Maddy's View

"I heard about your girlfriend." Nate says.

"She wasn't my girlfriend." I say.

"What about those pictures of you kissing?" Nate asks.

"Why do you have pictures of us kissing in your phone?" I ask.

"Uh..." Nate says.

I roll my eyes and he sighs.

"You can always take me back." Nate says.

"I'll have Y/n arrest you for putting your hands on me before that happens." I say.

"About that, I'm sorry." Nate says.

"I've learned a lot about what's real and what's fake from being with Y/n. You are nothing but a phony." I say.

I close my locker and walk away.

"Is it true?" Cassie asks catching up to me.

"Y/n is a cop?" Cassie asks.

"Yes, she is." I say.

"Damn, I'm sorry. I know you really loved her." Cassie says.

"More than I ever loved Nate and that's saying a lot." I say.

"Madeline Perez to the front office, Madeline Perez to the front office." The intercom says.

I groan and walk to the office. I see Y/n talking to Mrs Smith and I try to creep back out.

"There she is!" Mrs Smith says as Y/n turns around.

"What do you want? You here to arrest me again?" I ask.

"Stop." Y/n says.

"You should've stopped, stopped me from falling in love with you. You knew your love wasn't gonna be genuine but you led me on anyway!" I say.

"What part don't you understand?! All of it was real! You're too fucking stubborn to realize that someone could actually love you! You can't comprehend the fact that someone could love you just as much as Nate without being such an asshole." Y/n says.

"You don't even realize that someone could love you at all! Some people actually want to but you don't let them!" Y/n says.

"Here's your fucking laptop." Y/n says putting my laptop on the counter.

Y/n sighs and walks out. I pick my laptop up and see her get into a police car through the window. I sigh and walk out of the office.

Time Skip; Y/n's View

Chris puts a folder on my desk and I look up.

"I got you another case." Chris says.

"Okay." I say.

"You okay, kid?" Chris asks.

I nod and Chris walks away. My phone rings and I answer it.

"Hello." I say.

"Hey." Cassie says.

"Hey." I say.

"I know what you did." Cassie says.

"I'm just doing my job." I say.

"I get that, but I know that you actually love Maddy. I've seen the way you look at her, unless you're just a really good actress." Cassie says.

"She's in the hospital, I'd go see her. Room 258." Cassie says.

"Thank you." I say.

Cassie hangs up and I get up.

20 minutes later...

I knock on the door and go inside.

"What are you doing here?!" Maddy asks.

"Cassie told me you were here, I just want you to hear me out." I say.

"Fine." Maddy says.

"Why are you here?" I ask.

"My chest has been hurting, probably because someone stabbed me in my heart!" Maddy says.

"Maddy there was never a moment that I was with you where I felt like you were just an assignment. I was in too deep and tried to get out but you wouldn't let me. And I like that - I loved that." I say.

"I lied about my backstory and my age but everything else is real. My feelings for you are real, the 'I love yous' are real, calling you baby is real - everything is real." I say.

"If you were just apart of this assignment, I wouldn't be pursuing you like this." I say.

"Maddy, I love you." I say.

"So you are 30 years old?" Maddy asks.

"I'm 21." I say.

"I don't believe you, 23 makes more sense." Maddy says.

"I was born in 2002." I say.

"1902." Maddy says.

I roll my eyes and she laughs.

"So you really love me?" She asks.

"Yes, I've said it 100 times!" I say.

"Make it 101." She says.

"I love you." I say.

"I love you too." She says.

I smile and she kisses me.

Time Skip; Maddy's View

"How are you feeling?" Maddy asks.

"Better." I say.

"Good." Rue says.

"How didn't you know you were dating a cop?!" Rue asks.

"She hid it really well, her parents went along with it too. You know, I called her a narc and she thought it was funny. You tend to miss things when you're in love." I say.

"Do you think this funny? Fez got arrested and me and you got taken in for questioning." Rue says.

"We just gotta make better choices." I say.

"You're still dating her, aren't you?" Rue asks.

"I'm in love with her, Rue. I can't get mad at her for doing her job." I say.

"She arrested our friends." Rue says.

"Your friends! I was just a business opportunity to them." I say.

"And you weren't one to Y/n? She didn't just use you to solve her case?" Rue asks.

"No, she didn't!" I say.

"I can't with you." Rue says walking away.

"Did Y/n ever come see you?" Cassie asks walking up to me.

"Yeah, we're back together." I say.

"That's good, I'm happy for you." Cassie says.

I smile and we hug.

Time Skip

"So this is where you live?" I ask looking around.

"Yeah." Y/n says shutting the door.

"I didn't know police officers made this much money." I say.

"I'm a detective." Y/n says.

"What's the difference?" I ask.

"An extra $12,000 a year is the difference." Y/n says.

"Oh." I say.

"So there's a Halloween party-" I say.

"I am not going with you." Y/n says.

"Why not?!" I ask.

"I am 21, I should not be partying with minors." Y/n says.

"Cassie's boyfriend does it!" I say.

"I am not Cassie's boyfriend. Does Cassie even have a boyfriend?!" Y/n says.

"Not to mention, Nate has it out for me and your friends hate me. Understandably." Y/n says.

"I will be right here waiting for you to call me." She says.

"Now I don't wanna go." I say.

"Go and have fun." She says.

"So what was high school like for you in the 1700s? Were you friends with Shakesphere?" I ask.

"I graduated 3 years ago!" Y/n says.

"300,000 but go on." I say.

"I was a nobody in high school." Y/n says.

"Are you serious?" I ask.

"Yeah, my social anxiety was really bad so I never made any friends. My brother and my sister were popular though." Y/n says.

"So you were popular by association. Double association!" I say.

"It didn't work like that for me." She says.

"You're one of the coolest people I've ever met, this doesn't make sense." I say.

"Was it because you're gay? I heard gay wasn't normalized until like 99." I say.

"Seriously, how old do you think I am?" She asks.

"You don't want me to answer that." I say.

Y/n smiles and kisses me.

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