I don't own James Bond, just having a little fun while I can.
I do hope that you enjoy this chapter, Sorry for the long wait.
Chapter Eleven
Q rushed into the living room, laptop in his hands as he almost bounced down on the sofa where James was relaxing after coming home from another mission. It had been an easy one, and according to James one of the most boring he had ever done. Though Q had to wonder if he was being a little dramatic. James looked a little startled, but the smiled as he could see the enthusiastic look on his fiancé's face.
"What is it?" he asked as Q settled against him.
"I'm going through the places where we can get married," he said as he put the laptop on his lap and pulled up one of the many pages he had been looking at.
"Found anything?" he asked as he sat up and began to read over Q's shoulder.
"I found a few places, but I was thinking, are we inviting anyone, which will then change where we can go," he wondered as he glanced to James.
"I think we should, you've changed our address to this one in the records, even though no one can see them bar you," James said with a little smirk.
"Well, hush," he said with a little snort, "of course I changed things. They did need to know, they just can't link them together," he told him.
James rolled his eyes a little, "I know," he said as he Q had explained it all to him before, not long after the two of them had found their home.
"Right, marry at a registrar's office, and then have a reception somewhere else?" he said as he looked to him once more before going back to the laptop and pulling up a couple of pages and pointing to each one as he began to list the good points and the bad points of each one.
James listened to him and nodded, occasionally asking questions to get a better idea of what each one was like. When Q had finally finished he asked, "Well, they are all good, but this one," he said as he wrapped his arms around Q and quickly pulled up the right page.
"Well it is large enough, and it will be able to handle a lot of people dancing and having fun," he said with a smile.
"Got a got rating and reviews as well from others that have used it. It's a little out of the way, but that would be a good thing. WE don't want everyone to know that a double oh is getting married, let alone the head of Q-Branch," he said with a little chuckle.
"I know, it would be hard to make sure that the underground remain in the dark about it," he gave a sigh as he leaned his head against James' shoulder, "it's awkward," he muttered to himself.
"Yeah, but it will be worth it in the end," he said as he kissed Q softly, "Don't worry, we'll think of something," he added.
"You're right," he sighed a little once more, "Though I do think that we should get a few more things planned now, while we have some down time," he added as he wiggled around a little and settled against him properly. He snatched one of the writing pads from the end table, and began to make a few notes.
XxXxX
Q walked out of his office, leaving the door open behind him, as he went into the main area of Q-Branch. His minions were all hard at work. He went over to one of them and looked over the woman's shoulder for a while. She was working on the Unlocking device that he had wanted to be fully functional before it went out into the field. At the moment it failed 6% of the time when it was used. Q wasn't accepting that, he wanted it to word at least 99% of the time before he gave it out to the agents in the field.
"That's good Anna," he said with a soft smile as she turned to look at him, "I think we need to add one more memory chip into it," he said as he pointed to the small pot with a few in, "With that I think I should be able to add some more coding to help in unlocking a few more locks," he said with a smile to her.
"Yes sir, that's a good idea," she grinned to him as she began to put another small memory chip.
"Right," he said with a nod as he then walked over to where Michael was sat. The man had been tasked with updating the servers and encrypting some of the data that they were archiving, "How is it going?" he asked as soon as he got over there.
"Going well Sir," he said without looking up from his typing, his hands flying over the keyboard almost as fast as Q's did when he was hacking or coding. He was using one of the programs that Q had made for this purpose. Though Q would be adding to the encryption a little later, making sure that it would all be secure. So that no one would be able to get in and take their data.
"That's good to hear," he smiled as he then looked around the room. There wasn't much for him to be doing, since his minions worked hard, and had done since he had chosen them to join him in Q-Branch. A number of them he had hand picked himself. He frowned as he saw R coming from his office.
"Sir," he said as he walked over to Q. There was a puzzled look on his face.
"R?" he queried, a little worried.
"I just saw some notes on your desk when I was dropping off the Leviathan Report. About venues, and caterers and things like that," he said as he waited for an answer from Q.
