Note: Originally this chapter was going to go straight to Lauren confronting Angelica, but my brain decided more awkwardness was needed first. Besides I couldn't get over enthusiastic FDR out of my head. Hence the longish chapter. In fact it ended up so long that I had to cut the end and put it in chapter 15.

Also sorry for the delay in update. I was having trouble uploading.

The Other Agent Foster

Chapter 14- Moving Back Home

Angelica had been a little worried at first when she thought about how she would tell everyone that she was planning to stay in LA indefinitely. But it was easier than she had expected. Nana was quietly pleased stating that it was about time and now she had no excuse not to come over for Sunday lunches with the rest of the family. Angelica had refrained from pointing out that as she had been staying with her grandmother over the last few weeks she had actually been to more family lunches than Frankie recently, but it was a close call. Frankie himself had been ecstatic proclaiming loudly that they needed to go out and celebrate the news in style. Luckily Lauren had been able to reign her fiancé in somewhat and they settled on a quiet trip to a bar. That was where she ended up telling Tuck. Frankie had called him up and demanded that he meet them in the pub without any indication of why they were celebrating.

Angelica and Lauren were sitting in a booth waiting for FDR to get back with their drinks when Tuck walked in. He spotted them quickly and made his way over wearing a puzzled expression which only intensified when FDR came back with a bottle of champagne and four glasses.

"Alright, would someone like to fill me in on what's going on?"

Tuck asked sitting down beside Angelica while FDR squeezed in next to his Fiancé.

"Don't worry about it Tuck. Frankie is just making a big deal over nothing. I didn't even think you could get champagne here."

Angelica laughed as she took the glass her brother had poured for her.

"No my dear sister. I am making a big deal out of this because it is a big deal. For the first time in years I will be living in the same city as my baby sister and I get to see her every day at work. To my little sister and her new job."

As everyone brought their glasses to their lips Tuck shifted in his seat so that he could see Angelica's face.

"You're moving to LA?"

He asked and her grin dulled slightly at his incredulous tone.

"Yeah. Collins offered me a job. Edward's old job. And I accepted. I start in a few weeks."

FDR put his glass down having downed half of the liquid. He couldn't contain his enthusiasm any longer. Everything had been going so well for him recently. Lauren had answered with a resounding yes when he had proposed. His wedding was only a few weeks away. He had been able to spend much more time with his sister due to her involvment in the plans for the big day. And now she was going to be staying indefinitely.

"Yeah. Isn't it great. Angie's back for good."

Angelica laughed rolling her eyes at her elder brother. But Tuck seemed a little shell-shocked.

"Yeah, yeah. That's great, really great. Um would you guys excuse me for a moment."

He said making his way to the restrooms leaving his glass untouched on the table and everyone else confused. Once he reached the bathroom Tuck splashed water on his face a couple of times and met his own gaze in the mirror. He was freaking out.

"What's going on man? Don't you want to work with Angie?"

FDR had followed his friend into the bathroom and was more than a little confused by his reaction.

"Do you?"

Tuck asked without turning away from his reflection which confused FDR even more.

"What? Of course I do. I hardly get to see my sister as it is. Why wouldn't I want to see her every day?"

With a sigh Tuck turned around to face his friend and leant on the counter behind him.

"Because we wouldn't be working with your sister. How often did you see Agent Moros when he was alive? They work alone Franklin and there is a reason for that. You don't want to see what she is doing out there in the field. Besides you never dealt very well with seeing Theta when she was still training, how are you going to cope with seeing that side of her now. It was alright when she was in Washington because we didn't know when she was on a job or where she was going. But here. If she's here you will know. And yeah most of the time when she is in the office she will be your little sister Angelica which will be great. But what happens when you walk into her office for the first time while she's in full working mode and it's Theta looking back at you? "

FDR sighed. He knew what his friend was trying to say and he understood his worries, but he wasn't going to let it stop his enthusiasm.

"Alright, alright I get it. But to be honest I would rather she be here than anywhere else. I would rather know than not know. The fact that she actually accepted the job shows how much better she is now. I know you never saw what she was like as a child, but you have to remember what she was like when we were still training. Now she's actually building a life. She wants to move back here, she wants an apartment and the family dinners. She's making friends, she's spending time with Lauren and Trish and actually acting like a regular person. She is more my sister than she has been in years and I am so happy for her. I hate to see her as Theta because that was exactly what she was like as a kid, those dead emotionless eyes and that scary determination. But that's what lets her be Angie again and I am so thankful for that. Besides I thought you weren't scared of Theta."

