Sisters Rock
You're My What?
By: Fire Wolfe
Betaed: greywizard
A/N: /words/ indicate thoughts.
Part 8 Sisters Rock
Sara McGee ran the brush through her hair and checked her appearance in the mirror. Everything was in place and she was ready to go. If she hurried, she would have time to grab some breakfast from Subway. The Seattle's best coffee was well worth the price.
She checked her watch. /Plenty of time, / she thought, even if she took public transportation to school. Good, she did not want to fight to find a parking spot today. She locked her apartment and headed out.
On the way to the Subway, Sara texted Tim to remind him to call her after work.
She could hardly wait to tell him the good news – she had finally gotten a lead on their sister! He would be so proud of her. She grinned; it was good to get one over on him. /For all his mad skills and ridiculously high I.Q. it was me that found Elizabeth, / she grinned to herself. She was *so* looking forward to gloating.
Sometimes the old fashioned way was best. For now, however, she had to hurry or her decision to not drive would make her late for class. She so did not want to get on Professor Sweet's bad side.
She wanted his recommendation for a shot at the NCIS academy and she was not going to blow it by being late.
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Ducky looked over the body that lay on his table at the morgue. It was always hard to see so young a person here. However, he was, as always, professional in his handling of the deceased and showed the up most respect for them. He gave a small sigh, turned on a recorder and began to work. He was alone today, so he had to take his own notes. Palmer had been called away a short while earlier, to retrieve another body. He had decided that his protégée needed experience, so he let him go it alone.
After all, the Director of NCIS had made this case a priority and Ducky was not about to keep Leon Vance waiting while he dealt with another body. It was also past time that young Mr. Palmer began to do the job from the beginning to the end.
The case he was sent on was straight forward enough and Ducky knew he would be here to help, if Mr. Palmer needed assistance later. He was proud of the young doctor and was eager to see how he handled his first case alone. His attention came back to the young seaman on his table. With a sad sigh of regret, he began to examine her.
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Dawn came bounding down the stairs. Like Buffy, she was used to being up rather early. Only their flight from Europe had her sleeping as late as she had. She took a deep breath and smiled. The coffee smelled like heaven. She entered the kitchen and took the mug Buffy handed her. She grinned appreciatively, her sister knew her well.
"Morning, Buffy. Is that pancakes I smell?"
"Yeppers, it is. Faith bought them last night. I figured the least I could do is cook."
Faith came in right behind Dawn, with Xander stumbling in a moment later. "Coffee - I need coffee. Man, it is way too early to be up."
"Suck it up, Boy toy. We got work to do." Faith took her own mug of coffee and smiled at Buffy. As always, it was perfectly made. Buffy rocked. "B, you are a goddess."
"Yeah, I am. Thank Antonio, though. He's the one who gave me cooking lessons. Coffee I could already do."
The others laughed because that was most certainly the truth.
"Yeah, you have come a long way on that one, Buffy," Xander agreed. He took a mug of hot coffee from Dawn and began to spoon in the sugar.
Buffy grinned at that image. Xander and sugar were clearly still the best of friends. "Faith, thanks for stopping for supplies."
"No problem, B. I figured that we would need it. The last house I went to was completely empty when it came to the basics. The people in logistics just seem to drop the ball when it comes to food and other supplies. Weapons, they do fine on. I got what the gas station had. I know it wasn't much, but it was better than nothing."
"Pancakes are of the good," Dawn declared firmly. "Plus, you got chocolate chips and stuff. I would say it's going to be a great breakfast."
Faith grinned, glad she made little D happy. It seemed she was getting the sister thing down at last.
TBC...
