m i d g e t

4; the journey begins

   " tonight you two will be staying at this motel once you get out of the city." washington points to the map, a red spot placed at a motel in the back roads. he points at me, making jefferson look towards me aswell.

   " son, i swear to god, if you -"

   " not a chance dad ." i mock, he gives a heavy sigh before returning to the real subject, instead of my sex life. i wouldn't even do anything related to jefferson in that manner. his snarky attitude is enough of a turn off for me.

   " once your there, you figure out what you need and you move, got it ?" he looks both of us in the eyes, staring me down mostly.

   " yes sir ." we both say. he dismisses us and we salute before walking out. i wave to jefferson before heading to laurens' office again, he goes the opposite way.

   "laurens, i fucking hate you so much ." i say, obviously not meaning it, but as a half-hearted joke. he wraps his arms around my neck and kisses me, i put my arms around his waist hugging him closer. he giggles as he backs up so the door closes behind us.

   " what do you mean ?" he acts innocent.

   " oh please john ." he gasps at the use of his first name, no one would hear us though, so it was safe. unlike him earlier today.

   " you basically exposed me today so i feel no guilt ." he rolls his eyes jokingly.

   " washington scolded me for that by the way. " he pecks my lips before sitting in his chair spinning it around as he sat in it. i chuckled at how kid-like he was as i sat down across from him. he stopped spinning and looked at me.

   " so what did u really come here for ?" he pouts leaning on his palm, i look down with a sigh. i didn't want to tell him i'd be gone again.

   " so, my mission starts tonight ." he relatively looks saddened now, i regret even telling him, i wouldn't want him to be.

   " you just came back, what'll i do ?" he looks down at his hands but i hold them in mine. something in me just told me to.

   " it's a month and then i'll be back, it won't be long, i promise ." that was if i passed because me and jefferson can actually work together. he looked hopeful as i held his hands in mine.

   " i love you ." he leans over the desk and i lean in too, we give each other a small kiss before he reaches over his desk to hug me.

   " i love you too, bye ." he shows a beautiful smile as i walk back out, i put two fingers in the air as a kind of salute to him. as i walk to jefferson as he sits outside i gather myself, i need to look completely fine, no emotion. i take a glance back towards john's office, breathe in deep, and walk out the door. it was sundown, so i flipped my sunglasses on.

   " so glad you could join me, shall we ?" he points toward his truck and i shake my head in disbelief. this has to be a joke, he's being too. . .
friendly! i mean, we're usually hostile around each other, even if it's for a split second. is it just because i'm his partner? this is infuriating.

   " why would you have a truck in the city ?" i ask getting in, he only shrugs as i slam the door. he slams his side and starts the engine as it rumbles throughout the whole car. this is going to be a long night.

   " why are you so goddamn hostile !?" i take in a deep breath and let it out, we had been bickering back and forth on what to do when we got to the motel. currently we were on the back roads, 13 miles away last i checked.

   " jefferson, this mission will make it or break it for us, it's incredibly important ." i lower my voice, you can still tell i want to choke him.

   " you said it was easy, so what is there to worry about ?" he yells back, i place my hand on my temple and lean back in my seat. he didn't read the case file. he didn't fucking read the case file.

   " washington said don't judge a book by it's cover, you remember that, right ?" he nods as i continue.

   " i read the file, you want to know when they sent first got charles lee in a body bag ?" he stays silent, i could tell he knew it was serious. especially since he didn't read the file. . .

   " it was 10 months ago, jefferson ." just when i leave, they get a agent in a body bag, so they sent 17 different people, they all ended up dead or mia.

   " he sent us on a fucking suicide mission, a third of the agency is gone, poof, just like that !" i look at him, he was still quiet but the expression on his face said it all.

   " we might die too, just like the rest ." he hypothesized.

   " yeah, and i don't know about you, but i have something to fight for and maybe the rest of life ahead of me ." i rant, he draws in a breath before letting it out.

   " let's not psyche ourselves out ." i decided to hold my tongue, even though i disagreed on what he said, and just nodded. maybe i'm just overly angry about him not reading the file.

   i place my elbow on the handle inside and rest my head there. looking at the rolling fields, something i'm definitely not used to. it's kind of soothing in a way, almost so it makes me want to fall asleep . . .

   my head hits the window and i jolt up, holding my forehead in the process," got a good nights rest there ?"

   " shut up, i didn't get much sleep last night ." i spit back, still groggy from waking up. he laughs making me slightly more cranky.

   " we're almost there i'm sure you can take a better nap at the motel anyways ." i nod, still trying to register where we are. i look into the fields casually and see something that alarms me the most. yeah, we're trained to have no emotion, but that doesn't mean we're heartless. atleast i'm not.

   " jefferson there's a car that's flipped over, there's smoke coming out of it ." i tapped him on the arm, he wasn't looking so i had to. he scoffs before stopping the car and getting out a flashlight from the glove box, along with a gun.

   " this is setting us off schedule i hope you know that ." he hands me the gun and turns on the flashlight. i don't care if it messes up the schedule that's a human being we're talking about. an innocent one, nonetheless.

   " you take the left, i'll take the right ." we walked opposite ways getting closer to car, it was smoking so we needed to hurry. jefferson went to the side and shined a light through the back and front as i crouched down on the other, my gun on stand by. that's when jefferson shone the light on a young woman's tan face, then i realized i knew her.

   " peggy !"
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a/n: how bout dose apples ? lol thanks for reading as always!

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