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Sergeant Ava Sharpe of the SCPD was exhausted. She'd had a long filling out paper work and dealing with arrests, it was 5 minutes before the end of her shift and she was hoping to get out on time for once but then one of her officers calls in.
"Sergeant got an arrest for an assault. Would you mind taking the statement?"
Ava groans.
"Eugh fine. We got a name?"
"No she refused to give her name."
Ava groans. She at least hoped it'd be someone who would co-operate but obviously not. Ava gathers up her stuff needed for the interview and looks in through the one way mirror at the interview room and groans again seeing who it is.
"You have got to be kidding me?"
Officer Garry Green was standing next to her and looks at her curiously.
"What is it sergeant Sharpe?"
"That's Sara Lance."
"You know her?"
"Not personally thankfully but she's a frequent flyer round here. Always in and out on some dumb charge. From what I've heard she's a pain in the ass. This is gonna be fun."
Ava says sarcastically as she braces herself then walks inside the interview room.
Sara was leaned back in her chair completely unconcerned she'd been in and out of this interview room since she was 13. By now she simply didn't care even if they did lock her up. She looks up as the door opens and a tall woman walks in. Sara smirks a little. The woman was attractive, she had her hair in a bun and was wearing a dark suit. They looked about the same age. The woman looked very stiff and formal. Sara grins to herself she could have a lot of fun with her.
Ava sits down and turns on the tape recorder.
"Interviewing commencing at 2:58 am from sergeant Ava Sharpe. Can you confirm your name and date of birth?"
Sara tilts her head at Ava.
"You talking to me or the machine?"
Ava glares at her a little.
"Obviously you."
Sara smirks.
"Well you gotta be more precise there sergeant. What if I had learning difficulties?"
"And do you?"
"Well school always bored me...does that count?"
Ava rolls her eyes.
"No laziness does not count miss Lance."
Sara grins more.
"Excuse me? Miss who?"
Ava sighs.
"I know you are Sara Lance born December 25th 1987."
Sara puts on a serious face.
"No I'm not."
Ava runs a hand through her hair.
"Yes you are."
"Are you making assumptions sergeant Sharpe? Also you called me MISS Lance....did you just assume my gender?....I'm feeling very discriminated against her....are you just prejudiced against me?"
Sara said all this with a massive smirk. She was enjoying watching Ava get worked up.
"NO...I know who you are because you are in here every other week and your prints are on file and just got matched up and I've got your file here..."
Sara smiles and shrugs.
"Cool...so why did you have to ask my name then....seems a bit pointless doesn't it?"
Ava groans and whispers to herself.
"For god sake. Look you're making things very hard on yourself. You've got a long rap sheet here. Shoplifting, drunk and disorderly, public intoxication, breaking and entering, dangerous driving and joyriding a car and crashing into a swimming pool"
Sara grins at the end.
"I forgot about that one....it was a nice pool."
Ava snarls then composes herself then talks again.
"You are here about the assault of 2 men in a night club. Did you know these men?"
Sara sighs and looks straight at her.
"No."
Ava nods. Glad they're starting to get somewhere.
"How much alcohol had you consumed tonight?"
"Not enough."
Ava sighs.
"Miss La..."
She stops herself at Sara's raised eyebrows.
"Lance, this is serious, the men you attacked are in a serious condition."
Sara nods.
"Good and fine I'd had a couple of beers and a few shots but wasn't hugely intoxicated."
Ava nods and writes it down.
"Fine..."
"Before Ava could carry on Sara talks first.
"You new? I've never seen you here before?"
Sara seemed genuinely curious like they were talking at a bus stop to pass the time. Ava sighs.
"I transferred here a few months back."
Sara nods.
"Huh you're an improvement on the usual ones who interview me....way hotter."
Sara grins and winks, Ava blushes deeply and looks away from Sara who's smirking more.
"By how red you've just gone you must be even hotter than I thought."
Ava glares at her.
"Were you alone in the nightclub tonight."
"No."
"Who were you with?"
"No idea."
"One of the bouncers said you were sat in a corner with 2 women."
"Correct."
"And you don't know who they were?"
"Nope....we weren't really...talking much if you catch my meaning..."
Sara smirks more. Ava catches her meaning and flushes more.
"Right...and what time did you leave the club?"
Sara thinks.
"About 1 ish..."
"Were you planning on heading home?"
"I was planning to head to someone's home..."
She grins again and Ava sighs.
"Then what?....those men were talking in an alleyway and according to them you came up and assaulted them."
Sara shrugs.
"If they say so."
Ava looks at her.
"Are you confessing to the assault?"
"There was a fight yeah."
Ava nods, surprised Sara was actually answering now.
"What was the fight about?"
Sara shrugs.
"Can't remember. Guess one of them hit me and that blanked my mind."
Ava sighs.
"You've refused legal representation."
"I have."
"Can I ask why?"
"No."
"Who's your regular lawyer?....I mean you've been in here long enough and gotten away with minimal prosecution you must have a decent lawyer."
For the first time Sara looked uncomfortable like something was bothering her. Ava sighs and checks the file where documents of Sara's representation would be kept she reads allowed.
"Sara Lance defended by miss Laurel Lance..."
Ava glances up at Sara who was now looking down. Her face completely changed from the cocky playful girl from the beginning . Ava hadn't twigged the same name until just now.
"Was that your sister?"
Sara looks uo at Ava and avas shocked by what she sees. No playful young woman or cocky little party girl. There was just pure darkness in her eyes.
