AN: On to chapter three. This one starts out as Lucy's POV. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: As usual, I do not own Timeless, sadly.
I'm in my room letting Jiya stitch up my bullet wounds. Yes, there was more than one. One had gone deep enough in my left arm but wasn't fatal. The other was on my left side just missing my ribs. Jiya wants Agent Christopher to call in a doctor but I told her it was fine. She made me promise that if it doesn't get better in a few days, I would let a doctor. I didn't really have a choice so.
Jiya was just finishing us the stitches on my side when she asks, "So what was with that look you gave Wyatt?"
Great. I really hoped no one had noticed. Seems like my day just keeps getting better and better.
"It was nothing, Jiya. Just irritated he left us with no explanation and that made Flynn have to go with us to 1692."
"No, there was something else behind that look. Not just irritation but I can't place what it was."
Embarrassed.
Confused.
Vulnerable.
When I didn't say anything, she gets down in front of my face so I have to look at her.
"Something happened in 1941, didn't it?"
I didn't respond.
"Oh, Lucy." Jiya wraps me in a hug and a single tear falls down my face.
Traitor.
Wyatt POV
Rufus was pacing now.
"What do you mean Jessica is alive?"
"Exactly that, Rufus. My phone has been set up to give me alerts if anything changed on Jessica. Like if the article on her death went away or something. And it did. So, I did a douchebag move. I was in the middle of a conversation with Lucy- "
"Conversation or Conversation?"
"Rufus focus. We were just talking when the alert came through and all I say is 'I'll be right back.' Gosh, Rufus, I've screwed up everything haven't I?"
Rufus just stares at me.
"Well…"
"What Rufus?"
"Just answer me this: Where do you stand right now?"
"What do you mean Rufus? I'm in our room, in the bunker that Agent Christopher makes us stay for 'safety reasons.'"
"Okay but as far as this team goes, as far as you and Lucy go, where do you stand?"
"I went back only to make sure Jess was, for certain, alive. Then to make sure she was okay and happy. But then things got complicated."
"Explain. Consider this practice for when you go talk to Lucy. You've screwed this up so much already. She's lost so much already, I know she can't lose you too."
"Don't you think I know that. I told her when we got her back from 1918 when she said she lost everything, I told her she hadn't lost me!"
"Wyatt. Just calm down for a second okay. Tell me what happened."
I had to breathe for a few seconds before I could even process what happened when I went to find Jessica.
"I went to the bar that was listed as her place of work. She hadn't noticed me until she walked around the counter. As soon as I saw her face, I cracked. I immediately hugged."
"Okay, so happy reunion with your wife…" Rufus didn't seem all too thrilled. I know he wants Lucy and I together. I just don't think he understands that what I want as well.
"No. It's not like that Rufus. It was just a shock to see her after 5 years of being dead."
"I'm not trying to give you a hard time. But I also know Lucy. Once she knows that Jessica is alive she's not gonna believe that you choose her over your wife."
"Why?"
"Wyatt, you've spent the last year trying to find a way to save your wife. Lucy isn't going to see it as all black and white."
"So, what do I need to do Rufus?" I was at a lost at this point. Any advice would be worth it.
"Just be careful, Wyatt."
With that, he leaves the room, probably to go find Jiya or work on the Lifeboat.
And I'm left to figure out how I'm going to explain everything to Lucy and have her understand I mean every word.
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