Nate looked around, just contemplating all that he had. Sophie had been right. They are a family. A very twisted up one, but very much functional.
Eliot, who was trying to get Parker off his back, was cooking for the rest of the team. Hardison was playing with his new Modern Warfare game that had him in a trance that not even parker could break. Sophie, in the other hand was concentrating on a book she had just started. To his surprise she looked pretty far into the book.
"Foods ready!" Eliot called out from the kitchen. It made Nate smile how everyone stopped what they were doing to go and eat, except for Parker who was still on Eliot`s back.
"Looks and smells good," said Parker as she just stared at the food just ready to eat it all herself. It surprised everyone how much food fit into such a small body.
"Good Job Emril!" She said with a smirk as she sat down, she knew it got on Eliot`s nerves when she called him that.
"Stop calling me that!" said Eliot with a growl. As Parker reached out to grab some food, Eliot slapped her hand away.
"You`re gonna have to wait til everyone sits down and grabs a plate." Parker just pouted and sat in her chair with her arms across her chest.
Nobody talked much at the table now since they made Hardison stop talking about games, computers, and what irritated Eliot most, the ear buds . They were all still kinda disappointed with him for skipping out on a job to play his video games. In his defense, well he still thinking of something to back him up at the moment.
A phone rang and it was Sophie`s. Eliot huffed and made comments under his breath as Sophie stepped away from the table to take the call. Nate just sat there playing with my food, waiting for her to come back.
they hadn`t done a con in three months. Which by the look of things was fine, they all really needed a long break.
"So what have you guys been up to lately?" Nate asked he had to say something to break this awkward silence. Parker was surprisingly the first to speak up.
"Well I didn`t steal anything ! I`ve been going to these chocolate festivals and they were amazing ! I tasted 12 different kinds of chocolate." She closed her eyes as if she were remembering the taste of each and every single piece of chocolate.
"Hardison?" Nate asked hoping to hear something better.
"Nothing, just hacking sports channels and doing what I do best." He said with a smile.
"What about you Eliot?" Nate can see the expression on his face he hardly ever had that face. Only when something irritated him. He shrugged,
"Nothing," was his answer.
Which seemed to bother Nate the way he answered him.
Sophie came back saying she had to be somewhere at the moment." Sorry guys- thanks Eliot the food was delicious," she added, but seem to have no effect on him. He just glared at her and looked down at his plate. It looked like Sophie actually ran out the door. As the door closed, Eliot stood up and started picking up everybody's plate.
"Ya`ll done ?" He didn`t let anybody answer, he was already in the kitchen throwing everything away. Parker didn`t mind because she had been done, Hardison in the other hand was complaining and asking what was Eliot`s problem. Nate had lost his appetite so he didn`t really mind. He didn`t even want to know what was Eliot`s rapid change in attitude.
After everyone had left, Nate was sitting on Sophie`s chair drinking a glass of Chianti. He was thinking about Eliot`s attitude at dinner, it bothered him but he didn`t know why. All Nate remembered that night is him literally trying to get to his bedroom but failing miserably to get up 5 steps up the stairs, so he decided t crash on the couch.
When he woke up Eliot, Parker, and Hardison came into his apartment arguing about the last job that almost put everyone in danger.
"Man I told you to let Sophie do her thing she`s best at what she does. If you hadn`t interfered – the job would`ve been much better." Hardison almost regretted all he said when he saw Eliot's expression.
"The jobs done and we`re all ok, get over it!" Everyone had a feeling Eliot was in a bad mood.
"Where`s Sophie?" Parker asked Nate. "I don`t know she should`ve been here, she`s very punctual."
Right then and there the door flew open and Sophie came in. She looked horrible. This seemed to worry Nate and Eliot since they were the first to ask her if she was ok.
"Guys I`m fine just another little small break up, nothing I`ve never experienced before." Her voice cracked when she said that, her eyes were threatening to let out tears. But she didn`t let out a single tear.
"You sure you don`t want me to rip that ass holes head off?" Anger seemed to flash Eliot`s face. He managed to get Sophie to smile.
"No, he`s not worth you ripping his head off."
"Hey Soph are you sure you`re ok?"
"Nate, I`m fine, " but Nate wasn`t convinced.
"Hey I don`t feel like going to the parade anyways, people make me uncomfortable." No one thought Parker would go through with this."If its ok, I`m gonna hang out here?"
"Yeah that's fine." Nate said looking at Eliot who was talking to Sophie quietly that he couldn`t hear. Next thing he sees is them standing up and heading out the door.
"Hey where you guys going?" Nate said almost to fast that it took awhile for Eliot to make out what he said.
"We`re just gonna go take a walk, we`ll be back soon maybe." That made Nate nervous.
Nate watched as Sophie and Eliot went out the door. He joined Parker and Hardison who were watching this horror movie that seemed to scare Hardison more than Parker, which didn`t surprise Nate at all. But during the whole movie Nate`s thoughts were somewhere else, he was thinking of Sophie.
(.)
Eventually Eliot and Sophie came back, but Sophie looked happy, and Eliot never looked better. Nate asked right away what was going on. Parker and Hardison were also looking for an explanation.
Eliot cleared his throat. "Well, Sophie and I have decided to begin to see each other in different ways." Everyone didn`t say anything Sophie was pretty quiet, she was starring at the floor but she was still smiling.