"Where's the Boss at?" Pierce asked Kinzie. She just pointed to the screen as she watched her bending down to pull the sheet back. They both leaned in close to see if it was him. Ben walked in and looked to see what they had been looking at. "What's that?" "Kinzie thinks they may have finally found Gat." Ben stood next to them watching the screen, before to long Asha and Matt had join in on watching to see if this was really him, they all held their breathes.
Lilly sighed in relief seeing that it wasn't him. She covered the man back up and started to walk away, she seen a girl there crying as the cops told her they had found her husband. He had been robbed and beat to death by some wanna be gang bangers. She looked at the woman falling to her knees and thought about how that could very well be her one day. She walked over and put her hand on the woman's shoulder. "I'm very sorry for your loss and when I find the people responsible for this, they will go through much worse pain then he did." The girl looked up to her with tears and mouthed the words "Thank you." Lilly walked back to her car, she sat in the seat for a few second looking at all the people gathered. She flipped the sun visor down and grabbed the picture of her and him. She looked at it and smiled. Someday you'll come back, I'm sure of it. She thought to herself then drive back to the White House.
She went inside and grabbed a few papers before turning the light in her office out and leaving. Pierce walked out of his office and saw her carrying a few folders and her overnight bag, he ran up trying to catch her, "Finally going home huh?" "Yeah I love the couch in there but I really do miss my bed and plus I think I'm finally ready to." "That's good," "Yeah, I could really use some relaxation too." Pierce just laughed as they walked out. "See you tomorrow Boss." She through her hand up as she got in the car.
When she got home and walked in she second guessed herself and thought about going back, but instead put her keys down on the table in the foyer, she walked in the kitchen laying the files down on the counter and walked through the house, even after all this time he's been gone she could still feel him, almost like he was there still. She could still smell his cologne and hear his laugh. She walked through the house turning a few lights on. She went back into the kitchen grabbed the files an went to the piano, she played as she read the files and thought to herself trying to make mental notes, without even paying attention she started playing the song she walked down the isle to, it wasn't the here comes the bride crap everyone does but the song Canon In D, she stopped playing for a second and thought of the moment the doors opened up and she saw him standing there smiling at her, and how she tried to fight the tears but they just fell and made her make up start to run. She remembered Ben coming in and talking her, making her feel better and not be so scared. She just smiled and played some more. The old man was right after some time you really do enjoy the memories, she had learn to cope with the loss and instead be happy about the time she did get with him and remember how happy she was then. She began to read the files again and study the next family member. After she was tired of playing she headed for their bedroom, the hall way to the room however was covered in pictures of them, it started with the first picture of them ever and told the story of them through out the years going to the room, in front of their door was the spot the wedding picture was going to go. She stopped walking and looked at the nail in the wall, she went back to the kitchen, the cleaning lady had been putting the mail inside for her so it wouldn't get stolen or ruined by the rain and snow. In a cardboard package sitting on the table, was the photo and frame she had personally designed for that spot. She slowly opened and pulled it out. She looked at the photo with a half smile as her eyes watered, "I miss you." She walked back down the hall holding it in her hands and hung it up, she walked into the bedroom, sat down and looked at the picture from the side of the bed. She laid back and looked out the window at the snow falling. She sat up and walked in the closet and grabbed her favorite shirt of his, she sit in the floor against the wall crying clinging to the shirt. She felt like she was living somebody else's life without him around. She finally stopped and went to lay on the bed again. She held onto his shirt the whole night. For the first time in awhile she felt ok being there without him even though she missed him, she didn't sleep to good though, she would wake up reaching out for him so she grabbed his pillow and cuddled up with it.
A few days had gone by and the old man never came back to work, she decided to go by his house and check on him. She stopped by the store and got some soup for him and the paper. She pulled up in front of the house and noticed he hadn't been checking his mail, so she grabbed it as well and went to the door. She knocked but no one answered, she waited a few minutes then looked around the house to see if anyone was watching, she grabbed the door handle and opened the door. She slowly walked in and found him in bed with the picture, he had passed away in his sleep. Lilly sat down next him and smiled knowing he was back with his wife finally. She called the cops so they could come process the scene, she made funeral arrangements and even picked him out a nice suit. He would be buried as if he was a member of the Saints. Everyone of them attended the funeral even if they never met the man, he had never told her of any family being around still, so she decided to be his family. Lilly gave a speech on him:
"I know most you never knew him, I barely got the chance but I'm so thankful I did. He really helped me through what I'm going through and I never thought a stranger would make such an impact on me but he did. He was kind and so very funny. I spent a lot of nights just sitting an talking with him, the man had some crazy stories and I have no doubt back in his day he would have made a damn fine Saint. He told me the story of losing his wife the first night we actually met and talked, he changed my whole life that night with a simple story, he taught me it's okay to hurt and be sad over losing someone and that with time you learn to cherish the moments that seem to bring the most pain. I feel today still that I didn't give him what he gave me or paid back the favor. He gave me a reason to live and a new outlook on life, you can't show somebody the amount of gratitude they deserve when they help you back up from being knocked down to your lowest point. I did the only thing I could think of to repay him and it was to give him back the home he had live in with his wife before she went, I'll never forget what he said to me that day, he told me I really was a Saint and in all honesty the look on his face made me feel like one. He was the grandfather I never had and I miss him as if he was. He was an outstanding human being and I wish I could have done more for him. He will forever be a Saint to me."
She stepped down from the podium and laid the picture of him and his wife in the casket and kissed his cheek "Thank you." She closed it up and went sat down with the other Saints the preacher said a few words then they went to cemetery. Lilly sat up front as they lowered him in the ground, she stayed even after they had started to throw the dirt on him. Pierce noticed her sitting up there alone and turned to walk up still with her, he put his hand on her shoulder then sat down with her. On his tombstone she had the words "The only real Saint of us all now flies high with his blue bird." The picture on it was of him and his wife, they also had the Saints symbol and two birds carved on it. "You did a good job, I think he would have been proud of what you did."
