"Come on Johnny T that's not fair!" Mike whined, as Johnny took shot gun, and Briggs took the wheel.
"Hey not everything can be fair, this world is an unfair place" he chuckled
"Well at least I have a girlfriend" mike teased
"Or should you say had," Johnny pointed out, "Cause last time I checked, you too had it out in front of a house she wasn't supposed to be in"
"Yeah well, we never actually officially broke up okay" Mike reasoned as he sunk down a little in his seat, the nostalgic feeling of thinking about abby creeping up on him.
"Yeah okay, you win," Jonny stated, thinking he went a little too far with the whole Abby situation, "But I'm still shot gun!" he teased
"If you really want to go there, I at least have a bigger d-"
"Boys knock it off" Briggs cut in from the driver's seat," Mike you can ride shotgun tomorrow, and Johnny apologize for bringing up Abby."
"M 'sorry Mikey-mike, I crossed the line a little, I apologize." Johnny said a soft tone to his voice.
The rest of the car ride was silent, except for the symphony of a Californian night. As they arrived at the house, they saw that Paige hadn't returned from her bust, and Charlie was probably cooking up something. Johnny and Briggs ran inside, but Mike made his way to the beach.
"Hey Chuck whatchya making this time?" Briggs asked, his hunger getting the best of him.
"Well it isn't sauce night, so you tell me what you want and I'll make it while you set the table." She said, her thick accent shining through every word she said.
"You can choose Johnny, I'm going to set the table" he said leaving the room with his hands full of dishes.
"How about" he held his hand to his mouth like he was thinking "mmmm how about tacos?"
"Johnny you are truly a taco addict." She said with a smirk on her face "You had tacos for lunch all this week, and we had them for dinner last night, so choose something else" she said, her motherly nature kicking in.
"Fine, surprise me" he said feeling defeated. "Wait can you ask Paige to bring home take out from Ming's Garden?"
"Because I can't say no to that little smile, I'll call her in a second. Hey where's Levi, did he come home with you?" she asked her brows furrowed with question.
"Yeah, I don't know where he went, but I think he might be at the beach?" he said also wondering where the blonde man went. "I'll go check"
Mike sat on the oversized rock, thinking about his lost lover. Were they still together, or was that an official breakup? Suddenly Mike was overwhelmed by thought of Abby, that he let one soldiered tear slip. Man, I just want her back. I loved her. He thought to himself, o the silent deserted beach.
"Hey!" Mike gasped at the sudden sound
"Oh my god Johnny don't do that to me man," mike said his heart pounding fast and hard.
"Sorry, thought you heard me coming," there was a long pause in which neither of them said a word, "Mikey, are you okay, I mean with what I said and everything, I really truly didn't intend to hurt your feelings." Johnny admitted feeling the guilt.
"No John, you are fine, it's just, I thought she was the one, but all I ever told her was lies, and I'm just really missing her you know." He said, a sadness to his voice
"Yeah," Johnny said, trying to brush of the conversation "Well, Paige is bringing home take out, she should be here soon. Wanna go back to the house with me?"
"Man that sounds great, I really could go for some food right now, take my mind off things" Mike said with a sigh as he stood from his rock.
They walked to the house, the awkwardness of their conversation in the air. As the arrived, they smelled the familiar smell of Ming's Garden, and couldn't help but smile. Now that the whole gang was home, they all sat at the table and ate.
"Okay so Mike and Johnny, tomorrow you have an undercover together, I'll tell you more about it later. Jake you have to go deal with the birds, and try to get custody of them tomorrow. Paige, you Charlie and I have to go to HQ for a meeting involving our last opp, but it's just a report nothing bad." Briggs looked up at his co-workers, his family. "All clear?" everyone nodded giving him the right away to continue speaking. "Okay well looks like Mike has Dishes tonight, but I think you should probably get some rest, so Charlie would you mind if we did it for him?"
"Nope, don't really have anything else planned." She said with a smile
"Hey Paul, I can help Charlie with the dishes, you and Jakes can go do something together if you want" Paige said with an encouraging nod.
"Thanks P I'll take you up on that offer, I really appreciate it!" Briggs said feeling accomplished.
"Thanks for taking over the dishes, I guess I'll go get some rest before tomorrow" mike said saluting them before he went upstairs to bed.
"Yeah, I'll catch y'all later, I'm hittin the hay" Johnny said trotting up the stairs like a happy six year old.