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"Oh this is just great Eliot, really good job man."
"Damn it, Hardison!" Eliot growled. " It is NOT my fault that the case files weren't in his car."
Eliot and Hardison entered the room, arguing about something - like always. And Hardison was angry at something – again.
" Are you sure you searched the car properly?" Hardison asked Eliot who looked more angry than before.
" Yes Hardison, some of us do their jobs properly." Eliot gave Hardison an intimitating look.
"What the hell does that -"
" Enough." Nate didn't let Hardison finish his sentence. " I thought this could happen."
"So, what now? " Parker asked impatiently. It was obvious that she was avoiding Hardison. She didn't know what to think. Why did he left the other night? There were so many questions she couldn't answer.
" Now, we should wait until he gets out of the house and then we can break in." Sophie answered her question.
" Cool." Parker was happy she could finally do her own job. " I'll get ready."
" No, I'm sorry Parker." said Nate looking her in the eye. "We can't risk blowing your cover."
" I won't, I promise I will be carefull, please Nate..." She was almost begging him.
Everyone was quite, so quite that they could even hear each others heart beats. Hardison was the one to break the silence.
" Well, who is going to search the flat?" Hardison asked.
Sophie noticed that he didn't use McSweeten's name. " Poor boy..." she thought " He doesn't even know what Parker feels."
Nate was staring at Hardison. "No no no no... Me? I don't..." Hardison tried to object but he knew it was pointless.
" Fine..." he gave in. " When are we going?"
"Come on Hardison we don't have all night."
Hardison heard Eliot mumble over the coms.
"If you know better come do it yourself. Ungrateful just ungrateful..."
Eliot just rolled his eyes. He was standing by the entrance of the building. He started walking up and down. He just wanted to finish this job safe and sound but of course something had to go wrong...
"What is wrong?" Nate sounded nervous. Even he wasn't sure whether he should be pushing Parker this hard or not.
Parker moved anxiously in her seat. She was in the van with Nate and Sophie. They usually didn't wait in the van but they were worried about Parker. Especially Nate thought she would do something stupid.
"Nate, what is going on? I haven't found the files yet."
" Hardison get out there! Nate, McSweeten is coming your way. A dark blue Ford."
"Get out of here? How am I supposed to-damn!"
"Parker, stop McSweeten." Nate ordered. She opened the door of the van and started running towards the building. She stopped when she got to the door and took a deep breath.
McSweeten took his hand to his pocket for his keys.
"Hey" Parker said behind him. " I wanted to talk to you... about yesterday." Her voice was shaking.
"Hi, I- I didn't expect to see you here." McSweeten was suprised. He smiled sincerely.
" Hardison, what the hell are you doing? Get out of there, NOW!"
" No, I can find it, I'm close. It's just... too many files.." said Hardison.
" Hardison, don't be so stubborn." Sophie's voice came over the coms.
There was a silence for a moment.
" Okay, guys, Hardison is right. This is probably our last chance, we won't be able to get this close again. So Parker, stall..." Nate said to the team. Sophie wasn't happy with his decision but she really didn't have a chance.
" Ummmm, I..." Parker didn't know what to say. " I wanted to talk to you about.."
" Well, maybe you would like to come in ?" said McSweeten smirking. " We could talk inside."
" Got it!" . Hardison gave the team the good news.
"Oh, thank God!" said Parker. She was relieved by the fact she didn't have to be there with McSweeten anymore. But McSweeten thought Parker was talking to him.
" Well, you could tell me that you wanted to come in." said McSweeten chuckling.
Parker heard Hardison saying " Well, you could tell me that you wanted to come in." and mocking McSweeten. She smiled.
"Damn it, Hardison! Do you have an exit plan? ...Or are you relying on me ?" Eliot asked with a grin on his face.
"Am I relying on- ha-ha-ha funny." Hardison replied. " You know it is amazing that you can joke in a situtation like this."
