris says scrubbing a pan.
"Tyler this cake you made is absolutely delicious," he says nodding his head over to what's left of the cake which is basically nothing.
"Oh, thanks." I smile a little, "So Chris guess what Tyler's doing tomorrow" Daniel says going to the fridge and grabbing a plate Chris left.
"What?" he turns to me a little, I feel my face heat up. "She's having a sleepover at James' house." he wiggles his eyebrows a little.
Chris puts the pan he was scrubbing down in the sink, "Oh my gosh that's so exciting. Now you two don't do any-" I put my hands over my ears, "LA, LA, LA, I can't hear you!" I say.
I'm tired of everyone trying to talk to me about sex. I see both Chris and Daniel laughing at me. "Don't laugh at me." I whisper taking my hands off my ears, "Sorry, we're sorry. And we'll quit talking to you about that stuff." Daniel chuckles a little.
I go upstairs not wanting to hear any more about that stuff. "Tyler." I turn around and see Greyson standing in the doorway of his room.
"Yeah?" I pick at my thumb again, I know what he wants to talk about. "James texted me asking if it was okay with me if you spent the night at his house tomorrow.", "Um, yeah. Daniel said yes but told him to get your approval as well." I chew the inside of my cheek a little.
"And what's gonna happen there?" he crosses his arms over his chest. "I don't know, but his parents are gonna be there and I'm gonna sleep upstairs and he'll be on the couch in the living room."
"And you two will be careful right?" he raises an eyebrow. "Oh my god Greyson, ewwwwww. I'm not talking about that with anyone else." I say putting my hands out.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I know yall won't do anything." he laughs a little and takes a step forward. "Have fun okay" he tussles my hair, "Okay." I smile up at him.
I go into my room and stop in the doorway. Vivis on her bed with Zoey, Brooklyns on her bed, and Addisons on hers. Okay, all checks out, but then sitting on my bed sits no other than Dallas.
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It gets pretty crazy in the next chapter, just a little heads up.