Chapter 66

Alex stood in the full length mirror in the bedroom looking at her body from the side. On the bed were four jeans that she tried on in the past half an hour and all four of them didn't fit like they used to. Ryan entered the bedroom eating a slice of toast and looked at her where she stood in the mirror. "Does this pants make me look fat?" Alex asked still tossing and turning in front of the mirror. "Uhhhmm is this a trick question?" He asked her. "No, like honestly. Does this pants make me look fat?" She asked looking at him, but when he failed to answer, she shrugged her shoulders and grabbed the other half of the toast he had in his hand and ate it. "That was mine." He protested. "Yeah well you didn't want to answer my question so now it's mine. Come on, get done so we can go get Phoebe." She said swatting him on the butt as he walked past her towards the bathroom.

Shelby just finished dressing their little guest when there was a knock on the door. "I'm guessing that's your parents, sweet girl." She told the baby and walked downstairs with her. Caleb opened the door just as they reached the bottom step. "Hello my angel. Did you miss me?" Alex walked over to Shelby and extended her hands to take her baby, showering her with kisses. "Say no mommy, I didn't even notice you weren't here." Shelby smiled. "Where's Ryan?" Caleb asked noticing his friend's absence. "We got a flat tire on the way here, he's busy changing it." Alex answered and Caleb left the apartment to see if his friend needed a hand.

"Did you behave yourself little miss?" Alex looked at her smiling baby as they took a seat on the couch. "She only woke once for a feed and a diaper change. Other than that we didn't have any problems." Shelby smiled running her hand through Phoebe's curls. "Thank you, Shelby. Hey, when is your doctor's appointment?" Alex asked looking at her. "I didn't make one yet. But I am going to do it within the next few days." She responded quickly when she saw the look Alex gave her. "If you don't do it soon, I'll call the doctor myself." Alex warned. Ryan and Caleb back from downstairs, and went to go wash their hands first before Ryan came out to take Phoebe from her mother. "Hello Pheebs. I missed you." Ryan said kissing her nose and her little hands. "Did you keep them out of sleep like we discussed?" Ryan asked her but Shelby told them she was a good guest. And that she's welcome to come over again without her parents present. Ryan and Alex left a little while later to drop Phoebe off at day care.

"Phoebe. I was worried about you. Are you doing better now?" Marci asked when Alex walked into the center. "Much better." Alex said smiling handing her over. "Thank you for calling when you noticed something was wrong." Alex said sincerely. "And I might make a nuisance of myself today. But I'll try not to ask you every five minutes how she's doing." The mother said but Marci smiled and said it's not a problem. She'll keep Alex updated on how she's doing throughout the day. Alex thanked her and walked back to the car to get to work.

In the office everyone was staring at the new lady at the reception desk. "Alex move you're in the way." Nimah said pushing Alex to the side gently. "What are you looking at?" Alex asked turning around to follow their eyes and see what the fuss is about. "If I wasn't gay.." Simon said looking at her from where the rest stood and shook his head. "Okay. Can someone please inform me on what's going on?" Alex asked no in particular since no one bothered to answer her question. "The new receptionist." Natalie pointed to the desk where the blond hair women stood. "She had blonde hair. And blue eyes. And such a sporty body. I bet she's working out when she goes from work. Did you see her legs? Man, I swear." Simon said still drooling over her. "Now I'm starting to think that you're not gay anymore." Natalie looked over at him. He just shrugged. "And by the way, I'm also blonde, and I've never heard you drool over me like you do over miss-who-ever-that-is." Shelby said giving him the evil eye. Simon shrugged and walked away hearing how they laughed at Shelby's comment. "What is her name by the way?" Natalie asked. "I have no idea." Nimah said. "Do you guys think I should go over there and ask her straight up?" She asked but all three of her friends shook their heads. "Nats, no offence. But you have resting bitch face syndrome and might just scare the crap out of her." Alex laughed. "Whatever. But if you guys are wondering about it for the rest of the day do not, and I repeat do not ask me to go find out." Natalie warned taking a seat and switching on her computer.