Q fought the panic that was threatening to rise up in him as he tried to think of a good excuse as to why they would be out, "I thought I had put them away," he said, as he was trying to buy a little time for him to think.
"Oh," R said as he nodded his head, "are you already trying to plan for this years Christmas Party?" he asked him.
Q tried to his a smile, "I wouldn't say that," he said.
R grinned, "You don't have to put in so much effort to find us a place sir," he told him, "We all have a lot more to do that just enjoy the end of year celebrations," he told him. Though Q knew that the minions all worked hard. Two of them had come up with gadgets that could be used in the field by all agents, and were very useful. They had done so alone, with very little input from Q. They worked so hard, and he was happy about that, since he had chosen them to work for him, a few of them he had even poached from other departments.
Q nodded his head, "I know," he told him as he then began to walk towards his office, berating himself for leaving out his notes on the wedding. He stopped as he turned to them him, "I appreciate your candour, but I am going to be doing this, as you have all worked so hard so far this year," he told him.
"Yes sir, thank you," he nodded his head as he went over to another of the younger minions and the two began to work together.
Q watched them go a small proud smile on his face as he then turned and walked to his office. He closed the door behind him and looked to his desk. He sighed and shook his head at how stupid he had been. He gathered the notes he had made and put them away in a locked drawer, the only place they would be safe, for now at least. He would take them home, and not bring them again. Though he now began to think about the Christmas Party that Q-Branch had held last year, it hadn't been the best place, but it was rather last minute. And the minions did deserve more than just a pat on the back for their work. He pulled out some paper and began to make notes on a Party for them all, a smile on his face as he did so.
XxXxX
James walked into his home and smiled as he heard Q wandering around upstairs. The younger of the two had been able get out of the office a little early. Since James had to speak with Tanner and M about a possible mission in a couple of days. Looked like it was going to go ahead as well. He walked into the kitchen and switched on the kettle, he needed some coffee, he was tired. He had only been back for half a day when M had called him.
Q walked out of the bedroom and down the stairs. he was smiling a little as he went into the kitchen, knowing that James would be there already. "Welcome back, what did they have to say?" he asked him as he took over making the two of them a drink.
"Looks like it will be off on a mission in a couple of days. Said that it might take about a week for it to be done. You'll get the brief of it if it goes though," he yawned a little.
Q smirked to him as he poured the water into the two mugs, "Sounds like you should head to bed," he told him.
James looked to him, eyebrow raised and snorted, "No chance," he told him.
"thought you would say that," he told him as he picked up the mugs and headed into the living room, James following behind him, "I had a few thoughts about the wedding," he said softly.
"Yeah?" James asked him as the two of them sat down on the sofa.
"Yeah," he nodded, "I was thinking. Neither of us wish to let the others find out just yet, and while this isn't new to us, we like the fact that they don't know," he said glancing to him, wanting to make sure that James still felt that way.
"Agreed, I can just picture Eve interrogating us about everything," he said with a dramatic shudder.
Q laughed and grinned, "Yes she does seem the type," he smiled as he then went serious.
"So what is it you were thinking of Kyle?" he asked, using his true name, as he had taken to doing so over the last week. It just felt nice that he could do so if he chose to.
"Well, I think that we should just go and get married, no reception, not nothing else. Just me and you, and maybe a witness or two from the street?" he suggested as he glanced over to him, wondering what James would think of the suggestion.
James sat there for a moment, sipping on his coffee, wincing a little at the heat, "You know, I think it would be perfect for the two of us," he said as he smiled to him.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yes, I think it will be us," he grinned to him, reassuring Q.
He nodded his head as he leaned back on the sofa, "I'm going to use what I planned out for the reception to give Q-Branch a Christmas Party they will never forget."
"As long as you invite everyone else as well, it will be," he smirked to him.
Q laughed and nodded, "Sure, right, I should get ready the things we need to register a marriage. I think a place outside of London would be a good idea, not too far, but far enough for privacy," he said as he began to plot away. James watched and listened as Q began to work out the details. He knew that by tomorrow morning, they would have their wedding date sorted out.
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