John was walking down the street to the bar where Josh was waiting for him; he opened the door of the bar and stepped in; he saw Josh sitting at the table in

the corner of the bar; making sure that there is no one in the bar who would recognize him John approached Josh's table and sat down.

"Alright start talking" John said looking at Josh.

"As I said, the gun you gave me didn't want to fire"

"Did you check if the gun is locked"? John asked.

"Yes, and it wasn't" Josh replied.

"Alright give me the gun" John said.

"What… here"? Josh said "Are you insane; someone could see us"

"Just pass the gun under the table"

Josh pulled the gun from his sweatshirt and passed the gun under the table to John who took the gun and opened it; as he emptied all the bullets from the

gun he closed it and pulled the trigger. There was an empty click and barrel on the gun turned.

"I do not see what the problem is the gun is working fine"

"I'm telling you the gun didn't want to fire"

"Really"? John asked unconvinced.

"For the last time John I'm telling you the truth" Josh said, he began to lose patience.

"Alright, but allow me to tell you what I think that happened yesterday" John said gesturing with his index finger for Josh to lean towards him; which he

obeyed. As Josh leaned towards John; John's lips were near Josh's ear and John began to whisper into Josh's ear.

"I think that you were afraid of this little job that I gave you; so you come up with this stupid story in order to fool me" he whispered.

"John I…" Josh started and began to pull back but John was quicker and grabbed Josh by the throat pulling him closer to him.

"Shut up when I'm talking" he hissed, before he continued "you are going to finish this job one way or another or you will die a slow and painful death. Is that

clear"? he asked.

"Yyee….yes" Josh barely managed to answer.

"Good" John said as he released Josh from his grip.

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At Sandy's apartment

"What the hell are you doing"? Will asked looking at Optimus as his chocolate brown eyes glowed darker with fury.

"Will…. "Sandy started but he cut her off.

"Not a word" he said turning to her "go to your room I need to talk to your roommate" Will said as he approached Optimus with his fists clenched; he was

ready to rip Optimus apart.

"Excuse me"? Sandy said looking at him in shock "did you just ordered me to go to my room"? she asked.

"YES…. NOW MOVE"! Will yelled as he turned his head to look at her.

"No" she calmly said looking at him.

"What did you say"? he asked.

"I said no" she replied and then she turned to Optimus.

"Can you please excuse us"? she asked pointing with her hand towards the door of the apartment as a signal for him to leave because she wanted to talk to

Will alone and Optimus got the message loud and clear.

"Of course" he said and left the apartment.

When Optimus left the apartment Sandy gestured with her hand for Will to go with her to the living room; Will didn't said anything and walked to the living

room.

"What the hell is wrong with you"? Sandy asked him as she hit him in the arm with her fist.

"First of all ouch and secondly what is wrong with me"? he said "What is wrong with you; you know that is forbidden for the agents to be with aliens"

"Oh, for the love of God; you are starting with this again" Sandy said irritably "For the last time William we are not together; where did you get that stupid

idea"

"He was holding you in his arms" he said.

"So it does not prove anything" Sandy replied calmly.

"Are you kidding me; he wanted to kiss you; I saw it in his eyes"

"You saw nothing William; you are just paranoiac"

"I'm not paranoiac; I know what I saw"

"Alright have it your way but it doesn't give you the right to act like a jerk"

"I just want to protect you"

"From what"

"From history repeating itself"

"What are you talking about"?

Will took a deep breath before he continued.

"When Josh and you broke up, you were a mess you didn't eat; you did not talk to anyone; you're just lying in bed and cried all the time"

"Of course I was a mess; he was my first love and we were together for four years"

"I know that but when I saw you like that I was angry, because I failed to protect you from the pain that Josh gave you"

"Will listen to me; I know you wish the best for me but sometimes you can't protect the people from pain; that's life and that's normal; we laugh, we cry and we

sometimes just stumble and fall and then we get up and move on"

"I know, but I don't want to see you hurt like that ever again" he said.

"I cannot promise you that but I will try" she replied smiling, "Now I think that you owe Optimus an explanation for your behavior today and an apology "she

said.

"I know"

"And by the way Will next time be careful what you say; today you called Optimus by his real name"

"Really"? he asked in shock.

"Yes"

"Do you think he heard that"?

"I don't know, I hope not"