Red was chatting with Donald in the main room of the post office. Neither noticed the looks they got from Liz, Harold, or Aram. They were too focused on each other while the others were trying to figure out what they were supposed to do about this situation. Red and Donald never noticed when the other three exited the room to discuss what was going on.
"Why don't we just ask Scarlet what to do?" Liz questioned as she and Aram sat in the two seats in front of Harold's desk.
"I've already called for her to come in, but I'm concerned that she would lie for Reddington." Harold responded leaning back in his chair.
"I don't think so." Aram chimed in. "She's his friend, but she's proven that when he needs to be told off, she'll do it. Like when she told us about her twenty first birthday." He explained and Liz nodded.
"But this is different. She may lie when she finds out that Ressler might get relocated. She wouldn't want Reddington to lose a chance to be with someone he likes."
"She's also a nice person." Liz added. "If there's a chance that Reddington will corrupt Donald, she'll want to get him out of here."
"There's still the possibility that Reddington will make his feelings known and Ressler won't feel the same. What do you think that a criminal like him is going to do?" Harold asked and the other two exchanged glances. They really had no idea.
Scarlet hurried into the post office hoping that Red didn't see her. She didn't know why she had been called in and didn't want to deal with him asking why she was there. She didn't worry about it when she heard Red laughing. She glanced over and saw Raymond talking with Donald. Both looked at ease and happy.
Scarlet hurried to Harold's office and greeted the three people. She walked over to Harold desk and sat on the edge, ignoring the look her gave her. There were no seats left. What did he think she would do?
"What do you need?" Scarlet asked looking down at Harold.
"The meeting you and Reddington went to yesterday was bugged." Harold started. "W-,"
"Shit! Who bugged it?" Scarlet asked.
"Us,"
"...Oh,"
"We heard what you two were talking about after the meeting was over." Harold said and stopped expecting her to start in with a cover up story. Instead she looked like she was trying to figure out what he was talking about.
"What did we talk about?"
"Reddington wanting a relationship with Ressler," Harold answered before Scarlet let out nervous laughter.
"That's not what that meant. Hehe, we meant that... he... wanted to... ah crap. I got nothing. Red's crushing on Donald... Did Donald hear about this?" Scarlet asked and crossed her arms over her chest. "And what does that have to do with me?"
"No, he didn't, and we need your opinion on the matter. Do I need to relocate Ressler?"
"Why would you need to do that?"
"We're afraid that Red is gonna end up hurting Donald." Liz chimed in drawing Scarlet's attention. "We don't know how he'll react if Donald doesn't like him back."
"Red would probably just go and sulk for a while. He might act like he would do something, but he likes Donald too much to do anything."
"Hey guys, you might want to look at this." Aram said as he looked out of the office window. The other three moved to where they could look out.
"What are we looking at?" Harold questioned seeing only that Red and Donald were still chatting.
"Don't they look like they're standing a little close to each other?" Aram asked as the two men chuckled at whatever joke had been told. Like Aram said, the two were unusually close. Donald was standing back against the wall behind him but seemed to be leaning towards Red. Raymond was smiling broadly as he was talking about God knows what. He seemed to talk with his hands a little more than he would have normally and would occasionally touch Donald on the shoulder or the arm. Scarlet took note of the small grin that spread across Donald's face each time that Red made any contact with him.
"How did Donald act when you guys were watching the meeting?" Scarlet asked.
"He looked kind of uncomfortable."
"That explains why he was pissed at me." She stated with a wide smile. "He was jealous!"
"You think that Donald likes him back?" Liz asked getting a vigorous nod from Scarlet. "What do we do?"
"I could set them up." Scarlet offered. "Can I?" she asked Harold looking like an excited child.
"... Alright but if anything goes wrong, it's your fault." He replied and flinched when Scarlet squealed and hugged him tightly. She pulled away and dug out her phone. She dialed quickly and held the phone to her ear.
"Hey, McCarthy. You remember Red and Donald, right?"
author's note_
I couldn't see Harold avoiding dealing with this. So, you guys get a glimpse at how others see these two. If you didn't get it, nobody told Donald about what Raymond had said about the relationship stuff... I'm cruel like that :)