The months just went by without hearing anything from Johnny, as much as she wanted to give up hope of him coming back she never could. She picked up the phone and called the lawyer "I would like to put a hold on the paper work, I'm not as ready as I thought I was." It had been almost a year since he had left, "So Boss how's staying in the house?" Pierce asked walking in the room with her coffee. "Pretty good I guess, I've decided to stop the paper work for now." "Still hoping he's coming back huh." "Yeah, I know if I ever meant anything to him he will." "There's no question there you did he even told us you meant the world to him, I'd almost bet where ever he is, you play some part in it. Anyways Kinzie has a new mission for us to go on so you ready?" "Yup." was all she said as she signed a few more documents.
She went back to the house before leaving and grabbed a few things, she went in the den and kissed her hand then touched the small picture of her and him off the mantle, she turned and grabbed the documents she had left at home then walked towards the door. She locked the doors and then went back to work.
They were going to get information and a new prototype the family had been working on. They camped out side the building till they got the clearing from Kinzie to advance. "So Pierce I heard you've been seeing just one skank for a while now." Lilly said laying on the ground looking at the stars, "Hey she's not a skank, she just a nice girl working the streets." "My bad she's a ho, I'm just kidding so what you getting serious now?" "Naw, she's just pretty cool to chill with. I don't just bang them and kick them out now, I'm really growing as a person." "Pierce a hard on doesn't count as personal growth," "Man why do you have to be like that." " I'm just kidding Pierce. I'll have to agree you have grown you no longer build doll houses and make plans that would take a whole day to do." "I don't care what you or Gat say, that was a good plan." She just laughed and sat up. "Sure it was but ours seemed to work better." They laughed then sat quiet for a few seconds. "We've really come a long way from then." he said. "No kidding, we actually have a nice Head Quarters and not some run down shit hole." She said looking at the ground thinking back. "We had some bomb ass parties there though." She smiled but didn't say anything.
"Ok guys now is your chance to move in and get the stuff we need." Kinzie said over the ear pieces breaking the silence. They both stood up and grabbed their guns, then headed to the building.
Lilly was taking pictures of their documents when all of a sudden a man grabbed her from behind an put something over her mouth knocking her out. She woke up from having water thrown on her and being smacked in the face. She tried to move but was tied to a chair. She looked around and saw Pierce next to her tied to a chair as well. She tried to move over to him but the chair was bolted down. "Well well, Mrs. Gat looks like you're easier to capture without out your boytoy husband there to protect you." Kevin and one of his henchmen walked around in front of her, she started smiling, "Sometimes I let it happen, keeps my life interesting." "You're a real comedian, aren't you?" "My crew seems to think so, especially when I sent you your present." The man stepped closer and punched her in the jaw. " I have a feeling this will be taking awhile, between your sarcasm and not liking us an all." He said sitting down as another man brought him a chair. "Sarcasm is just one more service we offer and don't flatter yourself I don't like anybody." She said smiling, the man punched her in the jaw again. " With that attitude, I can see why nobody likes you." "Oh, come people love, just ask your kids." The man punched her in the stomach this time. She coughed a few times, " I don't like hurting you, Mrs. Gat." She looked at the roid raging beast of a man to her left then back to Kevin, "Really? Is that why you're having him do it?" The man punched her in the face again. "Please, for once in your worthless life stop trying to be funny, I don't want Eugene to bludgeon you all night." "I'm getting beat by a guy named Eugene? Seriously." The man looked down and snarled at her. "Okay. Mrs. Gat I've had quiet enough of your jokes, I want my daughter back." "Screw you."She said, the man hit her again. "Owwe!" She rolled her jaw around "Okay,okay I take it back fuck you" The man hit her once again. "I would really appreciate it if you'd cooperate here." "Yeah I wouldn't count on that happening." Kevin looked at his henchmen and nodded, he walked behind her and grabbed her ring finger on her left hand, she grit her teeth as he cut is off. "You're starting to annoy me."He said. She let out a deep sigh and said, "And here I thought we were really starting to build a friendship." Kevin stood up from the chair and waved to his henchmen to go a head and torture her some more. "I'll be back when you take this more seriously" He said walking away. "Okay, take it easy." She said as the henchmen stood in front of her. "Are you so angry because your junk has shriveled up from the steroids?" The man punched her several time in the face. She spit the blood in her mouth out on the floor. Pierce woke up and looked up to her. "Oh hey Pierce, you missed all the excitement." she said smiling with he face cut up and mouth full of blood. He looked around her and saw the blood pool under her hands and her finger on the ground. "What the fuck is going on here?" "Well Kevin was in here being a little bitch-" She was cut off by the guy hitting her again. She turned her head with the punch and then looked back up to Pierce, "As I was saying, he didn't find me to be funny enough so this barbarian is beating on me now." She sat up straight in the chair and sighed, the man continued to beat on her. She kept laughing and being a smartass so he pulled a knife out and stabbed her in the knee. "Ahh I think I'm ready to talk...wait nope." The man punched her in face a few more times. "Okay, okay I'm ready." The man turned to walk away, "Shit I lost my train of thought." He turned back to her and punch her several more times in the face and stomach. From the loss of blood she was losing consciousness, the man turned to Pierce and started in on him.
