A/N: Ok, the next chapter is the last chapter, so me and LPN have decided to do the last two chapters together. Sorry about the seemingly abrupt ending, but we decided we should probably get this one finished since its been going for so long.

Enjoy

Chapter 21

Elena opened her eyes slowly. What the hell had happened last night, and why did her head hurt so much? Then, slowly her memory returned to her…

"Oh God…" she groaned turning over in her bed.

"S'up 'Laney?" came a voice from next to her.

Elena's heart leapt into her throat as she looked over at the redhead sitting on her bed.

"Oh…" Elena said, calming down slightly. She sat up, ignoring her thumping head.

"What're ya doin' in bed on a beautiful day like this?" Reno stood up and opened the curtains letting the sunlight stream in.

"Reno…" Elena sighed shielding her eyes from the sun.

"C'mon 'Laney, we got paperwork to do." Reno sat back down and smirked. "You really can't handle your spirits can you?"

"Shut up." Elena threw her pillow at him, and then something clicked in her mind. "Hang on… what are you doing here?"

"Don't worry sweetheart, I slept on the couch." Reno grinned. "You should be grateful… I practically carried you here from the bar."

"Oh…" Elena looked down at herself to find she was still wearing her clothes from the night before. She felt horrible. "What time is it?"

"The time…" Reno pulled out his cell phone and looked at it. "…is 8:30 a.m. Better get crackin' eh 'Lena?"

"8:30?" Elena repeated whilst dragging herself out of her bed. "We've got to be at work in half an hour… how long have you been up?"

"About 3 minutes." Reno smirked and ruffled his hair. "See ya at work 'Laney."

Elena wandered around her room, looking for something to wear. Upon finding something, she quickly went into the shower. Her pounding head felt a little better against the hot steam, but not much. By the time she got out, it was 8:50. Great, she had ten minutes to get to work.

Grabbing her coat, she rushed out the door, knowing if she was late, she'd hear it from Tseng.

Considering the fact that she left late, she thought that getting to work at 9:15 was particularly good timing. Not even a minute after entering the building, she ran into Rude.

"Elena, Tseng wishes to see you in his office." He informed her.

"When?" She asked.

"Oh, about fifteen minutes ago." He told her. She sighed, well; she wasn't that late… she hoped.

She entered her boss' office, and he greeted her. "Good morning Elena, slept in I assume." It wasn't a question.

"Um, yeah, you wanted to see me, sir?" She asked, sitting down.

"Yes, but we're still waiting on Reno to arrive."

"Wh- " she closed her mouth. She was about to ask Tseng why he hadn't arrived yet, he did leave a good twenty minutes before she did. But she didn't want to explain to Tseng what Reno was doing at her house. Even though nothing happened… or at least she thought nothing happened, but most of last night's events were still foggy.

They sat together in the office in silence for at least ten minutes before the door banged open, and the red-head in question barged in.

"Hey, 'sup boss-man?" He asked, and plopped down on the chair beside Elena.

"How did the paperwork go?" Tseng asked, ignoring Reno's entrance.

"It went great." He told his boss with a smirk.

"You shouldn't lie to your boss." Elena said as the two Turks made their way back to Reno's office.

"I didn't lie…" Reno said. "I merely got my tenses confused. I meant to say it was goin' to go great."

"Of course you did…" Elena opened Reno's office door upon arrival and the two of them entered the office and sat down.

"Right…" Reno pulled his paperwork towards him. "Uh… ya know, they probably coulda picked a better person to show you…"

"It can't be that difficult…" Elena said, looking at Reno's papers.

"Right…" Reno said again. "Well, it is simple really. Ya just gotta put a date here, and signature there… it's when stuff goes wrong on missions that ya get the hard papers. Luckily I get mosta those, so don't worry 'bout it."