What's in a Dream?

Part 2 But If You Look at Him From This Angle…

Elle hurried down to the kitchenette for a cup of coffee, the traditional way for all MIB agents to start their long 37-hour day. She wasn't surprised when she spotted X sitting at the table sipping what was probably his THIRD cup of steaming hot coffee. She hoped that he had left her some.

"You slept in again," he scoffed, "What's wrong? Did your human manufactured alarm clock break?"

"No!" she glared at him and went over to the coffee maker, just enough left for one more cup.

He smiled at his joke and went back to looking over the letter that he had received from his mother, he was careful to hold it just out of Elle's line of sight.

"What'cha got there Cowboy?" Elle inquired as she poured the packet of sugar into her coffee.

"None of your business Little Ears." he replied flatly, "Are all humans as nosey as you?"

"Well excuuussseee me!" 'Honestly, he could be so annoying sometimes with all his snide remarks!'

X glanced up and saw the peeved expression on his partner's face, with a sigh he explained. "This is a letter from my mother back home. She likes to write to me and make sure that I'm doing okay and fitting in."

"There, now was that so hard?" Elle snapped. "Next time I won't even bother to try striking up a mature conversation with you."

X ignored this and went back to reading his letter. It was several pages long, typical of his mother. He got up and took the letter over to the sink where he sat his mug down.

Elle went over to the table and took a seat, stirring her coffee and watching X as he searched the lower cabinets for some more coffee filters, the Worms were off raiding the storage room for more java.

Whenever the coffee bags were nearly empty the Worms darted out in a panic and embarked on 'The Search for the Sacred Bean'!

Elle lifted an eyebrow as she stared at her partner's backside, he was bent over pushing items on the shelves aside still not finding the filters.

He didn't look all that bad. Not that he wasn't a pointy eared nuisance, but from this angle…

Elle shook her head and tried to regain her temper, X had been insulting her all morning. She couldn't just forget that.

X felt a pair of "beady" eyes on him and turned around suspiciously to see what Elle was staring at. "What?" he asked in astonishment when he saw Elle leaning forward on her wrists with her eyes focused on him.

"Nothing." she replied snapping out of her awkward trance once more, "Just wondering how much longer it was going to take you to find those filters."

He stared at her suspiciously for a few more seconds before turning back towards the cabinets. 'Weird little human.'

Once he had located the filters and placed one in the coffee maker he returned to his seat and skimmed over the rest of the letter. He stopped suddenly, midway into a paragraph, and let out a loud gasp.

"What?" Elle asked, smiling at his bulging yellow eyes, "Not that it's any of my business."

X slumped back into his chair and slapped a clawed hand to his forehead, "I don't believe she's doing this!" he screamed.

"What?" this was actually pretty interesting, maybe X's mom was making him come back home! Maybe she was sending baby pictures to all his new 'human friends'!

"It's my mother!" he sighed, "She's been trying to marry me off ever since I was 20 cycles old! And now she's going to use a JeeDangian law of betrothal against me!"

"What?" Elle laughed trying not to spit out her coffee.

"It's not funny!" he growled, "How'd you like it if something like this happened to you?!"

"Oh X calm down," Elle snickered, "I'm sure that your mother has picked out a very nice JeeDangian female for you."

"I doubt it," X grumbled, "Since I haven't found anyone on my own planet, she's coming HERE to choose my mate!"

Elle was ready to laugh herself to death about this, X's mom would probably force him to marry a HUMAN! X HATED humans and it would certainly serve the cynical jerk right to get betrothed to one. She really hoped that his mom would find a nice talkative paper pusher or maybe even a monotone clerk agent for him!

X groaned and wadded the letter up, he found the nearest wastebasket and tossed it in.

"Hey X!" Jay called as he swung into the room.

"What is it now HUMAN?!" X grunted. He was not in the mood to deal with Jay today.

"Sheesh what a grouch!" Jay exclaimed, "Zed sent me down here to tell you that your mom's transport arrives in less than ten minutes!"

"WHAT??" X jumped out of his chair and took off down the hall, nearly knocking Jay over as he shoved past him.

"Oh this I've gotta see!" Elle chuckled, taking off down the hallway after X. It didn't look like she was going to have to worry about her sick little dream much longer. Pretty soon X would be ruining some other agents life, Elle pitied that human. She could certainly empathize with how miserable she was going to be.

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