Jake snickered. âAt least you, my Blonde Charles, are quite pretty. Canât say the same about Charlie boy thoughâŚ. Pretty? Nah.â He grinned, chuckling to himself as he listened to Emma talk about herself.
âIâll never move on.â Jake promised, nodding along with her joke. Luckily though, they managed to escape. He breathed a sigh of relief before starting to jog, gesturing for her to follow. âYouâre gonna love Maryâs. Itâs all day breakfast tacos.â
âEmma Blanchard-Nolan. Lovely name.â Jake smiled again at her. Couldnât seem to stop. âYeah, Iâm not intimidated. Iâd try and clock you, but you would give me a run for my money, but I happen to like that a woman!â He explained jovially.
âI eat pizza for breakfast sometimes, and itâs usually cold from last night.â He started in on facts about himself. âI unironically have the name Jdawgcop on Twitter, because as a twelve year old I thought it was cool. Now of course, I know that itâs a little cheesy, but eh. Iâve kept it.â Shrug.
Pausing as he thought of what to say next as they walked, he continued.
âUh, brief romance with an officer in my squad, but she got promoted so thatâs done.â he made a face. âNow weâve got the bromance between Boyle and me of course, but that rivals no woman.â He joked.
âOh poor Charles, heâs cute! He has... uuhhh,â she hesitated - what were his physical qualities? - and then grabbed the first good thing she could think of:Â âBig eyes!â
 Emma grinned: âYou assume I can fight but I could be a bounty hunter who just shoots at people... ah, well, my arms kinda give it away. But I appreciate the not trying to clock me all the same. Uh also I donât shoot at people at random, as I should point out when talking to a detective...âÂ
Instinctively she patted his arm when he spoke of having had a breakup, but he returned quickly to Charles. Best not to pry and risk ruining his mood, not when she was basically a stranger. âBromance is my thing, Jdawgcop, Iâd never knock it. And Charles told me you are the most amazing person in the universe, infallible, genius detective, super cool...â she teased, âClearly yours is going amazingly well. I was supposed to be intimidated too, you know. Meeting a New York hero Jake Peralta now known as Jdawcop. By the way, yes to good pizza but Iâd disintegrate if I only had that for breakfast, Iâm always running... so I have a cook who makes me big healthy ones and then I can add some pizza if I want. I am known to be too dangerous to be left anywhere near the stoves.â Â