Confusing emotions

Wyatt straightens up his desk and grabs his wallet before heading to the exit. Giving a wave to a couple others, he gets outside and squints a little in the sunshine. Spotting Aerith's car, he grins.

Coming up along the driver's side, he keeps an eye on the mirrors, seeing that she hadn't yet spotted him. Then leaning down in the open window, he puts his face close to hers. "Hey."

Waiting for her to turn, he just in the right place to give her a kiss on the lips before offering a teasing smile. "Shouldn't let a guy sneak up on you like that, ya know. He might think he could get a ride from you or something."


"Ah." Carson nods, still thinking. Justin, huh. "I was thinking about Scott today, wondering how he was doing. I heard Alec was actually helping out - surprised the tar out of me on that one."

Finally getting into the car, he slides in behind the steering wheel and starts the engine, waiting for Misty to join him. "Though I also heard Alec was still getting himself into plenty trouble, and that did not surprise me." He rolls his eyes. "And people wonder why I don't want to see my own brother."


Ryan's teasing makes Eli quirk an eyebrow, though he doesn't respond quick enough. Instead, Alec catches the look on his face and nudges Ryan. "Uh-oh... I have a feeling your big brother here has at least one bad boy bone in his body." He tosses Eli a grin. "I bet you could pick those locks quite well yourself."

Eli chuckles and leans back, putting his hands behind his head and gaining a mock proud look. "Never was good with the locks. I was just the mastermind."

"Oooh, mastermind, eh?" Alec laughs. "Touche. So what time is this going down anyway?"

"Eleven tonight. When everybody is good and gone and it's nice and dark. You two can take Ryan's car and I'll drive the one from a buddy that will replace Roth's until we switch his back. Then when we get on over to the other garage, I can take Ryan's car... unless she'd rather drive her own than ride with you."

Alec cocks his head and puts his chin over Ryan's shoulder to look at her eyes only inches away. "What'll it be, Babe? You gonna choose your car over me?"


Dani sits in her car for the longest time, her hands still resting on the steering wheel. Her whole day seemed foggy and she didn't even know why. Ever since she'd been to TJY that morning, it was like her mind had been pulling her in a million directions at once, without explanation. She had a bit of a headache now, and her stomach still wasn't quite settled from the lunch she'd had. But she hadn't wanted to cancel her date with Dalton.

Taking a deep breath, she again sees the pieces of stapler scattered on Dalton's office floor. Why did it bother her so much? So he got mad and threw something at the wall. She sometimes lost her temper too and she knew he wouldn't hurt her. He was a big teddy bear when it came to her and she knew it. But it was those pieces... imagining the stapler bouncing off the wall and imagining how it sounded...

Dani shakes her head and finally gets out of her car, shutting and locking it. Making her way up to Dalton's door, she stops halfway and looks at the sidewalk. Suddenly part of her didn't even want to be here. It was confusing... she always wanted to be with Dalton. But it was like part of her wanted to go home and go curl up in bed with her favorite blanket and just cry. She wasn't normally one to be emotional... was something out of whack with her or what?

Turning around, she almost does walk right back to her car, but she stops herself and once more turns to continue to the door. They were going to have supper... and ice cream... and probably a movie. She'd even brought his favorite ice cream toppings. Her weird reactions were absolutely ridiculous.

Finally she rings the doorbell and waits, hoping her strange mood wasn't written all over her face. It was obvious that Dalton had had a hard day and she wanted to make it better, not worse.