The Little Scout: Sweet Justice
Chapter Fourteen
Tessa's POV
"Are you going to eat that?" Tessa asked Ben. He pushed his tray towards her.
"How are you feeling?" He asked her.
"Hungry."
"What's Weaver said about your duties?"
"Kitchen until further notice."
"That must suck, I know how much you hate it."
"Meh, I'll get used to it, plus it means I get to spend more time to at least pretend to be human. When do you go on your next mission?"
"Tonight will you be okay?"
"I'll probably sleep next to Matt, I'll be fine."
"I think Matt's sleeping in his friend's tent tonight."
"Oh well." She took a mouthful of porridge and ate it.
"How does this all feel to you?"
"Weird, I mean...there's like an alien inside of me." Gasps filled the room. "Whoa! No, not a skitter, everyone calm down!" She shouted. The gasps were replaced with mutters of disbelief. Tessa rolled her eyes as she took another mouthful of food.
"Tessa!" She turned around to see Sophie bounding towards her.
"Sophie!" Tessa shouted, greeting her with a hug.
"Wow, Lourdes told me everything! I can't believe you're pregnant!" She hugged her again.
"Believe it. Stupid me, I guess."
"I just...wow!" Sophie sat down beside Ben. "I've been keeping your partner on his toes, just like you asked boss."
"Well you get to keep him a while longer, I'm on kitchen duty."
"I heard! How annoyed are you on a scale of Anne to Pope."
"Weaver." She sighed.
"When are you due?"
"Sometime in May."
"Then you can come back to the force!" Sophie smiled. "Thank god your back, Tessa. If Ben talked once more about how much he missed you then I would've shot him."
"I didn't talk about her that much, Sophie, shut up."
"Every sentence was 'I can't live without her'. Jesus." Tessa laughed at them. Ben looked uneasy.
"What's wrong?"
"Me? Nothing..."
"Ben." Tessa narrowed her eyes at him and he shrugged.
"I'm just glad your back." He took her hands in his and stared at the bracelet. "I can't believe you still have it."
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Just...maybes he took it off?"
"I snapped his wrist when he tried. Also." She took off the necklace from around her neck and took the pictures out of the locket. She tore it apart. "I won't be needing that anymore." She smiled. She gave Ben the locket. "You can burn it if you like." He nodded and took the necklace from her.
"I'll get rid of it for you." He promised her and kissed her.