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Alex's POV:
Alex opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. She knew that she was being carried and she knew she was in her apartment building, but she didn't know who was carrying her, but she figured it out quickly.
She heard Nathan's voice say, "Whats wrong with her? She's been gone for days"
Then she heard Michael say, "She's fine just tired after the night we had right Alex?" He then stood her up on her feet and help her upright.
Alex cleared her mind as much as she could to process the situation, she said "Yeah, it was an amazing date. And I've been out of town that's why you haven't seen me."
She saw the hurt on Nathan's face, but she just gave him a look that said I'm not interested. She knew they couldn't happen and she knew she didn't want them to happen.
Nathan got the hint quickly and said, "Sorry to disturb you night." Then he retreated back into his apartment.
Michael opened Alex's apartment door and helped her in then sat her on the couch. "I'll make you some coffee." Michael said as he walked away.
This left Alex along with her thoughts. She knew that her secret was out. She was Alexandra Gutionov, and she was alive and wanted revenge. Thankfully she knew that the only people that knew who she truly was would never tell anyone. One was dead. One she threatened. The other was her friend. But she had trouble remembering what happened between Michael finding her and her being in her apartment. Nathan made it clear that it had been a few days, so she must have been somewhere since the night she killed Vlad.
Michael walked toward her and handed her a cup of coffee before saying, "I should get going."
"No stay." Alex said, "I want to know what happened."
"You completed the mission successfully." Micheal said in his strict mono-tone voice as he sat on the couch.
"But where have I been the last few days?" Alex asked.
"At division, recovering, going through withdrawal" Michael said. Alex could tell he had trouble saying the last word. Like he was in pain saying it.
"Is that it?" Alex asked with suspicion She had a feeling that something more had happened but she didn't know what yet.
"What else would happen?" Michael asked. He had Birkhoff do research on Alex while she was at division with Amanda. He knew that Amanda questioned her, that Amanda wanted to find out her secret. But Michael did not want to tell Alex that. He figured she'd remember soon, hopefully after he was gone.
"I don't know." Alex said as she sipped her coffee. "This is good." She told Michael.
"Thank you." Michael said, "I've made a lot of coffee in my life so it comes easily."
"Was it bad?" Alex asked.
Micheal became nervous he wondered what she was talking about, if she had already started to remember what happened. "Was what bad?" He asked.
Alex laughed to herself, "It would be like you to answer my question with a question."
"I don't know what you mean." Michael said. But he didn't use his mono tone voice. His voice actually sounded flirtatious
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Michael's POV:
'Why did I just say that?' He thought. 'I care about her more than any other person in division, that part is obvious, but do I feel that way about her? She's gorgeous and has the most amazing smile, but she is hiding something. I've already lost a wife and a child, and I've been betrayed by someone else I cared about. I feel like an idiot even thinking about these things. Like a stupid teenage boy who thinks a girl likes him.'
Alex broke him out of his train of thought when she said "My withdrawal Michael, was that bad?"
He had seen many recruits go through the same thing. But in his heart he knew that it was different when he saw Alex go through it. He knew it was in their best interest if he stayed distant, like he normally was.
"It was a typical response, exactly what you would expect from someone who was going though it." He said coldly. Almost too coldly, he actually felt regret for acting the way he did.
"I never wanted anyone to see me like that ever again." He heard Alex admit.
"Everyone is weak sometimes Alex." He said trying to comfort her even though he knew he was undoing what he had just done to keep their relationship professional.
He heard Alex laugh again and he loved the way it sounded. "When have you ever been weak Michael?"
He wondered if he should tell her. She was obviously hiding something from him, from division. Yet he somehow trusted her and he wanted to confide in her. "When people I cared about were taken from me without warning."
"I know how that feels." Alex said in a caring voice as she put her hand on his shoulder. He could feel the heat coming from her body on his shoulder and he liked it.
"You're family?" He asked. He knew that her family died when she was a kid and that was how she ended up as a sex slave.
"Yeah." Alex said. He could hear the sadness in her voice and moved closer to her. One of her curls fell into her face as she looked down when he turned to look at her. He put his hand under her chin and lifted her face before brushing the curl so it was behind her ear. He looked into her eyes as he allowed his hand to linger on her cheek.
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Alex's POV:
The second she felt Michael's hand on her face she never wanted him to move. She felt that there was something between them, and that she didn't want to fight it. She knew Nikita had trusted Michael, and that he was a good guy, but he was totally loyal to division at least thats what she thought.
"Alex I should really go." She hear Michael say but he didn't move an inch.
"That would probably be the best idea." She agreed, but she found herself moving closer to Michael.
"But is it what you want?" Michael asked as he moved is hand to grasp the back of her neck and pull her closer towards him.
"No." She whispered as she licked her lips and moved her face towards his.
Then it hit, all the memories of what had happened the past few days came flooding back.
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A/N
I know it's pretty short. I normally like to have longer updates but I really want to put in what really happened between Amanda and Alex, and in order to do that I actually have to see the new episode. So there will probably be an update on Friday or Saturday. The update will probably come late at night since I have school all day Friday then work and I work all day Saturday. But I will try to update ASAP.
As you can see I don't have a name for this story yet, if you think of one let me know.
Please R and R because it helps motivate me.