He walked back over to her, she looked up and smiled at him as he pulled the knife out of her leg and went to stab her in the stomach, she closed her eyes and turned her head but when she didn't feel it penetrate she turned her head slightly and opened her eyes, Johnny was standing there holding the blade in his hand, he headbutted the guy and made him fall down, the man grabbed his face and looked back up Ben was now standing over him and shot him in the face. "Damn, you look like shit." Johnny said looking at her. "Really? And I thought this look was starting to work for me." He untied her and Pierce, she tore the man shirt up to wrap her leg and hand. She through her arm around Johnny and took one of the guns from Asha. They walked through the door to the hallway, the alarms were going off so they had to move fast. They ran down a bunch of hallways before realizing they were lost. "Kinzie, we need some help here, can you navigate us out?" Johnny asked. "Yeah give me a second , let me pull up the building layout." "We don't really have a second here." Asha said. A few guys came running up on them, all of them began firing. "Ok guys what floor are you on?" They each looked around to see if there was a sign. "How the fuck do we know, we're in the middle of a hallway. "Is there any rooms near you?" "Uh yeah the medical facility is to our right." Johnny said. Lilly pulled her arm from around him and limped over to the doors. She shot the screen to unlock it and the doors opened up. She went to the cabinets and looked for galls and anything to clean the wound. She poured some alcohol on the wound, Asha walked in and helped her look. She grabbed a needle and walked over to her, she jammed in it her leg by the cut then in her hand. "This will deaden the nerves for a bit." Asha said. Lilly wrapped both up with proper bandages then went back to the group. "Okay so were going to go down the hall and apparently crawl up through a broke down elevator shaft to the next floor and then she will guide us out from there." Johnny said as they rejoined the group. They reached the shaft, Asha Ben and Pierce crawled up first, Johnny helped her in and then Ben and Pierce pulled her up. "Okay now which way?" "You need to go straight down the hall then turn down the second hallway to your right. You'll need to crawl through a air vent to the other side, when you get in that room be very quiet, you'll be above a lot of them." "wait how do we get across?" Pierce asked. "There are pipes that run across I think it could probably hold about three at a time." "Boy do I love this job." Lilly said as she started to walk down the hall. They made it through the building without getting caught and made it to the vent. When they had all reached the other side a guy came crawling through and spotted them. Before he could say anything Johnny slammed him against the wall with his hand over his mouth and cut his throat. He laid the guy down on the edge and crawled across the pipes, when they reached the other side, they body fell down and alerted the men, they looked up and saw them running across the edge and began to shoot at them. They jumped through a window in a room. They crawled across the floor and reached the hall way, they ran down the hall to a window that lead outside. Lilly shot the glass and they all jumped out. She landed on her knee. She started bleeding through the pad really bad but continued to run. When they reached the safe point she collapsed.
She woke up at the house in bed, she reached under the covers rubbing her knee. She looked over at her night stand there was a pill bottle, bottle of water and note. She sat up in the bed and noticed her finger had been reattached and her hand was bandaged. She grabbed the pills and water, they were painkillers prescribed to her. She took two and grabbed the note.
Lilly,
When you wake up, we're all waiting for you at the White House, take your time and be careful.
-J
She crumbled it up and throw it on the bed. She slid her legs to the side of the bed and tried to stand but it was to painful trying to walk, she grabbed the crutches and pulled herself up on them. When she walked out the door she heard someone downstairs, she went into the hall bathroom and grabbed the gun under the sink. She peaked around the corner and moved to the stairs, she moved slowly down them, once she was at the bottom she a shadow in the kitchen and stood on the side of the wall waiting for them to walk back through. She heard the footsteps coming closer, she put the gun in the face of the cleaning lady as she walked in. "Mademoiselle." She screamed. Lilly dropped her gun and let out a deep sigh, "Sorry, you scared me." The cleaning lady walked away and went back to cleaning. Lilly went back up stairs and got ready to go she dressed comfy that day. She grabbed her gym pants and wore a jacket over her tank top. Even though she loves her heels, it was a converse kind of day, she left her hair down and put on simple make-up.
When she went to walk out of the house to secret service guys were standing guard. "Seriously, is there a reason you guys are here?" She asked walking through them. "We were told to watch the house and not let anybody in." She rolled her eyes and went to get in her SUV when the guys stopped her, "Ma'am we can't let you drive." "Why the fuck not? Trust me I've drove on a lot worse then two pain killers." "I'm sorry but in your condition it could restrict your reaction time." She slammed the door and got in the back of the limo.
By the time they had reached the White House she had only got even more mad. She hopped the steps and went inside as she stood in the front lobby she yelled out, "Who the fuck decided I wasn't able to drive anymore?" In the conference room the gang was reading the report from Kenzie. "She's here." Johnny said never looking up from his file. He sat up in the chair and laid the file down. Everybody just sat there looking to him, "Seriously are the rest of you to scared to deal with her?" he asked. "She tends to listen to you better, plus she won't try to hit you." Pierce said. "She might now." Johnny said walking out the door. He could hear her yelling at everyone downstairs as he walked down the hall to the lobby. When he reached the stairs she was attempting to hit someone with a crutch. "I did." he said walking down the steps. She gave him a dirty look then hopped towards him really fast. "Who the hell do you think you are to tell me I can't do anything, after walking out on me and then magically popping back up?" "I missed you too. Now before you decided to kill someone why don't you come upstairs and join the rest of us." He said reaching his hand out for her. "I don't need your god damn help." She said hopping up the steps one at a time. She didn't say anything the whole time they walked next to each other.
She walked in and sat at the head of the table. "Good to you're in a good mood this morning." Kinzie said. Lilly just looked at her and grabbed a file. "Considering we didn't get anything we need in the last mission and we almost lost two members, I'd say it safe say it was a big giant failure." Lilly cut her eyes at her, "If you'd like to go and do this shit yourself just say so, I'd be more than happy to hide behind a computer." "Please you do good to put gas in your own car what makes you think you could do my job." "I'm sure Matt could show me." Kinzie's eyes widen and she stood up leaning over the table and yelling at Lilly. Lilly started to yell back. "Shut the hell up both of you! Damn. Is every woman here ragging or something?" Pierce said looking back and forth between the two. Lilly looked at him then stood up and left the room. Johnny sighed and went after her. She was walking in her office. "What the hell is up with you?" He asked. "A lot." "No shit, but what is it today? Is it because I didn't want you driving? If it was that big of a problem then shit go for a joy ride." He said tossing his keys on the desk. "Today? It's the same thing it's been for the past months. YOU! You just take off and all I get is one phone call then out of thin fucking air you pop back up. What the hell was so important you couldn't even tell me good bye and then you have to hide it from me?" He walked in the room and sat down in front of her. "I'm sorry, one day we'll talk about but right now just isn't the best time." She just looked at him and then stood up and walked out of the room.
