Elena's Bad Day

A/N: These characters are not mine, I do not own them, please don't sue. Thank you.


It was quiet, way too quiet and Reno didn't like it at all. He had come to work late, as usual, and didn't even receive a short lecture at his office door like he did every morning by Rude. This made Reno suspicious first. The second thing that made him suspicious and knew that this wasn't going to be a normal day was that Tseng didn't come to give him a useless job like he did every morning to so call punish him for being late, most of the time it was just to piss him off, like trash. He wasn't paid to take out the trash, that was the janitor's job and Tseng knew it. Reno didn't like that the morning was starting off on such a weird foot, and had a bad feeling that something was going to happen, something out of the ordinary, and he was curious on what it was going to be.

She hated him, she absolutely hated him. Elena sneezed as she stood in the elevator, waiting to be taken to the level on which she worked, she felt horrible. She was blaming Reno for this, because he had been sick the week previous and had the audacity to take a drink from her water bottle then sneeze in her office several times that she had to lock her door so he wouldn't enter. This made Tseng unhappy when he needed to come in and didn't feel like he needed to knock on her door to be let into her office, she was the rookie after all. She still hated being called rookie, even though she has been a member of the Turks for close to four years now. Reno loved to call her rookie when she was having a good day, just to make it turn sour and leave her in a bad mood for the rest of the day. Reno was good at things like that, pissing her off then reeling her back into focus, especially on missions.

Elena walked out of the elevator, but had to catch herself before she fell to the ground. She leaned against the wall until her dizzy spell had stopped and she sighed. She felt horrible, and knew that she wouldn't get any work done today, so the best thing to do was to head to Tseng's office and ask for the day off. She felt horrible in doing so, she never called in, but her cold was getting to her already and it wasn't even nine yet.


Reno tapped his pen on his desk, looking at some papers on his desk. He bit his tongue while he studied what was on the page. He took his pen and drew bunny ears on the drawing he was doing and grinned, he finished drawing a bunny killing a carrot, saying Take that bitch! Reno laughed as he began to add more detail to the picture when his pen stopped working.

"Aww, damnit!" he shouted as he threw the pen to the side and opened up his drawers, looking for another pen, something he wasn't able to find. Reno grunted and pushed away from his desk and made his way out of his office and down towards Rude's office.

Reno stood there and knocked on the door, tapping his foot. Once no one answered, he began to bang on the door.

"Damnit Rude! Lemmie in!" he shouted, banging more.

"He's no in today, called in sick," said a man. Reno turned around to notice a janitor sweeping the hall.

"Hey buddy," said Reno, walking towards the man. "You need to learn how to do your job; I always end up taking the trash out for you. Next time I have to do it, and I see you, you're going to regret it," Reno began to leave, but then turned around. "And one more thing, if a black guy with sunglasses shows up, tell him Reno is looking for him. If he doesn't have sunglasses, it ain't the right guy, he's always wearing sunglasses."


Elena stopped outside of Tseng's door and gave a knock. When no one answered, she knocked again, tapping her foot. She sneezed; sending her to lean against the wall to steady her while the hallway came back into focus and stopped spinning.

"He's not here," said a voice from behind. Elena turned around and noticed one of the janitors sweeping.

"What?" she asked confused.

"He called in sick, so he isn't here." Elena gave the man a questionable looked and nodded a little.

"Thanks…" she said, and pushed herself from the wall and made her way towards her office. That was funny, she never knew Tseng to call in sick, and she didn't know the man COULD get sick. As she fumbled with her keycard, another question popped into her mind, but she forgot it when the beep of her door made her feel like something exploded in her head and she gave a loud groan as she walked in.

Elena sat her bag down next to her desk and pulled out her chair. She gave a soft moan as she rubbed her head, trying to make her headache go away. She felt dizzy, her nose, throat, head and stomach hurt and she couldn't ask for the day off because Tseng wasn't there. She would feel bad if she were to just skip out on work and leave everything to Reno and Rude, she just couldn't do that, she was better than that. Elena looked at the paperwork she had left on her desk and sighed, she better start on it, it wasn't going to finish itself.


"Laney, do you have a pen?" Elena looked up when she heard Reno from her doorway. If looks could kill, Reno would have dropped dead at that very moment. Reno tilted his head as he leaned against the door frame. "What's with that look?" he asked as he watched Elena.

"You, you, you…" she stuttered as she glared at him "Get your own damn pen," she spat as she went back to her paperwork, trying to ignore Reno. Reno pushed off from the door frame and made his way to Elena's desk.

"What did I do? All I want is to borrow a pen, I can't do paperwork without a pen then Tseng will get pissed and yell at me and blah, blah, blah. Save me the trouble from blamin' the rookie and give me a pen." Reno's hand went up automatically to catch the pen that Elena threw at his face and grinned. "Thanks Laney!" he cooed as he headed towards the door. He turned around and looked at her. "Oh, and you look like hell today," he said and dashed out the door before he got anything else thrown at him.

Elena closed and locked her door and let out a scream as she pounded on her desk. She hated him, she completely hated him. She balled up her fist and felt tears come to her eyes as she sat in her chair. She didn't understand the tears and found herself curling up in her chair and letting herself cry out her frustration. It's because you are sick and stressed, that's the only reason, you are sick and stressed… Elena really wasn't having a good day.


Elena really wasn't having a good day. She looked at the paper in her hand and groaned softly, she needed Reno's signature on the paper before she could be finished with it for he was the one who went on the mission with her. Elena groaned softly as she pushed herself away from her desk and made her way to the door, checking herself in her small mirror before exiting the room. She walked down the hallway, dreading the encounter with Reno. She was getting more moody around him lately, especially when they went out for drinks after missions… His cocky smile, his flirtatious personality, it made her sick and want to hit him, especially when he flirted with the waitresses, she just couldn't understand how he could do something like that so easily… She really despised it.

Elena stopped in front of Reno's door and sighed, she better just get this done and over with. She pushed the button and watched as the door opened. Reno was sitting in his chair, his head on his arms on the desk. He was sleeping. Elena balled up her free hand but gave a soft sigh. He looked peaceful when he slept, as did almost everyone and she quite enjoyed this side of him. She stepped inside of the room and just looked at him, why couldn't he be like this when he was awake?

"Stop looking at my beautiful body Laney," came a muffled voice and everything that Elena had thought went away. She walked towards his desk and slammed the paper down on his desk.

"Sign it," she said, looking away from him. Reno rubbed his head as he sat up and looked at Elena, then at the paper.

"What?" he asked. Elena growled softly and was about to say something when she felt her head begin to spin. She found her other hand landing upon Reno's desk as she tried to steady herself. She closed her eyes, taking in deep breaths. Reno looked at her, a confused look on his face. "Laney?" he asked. Elena was about to answer when the lights began to flicker, causing her to look up. Both Elena and Reno watched as the lights flickered on, off, on then off. Reno's door slammed shut, and a soft beep coming from it, signifying that it had been locked. Reno jumped from his seat and ran to the door, beating on it and putting in the code to make it unlock but there was no luck, it wouldn't open. Elena felt her legs get weak and found herself kneeling on the ground, her arms on Reno's desk and a head that began to throb.

She was stuck, with Reno, in his office.

Elena was really having a bad day.


A/N: I hope you like it… I'm not keen on writing short chapters like this, but I wanted to see if people liked this story before I continued on… and because I'm getting sleepy. I was inspired to do this story because... well… I'm kinda sick now and I have been reading Reno/Elena stories lately… This will turn more towards the drama type than the humorous type… Please tell me what you think and if I should continue! Thank you!