Its unfair

*three days later*

"Sorry to burst your bubbles guys but you're all on call today, it's just for this shift. Deputy Miller says they're handing over a load of cases to homicide so we're free for now" hank sighed and delivered the boring news to them all. They all sighed too, yeah it was boring but that meant they didn't have to tire themselves out from running the city all day. They all grabbed their phone and radios along with their guns and jackets before heading out to their cars, Taylor and jay decided to take Taylor's car to give her a turn to drive, that was something she was secretly very good at...

"That's psychotic" jay laughed as the pair sat on a corner waiting for any calls to come over their radios. Taylor scoffed, "chocolate belongs in the fridge, period" she smiled. Jay laughed, "no way" he shook his head. Taylor laughed but before she could carry on the debate, her phone rang. She pulled it out of her pocket as jay smiled and chuckled to himself.Taylor: "hey dad. You alright?"Matt: "everything's fine kiddo but I've got a few boxes from your room that need picked up"Taylor: "boxes, as in my stuff?"Matt: "yeah, I'm cleaning out and I thought you might want them?"Taylor: "what's in them?"Matt: "oh god, I have no clue babes. Probably just your old things, school uniform things like that. I haven't looked in them" Taylor: "can it wait?"Matt: "unfortunately not really, I've got a few guys coming over to sort out a few things today..."Taylor: "okay okay, I'm on my way"Matt: "thanks darling"

Jay looked at her curiously from the passenger-seat, "that was my dad, you don't mind if we stop by his house and pick a few things up do you?" She smiled. Jay shook his head, "fire away, it doesn't look like we're gonna be getting a call anytime soon" he smiled. Taylor laughed, "fair point" she smiled and pulled out into the road to begging driving. Jay was impressed by her driving, he never really knew she could drive this well since he never gave her the chance to. She was effortless at it, it was like she came out of the womb already knowing how to drive.

"You can come in" she laughed as she pulled up outside of her dads house since jay was just sat assuming he had to wait in the car. He smiled and got out of the car with her, god her dads house was rather big and extremely beautiful. She knocked on the door then let herself in since the door was open, she immediately closed the door after jay got in when she heard the squarks of her dads parrot emerging from the kitchen. Jay was startled by a bird as it flew towards the pair, he went to move out of the way but stopped when he saw Taylor reach her hand up. He smiled when the white cockatoo landed on her finger, "pretty boy, pretty boy" the parrot spoke then mimicked a humans laugh.

Taylor smiled and pulled the bird down to her eye level, "you are a pretty boy" she smiled and kissed it on the forehead as it fluffed up its feathers. Her dad could be heard coming down the stairs, "sorry, I should've warned you" she turned to jay as she let the parrot fly off again. Jay laughed, "don't worry about it" he smiled as her dad appeared at the bottom of the grand stairs. The living room they were stood in was large and the roof was fairly high, it had a glass chandelier hanging down and all the interior design was either matte or glossy black with white walls, it was very modern and it looked similar to Taylor's house in design.

"Hey kiddo" her dad hugged her tightly. Jay was shocked, even he would openly admit her dad was a handsome chap, obviously he was a lot older then the other two were but he looked well for his age. He had big muscles and also had painting clothes on, "hey dad, you trying to ship me off already?" She smiled and pulled out of the hug. Her dad laughed, "maybe. Nah I'm just messing, your old rooms now my office. Hope you don't mind" he smiled. Taylor shrugged, "fine by me" she laughed. Her dad turned his attention to jay, "You must be Tayls' new partner" he shook his hand. Jay smiled, "that's me, I'm jay" he shook his hand. Her dad smiled, "I'm Matt, nice to meet you" he nodded, "you too" jay smiled back.

"Can you give me a hand?" Taylor turned to face jay, he smiled, "of course" he nodded. He followed Taylor up the big fancy stairs and onto the landing which was lit up with led lights, "Jesus Christ dad what's in this?" She huffed as she picked up a heavy box. Her had held his paint covered hands up in the air so he didn't touch any furniture, "no clue bean, I haven't looked in any of them" he shrugged. Taylor groaned as she carried the box out to the car, "my god" she huffed as jay set his box down in her trunk next to where she placed hers down. He laughed as they made their way back into their house, "there's only one left, I'll get it" she smiled at jay and left him in the living room with her dad. Jay felt a weird feeling, like nerves, but why? "So jay, you born here?" Matt started a convo as the bird landed on his shoulder.

Jay smiled, "canaryville" he shifted his weight onto his other foot. Matt nodded, "me too" he smiled. Jay smiled back, "can't beat it" he tilted his head at the bird as it copied his actions. Matt laughed, "I second that" he smiled, looks like the pair were going to get along just fine and it definitely looked like Taylor and her dad had a good bond. Eventually Taylor reappeared, "you haven't painted over the marks?" She smiled as she held the box in her hands. Matt laughed, "what marks?" He raised his eyebrows. Taylor huffed, "my height marks from when I was a kid" she smiled. Matt nodded, "I'll never paint over them, they're cute" he shrugged as the bird flew off his shoulder and landed on Taylor's.

Jay smiled widely, he didn't do it purposely, but subconsciously, he felt important that he had met her dad. Stop it jay! You're not dating her, just stop thinking like this. "Small bean" the parrot blew raspberries into Taylor's ear. She giggled, "yeah yeah Oscar, it's me" she blew raspberries back. She walked over to her dad who was holding a large brown envelope in between his elbows since his hands had paint on them, the bird was still on her shoulder. "What's that?" She held the fairly light box in her arms and nodded gently to the envelope. Matt huffed and looked at jay to let her know it was serious, she shook her head, "it's fine dad, we're close, just tell me" she spoke confidently.

Jays heart skipped a beat, did she just say they were close? No way! Wait, does she really see him as a good partner after everything he done to her? Wow...Matt smiled at jay apologetically so jay nodded back understandingly. "You're mom sent it over, she said it's got stuff in from you know..." he sighed. Taylor gulped a little, "I know I know, but she knows I can't remember anything" she shrugged her shoulders as the bird cackled funnily. She couldn't help but smile at the birds bad timing, so jay smiled a little too. Matt huffed, "it's easier to just say thanks and take it, you know what she's like. If you don't wanna look through it I'll just bin it..." he started but Taylor cut him off, "no no, it's fine. I'll just take it" she sighed. Jay was totally lost, he just assumed that whatever they were taking about had to do with the thing she didn't feel ready to talk about with him yet, his heart broke a little.

"No problem small bean" he smiled and placed it on the box. She smiled, "I'll see you later yeah?" She walked out the door as the parrot flew back into the kitchen, Matt smiled, "see you later kiddo, you too jay" he smiled and waved them down the path of his luxury home. Jay smiled and waved back for both of them since Taylor's hands were full, she placed the box in the trunk and grabbed the envelope to put it in the front with her and jay.

"I'll tell you everything later..." she started as she closed her car door, luckily they had no calls coming in, but jay cut her off kindly, "tayls..." he spoke reassuringly. Taylor shook her head, "its unfair...to you. You shouldn't be left in the dark so how about you come over to mine tonight and I'll tell you everything?" She smiled and threw the envelope into the back seat. Jay smiled weakly and nodded, "if you're not ready tayls..." he went to offer her a way out but she turned him down again, "it's fine jay, really. Besides, like I said to my dad, we're close" she shrugged and smiled as she started the car. Jay smiled back, so he did hear it right, "yeah, we are" he smiled back. That was the reassurance she needed, she smiled once again and continued driving as a new call came through their radio.