She went outside to the garden and sat down looking at all the flowers and smoked a cigarette. Ben came walking up and sat down next to her and looked at the flowers with her. "Good to see you back, looks like you two are more a like then ever now." Ben said joking about their knees. She couldn't help smile even though she was mad. "He would be so mad at you right now, if he was still here and saw you smoking here." Ben said turning to face her. "I know, but this is my place. The place I come to think, cry, drink, now smoke. It helps me not be so mad when I look at what all he did." They sat quiet for a few seconds then,"What's going on with you today?" He asked. She had really began to think of Ben like a mentor and trust his opinion, "I don't know I thought I'd be happy to have him back, but I'm mad at him." "It's only because you don't understand what went on, I'm sure a little bit on you is happy to see him back." "If there is it deep in there, has he told you guys where he went?" "No, we haven't asked, you and him are a lot alike which is why you two work so well, you both love to kill shit, have a smart ass mouth, and when you want to talk about something you do, if you don't then you just don't. He will tell you eventually. Now put down your cigarette and go see him, be happy, he's home go have lots of the dirty nasty sex you desperately need." She laughed "Thank you Ben." He nodded his head and helped her stand up.
She walked back in and saw him talking to Pierce in the lobby, she stopped walking and just stared for a few seconds, she was being childish for being mad at him instead she should be happy and thank him for showing up when he did or else she wouldn't be standing there. When Pierce walked off she started to walk towards him and he just watched her come closer. She looked down at the ground then back up to him, "I'm sorry for getting mad and yelling at you this morning." He did that adorable smirk he does and crossed his arms. "Thank you for showing up like you did, I missed you so much and I am so glad your back." Before she could continues her rambling he just pulled her into a kiss. She let go of her crutches and wrapped her arms around his neck, she opened her mouth to deepen the kiss and squeezed him tighter. "So you think they'll make it?" Pierce asked Ben staring over at them. "Oh yeah, well that is if they ever get their heads out their asses." "Hmph, I still think it's a bad idea." "Well no shit, they are two way fucked up individuals, he's still recovering from losing Aisha and the rest of the shit he's been through, then she's got so many trust issues Dr. Phil couldn't fix her ass. But then again they are just what each other needs. This will end one of two ways either they'll get the happy ever after everybody wants or one will be dead." Pierce stop smiling and nodded his head slowly agreeing. "Would you two stop, they have just as much of chance as any of us. Hell in my opinion one they were made for each other." Asha said walking up to them. " What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Pierce said getting on the defensive. "Chill out, think about it normal people don't kill others for joy, who would seriously put up with that." "Charles Manson." Ben said. "Okay he might but they just seem to get each other. All I'm saying is have some faith in them, after all you were willing to follow her to the end of earth." She walked away. Ben and Pierce went to the bar area.
She broke the kiss and laid her forehead against his mouth, she looked up to him and smiled, "Would you get my crutches?" She said in a kidish way. He just smiled and picked them up. "I'm going to go up stairs and apologize to Kinzie." She turned and walked away, she would turn and look back every few steps as if he would disappear again. She hopped down the hall and like always Kinzie was neck deep in her computer, "Hey sorry about lashing out at you this morning." "It's fine, I'm not worried about it but right now I'm a little busy, we can have this family moment later." Lilly just smiled and went to her office. When she opened the door, the lawyer was in there waiting for her. "So he's back, you ready to sign all of these?" He asked in a peppy way. She went to her chair and sat down, "Uhm no actually I still want to put them on hold but just for a little while longer." "That's fine, have you told him yet?" "No, this is my first day back and think we've said a total of like four words to each other, I'll let you know when though." The man smiled and stood up to shake her hand but she just faked a smile and looked towards the door. He grabbed his brief case and walked out.
Johnny came walking up when he was walking out, "Who the hell was that?" "No body, someone selling business ideas to us again."she said trying avoid eye contact. "I swear you'd think being the president shit like that would stop." She just laughed and looked away from him. "So I figured since your healing still, for now you can just wear it around your neck", she looked up to him holding the ring on a necklace. "Yeah, just sit it down I'll put it on in a little bit but I need to make some phones calls real quick." He wasn't as dumb as she wanted him to be, he knew something was wrong but didn't want to push it then. He laid it down and walked out of the room closing the door.
She picked the ring up and looked at it, she thought to herself about how she was happy being with him but still felt it was a giant mistake, she went through all kinds of reasons to walk away and reasons to stay. Pierce burst in the room and scared the shit out of her making her drop the ring. "Fuck Pierce haven't you heard of knocking." " I like making more memorable entrances." She just looked at him smiling shaking her head, "Yeah well the day I shoot your ass will be pretty memorable for the both of us." He walked in laughing and plopped down in one of the chairs, "So he finally came home, bet your happy at least you will be later." She just looked at him, " If you're trying to make a sex joke, don't plan on it, My leg is pretty fucked up." "Sooo now that it's just me and you wanna tell me what's wrong." "What the hell are you talking about?" She said nervously. "Yeah, see I know you and I may have seen the lawyer leaving, now you're all boo hoo I'm still depressed." " Because I know you won't go away till I tell you, I still feel like we shouldn't have tried to make this into something. We should have just stayed friends and killed shit together." "Well I'm no expert in love but what I can tell you is you seem happier with him, except for today. You probably just have PTSD and it's making you second guess everything, just remember friendships can become relationships but they can never go back and be the same." She smiled at him, "I knew I kept you around for something." He just smiled and stood up, "Just think about it Boss, remember how sad you were when he was gone and wanted him back. It's like Bill Cosby says "Decide that you want it more than your afraid of it." She did a half smile and nodded her head.
