Ch.2- Telling Auggie
Making her way into the tech ops center Annie walked as quietly as she could so that she didn't make a sound in her kitten heels. Stopping outside of Auggie's office Annie smiled as she watched her husband sitting at his desk with his headphones on completely immersed in his work.
Making her way into the office without making a sound Annie tiptoed around till she stood directly behind Auggie in his chair. Annie leaned over slowly to give him a quick kiss on the cheek. Instead of kissing him on the cheek Annie was surprised when Auggie turned his head to face her and kissed her on the lips.
Shaking the shocked expression from her face Annie pecked Auggie on the cheek as she repositioned herself so that she was sitting on the edge of his desk. Seeing the smile that was spread across Auggie's face Annie couldn't take it anymore, and asked,
"Ok how could you possibly have known that I was here? You had your headphones on and I was as quiet as a mouse when I came in."
Before Auggie could respond Annie answered her own question,
"You smelled my perfume didn't you?"
Still smiling Auggie nodded as he leaned back in his chair relaxingly as he said,
"Yes my beautiful wife your sweet grapefruit scented perfume gave you away. I could smell it before you reached my office. I just pretended not to notice because I wanted to see what you'd do."
Hearing his response Annie leaned in and kissed Auggie on the lips which caught him by surprise. Smiling at getting the response that she had wanted when she had first tried to kiss him Annie said,
"Well surprising you with a kiss wasn't the only thing I came here to do, I have something I have to tell you."
Seeing Auggie sit up straighter as she said this Annie knew that she had his full attention. Sitting straighter herself on the edge of his desk Annie told him of the case that she and Jai had been assigned to. As she finished Auggie leaned forward and placed his hand over her own that was on top of his desk. Squeezing it slightly Auggie said,
"From what you've said about the Sorvick character you need to be careful. I don't care if you're just going to be sitting at a café listening to everything that happens with Jai, you still need to keep an eye on your own surroundings and watch yourself…and Jai."
Placing her free hand on Auggie's cheek Annie gently caressed it with her thumb as she said,
"I'll be fine Auggie, you don't have to worry. Jai has the hard part not me."
Cupping her hand on his face with his own Auggie replied,
"I know I don't have to worry about you. But I probably still will worry about you as I sit here trying to do my work while you are at the café."
Squeezing his hand Annie replied,
"That is one of the reasons why I love you so much Auggie Anderson, you were always the only person who cared about what happened to me, and you still do now."
Smiling Auggie replied,
"Well Mrs. Anderson, caring about a person and what happens to them is what happens when you love someone. And I love you too, so much."
With one last kiss Annie left Auggie's office and headed back to her desk to look over the file and learn as much as she could on Ramier Sorvick.