Deal

Laura melted into Nate's arms and just buried her face against his chest, soaking up his embrace. "I don't have a lot to do with it. She's amazing...all on her own." Hearing some more muddled words coming from the room, she bit her lip to keep from laughing again. Glancing up at Nate, she grinned. "That sounded more like German this time. I wonder if he's giving away Agency secrets." 

In reality, Garret didn't even realize he was talking much at all, let alone in other languages. Something felt off, though. Different. The room had a different feel to it all of a sudden. He cracked his eyes open to find Maggie sitting beside the bed again, and he sighed deeply. Out of everybody he'd met so far, she was the most mind boggling. "I kept my end of the deal," he mumbled. "Did you?"


It was nearing lunchtime, and there had been no sign of Kirk all morning. Someone thought he'd been called out on a case, but no one was quite sure. Eventually he made an appearance, but went straight to Barnes' office where the door was closed. Voices rose so loudly that agents at their desks lifted their eyes in surprise, but no one dared interfere. Kirk emerged, his face showing tension as he barely managed to shut the door behind him without slamming it. Going to his own desk, he flopped down in the chair and stared at his computer's screen saver. Only after he'd calmed down did he dare a glance over to Adison. Something wasn't right there, either. 

Standing again, he headed for the hallway, purposely passing by her desk on the way - she'd know he was aiming for the water cooler. Once there, he did grab a cup and pour some water just to keep himself busy and not be accused of slacking off. When Adison arrived though, he leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes. "Looks like you've had a fine morning," he commented dryly. "Can't be Barnes though - he's using all his energy up on me." He opened one eye. "Anything I'm not supposed to know?"


Unable to get much of a word in, Travis blinked at Ashlee and just gave a little wave. "Goodnight..." When she disappeared inside, he couldn't help a short laugh as he shook his head. He knew what she'd meant to say, and thought it was rather cute that she'd gotten so flustered. 

Wandering back towards Angel's, he suddenly realized just how tired he was. It was easy to fool himself into thinking he felt perfectly fine, but he wore out so quickly that it was obvious he still had a few days worth of healing to do. The question was...what about after those few days? 

Getting into the office to aim for his temporary bed, he stopped short, not having thought Angel would still be here. "Oh...hi. I was just...gonna call it a night." He started for the side room, but then stopped and turned around. "Hey?" He paused and looked at the floor. "Do you... have a couple minutes? I just... I need to talk to someone other than my dad."