Later on when everybody was getting ready to leave, Paige walked down the hall and saw she was in her room looking over paper work. She walked in and sat down in the chair, " Hey do you have a second we could talk." Lilly never looked up at her, " Yeah." "So I can't help but feel like we got off on the wrong foot and I think it's because we don't know each other I mean with me being a part of your team now-" Lilly started laughing and looked up to her, "OK for starters you are not on my team I don't trust you, no more than I trust the tabloids, second you don't need to know, most people who work for me don't even know my real name. So before you come in trying to be my friend realize I don't like you and the only reason your here is because you know how your family works and you're doing a shit job at that or else my finger wouldn't have gotten chopped off and I wouldn't be on crutches, as soon as this is all over I'm done with you and I will never see you again." "So what you're just going to kill me like rest?" "No unless you give me a reason to, you and prince charming will run off and like I said I will never see you again." Paige just looked at her, "You can leave now." Paige stood up and walked out and went back to helping Kinzie with coordinating another attack. Lilly finished up signing a few papers then turn the lights off and left her room. She went downstairs and got back in the limo to go home. She felt bad not telling Johnny bye before she left but she just needed more time.
He went to her office looking for her and to see if she was ready to go home but she was already gone. When he walked out of her room he asked one of the security guys in the hall if he had saw her and he told Johnny she had already left for the day. He went outside and got in his car and drove faster then normal home but that was probably due to him being mad. "So you want to tell me what's going on?" He asked as he walked in the kitchen watching her attempted to cook a microwave meal. "Well I'm wishing the fridge was closer to the microwave right now." He walked in the room and put it in there for her and started it then turned to look at her. She saw he had a envelope in his hand and knew exactly what it was. She looked up to his face and sighed then looked down. She started to talk but he interrupted her. "Is this what you want." " I don't know, I haven't actually decided yet." He pulled the papers out and signed by his name then handed them to her and walked out of then room. She just looked down at the signatures for a few seconds, when she made it up the steps and went into their room he was grabbing some of his stuff. " I filed for a separation because I thought you left me, not because I didn't love you. I figure something had happened and you were gone, you leaving your ring behind only increased my speculation that you didn't want this." He turn around looking at her, "If I didn't want this I wouldn't have asked you, I left the ring because if something had happen I didn't want any chance of people coming after you, I want you and the trouble that comes with you, everything. I just don't want what happened back in Stilwater to happen again." She walked over to the bed and sat down. "It won't." She said looking over to him. " It does, if we hadn't shown up you really think you would've gotten out of there alive. I lost the woman I loved once, I don't want to lose another because some asshole wants to hurt me." "How's your hand by the way?" "It's fine, I've had a lot worse cuts before." "I'm not Aisha and I won't ever be or try to, so if I'm just a rebound or you trying to replace her, it won't happen." He walked over on the bed and sat down next to her, "I know, no one will ever replace her or give me the same feelings as she did, but I do care about you and I don't regret any of this, I told you before me and you is different from me and her. So if you still want to be here with me, then do it but don't do this high school in and out shit." He stood up and grabbed the bag off the floor then walked out of the room. She sat there thinking to herself for a few seconds then stood up and went after him.
She hopped on her crutches down the hallway yelling his name, when she got to the top of the steps he had already walked out. She threw her crutches down the steps and sat down holding her leg up in the air, scooting down them. She staying sit and dragged her body across the floor. She used the table in the foyer to pull herself up and tried to walk to the door. She opened it and saw him pulling away, she tried to run down the steps but fell down. It had started raining really hard, he looked at the rear view mirror and saw her trying to get back up and immediately hit his brakes and put the car in park. He jumped out the car and ran back to her. He reached his hand, she grabbed his hand and he pulled her up to him. "I do. I still want this, don't go...I'm scared as hell still, I probably always will be but I love you and a life scared to want you and be with you is better then a life without you. You make me feel complete and for some reason my life just seems better with you around, after everything that's happened between us going back to what we were before would be impossible and I don't want to anyways. Nobody comes close to you, no one makes me feel the way you do. I wish I could say you're just a want but I can't because I need you around. So please just stay." He pushed the hair from her face and pulled her lips to his. He she wrapped both arms around him and opened her mouth to deepen the kiss between the two of them. She kept pulling him harder up to her. He finally pulled away so he could breathe and whispered. " I don't want to go back either." He put both hand on the side of her face and slowly put his lips to hers and kissed her passionately.
He picked her up and carried her back in the house, when they got inside he sat her down. They just looked at each other for a minute. They were both soaking wet, her hair was clinging together and her eye liner was running under her eyes, but to him she was still as beautiful as the day they were married. She smiled up to him innocently and pulled his jacket off, he smirked and grabbed her zipper pulling it down then sliding it off her shoulders letting it fall behind her, next was her tank top, after he got it over her head she unbutton his shirt and pushed it off of him. He leaned down and started to kiss her then he started kissing on her neck and pulled her bra strap down as he kissed her shoulder. She undid his belt and unzipped his pants. He pushed them off and reached behind her knocking everything off the table behind them, he picked her up and sat her up there. He grabbed her waist band pulling her gym pants down then picked her up again and carried her up the steps to their room and laid her back on the bed. He quickly got out his boxers and leaned back over her kissing his way down her body when he reached her hips he tore her panties down the side getting them off her, She dug her nails into the bed as he went down on her and moaned. He rubbed his hand up her body as he came back up, his eyes followed his hand looking at her tattoos and scars, he knew the story to each and everyone of them then finally back up to her face. He could see his whole future in her bright blue eyes and slowly leaned down to kiss her again. She wrapped her arms around his neck and when he pushed into her she let out a little moan and looked into his eyes, while he started to thrust slowly, she smiled looking at him and pulled him back down to kiss her again. The wetter she got the faster he moved. He lift his body off of her and watched as she moaned and bit her lip. He moved his hand down to her hip moving her body in rhythm with his. She dug her nails in his back as hard she could and ended up breaking one. His back started burning down the marks, which only made him go harder. "Holy shit, this is amazing." She whispered in between moans, he just smiled. When he finally came he laid his head on her chest and could hear her heart beating fast. They were both breathing really hard and stayed like that for a few seconds, then he lifted his head up and looked at her. The lights had went out from the thunderstorm, when the lightning flashed he would see her staring back at him, he leaned back down to kiss her. He rolled over and wrapped his arms around her tiny frame. She love to just lay in his arms and look at him. She rubbed the side of his face lightly with her finger tips and realized how much she had missed him. She moved over closer to him and held on to him as tight as she could. Nothing in the world could ever make her feel as safe he did. She wouldn't let go for anything in the world. He just wrapped his arms around her and laid his head against the top of hers.
