Chapter Three:
Chapter Three:
Not My Thing
"Yes I understand where you are coming from but I think we should try and discus this as rational adults" Emily said into her cell phone. "I don't see why we can't come to a compromise to this situation so we both can get what we want." Emily covered the mouth piece and let out a sigh as she sat down to her desk to finish the conversation. Matt returned to the bullpen, he had been in the break room, as he sat down to his desk next to Emily, he mouthed the words "who are you talking to?" to her. Emily smiled; she kept her hand over the mouth piece of the phone and replied "My mother"
Frank who had been at his desk and was suppose to be doing some paper work had witness the conversation Emily had been having, he gave a chuckle "seriously Lehman, sounds more like you are trying to negotiate with a HT"
Emily rolled her eyes at him "Yeah basically" she said with her hand over the phone still. Emily went back talking to her mother. Fifteen minutes later, Emily was still on the phone, much to her dismay. "Fine Mom, you win. Just leave me the details on my answering machine. I have to get back to work." Emily said hanging up the phone.
"You look frustrated" Matt commented
"My mother would make one hell of a negotiator; the HT would surrender within minutes of talking to her. Prison would seem like a welcoming alternative." Emily said making Matt and Frank laugh
"I guess you surrendered" Frank said
"Yeah when it comes to my mom, you really don't stand a chance." Emily replied
"What were you trying to negotiate about anyhow?" Matt asked
"OK but before I tell you, remember you love me, remember that you wanted to meet my parents and remember we're at work so whining isn't really an option.” Emily said trying to prepare Matt for her news.
"Ok now I'm scared" Matt said
"Now I'm interested" Frank said
"Don't you have paper work to finish?" Emily asked
"Yeah but this is more interesting" Frank replied
"Whatever" Emily said. She leaned her head in towards Matt and lowered her voice in an attempt for more privacy "remember that nice causal dinner we figured we have with my parents, well my mom has different plans. She made reservations at La Champion for Wednesday" Emily said hesitantly
"La Champion, isn't that in Beverly hills?" Matt asked
"Yes it is" Emily replied
"Isn't it unbelievably expensive?" Matt questioned
"Yes it is" Emily replied again
"Isn't it really fancy, like suit and tie fancy?" Matt asked
"Again yes it is" Emily replied
"Em, it just doesn't sound like my type of restaurant." Matt said "I don't really want to spend my pay cheque on one meal and I'm not really a suit and tie type of guy"
"I know all this. It's not my thing either I certainly am not the fancy dress girl. And I spend the last half hour on the phone with my mother trying to explain all of this to her but there is no talking to her. I told her that we're both cops therefore we don't have that kind of money, her response was not to worry about money because they would cover it, than when I try to get out of it by using the excuse that the restaurant is an hour away and we work until six most evenings and she had reversions at 8, which didn't give us enough time to get ready and get there she told me to either get off work early and if I couldn't do that she move the reversion to 9. I hate this as much as you do but trust me there is no way out of this. And that's not even the worse part" Emily answered
Matt looked at her "Do I want to know what the worse part is?" Matt asked
"My sister Jennifer was suppose to be joining us for dinner, but she now has to work" Emily replied
"How is that the worse part?" Matt asked
"Jenny is like a buffer, with her at dinner all the focus wouldn't be on me and how I ruined my life, it would have also been on Jenny and how she screwed up her life." Emily said
"But you are very successful" Frank said "how have you ruined your life?"
"It's hard to explain" Emily replied.
Just than Cheryl came out of her office. "We have a situation. Briefing on the bus. Let's roll" Cheryl said
Emily and Matt grabbed their kits and headed towards the elevator as they were waiting for the elevator Emily said "What's the odds that someone will decide to take a hostage on Wednesday around 8ish?"
Matt laughed at her "What? A person can hope." Emily said as the elevator doors opened and Matt and Emily headed off to the situation.