" Yeah, sure. LET'S GO INSIDE." Parker repeated McSweeten's words.
"No, no no. Mmm hmmm, no. What the hell am I supposed to do, huh?" Hardison mumbled.
"I don't know, just go under the table or something." Eliot said sarcastically.
Hardison heard the sound of the door openning. He dashed into the bedroom.
" So, this is my place." Hardison heard McSweeten talking about the flat. " And this is the bedroom." Hardison clenched his fist. He was standing in a closet, trying to be quiet.
"Umm,it is nice." Parker looked around and decided it was actually pretty nice. She sat down, trying to figure a way out of there.
"Parker, I promise this is going to be the last but now, I need you to distract him so that Hardison can get out." said Nate trying to save the situtation.
"Ok." Parker nodded. " Can you show me where the bathroom is?" she asked McSweeten. He had a stupid smile on his face.
" Sure." McSweeten walked towards a door and opened it. " Here it is."
Parker pulled him into the bathroom and closed the door. Her hands rested on his chest.
"Okay, we are clear. Anytime you want Parker." she heard Nate talk over the coms. She leaned towards McSweeten and whispered in his ear, " I'm sorry."
She left the building with a smile on her face, leaving a confused McSweeten behind.
" I am glad this is over." said Sophie smiling. They were sitting at McRory's, celebrating. Eliot took a last sip out of his drink and stood up. " Well, I'm gonna go now. See you later."
Nate and Hardison were sitting at the other end of the bar. Parker watched them for a while. When she realized Sophie was watching her she stopped.
"What?" she said looking at Sophie.
" You know you were pretty good with McSweeten, I mean you handled the situtation well." Sophie said. She knew Parker felt guilty.
"Well, Hardison didn't seem to think so." Parker replied.
"He knows it was just a mission but it would help if you told him yourself."
At the other end of the bar Hardison was in the middle of a conversation with Nate but he couldn't concentrate.
" Good night Hardison." said Nate as walked towards Sophie and offered her a lift. Hardison watched them leave and realized they were alone with Parker.
Hardison took his jacket and walked to the door, trying to ignore Parker. She grabbed Hardison's
arm but she didn't say anything.
So Hardison sat down next to her. They just stayed put for a while.
"So I'm sorry... for kissing him." Parker tried to explain.
Hardison didn't answer. Not because he was mad, because he didn't know what to say. He had tried to be mad for a while but he couldn't. Parker was just... different. Whenever he thought of her, he couldn't help but smile.
"Are you mad at me?" Parker asked scared of his answer.
" Parker, I can never be mad at you, you know that right?" he smiled at her. Parker was playing with her hair. Hardison chuckled.
"So I wanted to tell you something." Parker tried to explain. " Sophie told me that I should so..."
Sophie had told Parker a lot of things that night. Things that made Parker realize how she felt... about Hardison. And things that made her realize how Hardison felt about her.
" I think I know why you don't like McSweeten and.." she couldn't finish her sentence.
Sophie had told her that Hardison liked her or even loved her. She hadn't believed it at first but she trusted Sophie. " And what do you feel?" Sophie had asked her. " I don't know, how does it feel... being in love ?" Parker had replied.
Now she knew. Hardison made her feel weird, like there were butterflies in her stomach. She liked being around him. And when he touched her.. well let's say she liked it.
Hardison had a smile on his face. "Oh, do you, now? And what would that be?"
" Is it because you... I mean do you...?"
" Love you?" Hardison finished her sentence. " Yes Parker I do."
"Oh, good because I think I love you too." Parker replied. She was still looking at the glass in front of her.
Hardison leaned forward as he stroked her cheek. Parker could feel his hand behind her neck. She closed her eyes as their lips met and they held each other close...
So what do you think? Should I finish the story here or should I continue? I couldn't decide. And if you have ideas for new stories please share them with me. Just tell me your opinions, they mean a lot to me :D Thanks...