Act. Natural.
Those words seemed to repeat on loop inside my brain as I watched the neon lights flicker outside this convenience store. They were hypnotizing if you stared too long. Red, green, blue flashes, the only excitement on this rather dull looking building.
It wasn't like I haven't done this before if I were being completely honest; I don't know why the jitters were getting to me now. In fact I've done this hundreds of times, thousands even, this was no different. So why the nerves...
A gust of wind blew past my face, tousling my red hair and knocking me out of my thoughts.
"Fuck its cold." I breathed out mindlessly, watching my hot breath evaporate into the cool night air.
"I told you to bring something heavier, I didn't know how long this would take." a grainy chiding voice plays through the small earbud nestled behind my locks.
"Yeah? Well next time you need a man on the ground come do it yourself Mel." I grit through chattering teeth.
Just as the words leave my mouth, the person Ive been waiting for seems to appear out of thin air. As he approaches the curb, I curl myself inward, hiding the bottom half of my face, pretending to just be a young person waiting outside for a ride…. Which is partly true.
The man walks past me, taking little notice. Glancing up at the last moment, I catch his face: stony hard eyes, thick, ragged hair, and hands the size of oven mitts.
Yeah, that's definitely our guy.
"Confirmed." I say matter of factly as I step off the curb after a few moments, and into the black car waiting for me.
As I begin to defrost in the passenger side surrounded by the warmth of leather seats, an atomic blond turns my way with a glint in his eyes hard enough to cut glass.
" Now we wait." He says lowly as he pulls away onto the road, leaving the neon lights behind
