Authors Note: Sorry for the long wait but there was a problem every time i went to update a new chapter! For some reason it kept giving me an error message and it wasn't just on one day, it was over and over again and with more than one story so I am glad it's finally working so I can bring you all updates! I am going to try and update all the stories now, sooner rather than later! thanks for being patient.

Kris

Chapter 13

Parker rolled her eyes as Eliot once again tried to teach her how to fight back if she was captured by Depandi or any of his crew members, or goons as she liked to call them. She knew how to do this, she had done the same move several times before, but it appeared that Eliot was determined to torture her into submission, she wondered if she could do the same to him. She smirked as she looked down at herself, covered in sweat, her t-shirt was plastered to her body and so she decided to strip it off. She was standing in her sports bra and very short shorts. She could tell that Eliot was trying very hard not to stare and now that her shirt was off, he was really trying harder. He was even trying not to have full body contact when he was teaching her how to fight, inside Parker was laughing so hard that she was wondering if her face or eyes reflected what was going on in her head.

She managed to catch Eliot off guard and when he went to the ground, she made sure to fall right on top of him, then moved so she was straddling him. She smirked as Eliot tried to move so she couldn't feel how aroused he was, and she wondered if he knew how much she wanted him to just kiss her and make his move. She knew she loved him, she wasn't sure how she knew that or how she even knew what was love was, considering her background and how no one in her life had ever really loved her, but deep down she knew that was what she was feeling for Eliot and it was confusing her so much.

"Eliot, why don't you find me attractive?" Parker asked him a couple hours later when they had both showered and she was watching him cook their dinner.

Eliot nearly choked on the sip of beer he had just taken and he carefully set the long neck bottle aside and looked at her carefully, almost like he was judging how to answer this question without hurting her feelings or something. "Parker, who said I didn't find you attractive?" He finally decided on using as his answer.

"Well, you always avoid looking at me when I try and get you to, you know, do anything about it and you won't even sleep in the same room as me." Parker said with a sigh of displeasure and annoyance. "I thought guys liked to do things with girls."

Eliot stared at her, his mouth open in shock as he realized his Parker was really genuinely confused and she really didn't think he wanted anything to do with her. "Parker, it's just that I am supposed to be looking out for you, protecting you. I don't want to take advantage of the situation. Besides, we both know that Hardison has had the hots for you ever since that kiss and that time you changed in the elevator." Eliot said nervously, trying to get her off this topic.

"You were the one looking when I took the shirt off." Parker said, completely shocking Eliot.

"How did you…" Eliot trailed off. He had been so sure he had been discreet when he had been checking out a topless Parker, before she had managed to change her clothing and they continued on with their con.

"Eliot, I may seem like an idiot to all of you, but I am not one." Parker said, clearly getting more annoyed by the answer he gave her.

"Parker, no one thinks that you're an idiot." Eliot said softly.

"Yes you all do. Let me know when dinner is ready." Parker said as she jumped off the stool and wondered into the bedroom that was hers. She wondered if Eliot really thought she was pretty or if he was just checking he out because he was stuck in the house with just her and she was the only woman around that he could check out. She sighed, this whole male and female attraction thing was confusing and it was giving her a major headache.

Depandi threw the pitcher of water at the wall and waited until the shattered glass hit the ground before he turned and looked at the team that was still just standing there and shaking, they knew they had messed up but they had never seen their boss shoot one of them and kill them over it. The body of one his main men was lying there, the blood was soaking into the carpet and Depandi knew the other men were scared they were going to be next, maybe that was what they had needed to see that he wanted Parker back in his clutches immediately, and it wasn't a game. He knew some of the men had stopped at a casino and pretended they had looked for her, those men had been killed just as they walked into the gates. This one had been the only one allowed to enter the house, so he could be used as an example.

"Does anyone else think that finding Parker is a joke anymore?" Depandi asked them, caressing the gun in his hand. He even lightly ran the gun across the cheek of one the men who was shaking pretty hard but trying to cover his reaction. Depandi wasn't usually fond of cowards, but in this situation, he needed them to be afraid so they would search day and night for Parker.

"No sir." They all answered together.

"Good then bring her to me, alive, now!" Depandi snapped as he dismissed them and then sighed. He fired another bullet into the body on the ground and then motioned for his other people to clean up the mess and get rid of it for him. "Soon Parker, real soon there won't be any place that you can hide from me." He murmured as he took a sip of the whiskey he had poured himself before the meeting with his men had taken place. "Real soon." He said again.

Parker was staring at the ceiling and wondering about all she had been through, and why she was the only one that seemed to remember these things, and then she remembered that she had worn disguises and used fake names, while Eliot had always been just Eliot. She smiled as she remembered the time she had run into him on a train, a train where she thought she was trapped by some guys that may have wanted to kill her.

Flashback:

Parker was scared, for the first time in her life, she was really terrified. She was hurrying through different cars and wondering if she could jump off the moving train but she knew that was stupid. Even if she survived the jump, they were in the middle of nowhere and she would die before she managed to find someone to help her or another train. She saw they were getting closer and she ducked into the nearby passenger sleeping car, this one was housed by a single man and she nearly groaned when she saw who it was. Then she realized he was a hitter, he might be able to help her on this one thing. She hurried in, pressing her finger to his lips, she crawled under the curtained seats and hid there, wondering if she would get out of this one thing alive.

When the men glanced in, guns drawn, she heard the angry voice of Eliot telling them they better get out of there before they wake his delicate wife. The wife who was currently carrying their first child and after several miscarriages, she couldn't handle any stress or she might lose their baby. She felt him get off the seat and she heard him walking over to the men. It wasn't long before the door to the car closed and the curtains were pulled shut. She heard the lock clicking and suddenly she was pulled out. She was about to start fighting when she realized it was Eliot.

"Thank you." She said softly, making sure she kept up the fake accent she had been using for this cover.

"I got some things to change your appearance. Drop the accent, you're my wife for the rest of this journey and lucky for you I have a ticket and passport for a woman to be just that. There was supposed to be a female coming with me, helping me on the job I need and it's now become you." Eliot snapped as he pulled out a suitcase and made her change everything, including the wig she had been wearing but he thought it was her real hair.

Parker was okay with using the things he had, since she hadn't brought any luggage or bags with her this time. She had planned to just buy what she needed when she got wherever, and she kept her credit card on her person, she checked and saw it was still safe and she put it inside the new outfit that she was wearing, she had a feeling she was about to have a real adventure, and this time it was with Eliot Spencer at her side.

Flashback and Story to continue next Chapter folks….LOL. Stay tuned.