forty four

Context: A new horror maze opened for Halloween and Rosa convinced everyone to go (she won the heist the day before)

I adjusted my costume in the mirror, before fluffing my hair. Jake had made me temporarily dye it red and make it as curly as possible so I could look like Holly Genero. He was obviously dressed as John Mclaine and I have to say he was looking fine.

He walked out of the bathroom, seeing me in the full getup and a huge grin spread across his face.

He quickly came to stand next to me in the mirror, smiling like a madman at our reflection.

I rolled my eyes.

"Y/n how long does the hair dye last.....?" He smirked.

"2 days"

"Wow, we are gonna have to make the most of these 48 hours" he had a mischievous look on his face. I laughed quickly kissing him on the lips.

Charles had taken Callie as he was the only one in the squad refusing to go.

"What time are we going?" I asked

"Around 11pm" Jake smiled, "we have some time..."

"Don't even think about it, this costume took way to long to sort out" I smiled, and he pulled a look of faux-sadness.

"Later....?"

"Of course I'm not a monster" i grinned at him and he let out little sigh of happiness.

He stepped closer, putting his hands on my waist and pulling me into him, "incase you didn't get that from my reaction, you look great" he whispered and I grinned even more.

"So do you" i said back and his arms tightened around me.

——————— 11pm

I groaned as we neared the start of the queue to the maze.

"This is gonna be fun" Jake smirked and I raised my eyebrows, not convinced.

We were now at the front of the queue and I grabbed his hand as we slowly stepped inside.

"Jake" I whispered, terrified already.

"It's fine see y/n, there's no scares yet. I mean how bad could it-"

I let out a loud scream as a bloody man turned the corner, jumping out at us.

Jake seemed too shock to scream but after he recovered he laughed slightly, "okay maybe I spoke to soon"

I felt his hand loosen from mine, but I was too busy trying to move in the right direction to grab it back.

I mentally figured out where we should go next, but when I turned to tell Jake, he was gone.

"Jake?

Jake?

Jacob Peralta I will kill you if you scare me"

But no response

I sighed, continuing through the maze.

I let out another piercing shriek as the wall opened, revealing a man with a chainsaw, before regaining my composure and continuing forward.

I screamed countless times as I worked through the maze, convinced I was going to have a heart-attack at some point.

I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I saw the end of the maze straight ahead and sprinted towards it. I almost collapsed when a final scare from the outside made my relief turn to nausea.

Jake was already there, clapping and laughing at my fear. I took a deep breath, heading over to him.

"Where did you go?!"

"Ohhh right, I got pulled into a different route I think" he grinned and I closed my eyes, leaning my head against his chest.

He playfully poked my sides, "someone's a chicken" and I glared at him. He laughed softly, pulling me into his arms fully, before raising his eyebrows at me, "damn girl, you having a heart attack?"

"I told you I hate scares" I groaned.

We stayed together for a few minutes before Jake took my hand, leading me towards the exit.

"Leaving already...? I would've thought you'd wanna stay for a bit." I gestured around at the multiple candy stands. 

"Ohhh trust me I have something much better waiting at home..." he grinned mischievously at me and I laughed.