Authors note: Hey there friends thank you for checking out my new story Moving On. It's the sequel to What's Next. Six months have passed since the Damon case and things are finally getting back to normal at Graceland. Mike and Paige are enjoying married life but a new case and new challenges lie ahead for Graceland's best couple. Sit back, relax and enjoy Chapter 4.
"No way. Absolutely not!" Mike says as Paige points to a bed set in the catalog "Why not? It's cool and modern and it will fit with the ambiance of the house."
"No Paige it's tacky and what do you mean the ambiance of the house? This is just a bed room set"
"Yes but it fits perfectly with the rest of the furniture I picked for the house"
"What are you talking about?" Paige flips the catalog and shows him circled pictures of furniture for every room in the house that has the same look as the bed room. "IF you think I'm going to live in a house with this ugly furniture you have another thing coming. Plus there's too much purple"
"Ok Mr. what do you have in mind?" Mike takes the catalog and looks at some of the bed room sets. "See now this is more like it" he says as he points to a traditional wooden set. Paige looks at him with her left eyebrow raised, "You have got to be joking?"
"What? It's a classic look that will stand the test of time. Unlike your 'modern' look"
"No Mike it's plain and boring. I'm not going to have a house full of stuff like that."
"This is close to my bed set upstairs. You don't have a problem with that"
"Mike I hate your furniture in your room. It reminds me of the old you."
"And what may I ask is the old me?"
"Boring, with a stick up your ass and always following every rule and he doesn't experience life he just lives in it."
"That's what you thought of me when we first met?"
"Ah yeah plus you still called weed marijuana. That was so lame" she said laughing remembering when he said that to the team.
Mike grows red with anger, "Well you were a lousy singer and dressed like a hussy" he says in a rage. Paige looks at him and starts laughing. "A hussy? Oh Levi I love you" Paige then throws her arm around Mike hugging him close.
"You're supposed to be upset. Why aren't you mad at me?" Paige smiles and kisses him; "Becasue I know you're just reacting to what I said. Mike that guy might have been lame but remember he's the Mike I first fell in love with."
Mike hugged his wife, "Apology accepted"
"I didn't apologize"
"Agree to disagree"
"Shut up" Mike pulls her in for a kiss as he squeezes her ass. "Mmmm. See old Mike would never do that on his own"
"You're right about that but like him I'm still not ok with that furniture"
"Seriously? After all that all I just said"
"Paige all you said was how much of an uptight prick I was. You didn't convince me." Paige smiled as she placed her hands at the bottom of her shirt. "And sex isn't going to work. Look this style it's just not me." Paige was going to argue but Mike stopped her. "I know that my choice is not what you want. You made that pretty clear. So together let's look at what we can find that appeals to both of us." Paige wanted to argue but she knew he was right. "I…ahh damn you for being right" The front door opened to Jakes and Charlie followed by Johnny and Briggs all talking about a case. "Or we can postpone this and tell them about our case."
Paige looked as their friends settled in the dining room. "No time like the present. We should be quick and painless, like ripping off a band-aid." Mike agreed and the two joined their friends. "Mikey Mike how was your first day back?" Briggs asked
"It was good Silvo actually assigned me a case"
"Already? Are you ready for that sweetie?" Charlie asked
"Charlie I've been sitting around doing nothing for six months I'm ready."
"What did he assign you?"
"He wants me to take a look at the partnership between two weed growers and Melina Vasquez" the four of them stopped what they were doing at looked right at Mike. "I'm sorry did you say Melina Vasquez?" Briggs asked
"Yeah I did" Charlie phone and started dialing.
"Charlie who are you calling?" Mike asked
"Silvo to get you pulled off the case"
"Charlie you can't tell the station director to pull me, an agent, off a case""
"What me. Yes Director Silvo please" Mike walked over grabbing Charlie's phone ending the call."
"Charlie you're not my mother so you can't tell me what cases I work on or not". The other agents stood back as Mike and Charlie had their standoff. "Let me ask something Mikey. Do you have a death wish?"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Ever since you got to Graceland every case you've been on you've been dancing with death. You have spent more time in a hospital in the past year than all of us combined. After what happened with Amy I thought you were done playing close to the edge I guess I was wrong." Mike tried to explain himself but Charlie cut him off. "Melina Vasquez is someone you don't mess with. She's so terrifying her male counterparts are scared of her. The thought of you going undercover in her organization scares the crap out of me. Have you read her file?"
