Notes: Well, this is as far as the story was done when I found it, but I am pretty sure that I remember where I was taking it. Thanks to everybody who read and reviewed the last chapter. This one was kinda cheesy at the end (in my opinion), but that's how I like it. Enjoy!
….1 Week Later….
"Good Morning!" said Sue, unusually cheerful for this time of morning. It was her turn to come in to work last this morning.
"Your awfully happy this morning." said Myles. The jealousy in his voice went unnoticed by Sue and her buoyancy.
"It's a nice day." Sue said, raising heads from their computers; it was early in the morning and the weather was terrible, there was nothing nice about the day so far. Everyone went back to work after she had been seated for a few moments, except for Tara and Lucy. They knew something was up and kept looking back and forth between Sue and each other. She held up a finger motioning for them to wait a minute. She typed for only a few moments when both Tara and Lucy got a notice that they had a new message. They exchanged glances and looked down at their monitors.
Daniel asked me what I wanted for Christmas this morning!
- Sue
You mean Daniel Wilson from forensics?
- Tara
Lucy was thinking the same thing, but of course, Tara could type faster.
Yeah. He stopped me in the hall and we were talking about the Secret Santa game for a minute and then he just asked me what I wanted.
- Sue
He must be the most attractive guy in this whole building, no, probably this whole city!
- Lucy
It was true; the scientist's voluminous dark curls and iridescent blue eyes were often the center of gossip among the females of the FBI. They looked around to make sure that nobody was about to catch them not working before continuing.
I can agree to that since Stanley is in New York right now.
- Tara
What did you tell him?
- Lucy
I said I hadn't really thought about what I wanted but that I've always wanted to eat at the Boathouse restaurant downtown.
- Sue
So you practically asked him to ask you out?
- Lucy
Yeah… I guess I did.
- Sue
That was so smart! I can't believe your Secret Santa is Daniel Wilson! You don't have him too do you? That would be really unfair. Uh oh, Garret's coming. Back to work!
- Tara
Lucy and Sue quickly read the message and went back to work before Garret came over to them.
"Hi!" said Sue, a little more cheerful than she had intended.
"Thomas," said Garret a little shocked, "you seem to be having a good day. You're just the person I need since it looks like nothing can ruin your day. Sorry, but somebody's gotta go with Sue to talk to these guys who just walked in. I know your team took walk-ins last week but there really isn't anybody else available right now."
"I'll go." said Jack immediately, getting up out of his desk.
"Thanks. They're in the second interrogation room. They say it's important." Garret said before leaving. Jack and Sue walked down the hall and waited in the elevator together. Jack had always volunteered to do everything with Sue, a fact that had not been overlooked by the rest of the team. They somehow always ended up with the same assignments. Sue was reflecting on this when the elevator doors reopened to let out a few agents and she realized she had not said a word to Jack yet, but then again, he hadn't said a word to her either. She wondered what he was thinking about and suddenly felt she should interrupt his thoughts.
"Are you excited to find out who your Secret Santa is tomorrow?" she as the elevator approached their floor and then stopped.
Jack shrugged, "it could be interesting." he said, hiding his enthusiasm. Sue roller her eyes as they stepped out of the elevator and walked to the second interrogation room. They peeked into the guest room window before entering.
"They don't look too crazy." Jack said observing the two young men sitting impatiently in the guest room.
"No, they don't. This could actually be worth our time." said Sue, opening the door and walking in with Jack. What went unspoken; however, was their agreement that even an elevator ride to an empty room would still have been worth their time.