"Can you email me those reports of the last five cases? I can't seem to find mine." Alex said looking over at Natalie. "Didn't I tell the three of you five minutes ago not to ask me anything?" Natalie asked giving them the evil eye. "Come on, I'll buy you lunch." Alex tried but Natalie shook her head. "Leave me alone, I'll go make a new friend with blondie over there. Maybe I should ask her if she needs help unpacking her stuff." Natalie thought out loud getting up. "If I start scratching my head it's a sign that one of you need to come over and tell me we have to head out." She got up with that statement and walked out. They all watched the five minutes as Natalie stood there not touching her head so they assumed all was still going well, when she returned after a little while. "Aannd?" Shelby asked but Natalie shook her head. "We're besties now. Guaranteed." Natalie smiled refusing to tell them anything, knowing they'll bug her about it the whole day.

"All right people. We got a call last night that Gregg Sullivan was gunned down." Maranda informed her crew. "As in Blaze Sullivan's son? That notorious gang leader dude?" One of the other agents asked and Maranda nodded. "Well I guess it was only a matter of time." Nimah commented but Liam shook his head. "Don't break out the champagne just yet, he's still alive. The doctors are trying to save him. We on the other hand have to find out who tried to kill him and why, before his father takes matters into his own hands and start another full scale gang war." Ryan concluded. "Blaze wants justice. Getting those shooters off the streets won't satisfy him and he'd much rather want to punish those guys who did it. " Maranda said. "How does arresting them do that?" Nimah asked looking at her superior. "Because once they're in jail Blaze Sullivan will find a way to get to them. And I'd much rather take that chance rather than having innocent lives being caught in the cross fire." Nimah nodded and scribbled some things down in her notepad. "Which means we have to move while there's still time. So please check your primaries, find those shooters and we'll meet here again with the information we found before we go home." Maranda dismissed the meeting.

"How about we find out her name and we run a background check no her?" Shelby asked when they walked by the blond receptionist. "Then go introduce yourself. I'm sure two blondes will make friends quickly." Nimah laughed when she saw Shelby's face. They've decided to leave it at that and get back to finding information on the Gregg Sullivan shooter. "Her name is Roxanne. Worked at a law firm previously don't ask me why she came to the FBI to answer phones. Don't have a last name so we can't search her." Natalie finally told her inquisitive friends. "Roxanne. Well seems like I'm your man." Simon said eavesdropping their conversation, and walked out towards the front. The girls all shared a look and burst out in laughter. Everyone tried to get done before the end of the day but they didn't find all the information they were looking for and Maranda said they'll resume the tomorrow. But that they should still hand over their information before they leave.

Alex walked up the stairs towards Maranda's office but she was on the phone. Maranda paused the conversation for a while and told Alex to hand the files over to Ryan since he was still in the office and he'd report back to her or to O'Conner. She heard voices inside and knocked on the door that was half open, seeing Roxanne from downstairs on the opposite side of the table, Ryan sitting in his chair behind the desk. Alex knocked before pushing the door open slightly. "Sorry to interrupt, Maranda asked me to gives these to you so you can inform her and Liam on what we've found so far." Alex said putting the files on the desk smiling at the blond, heading for the door again but Ryan got up from his chair walking over to Alex. "Roxanne, this is my wife Alex. Alex, Roxanne. She started today." Ryan introduced the two of them and Alex extended a hand towards the blond who seemed to smile uncomfortable and started to look awkward. "Nice to meet you." Alex smiled. "Yeah you too. I have to go. I'll see you around." Roxanne commented heading for the door.

"What was that all about?" Alex asked frowning at her strange behavior. "I'm just grateful that you showed up. That girl's a flirt." Ryan said shaking his head. "You want me to go beat her up? I can be a bad ass when it comes to girls wanting my man." Alex commented and Ryan smiled. "I don't think that would be necessary. She got the message." He answered pecking her lips. "Come on, let's go." Alex said waiting for him at the door. "On second thoughts, I won't mind having the two of you fight. It could be a huge ego boost for me." Ryan laughed. "Dream on Ryan Booth." Alex said nudging his side.

Something short. I'm not sure when I'll be able to update again but I'll try to squeeze in another update soon, no promises. Thanks for reading. Lovies-S