The next morning when she woke up she was laying against his hard bare chest. She closed her eyes and wished the moment would never end. He kissed the top of her head and held on to her tighter. She smiled and kissed his chest, then looked up to him. "Thank you, for coming home." "You should have known I would. I can only go so long without you." She smiled "I only wish you could have met this one guy, he was the bartender as the White House. He was so sweet and help me get through losing you." Johnny moved the hair out of her eyes, "You never lost babe, I'm right here. I had a few things to take care of and now I'm home." Lilly pulled her self up the bed so she would lay eye level with him. She didn't say anything else just looked at him and slowly put her lips to his, she opened her mouth just enough to fit his bottom lip in between hers. She pulled at the back of his head trying to pull him closer and kissing him harder, he rolled over on side and leaned over the top of her. He moved one of his hands to her hip, she moved her hand from his face down his back. They laid in bed together making out and making up for the time he was gone.
It took her a few months to heal. She was finally able to walk and was starting to do her training again. She was doing hand to hand combat with recruits but none of them were even a challenge to her anymore. Johnny walked in and watched her pin another to the floor, "Seriously? None of you can beat me, are you guys just taking it easy on me or something?" She said facing the recruits, "I won't." Johnny said walking to her taking off his shirt. She started smiling and tighten her gloves back up. Pierce and Asha had been in there training and saw them about to face off, they ran to the bleachers to watch, "I got fifty on Gat." Pierce nudged her with his arm saying. "Whatever she will totally take him, plus she's his wife he'll take it easy on her." She said back. "Pssh you obviously haven't been around Gat enough yet." They both just stared as they squared off.
"When I beat your ass you can't get mad at me." He said putting gloves on. "Don't worry I won't because your not going to" She said with a cocky smile. He took a few steps towards her and swung his fist, she ducked and dodged them leaning towards him swinging back. She tried to kick him but he jumped out of the way. He backed up a few steps, she went running at him when he rolled towards her and grabbed her by the hips pulling her back down with him. He had her on her back and laid over her, "I told you sweetheart you can't touch a pro." She smiled and pulled her legs up wrapping them around his head flipping him over, "A pro at kissing my ass maybe." He stood up with her around his neck still, She leaned back and flipped off him. She stood up and went back after him, he acted like he was gonna swing and as she went to dodge him he clothes lined her knocking her down. "Sorry babe but you have Pierce for that." She was out of breath laying on her back smiling, she swung her leg out and tripped him from behind. They rolled over at the same time but she got up before him and put him in a head lock but he flipped her over his shoulder, she landed on her back again and stood half way up tackling him to the ground, they rolled over several times before separating, She stood up and dropped kicked him while he tried to get up, he fell back to the floor. He grabbed her leg and flipped her on her stomach pulling her leg up to her head, She took the other leg and hit him the back of the head. They both got to their feet she swung several times trying to hit and kick him but missed several time he finally stopped backing up, she bumped into him and stopped to look up at him, "What you giving up?" She asked. He smiled and picked her up under her butt, she wrapped her hands around the back of his neck, "Never." He slammed her down on her back, she laid there out of breath. He through his arms up as everybody clapped, then leaned down to her face, "Still can't beat me." Pierce started laughing and reached his hand over to Asha. Lilly smiled up to him reaching her hand up and grabbed his forearm she put her feet in between his neck and shoulder flipping him over to ground with him. They were both out of breath and tired, "I'd say I just did." He smack her ass and smiled.
"I believe you owe me fifty bucks now." Asha said Pierce dropped his head. "Woo you go girl." She yelled as she walked by, Lilly laid on the ground smiling. She rolled over and stood up then help Johnny off the floor. She smiled and kissed his cheek then walked away. She walked into the shower rooms and stripped down, she was washing off whenever she was popped on the ass with a towel. She turned to see Johnny standing there completely naked, she laughed and pulled him in with her.
When they got home she was extremely tired from training all day and went up stairs to strip down, she was sitting on the floor in her tank top and panties rubbing her knee when Johnny walked in the room, he leaned down and kissed her real quick, "Knee hurting?" He asked as he walked to his side of the bed pulling the sheets back, "Just a little bit." She stood up and crawled up the bed as he dropped his pants and got in with her. He turned the lights off and cuddle up with her, "And to thank if I hadn't busted out of jail all those years back and saved your ass I wouldn't be doing this now." She said as she laid on his arm. "I was so glad to see you that day. I would have went straight for chair no doubt." "Don't worry, I wouldn't have let them fry you babe." she said with a laugh. He pulled her on top of him and squeezed her tightly, "I owe everything to you babe." she laid her head on his shoulder, "No you don't because there is nothing I wouldn't do to have one more day with you." He smiled at her and sat up then reached down to her knee and massaged it for her. Even though it hurt a little it was making it feel better, she loved the way his hands felt on her skin. "Tomorrow is going to suck some major dick" She said laying back on the bed. "Yeah but it'll be alright, you can handle yourself." "Well no shit I can, I just hate that you won't be there with me." She said. "Yeah but it's for the best and you know Kinzie is right on this one, they won't expect us in two different places." Lilly scrunched her face up knowing he was right. She pulled him up to her, turned the lights off and laid up against him. She laid there hoping and praying thing would go smoothly.
