Week 10
It's Amy's bachelorette party and she hasn't drunk once.
In a desperate attempt to get the bride-to-be to drink, Gina says, "Never have I ever watched a movie without watching the credits."
Amy doesn't move.
"Oh, come on!"
It’s true. Amy has never watched a movie without also watching the credits. Though if her younger self had known she was going to end up having to watch the same movie over and over and over and over again she may’ve been more cautious about how hard she maintained this stance.
(It’s a mere two weeks into The Bet (over whether Amy Santiago or Jake Peralta would get the most felony arrests in a year) and both she and Peralta are running on adrenaline. The challenge is still new and fresh and they’re both determined to win, breaks are for the weak.
“You have been at work way too long! Go home. Both of you!” Terry orders.
Amy quickly attempts to memorise her case file as Jake tries to convince Terry to let him stay.
“Sure thing Sarge, as soon as I close this case, I’ll head off.”
“Now Peralta!”
“Yes, right now, I just need to…”
Terry’s mouth pinches into a circle, the standard Terry scowl.
“Okay fine,” Jake says, pulling on his jacket.
Amy silently picks up her things before Terry’s gaze can turn to her. As soon as they’re out of their superiors ear-shot Amy can’t help but gloat, “While you were wasting your time arguing with Terry, I got my entire case file memorised. Have fun waiting around while I get another solve.”
Peralta makes an outraged face that quickly transforms to a grin. “Unless Terry finds out you’re planning on disobeying his direct orders.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Do you know me at all?”
Amy sighs. “Fine. But if I don’t work, you’re not working either.”
“It’s a deal.”
“Nice try. We’re spending the next day together so I can keep an eye on you.”
And that's how they end up on her couch watching a horror flick.
Peralta reaches for the remote at the end of the movie.
“What are you doing, we have to watch the credits.”
“Ugh, no one watches the credits; that’s so boring.”
“The people worked hard on the film.”
“You’re such a dork,” Jake replies, but even though he mocks all the names he still watches the entirety of the credits with her.
In future months they will stop spending all of their time working and go back to their routine schedules of just spending most of their time working. But in those first few halcyon months of The Bet they gain a tradition of watching movies in their breaks, so they can ensure the other wasn’t working. They take turns picking the films. Jake almost always picks one of the 'Die Hard's.
As they watch Die Hard for the second time and it reaches its end, Jake snatches the remote, with a gleeful expression. “We have to watch the credits. You said every time: it’s your rule.”
From the look on his face he’s expecting her to balk, to say they watched the credits the last time and it doesn’t count. It’s a challenge. She’s signing up for sitting through the credits every time they watch Die Hard.
Really, though, how many times is that possibly going to be? It’s not like the two of them are going to ever end up spending that much time together. Besides, Amy really wants to win.
(Also Amy’s kind of looking forward to it, Jake had been so animated the last time they watched the credits, explaining details about all the cast members and bits of behind the scenes information, and she enjoyed it. But Peralta is the enemy and she’s not willing to admit to herself that maybe she likes him more than she should).
She smiles back, just as gleeful. “Of course.” )
Now he's her fiance, and Jake watches the credits with her for every film they watch together. They still watch the credits every time they watch Die Hard. And while past Amy would’ve definitely not agreed to it had she known. It’s one of Present Amy’s favourite things and she wouldn’t give it up for anything.
In a desperate attempt to get the bride-to-be to drink, Gina says, "Never have I ever watched a movie without watching the credits."
Amy doesn't move.
"Oh, come on!"
It’s true. Amy has never watched a movie without also watching the credits. Though if her younger self had known she was going to end up having to watch the same movie over and over and over and over again she may’ve been more cautious about how hard she maintained this stance.
(It’s a mere two weeks into The Bet (over whether Amy Santiago or Jake Peralta would get the most felony arrests in a year) and both she and Peralta are running on adrenaline. The challenge is still new and fresh and they’re both determined to win, breaks are for the weak.
“You have been at work way too long! Go home. Both of you!” Terry orders.
Amy quickly attempts to memorise her case file as Jake tries to convince Terry to let him stay.
“Sure thing Sarge, as soon as I close this case, I’ll head off.”
“Now Peralta!”
“Yes, right now, I just need to…”
Terry’s mouth pinches into a circle, the standard Terry scowl.
“Okay fine,” Jake says, pulling on his jacket.
Amy silently picks up her things before Terry’s gaze can turn to her. As soon as they’re out of their superiors ear-shot Amy can’t help but gloat, “While you were wasting your time arguing with Terry, I got my entire case file memorised. Have fun waiting around while I get another solve.”
Peralta makes an outraged face that quickly transforms to a grin. “Unless Terry finds out you’re planning on disobeying his direct orders.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Do you know me at all?”
Amy sighs. “Fine. But if I don’t work, you’re not working either.”
“It’s a deal.”
“Nice try. We’re spending the next day together so I can keep an eye on you.”
And that's how they end up on her couch watching a horror flick.
Peralta reaches for the remote at the end of the movie.
“What are you doing, we have to watch the credits.”
“Ugh, no one watches the credits; that’s so boring.”
“The people worked hard on the film.”
“You’re such a dork,” Jake replies, but even though he mocks all the names he still watches the entirety of the credits with her.
In future months they will stop spending all of their time working and go back to their routine schedules of just spending most of their time working. But in those first few halcyon months of The Bet they gain a tradition of watching movies in their breaks, so they can ensure the other wasn’t working. They take turns picking the films. Jake almost always picks one of the 'Die Hard's.
As they watch Die Hard for the second time and it reaches its end, Jake snatches the remote, with a gleeful expression. “We have to watch the credits. You said every time: it’s your rule.”
From the look on his face he’s expecting her to balk, to say they watched the credits the last time and it doesn’t count. It’s a challenge. She’s signing up for sitting through the credits every time they watch Die Hard.
Really, though, how many times is that possibly going to be? It’s not like the two of them are going to ever end up spending that much time together. Besides, Amy really wants to win.
(Also Amy’s kind of looking forward to it, Jake had been so animated the last time they watched the credits, explaining details about all the cast members and bits of behind the scenes information, and she enjoyed it. But Peralta is the enemy and she’s not willing to admit to herself that maybe she likes him more than she should).
She smiles back, just as gleeful. “Of course.” )
Now he's her fiance, and Jake watches the credits with her for every film they watch together. They still watch the credits every time they watch Die Hard. And while past Amy would’ve definitely not agreed to it had she known. It’s one of Present Amy’s favourite things and she wouldn’t give it up for anything.