"Yeah Charlie I have and I know how dangerous she is but I am not working for Vasquez. My job is simple I befriend the growers and see how deep the business plan goes between the growers and Vazquez."
"Ahh Levi no disrespect but no weed farmer is going to trust you man. You're too squeaky clean." Jakes said
"I know that's why I have a great partner" he said smiling at Paige
"You two?" Johnny asked
"The DEA and FBI are teaming up on this one" Paige added. "The growers are a young married couple Mike and I will infiltrate and earn their trust. Once we have the info we need DEA will take down the weed farm and FBI will deal with Vasquez and her other businesses throughout the country."
"And how exactly will you and Mike be getting to know this power couple?"
"We're going to be their neighbors" Mike answered
"Come again?" Johnny asked
"The two agencies have bought us a house down the street from the growers in Huntington Beach." Paige said. "The plan is to move in befriend them and make our way into the business."
"Married couples like hanging out with other married couples this might work" Charlie said. "When do you guys move in?" she asked
"Friday" Mike said
"We're all working a case but we should have things wrapped up by middle of next week. We can help you two with whatever you want." Briggs said
"I'm sorry can we get back to you two moving out" Johnny asked
"Johnny it's only for the case." Paige said; "Once the case is closed we'll be back here at Graceland."
"Is there anything you two need immediate assistance with?"
"If you can help us pick out the furniture for the house that would be nice. We can't agree on anything.
"Levi it's not that hard. You just pick the one that Paige wants." Jakes says
"You see how easy that is?" Paige said to Mike
Mike grabs the catalog and hands it to Jakes; "Would you want to live in a place with this kind of furniture?" He said pointing to Paige's selection.
"It's not that bad" Jakes said with no confidence
"Jakes it looks like the furniture from the house in Bettlejuice"
"Oh Levi your being dramatic" Charlie says taking a look at the catalog. "Oh never mind you're right Levi it does."
"Charlie?" Paige whines
"Sorry girl but I have to side with your husband on this"
"I don't know Chuck it looks kind of cool" Johnny says getting his opinion heard. "This chair would look great in my room"
"And it will stay in your room because there is no way I want that any place where people can actually see it." Charlie says
"Your loss that's a cool chair"
"Ok now that we have Johnny's room settled can we please get back to ours?" Mike asked. "We have to order this stuff by tomorrow so we get it by Friday." Mike's phone buzzed he looked at the screen seeing it was a text from Lauren.
Hey just a heads up I spilled the beans to the group and they're throwing you a surprise party today so bring Paige. See you soon
"On second thought we're going to have to continue this later because I have my meeting and they want you to come too Paige. They're throwing me a party and they want you to be there."
"Yo can we come to the party?" Johnny asked
"No Johnny we can't plus we have a case to work on" Briggs said. "Have fun at the meeting"
Mike pulled into the parking lot with five minutes to spare. "Oh just to let you know they don't think I know about the party so act surprised"
"I can do that."
Mike looked at his watch "Ok so we can spend a few hours here and still meet Lacey at 4."
"No need I canceled the meeting with her. I'm not having second thoughts about living together. We just got assigned this case and it's going to take a lot of our time and we need to focus on that. Also we already have a place of our own even if it's just temporary." Paige reached up kissing Mike while grabbing his ass. "Now stop stalling and let's go party."
The two walked in to the room finding it empty. "Mike did your meeting get canceled?" Paige asked giving her finest acting performance. "Not that I know of" Mike said trying to give an equal acting performance.
"Did they move it?"
"No it's always…"
"SURPRISE!" The entire group jump out. Mike and Paige played the part well. Their eyes got big, had shocked faces and began to laugh. "What is all this?" Mike asked
"Lauren found out you passed all your tests and went back to work so we wanted to throw you a party" Lily a member of the group said.
"How come we had to hear it from her Mike? How come you didn't tell us?" asked Kyle the youngest member of the group.