The next morning she woke up and rolled over looking at the clock, her team was leaving out before his. She got a shower and got ready to go, she pulled her hair up and went to the closet she grabbed her black knee high boots and black pants. She wore a gray vest and black cardigan. She walked over to him sleeping kissed the side of his face and walked out. The whole drive over was quiet she was thinking about everything that was going on now and how much things changed over the past 10 years. She was glad she listen to Pierce and Ben and decided to stick out through the doubt he really did make her happy but she was also sad to have lost everyone they had, she thought about Shaundi and how she missed her and Pierce going back and forth arguing, she missed carols as well. If it hadn't been for him she never would have got out or saved Johnny. He was such a sweet kid and because of him they were where they are today really. She hated the fact her happiness today came from Aisha passing. It hit Johnny hard and they never thought he'd come back from it but he manged and got through it. She wasn't really all that close to her but he loved her and there for Lilly respected her and saw her as part of the crew. Lin was an amazing driver and nobody would ever be bale to replace her or her skill. Oleg was so smart and plus Pierce really loved to sit and play him in chess, plus she was pretty sure Kinzie had a thing for him. Josh was annoying at times but he was alright and Matt would of loved to met him. Viola was cold in the beginning but she understood her pain in a way, she saw her sister die and Lilly thought she heard Johnny die. Still even for a cold and hurt woman she came around and they really bonded over their loss and grew closer as friends. In that moment she wished nothing more than her team be there to celebrate everything with them. Even if it meant having to give him up, she knows how good it would have felt to them all.
When she arrived Pierce and Kinzie were already there. Lilly and Pierce and Matt would be leading this one and Johnny, Ben and Asha would be leading theirs. They grabbed the guns they wanted and the few recruits they felt were skilled enough and headed for the plane. "We are flying to the other side of the country then we will be taking a boat. This mission is all about being a distraction so, we get to have all the fun destroying shit. My only concern is that everybody in gets out." She said before boarding. Once on the plane she poured herself a nice little drink and set down. Pierce pulled out a deck of cards and sat down across from her. She smirked, "Hell yes! What will it be this time?" " The usual." Pierce said shuffling the cards. "Hey Matt why don't you join, I know it's not on a computer but the same rules apply." She said. "Thank you very much but I don't do everything on the computer." Matt said walking over and sitting down to play. "So Matt how old were you when you finally lost your virginity?" Pierce asked being a smart ass. " Seriously do you guys even know how to have normal conversation or is immaturity all you know?" "Excuse me little boy, Keith David ain't here to keep me from beating your ass this time." Pierce said. Lilly set there laughing, "Okay you two, Matt don't be so uptight it's really not our thing. Pierce chill out, go drink some Saints Flow or something, now can we play a game of cards and not have a fight?" Pierce sat down and continued looking at his cards. Matt would look up at Pierce every so often to make sure he was going to attack him. They played a few rounds then Matt called it a night and went to get some sleep before landing. "So Boss why did you let him in after he tried to have you killed and even attempted it himself." "You know how I am live and let go." "No your not either." He said laughing. " You're right I'm not, but it's like I told Kinzie two computer geniuses are better then one and he could really help us." " You don't think he'll turn on you?" "Not really I mean it's like he said I had the chance to kill him a long time ago and I didn't, I think he knows if he tried, this time I would kill him." Pierce shrugged his shoulder and agreed with her.
When they landed and jumped on the boat they were pretty quiet no body really said much then she noticed Pierce looking at two of the recruits and flirting with them. She just kept looking at him and smiling. When the two girls realized he was flirting with both they started fighting and one girl fell out of the boat. Lilly rolled her eyes and punched Pierce in the shoulder, "Seriously, now we're one man down." "Hey man, just think of this way she was to weak to fight off another girl she would have probably fucked this up too." "True very true, just wait till we're back home to flirt with these bitches. "Uhm excuses me but I'm not cool with you calling me a bitch! You're a good one to ta-" One on the recruits tried to say but Lilly just pulled a gun and shot her, " One more gone won't matter." Pierce laughed and agreed with her.
When they got on the land they grabbed a truck in a parking lot, She drove and Pierce sat up front with her, She was driving down the road like normal when Pierce turned the radio on and searched through the songs, Obesessed by Mariah Carey was on Pierce was breaking it down and getting in to it when Lilly reached over hitting the off button, "Don't ever do that again or I'll throw you out the car. They just laughed as he looked for another song. Funky Cold Madina came on, "You touch it and I'll cut you I swear." Lilly said. They sang word for word and laughed all the way to the area.
They all jumped out and started shooting up buildings and destroying the town. Lilly and Pierce were walking around shooting random shit and throwing grenades, " You know who I miss more than anything." Pierce said as they casually walked down the street. "Who Shaundi?" "Hell no she was always so damn hateful, I mean ya I miss her some but the one I really miss Oleg, that big mother was a damn fine chess player but we still didn't finish a game." She just laughed and thought about how they took it so serious when it was just a game to her. " I miss Z." She said as she shot the window out of a building and tossed a grenade inside. "Seriously?" Pierce asked looking at her, " Yeah I mean, he was cool as shit." Pierce laughed and looked behind them as the sound of sirens grew louder. " Bout damn time." She said putting a new clip in her gun. They ran up the stairs to top of a building, she pulled the sniper rifle off and looked through the scope at the in coming cars. "How many?" "Hmm I'd say about five clips." "That's it?" She stopped looking through the scope and turn towards him "In each gun." He reload each one and got ready.
Johnny, Ben and Asha were sitting on the helicopter flying over to the main target area, "Man I should have went on the trip, they get to blow shit up and kill people not sneak around and steal shit like pussies." He said talking to Ben. "Yeah but we need someone with your expertise in shooting if shit goes wrong." Ben said. Johnny rolled his eyes and wondered if she was okay. They repelled down to the ground and looked at the buildings entrance through binoculars. " Now I know how she likes to just run in and kill everything and even though it works for her, we need to do this a little different. We need to be extra cautious. I say we take the two guys out front out at the same time. Ben and Johnny got the two men in sites and shot them. They moved from their spot to get a better angle and so their cover wouldn't be blown. After a few minutes they climbed down the hill and ran over to the building. Ben and Johnny stripped the two men of their clothing and took their badges. They walked in the building like it was nothing, shockingly to their surprise nobody recognized them. They found the lab room and went inside. Ben put a USB in the computer and downloaded the files on weapons they had been making while Johnny looked for the gun Kinzie wanted. He put it in a box and carried it out. When they walked through the building they heard people talking about the attack where Lilly and them were. Johnny tried to listen closely to see if she was still alive but they never said. They were almost out of the building when someone noticed them and tried to stop them. Ben and him just pulled guns and ran out shooting.
