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| The Past Comes Calling By Juli |
| CHAPTER 2 EMMA AND RAMON UC Building the next day. Robert Sanchez strode into the room looking for Frank, he'd come straight from the airport so was his hurry to make sure his friend was holding up. "Can anyone tell me where the Boss man is" he asked. Monica looked up and did a double take, this man was too good to be true. "Sure , that's his office over there she pointed, and you are?" "Robert Sanchez" he said and entered Donovans office without so much as a knock. "Jeez he'd bust my ass for that" thought Monica "Lucky, lucky, Alex at least If she's got to dive into hell she's doing it with the most heartbreakingly perfect companion" Donovan looked up at the face of his friend and let out a sigh of relief. "Good to see you again, I just wish it was under different circumstances"he said. " I know "answered Robert " How are you holding up in all of this Frank and don't give me the usual bullshit , I want the truth" Frank put his hands up in a sign of defeat, he knew when the truth was needed and this was definitely one of those times. "Not good, not good at all, I need this nightmare to end this time cause if it eats away at me any more there's not going to be any of the old me left inside and then they'll have won won't they?" Robert was worried, he knew Frank well enough to know that this was destroying him, Frank was right , this had to end here and now. He also knew that the team would have no idea of their bosses involvement in all of this mess. Frank had plans of his own on that count, he was going to wait until the day before the Operation was to begin, more precisely the evening before and come clean with them , especially for Alex's sake she had to know the full story, hopefully she would have bonded with Robert by then and know that he would shoulder the gravity of the situation for the both of them. He also didn't want sympathetic, pitying looks for the next few weeks. They had to be fully concentrating on the job and not holding him up. "Robert , I think it's about time you met your new girlfriend" Robert and Frank left his office and went into the other room where his team were supposed to be waiting . "Where's Alex ?" asked Frank Suddenly in rushed Alex ,a whirlwind of files and papers crashed to the floor as she ran slap bang into the ample chest of Robert Sanchez himself. "Alex meet Robert, Robert meet Alex, I'll see you both later" Frank turned on his heel and left the building . Embarassment was a common thing to Alex, but this feeling she had now was beyond that, the flush that covered her face spoke volumes. She couldn't turn away, didn't bloody want to turn away was more like it. "Get a grip Alex" she scolded herself. Robert himself had been seriously jolted .Okay he wasn't quite as practised in the Frank Donovan school of charm and wit as the man himself but he prided himself in his control of situations. Only in this particular case it was the situation itself that was controlling him and he didn't want it to stop. The sparks between them were enough to light the entire city. "Jeeesus" Monica whistled " this is going to be something else, I can't wait till ol' Frankie baby spots this, he'll have you"she said pointing at Robert"surgically castrated, and you"pointing at Alex "slapped in a chastity belt" she laughed. The pair of them still stood in the doorway looking thunderstruck. Jake and Cody had also witnessed the scene and both had an overwhelming fear and dread that Donovan was indeed not going to like this one little bit, ha.... the understatement of the century. Monica broke the silence once more " Look I have your new I.D's here Alex you are Emma Baker and Robert you are Ramon Perez, Emma meet Ramon Ramon meet Emma "she cackled . " Now get the hell out of here both of you and sort this out, that's an order lady" "Trouble, trouble, trouble, major trouble, huge trouble" muttered Cody . As Alex and Robert walked slowly out of the building, both were very unsure and disturbed at what they had just felt. They knew it felt like nothing on earth but where did they go from here? What about the Operation they were about to undertake? Alex studied the man walking beside her. She was marvelling in the glossiness of his jet black well past shoulder length hair that was tied at the nape of his neck with a leather band. Smooth, clean shaven darkly tanned skin. Long black eyelashes framed the huge chocolate brown eyes that stared down at her invitingly. She could feel the strength in his muscles as he took her arm in his. His strongly chiselled square lower jaw giving him a commanding presence, he had laughter in his eyes and a smile as bright as the sun itself. He guided her to a nearby bar and ordered drinks for them both, determined to talk this through. They lasted through precisely one hour of polite smalltalk , half an hour of tenative touches and restrained kisses before admitting the inevitable and surrendering into a passionate embrace that was stealing the breath from them both, and at the same time intensifying , gaining momentum the entire length of the cab journey back to Alex's home. As the front door closed behind them, any thoughts on the wiseness of their actions were quickly replaced by wild abandon as they gave in to the sweet intensity and threw caution to the the wind. Exploring each others bodies and minds for the very first time, their lives re-started right there and then. Alex woke to find that Robert had enveloped her into a fiercely protective embrace. She sighed contentedly and knew that she had never felt this happy before. When Robert woke beside her and fixed her with his killer smile she knew there and then that they were both in DEEP. They'd crossed the bridge and burned it behind them. No explanations were needed for their behaviour. Not from each other anyway, but there was one tiny (sorry!) huge dark cloud looming over them. She winced at the thought "Donovan" she said out loud. "I know" came the reply "Let's just cross that particular bridge when we come to it shall we"stated Robert. "For now though" he said playfully pulling her out of the bed "we're gonna go christen that tub of yours" This particular bubble wasn't bursting just yet. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Past Comes Calling - Chapter 3 |