"I was going to tell you today in group. Like I told Lauren I was going to" The entire group looked right at Lauren. "I'm sorry Mike but I was really excited"
"It's alright Lauren. I'm just glad I can share this with you all"
Kyle handed Mike a gift. "It's just a little something. Don't make a big deal out it alright?" Mike opened it up inside was a framed picture of him and Kyle at a Dodgers game for Kyle's birthday two months ago. "Kyle this is great man thank you. I'm looking forward to going with you and your sister next year."
"I like that man" Kyle said with a smile
Sylvia handed Mike her gift; "Here"
"Thanks Sylvia" Mike's smile turned to a frown when he saw the gift. "Sex for idiots?"
"You look like the kind of guy who needs this. And you will reap the rewards" She said to Paige who just stood there laughing
Mike rolled his eyes, "Ah Sylvia you're the gift that keeps on giving"
"Ok everybody let's take our seats." Lauren announced. As everyone sat together all eyes were on Mike.
"So Mike how was your first day back?" Lauren asked
"It was fine nothing too crazy. My boss and I went over my schedule for the first couple of weeks he actually wants me to work with Paige during this time."
"That's great plus it should help you get back into the swing of things." Mike nodded in agreement and he took a hold of Paige's hand.
"Have you had anymore dreams Mike?" Kyle asked
"Yeah I had one last night. I think it was due to the nerves of getting back to work. The good news was no cold sweats, screaming or physical harm."
"That's great Mike but you should strongly consider dealing with this issue head on." Lauren said
"Lauren's right Mike. You got to face your fears like when I went to visit my sister in the hospital." Kyle said
"You're all right I need to but right now I have a more pressing issue."
"What's that?" Lily asks
"Well Paige and I are moving into a new place and we want to buy new furniture for it but…"
"Wait you're moving and you weren't going to tell us?" Lily asked
"I was going to tell you in fact I just did"
"You didn't say where you moving to" said Kevin another member of the group
"You guys didn't let Mike finish before you cut him off" Paige said
"Is this bimbo the reason you're not telling us?" Lily asked referring to Paige
"Lily!" Lauren barked
"Ok guys look Paige and I are moving into a house in Huntington Beach. I am still going to be part of the group. You guys have helped me so much and I love you all. Even you Sylvia."
"Can we visit sometime?" Kyle asked
"Yes you can" Paige said
"Lily I think you owe Paige and apology" Lauren said
"I'm sorry for what I said to you."
"It's okay Lily no harm done. So do you want to know our problem?"
"Yes" everyone included said
"So what did the boy wonder do wrong" Sylvia asked
"I didn't do anything wrong we just have a difference in the style of furniture and we move into the place this week."
"Warren I'm going to tell you something someone should have told a long time ago. Happy wife happy life. In other words give her what she wants." Sylvia said. Paige looked at Mike and smiled. "Tell me something Sylvia would you live in a house where Jane picked out this furniture?" Mike pulled up a picture of the modern look on his phone. Sylvia looks at the photo then at Paige, "You have terrible taste" Mike burst out laughing.
"Oh you think I have no taste? See what Mike wants." Paige says passing her phone around
"Mike the 1950's called they want their stuff back." Lily said
"I think the one's Paige picked are pretty cool" Kyle says looking at the picture
"Oh you're just saying it because you think Paige is hot." Kyle didn't say anything but nodded in agreement. Mike just looked at his friend. "Sorry man but your wife is hot"
"You're no longer allowed to sit (close or next) to my wife if she comes here"
"Mike stop being so possessive" Lauren said taking a look at both photos.
"Well what's your verdict?" Paige asked Amy
"Well each photo definitely fits your personalities. If you both were getting your own place I say go for it. You and Mike are making a home and should have a combination of both your styles." Lauren pulls out her phone and scrolled around, "I think this fits the two of you."
Mike and Paige were speechless as they looked at the pictures. "I like this" Paige said
"I like it too. When can we get it?"
"They open tomorrow at 9 and can have the entire house set up by Friday afternoon"
Mike smiled, "Another problem solved thanks to the amazing Lauren." Everyone started to clap making Lauren blush. Kevin then rose from his chair waving his arms in the air, "Ok now that the love bird's problem is fixed can one of us talk now?"