I woke up to someone knocking on my door; I looked at the clock on my bedside table. The little red numbers read 10:58, "SHIT" I was late for my sparring session. I jumped out of bed forgetting I was in my pyjamas, consisting of green boy short panties and a black tank, and opened the door to find a very disgruntled looking Spencer Chissik, probably wondering where I was. He looked me up and down with a smirk, I looked down and saw what I was wearing and went bright red, I didn't make a habit of wandering around in skimpy clothes like some of the other female operatives. "Just got up?" he asked motioning with his hand. "Uh, yeah…" I said running my hand through my hand, tugging on knots. "Give me like 10 minutes to get dressed and I'll meet you down at the training rooms?" I said, "No point, Balleseros took our room" he replied leaning on the doorway. "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't generally sleep in this late" I apologised pulling on a pair of black pants, he walked in and sat at the table looking amused, "You know" he said "I've never seen you this flustered" a small smile as he leant his chin on his hands, watching me. "Well, it's not every day that I answer the door in my underwear" I replied quietly, he laughed and continued looking at me "enjoying the view?" I asked sarcastically as I grabbed a bra and a top, he smiled and answered with a short "yes", my eyes widened and I swear I went as red as a tomato, "I'm going to have a shower, you can help yourself to anything in the kitchen" I said quickly as I ducked into the bathroom and closed the door. I leant against the door and let out a breath. I stripped and turned on the shower, waiting a few moments for it to heat up, and stepped into the water, letting it wash away the embarrassment.

Once I was clean I stepped out of the shower and dried myself, I threw on my clothes and brushed my hair into a ponytail. After I made sure I was presentable, Ilaria expected their staff to be well groomed and to be anything but was frowned upon, I stepped out of the bathroom to find Spencer sitting on my bed, trying to unlock my laptop. I cleared my throat and he looked up sheepishly, "you were taking too long, I got bored" he said as he shrugged. "So… is there something you want me to do or…?" I asked, Spencer wasn't the kind of person who "hung out" with others, he was more of a loner, because let's face it, no one in Ilaria wanted to piss him off, so they just avoided him.
"I was thinking about going out for lunch, would you like to come?" He said. My eyes widened, Spencer Chissik didn't ask people if they wanted to join him for lunch. But then again Spencer Chissik wasn't supposed to cry like he had last night either. "Sure, why not" I replied, I figured he would want to go somewhere fancy, so I was surprised when he said "okay, well, there's a café not far from here, Libertea or something, if you want to go there?". Honestly just surprised is probably an understatement, I was definitely expecting him to suggest L'Arpege or another Michelin star restaurant. Somehow in all my shock I managed to splutter out a "that sounds good" to which he replied with "Well, it's almost 12, are you ready to go?", I nodded and he got up from my bed and headed to the door with me trailing behind him.

Let's just say when we reached Libertea my surprise probably tripled. It was a quaint little café, bookshelves and little potted plants and everything. I jumped ever so slightly when Spencer interrupted my observations with a quiet and ever so slightly embarrassed "They do good coffee". So he's been here before I thought as I walked through the door he held open. We walked up to the counter, he ordered a black coffee and a sandwich and I ordered a Mocha with a muffin. We sat in silence until one of the waitresses brought our order over. It was Spencer who finally broke the silence. "So about last night…" he trailed off, looking at his coffee his food untouched, "I won't tell anyone what happened last night" I said "my lips are completely sealed". It was then that he finally looked at me, his eyes betraying the fact that he didn't full trust that statement. "Don't look at me like that" I said giving him an accusing glare, "when have I ever let classified information slip on a mission, Spencer? This isn't any different" I snapped, I kept my voice low so the other people in the café didn't hear. He went back to staring into his coffee then decided to pick at his sandwich. It was odd seeing him so… dejected. But we were out of the Ilaria building so there wasn't much pressure on him to act like the Scythe, especially when I had already seen him cry. "Sorry for snapping, I just… Just trust me, okay? What happened is between us and it will stay between us, I promise" I said quietly. He shook his head slightly, like he was trying to shake out a bad thought. "Thank you" He said so quietly I barely heard it, I put one of my hands over his, hoping I wasn't overstepping any boundaries. Spencer looked at me, a bit confused, and then looked at my empty plate and mug, "come on, let's go" He said getting up from the table, I followed suit and we headed back to the Ilaria building. He dropped me off at my room before heading to his own. Five minutes later my phone vibrated with a message notification, it was from Spencer.

Sparring tomorrow 9am, don't be late.

It vibrated again as I was reading the previous message.

Let's do lunch again as well.

I replied with "Okay, see you then" and smiled, I was looking forward to tomorrow.

This is probably even more out of character than the last chapter so I apologise. I finally have the motivation to write so I decided to work on this chapter and get it done. Sorry for the year long wait.

I'm not sure if I will do another chapter for this, we'll see, I was only able to write this because of a break between exam study for University.

Please let me know what you think, it's much appreciated.