"Not relevant...obviously my usual lawyer isn't around anymore so I don't get representation."
Ava speaks more gently now.
"We can provide you with one."
"No."
Sara says it firmly and Ava decided to not push it and proceed.
"Listen Laurel got you off a lot of stuff and the things you've done prior...well that's you know small time stuff but assault is a serious crime. Nothing like you've done before."
Sara smiles a little.
"Nothing that I've ever been caught for."
Ava closes her eyes to compose herself before carrying on.
"Look Lance you seem reckless and irresponsible and frankly not very mature."
Sara gives an overly sweet.
"Awww Ava such a sweet thing to say on a first date."
Ava blushes again and continues without responding.
"But you don't seem like a vicious person. Your file says you're a black belt in karate and taekwondo and jiu jitsu....obviously you know how to fight but none of your charges match that so usually you don't go looking for it. Listen i can tell you're hiding something and if you don't help me then you are looking at a prison sentance."
Sara looks at her.
"Why do you care? I figured you'd love me behind bars get me out your way."
"I would but only if you truly deserved it. Was the fight an act of self defence on your part?"
"No I threw the first punch."
Ava sighs and genuinely looks sad.
"Sara....I know you and you're family must've been through a lot with Laurel and everything else. Maybe your looking to self destruct as a coping mechanism but I knew Laurel...she wouldn't want that for you...and frankly neither do I. Not unless you genuinely did assault those men but I don't believe that was the case."
Sara looks at her surprised and was trying to hide her tears. Ava seemed like she genuinely cared and that broke down Sara's barriers and she now saw past the cold stiff demeanour Ava was giving. She actually saw warmth in Avas eyes. Sara sighs.
"I came out the club looking for a taxi...when I heard a noise and saw those men...and my friend Zari....they were forcing themselves on her as she was trying to get away....I stepped in and told them to leave her alone. They didn't. One walked up to me so I punched him then the fight happened."
Ava nods and almost sighs in relief knowing Sara didn't assault them. Even though Ava didn't even know why she cared so much.
"Okay well that seems pretty justifiable why didn't you tell me this before?"
Sara sighs.
"Zaris 3 years younger than me and still lives with her parents. They're really strict on drinking and stuff....I mean Zaris old enough to drink but they're so strict and get on her for it...and...Zari was meeting her girlfriend Amaya...and her parents are totally homophobic assholes."
Ava looks at her confused.
"Okay...I mean sounds pretty crap...but why not just tell me this stuff."
Sara sighs.
"Because then zari would be pulled in and then her parents would find out she snuck out."
Ava tilts her head.
"So you'd rather go to jail then get zari in trouble?"
Sara just nods.
"Yes..."
Ava looks into her blue eyes and sees a fierceness in them. Determined to protect her friend no matter what. Ava realises now she'd totally underestimated her.
"Interview terminated at 3:15 am. "
Ava stands up.
"You'll be taken back to your cell while we investigate your claim."
Sara sighs and nods.
"Sure."
Ava walks out while Sara's taken away. Ava begins her investigation and soon realises Sara was telling thr truth about everything she'd said. Ava started thinking about Sara. At first she just a brat but when Ava mentioned Laurel she saw the sadness and the anger in her eyes. A look a woman so young shouldn't have in her eyes. Then there was how loyal Sara was to her friend. She'd fought for her and then willing to take jail time rather than get her in trouble with her parents. That was more loyalty than Ava could ever imagine. Sara Lance sure was an enigma.
Sara was taken from her cell half an hour later. She'd been thinking about sergeant Ava Sharpe. At first she thought she was a typical cop who was just making numbers and didn't care about her just happy to get her processed and chucked in front of a judge. But then when Ava mentioned laurel and realised the truth. Sara saw genuine softness in her eyes that surprised her. Then. Ava was almost begging her to tell the truth and even though Sara had been a bitch to her during the interview Ava didn't want Sara chucked inside. Ava genuinely seemed to care about.
Sara was taken to the police desk where Ava was waiting for her.
"We've checked the evidence and no charges will be bought to you."
Sara nods and gives her a small smile.
"Thank you...what about Zari?"
Ava looks at her almost exasperated.
"Your friend won't need to make a statement. Some of my people questioned them and they confessed to the assault on your friend. Zari shouldn't need to have anything else done....technically I should bring her in...but we have enough evidence and I can simply say I don't know who she was."
Sara raises her eyebrows.
"You don't seem the type to break protocol."
Ava nods.
"I'm not...but some things are more important I guess."
Sara grins at that.
"Well guess I'll see you round miss Sharpe."
Ava smirks a little.
"You assuming my gender Lance?"
Sara groans playfully.
"Shit walked into that.....sorry for all that."
Ava chuckles.
"Forget it....but hey you seem like a good person underneath that bitchy front you put on...you don't have to be that person...you can be better."
Now it was Sara's turn to blush. No one had seen that in her for a long time. She had her friends her little gang of Legends from high school who knew her very well and all loved her but Ava was a stranger and she saw a different side to her straight away.
"Maybe....but since there's this hot new sergeant...how can I stay away when I could see that."
Sara's cocky smile was back and so was avas blush. She looks down and grins and muttere.
"We could meet somewhere else I guess."
Sara's eyebrows raise and she smiles genuinely.
"Well then until then sergeant Sharpe."
Sara gives her a playful salute and Ava smiles.
"Until then miss Lance."
Sara turns and walks out. Ava heads to the staff room to grab her stuff to go home. Both women with big smiles on their faces.