Chapter 1

"No Charlie, I refuse to let you set me up on a blind date for Jake and Kourtni's wedding!" Megan Mancini said as she took a sip of her wine and glanced around McRory's bar.

"Oh come on Megs, I'm sure Jamie could set you up with a really good guy" the brunette smiled at her friend.

"I'm sure he would, but you have to remember that this guy would have to endure four days with my family, and all of our friends. I can't ask a total stranger to do that" Megan reasoned.

"This is true, how about someone you do know?" Charlie asked.

"Like who, all of the guys I know that I would actually want to spend that amount of time with will already be there. One is the groom, another is married, and I'm related to the rest" Megan returned with a smirk.

"Well what about Eliot? I mean you two are getting along now" Charlie suggested.

"Yea, not even going there" Megan replied.

In the last few months since Megan had joined the Leverage team, she couldn't believe that things had gone so well. She felt like she was slowly becoming a member of the family and it was nice. She glanced around the bar again and tried to hide her laughter as her best friend Parker tried to distract Hardison as she took a bite of his candy bar. Her eyes then fell on Nate and Sophie who were finishing up with their previous client. The team had just finished a job where they took down a restaurant owner and chef who had been intentionally making customers at a rival restaurant sick so that the rival would lose his business.

The job had gone really well, so Nate had told the rest of the team that they were going to have some time off, which was great for Megan because two of her closest friends, Kourtni and Jake were getting married in a few days. The only downside was that she didn't have a date yet, and she was quickly running out of options.

"Well what about Mark?" Charlie asked suddenly.

"Um Mark and I went out a few times, but I have no desire to bring him home to my family" Megan groaned when she remembered how bad the last date with Dr. Mark Bennet had gone.

"I don't blame you for that, so I still think you should go with Eliot" Charlie said with a knowing smirk.

"Go with Eliot for what?" Parker asked as she hopped up on to the chair next to Megan.

"I think Megan should have Eliot take her to Jake and Kourtni's wedding" Charlie started as Megan rolled her eyes.

"Man, I can't believe you are working with a woman that fine, and you're not the slightest bit interested in making a move on her" Shelly said as he glanced at Megan from across the bar.

Eliot groaned as his friend checked out Megan. Shelly was in town for a few days on a job, and whenever he was in town he always stopped by the bar for a poker game.

"Trust me she's not your type" Eliot said.

"And even if she was, you wouldn't want to touch that with a ten foot pole once you find out who her brother is" Eliot thought as he noticed that both Parker and Charlie were talking to Megan about something, and she seemed to be not responding well to whatever they were talking about it.

In the last few months since Megan had joined the team, Eliot had been more and more interested in getting to know more about the young woman. She seemed to be very good at her job and the rest of the team thought she was great, so she fit right in. Eliot was starting to think of her that way too, especially after he had found out who she really was, and what she eventually wanted to do.

"Hey Eliot! Come over here" Parker shouted from across the bar.

Eliot walked over to the bar and glared at the blonde thief. He noticed that Megan looked really uncomfortable, and if looks could have killed, he figured that Parker would be dropping dead any second now.

"What Parker?" Eliot growled.

"Megan needs a date for our friends Jake and Kourtni's wedding this weekend, and I think you should take her" Parker said matter of factly.

"Parker!" Megan exclaimed.

"Eliot you don't have to, I mean I'm sure I can go alone" Megan said quickly.

"Where is the wedding?" Eliot asked her.

"Um Martha's Vineyard" Megan answered reluctantly.

"When do you have to be there?" Eliot asked.

"Thursday afternoon, everyone is having dinner at my parents place that night, and then there are some other events before the wedding Saturday night" Megan replied softly.

"I don't have to wear a tux to anything do I?" Eliot asked finally.

"Um no, I will be the one dressing up because I'm Kourtni's maid of honor and I'm actually singing at the reception. So you just have to bring a suit for the wedding, but everything else is casual. Also, hotel and everything is paid for while we're there" Megan explained.

"When do we leave?" Eliot asked as Parker walked away with a smile on her face.

"Um Thursday morning around eleven, my step-dad is sending a car for us, so if you could come to my place that would be great" Megan replied softly.

"Okay, I'll do it" Eliot smirked at her.

"Okay, thanks Eliot, I um I really appreciate it, I mean I could handle going alone but the bride is um my ex's little sister" Megan said finally.

"It's no problem, I'll um see you Thursday" Eliot said before he grabbed another beer from the bar and headed back upstairs.

"So did he say yes?" Parker asked as Megan watched him walk away.

"Yes, and you better hope that it all goes well, because if it doesn't I'm never jumping off another building with you again" Megan groaned as she thought of the only thing that Parker would consider a punishment.

"Trust me Megs, you'll thank me for this later" the blond thief said as Megan left the bar shaking her head.


When Thursday morning rolled around Megan was actually looking forward to spending the weekend with her friends and family. The only thing that worried her was the fact that all of the people in her life were going to ask questions and more than likely would interrogate Eliot.

After she showered, dressed, and made sure that everything was packed to go, she grabbed a quick breakfast with some coffee and got Atticus ready to stay at her neighbor Amy's while she was gone.

She took Atticus across the hall and dropped him off with Amy. Then when Eliot showed up, she met him in the lobby with her luggage just as the car pulled up.

"Anything I should know before we get there?" Eliot asked as the driver loaded the trunk and they were off to Martha's Vineyard.

"I'll tell you on the way, I just hope you can handle it" Megan smirked.

"Trust me Megan, I can handle anything" Eliot said as he arched his eyebrows.

"Oh really, so you've faced down a room full of loud Italians before?" Megan asked sarcastically.

"No, but how bad could they be?" Eliot asked.

"Trust me, members of my family could make FBI interrogators look like pussy cats…and that's just my mother" Megan smirked as she starred out the window.

"Well since we're staying at the hotel, we will only have to spend a few hours with your family while we're there right?" Eliot asked as he thought about what she'd said.

"Um yea, about that, I found out this morning that we're only staying at the hotel after the wedding on Saturday. We're actually staying with my family until then" Megan replied softly as she pulled out a book and began to read.

"Oh boy, what have you gotten yourself into this time Eliot" he thought to himself as he closed his eyes and tried to sleep with Megan's words ringing in his ears.