Alice came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and drying her hair. Tommy sat shirtless on the bed in front of her. He was checking the ammunition in the gun in his hand. His look was stern and she knew that he was thinking through the job he had to do this afternoon. He looked up without seeing her. She couldn't help but think about the contrast in him between now and when he was sleeping next to her. She knew how hard things were for him, but it still upset her to see how hard it was for him to relax. They had worked together for a long time and she could sense how he was feeling better, she thought, than anyone else. Even when he was smiling and joking she could sense an undertone of sadness. She looked at him, admiring how focused he was. She crossed to where her suitcase was and pulled out a shirt and some jeans and continued to get ready. She looked around the bed for a second. Without looking Tommy held out his left hand and allowed her bra to dangle in front of her. She stuck out her tongue and snatched it away from him, she saw a cheeky grin cross his face and she couldn't help but smile back at him. H looked around and smiled at her. She pulled the towel tighter around her with a smile pretending she was shy in front of him. He laughed slightly then stopped, something seemed to click in his mind and he sprung off the bed to the other side where his suitcase lay. He rifled through until he found what he was looking for. Alice continued to dress. He stood up holding a different weapon.
"Changed the plan?" She asked seriously, the fun was gone from her voice as she knew how important this was. She let the towel drop to the floor and stood with her hands on her hips, in her underwear.
"Nice." Tommy smiled. Looking over her body and admiring the lingerie. She gave him a disgruntled look. It seemed to affect him. He blushed and once again became serious about what he was doing. He slipped the small needle like piece of equipment onto the aerial of his mobile phone until it was barely noticeable.
"I thought this would be more discreet." He said without taking his attention off what he was doing.
"Discreet?" Alice asked, puzzled, as she buttoned up her shirt. "How is that more discreet? You're going to attach an explosive to him."
"True" Tommy said with a grin. "But by the time I set it off we won't be anywhere near and there's less chance of us being suspected." His voice was flat as though he was bored of the conversation, or thought the explanation too obvious to be explaining. Alice shrugged and walked over to the mirror where she checked her hair.
"Ready to go?" she asked cheerfully.
"Yeah, just let me put a shirt on and we can go. Where do you want to eat?" He said, pocketing the newly weaponised phone. Where should we go after? I fancy sightseeing."
"Sounds good honey." She replied. We might as well, we have to leave tomorrow." She laughed.
Tommy pulled on a T-shirt. Alice looked over her shoulder and stood up straight.
"So you're dressing smart today are you?"
Tommy wrapped his arms around her and kissed her.
"Is that your phone I can feel?" She smiled at him.
"On that note…" Tommy started for the door, half pulling Alice with him. "Time for lunch."
The walk to the restaurant wasn't particularly exciting. The sun shone down on them and the city from a clear blue sky. Alice walked with her hand in Tommy's looking around at the buildings and the scenery and taking pictures of everything she thought was worth noticing. Tommy smiled and watched the excitement on her face, knowing that it wasn't real and that there was no film in the camera. This was one of the parts of his job that he enjoyed. He couldn't understand how easy it was to fool people. Although since the people around would only see them for a few seconds it was easy to give them the wrong impression. He found himself wondering how she managed to stay so enthusiastic after the amount of times she'd been here.
He looked over at her from time to time and saw the smile she carried on her face. He liked the way she was holding his hand so tightly. He liked that for once they could openly be a couple without having to worry about who was watching. He didn't want to have to go back tomorrow; it was like having to face stepping out of a dream. The thought of heading back to reality was hard to face. She looked back at him with a smile as she felt him squeeze her hand. For that second there was only the two of them. The people around disappeared, all the noise from the city was gone, what they had to do this afternoon disappeared from their minds, and in that instant they each knew what the other was thinking, and it made them sad.