Still on the top of the building shooting people Matt radioed them saying that had been successful in the other mission. "That's just great but little busy right now, why don't you pick up a gun and shoot some of these people." She said reloading. "Actually I have a little gift for you guys make sure you are down on the ground and under something." Her and Pierce just looked at each other and grabbed the bag of guns running as fast they could down the steps to the ground. All of a sudden four fighter jets came in and dropped missiles. The blast knocked them to the ground and debris fell around them. She stood up and looked at the building they were on now falling apart. She walked around the corner and saw bodies and random limbs everywhere. A bunch of the building were on fire and falling apart. Pierce walked over to her and looked as well, he lifted his arm in the air, "Hell yeah." She laughed and smacked his hand. They turned around walking off to go meet up with Matt. They climbed up the hill and found him in a tree. "What the fuck? Get your ass down here, what did you do?" She asked. He climbed down and stood in front of them grinning like an idiot, "All I did was sent an order to their air force and had them do and air strike on "us" but pin pointed their men out." She just smiled and gave him a high five too. "Nice, I think you wiped out our entire team but that was pretty smart I must say." They walked to the meet grounds and waited for the helicopter to show. After a few hours of waiting she looked over to Matt, "Did you tell them we were clear?" "Yeah hours ago, I'll check and see what's going on." " Hey Pierce you still go those cards?" " You know I do." They started playing when Matt looked up from his computer "Shit, they knew it was our helicopter and blew it up." She turned her head to him quickly, "Seriously?" "No, they are fucking with us, of course I'm serious." "We should probably move then." She said grabbing shit and taking off. "Where are we going to go?" "The hell if I know but staying put isn't good, they know we're here and sorry but I'd like to keep my digits and it's kinda hard to have sex with a fucked up knee." "Oh dear, please don't talk about you guys having sex, I'm still trying to forget the sounds." " What's wrong Matt mad he knows how to pleasure a woman." Pierce said as they ran. "Oh please, believe it or not know what I'm doing too." "Okay guys we can talk about this shit later right now we need to worry about staying alive." They ran into a building and it couldn't have been in better timing, all of a sudden a helicopter passed over and they heard breaks from trucks outside. She motioned for them to hide, they could hear men outside talking and checking the buildings. A man walked in the building and looked around, Pierce nodded towards the guy wanting to take him out she shuck her head back and forth saying no. When the man left, they smelt smoke, they were burning the buildings down she crawled to the middle of the room behind a flipped over table and the guys did the same. "We need to get out of here now." Pierce said, "If we do, we'll be killed they are still out there." "I for one don't want to burn to death!" Matt yelled. She grabbed his face putting her hand over his mouth and pulled his face close. "Do you not understand English or something they are still out there and if they hear you they will come in here and kill us, just wait we'll get out of here." The flames consumed the walls and it was getting harder for them to breathe they started choking and coughing. She stood up looking out the window, from what she could tell they were clear but just to be safe she grabbed her silencer and attached it to her gun the kicked a door open and ran out. The guys followed her and as soon as they ran out sure enough a guy was walking down the dirt road. Before he could yell she shoot him in the head. Without looking back they took off running. They ran through the city and climbed up a hill above, she turned around and saw the tail lights going the other way.
She looked to Matt and Pierce seeing they were okay. They were laying on the ground trying to catch their breath. She looked down at her leg. "Damn Boss that looks like a serious burn." Pierce said sitting up. "Yeah, but it's better than getting stabbed knee, I'll be fine. Matt try to reach them and get us out of here. They walked a little farther and met up with the second helicopter.
Once they arrived back at the White House, Johnny and Asha were on top waiting for them. She stepped off and ran over to him, she jumped up into his arms and kissed him. "You have no idea how happy I am to see you." She said smiling at him. "That's good." He said laughing. They walked back inside, she went straight to medical staff to get her leg bandaged up. Nobody was in there, "Seriously why do we even have this if nobody is in it." She said getting mad. "Chill out and get on the table." Johnny said as he walked in behind her. She went to the table and sat down. He looked at her leg and grabbed stuff to clean it and burn cream. He sat down and ripped her pant leg and cleaned the wound, when he touched it she flinched, he looked up at her, "What it hurts." She said smiling. "Don't be such a baby." He said jokingly. She just smiled at him. He put the cream on it and bandaged it up. After he was done he looked up at her and smiled, "Like I said natural disaster." "Shut up I am not." "You always find away to get hurt I swear, even if it's a little bitty paper cut." She smiled bigger and grabbed him by his shirt pulling him up to kiss her. Things began to get carried away between them and clothes started to come off. "Ay I need to get this- man is there ever a time you two don't try and have sex?" Pierce said walking in. "Ugh what do you need?" She said looking over at him. "I need to get my arm and hand bandaged up since you decided to wait till the last second to escape." She grabbed her shirt and jumped down from the table, "Well sorry but no one is in here." "What did you guys kick them out to cover this place in baby gravy too." " No dipshit, he fixed my leg." She said walking out. "Oh, you care to fix this for me man?" He said asking Johnny. Johnny looked at his arm and back to hall, "Sorry dude, I'm gonna pass and go get laid, there's the cream and bandages." He said zipping his pants grabbing his shirt off the floor, "By the way thanks for cock blocking." "Oh it's no problem." Pierce said as he walked to the sink to clean his arm.
She went to Kinzie's room and peaked in the door. "Yo, did you get what you needed." "Oh yeah and it's so much more awesome then I thought." "Awesome, I'm going home, don't call my phone for nothing even if we're under attack." "Why? What are you doing that's so important. Oh wait god ugh never mind." She shut the door and went to her office real quick, her door was open and the lights were on which was weird to her. She turned the corner and stopped dead in her tracks. Johnny came walking up and put his arms around her waist and started to say something when he looked at what she was staring at, "Shit, I meant to tell you about this. This is where I went when I was gone." She didn't say anything just stared into the room.