As dawn began to break over New York City, the shadows found Samantha Spade sitting in Central Park staring at the sky above her. She looked so lost in thought, her brow furrowed in concentration almost. The sky was a multitude of colours, mixing oranges with pinks, purples and blues. It was beautiful, but she never noticed a thing. Life had begun to get tough for the young agent, and here she sat trying to work things out for herself. She would never know if she did or not.
The day started like normal for the agents of the MPU, save for the lateness of one Samantha Spade. It wasn't like her to be late then again did they really know her. Her desk gave nothing away about her private life, her stuff meticulously put away at the end of every shift. Everyone's desk had personal photo's, little accoutrements of their lives dotted over them, but not Samantha. Neat as a pin, would be how she was described.
The elevator pinged and the click of heels was heard as Samantha entered the bullpen, not aware everyone was watching her, especially one blue eyed agent who watched every move she made. She made her way to her desk saying a polite good morning to everyone around her. Sitting at her desk, she booted up her computer before turning to where the rest sat at the conference table. "So what's on the agenda for today?" She asked.
Jack spoke first. "No cases as yet, so I am afraid it's paperwork all round." He paused in his speaking. "On another note Maria and I were wondering if you would all like to join us tonight at O'Sullivan's for a drink?"
"Any special occasion boss?" Danny asked.
"Our fifteenth wedding anniversary." Jack smiled proudly, considering he and his wife were ready to divorce the year previous.
"Congratulations." Martin said. "I'll be there."
"Me too." Danny answered, looking to Samantha to see her reaction. It had been a while since she had last gone on a night out with the team. She kept herself to herself. She and he had gone through the academy together and been best friends ever since, but in the last year she had been shutting herself off from everyone.
"Jack, I'd love to be there." Viv answered, she too looking at Samantha.
"Samantha, you coming?" Jack asked his young agent. He could see she had an inner battle going on. To go or not?
"I can make it for a little bit." She finally answered, seemingly pleasing people.
"Great, it's been an age since we were all out together." Martin spoke first, taking the pressure off everyone else.
Later in the evening Jack stood by the bar at O'Sullivan's watching his friends. Maria was talking to Viv, while Martin and Danny were talking to Marcus, while scoping out all the young females in the vicinity of them. He glanced around to see Samantha standing by the door with her phone glues to her ear almost. She had been on the phone for a while and it didn't look to be a fun call. He slowly walked over to her, hearing only a snippet of her conversation. "So there's no hope?" Her voice sounded shaky. He cleared his throat announcing his presence. She quickly hung up and wiped her face before turning to see him. "Sorry bout that Boss."
"That's okay, as long as you are all right?" He questioned.
"Yep, I'm fine, though I have to leave soon." She looked distant and Jack knew not to push it. They had at least got her here, which was a first in months.
"Sure, I'm just glad you came."
"I'm so glad you and Maria worked things out. You look so right together. I bet the girls are happy?" She was almost talking too fast, but he had heard what she said.
"They are, in fact we are thinking of taking a family vacation soon, just the four of us, something we haven't done in years." His face sparkled as he spoke.
"That will be nice, away from here, anywhere away from here would be nice." He picked up the hostility in her voice. Something was definitely troubling her, just what was it?