Tuck laughed a little at the last comment because it was true. He had never been afraid of Theta. He had never known Angelica without Theta. The Angel needed both sides of her personality to function. He stood up straight so that he could put a hand on FDR's shoulder.

"I'm not scared of Theta. The Angel may be an intense super deadly robot assassin from time to time, but she's our super deadly robot assassin. I didn't mean to rain on your parade Franklin I was just surprised and I know how much she tries to keep everything seperate from her work."

FDR nodded and they left the bathroom. But when he relayed what had happened to Lauren that night in bed he couldn't help but wonder if there was more to his reaction than Tuck had said.

Now everyone knew, Angelica was looking for an apartment and Lauren was helping her. It was the product tester's way of paying the other woman back for all of the help she had been with the wedding plans, but there was a little more to it as well. Firstly she enjoyed spending time with Angelica. It was nice to have another girlfriend, especially one who knew and understood FDR's double life. But Lauren also had an ulterior motive. After hearing about Tuck's most recent split with his wife and seeing how awkward he had been at the bar she was determined to get an answer from her soon to be sister-in-law.

As they wandered around one of the apartments Angelica had flagged up on her internet search Lauren tried to find the right time to bring up her question.

"This place is nice."

Angelica said after the real estate agent had left them to explore on their own. Lauren nodded checking off the specs with the list of requirements they had come up with together.

"There's plenty of space, so that home gym you were talking about wouldn't be an issue. It's close to the office. What do you think about the security?"

Lauren queried. She could see Angelica looking over the potential entry points before she answered.

"I will have to improve it somewhat. But that shouldn't be a problem and I would have to do that anywhere. Parking is good as well. And I can get in and out at anytime without disturbing anyone. It's far enough from Nana's that she won't be expecting to see me everyday, but close enough to visit when I want. And it's close enough to you and Frankie."

That was when Lauren saw her opening. She moved towards the window as if she were checking the location again before speaking.

"And it's pretty close to Tuck's place too. That's good right?"

There was a pause as if Angelica hadn't been expecting the question, which was unusual for her.

"Yeah, yeah that's good."

When Lauren turned around she realised the other woman was watching her closely, so she took the plunge.

"Why did you lie to me before, about him?"

There was another pause as if Angelica was weighing up her options. Lauren knew that her fiance's sister was more than capable of lieing to her, and doing it convincingly. But the two women had been getting closer over the weeks to the extent that Lauren had actually asked her to be one of her bridesmaids and she had accepted. Besides they both knew that Angelica prefered not to lie to her friends and family unless she absolutely had to.

"I didn't lie to you."

Angelica stated finally, because technically she hadn't. But Lauren wasn't going to let it go.

"You told me that you guys never dated."

Lauren accused, but a playful smile crept onto Angelica's face.

"We never dated."

She stated plainly and Lauren scoffed. She knew now what Angelica had done to get around her previous questions. Really she should have known the 'cleaner' would be that clever about it.

"But you were 'involved' weren't you?"

Angelica sighed. This was what she had been afraid of, that she would ask that question. She didn't want to lie. In fact part of her was a little relieved and she wouldn't be putting Joe in any danger by admitting that she had slept with his father. In fact admitting just that could be enough to stop Lauren asking more questions. Frankie would be upset, but that would give her enough of an excuse to explain their evasive behaviour around the subject. Having justified it to her self Angelica answered the question.

"Yes. We were involved. But it was mostly just sex. We never actually dated and it has been over for a while now."

Lauren looked a lot happier now that she had admitted that much.

"Why didn't you just say that?"

Angelica leant back against the wall as Lauren moved away from the window. This probably wasn't the best place to have this convsation, but Angelica had already decided that she wanted to take the apartment and she needed to explain.

"I'm sorry Lauren. But Frankie can't know. He would freak out. Tuck is his best friend and considering when it all started I know he won't take it very well."

In that moment Lauren remembered what Katie had said to Tuck when she had kicked him out yet again. She remembered that Katie had been worried about someone Tuck had been seeing before they met. Someone he had been seeing when he couldn't have been any older than 22 which would have made Angelica 17 at the most.

"When did it start?"

She asked but Angelica didn't answer at first.

"That's a long story. Seen as I'm going to take this place, how about I put the real estate agent out of her misery. Then we can go get a cup of coffee and I will tell you everything."