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Adam drummed his fingers on the armrest of his chair, as he waited for the computers to complete the tests and diagnostics. Slowly, he raised his arm to pinch the bridge of his nose, letting out a long breath as the computers continued running. This was going to take all day, and it was barely mid morning. He let his thoughts wonder a little of a nice bath, rest and peace and quiet. It was rarely quiet around in Sanctuary ever since Jesse had Joined he and Shalimar. The both of them would gang up against him in any situation. Adam laughed at the thought of the two 17 year olds, and wondered where were they?
"Did not."
"Yes, you did. You said so yourself."
"Since when?"
Adam sighed. "Did I have to ask?" He smiled and turned behind as Jesse and Shalimar entered.
"You did." Shalimar said.
"Did not." Jesse protested crossing his arms.
Adam checked the computers once more before speaking. "What's the argument about?"
Jesse and Shalimar exchanged glances and were at a lost for words. "Can't remember." Jesse answered.
Adam merely laughed and shook his head. "Can you at least remember why you came here for?"
"Just wanted to tell you we're taking one of the cars and going to the mall." Shalimar answered, while Jesse and her were already walking away.
"Wait a minute." Adam stood up from his sit.
"Yeah?" Jesse and Shalimar turned around.
"That may not be such a good idea."
Shalimar shrugged. "Why not?"
"Well the G.S.A. have been quiet recently."
"That's good right?" Shalimar frowned.
"Not in these case. Usually when it's this quiet at this level, their planning something. Unless we know for sure what Eckhart's up to, I really don't think it's safe for the both of you to go out in plain site like this." Adam explained.
Shalimar smiled and her expression softened, "Adam we'll be fine. Besides, it's not like we're your typical teenagers. You know us. Relax."
"Yeah, we need to do something Adam." Jesse said, backing up what Shalimar had said.
"What happened to the Dojo?" Adam asked.
"Adam…" Shalimar said.
"All right." Adam finally relented. "But I want you to call if there's any trouble. Understand?"
Shalimar broke into a huge smile and kissed Adam on the cheek. "Of course. Dad."
"You know us." Jesse added.
"That's the thing, I know the both of you too well." Adam said sighing at the empty lab.
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Shalimar threw herself into the chair of the café, across of Jesse who looked dog-tired.
"I can't believe you spent 2 hours looking for a jacket." Jesse said, "Not to mention make me carry your things."
Shalimar laughed. She pitied him for a moment and realized that he was right. She practically forced him along with her to the shops and made him drop of the bags to the car first before coming here for lunch. "After this, we do what you want." She promised him.
But Jesse merely waved as he hung his head over the chair. "I'm just glad to be out." He said looking up. "So let's eat. I'm hungry."
Shalimar smiled again and looked around. The place was relatively packed and people were talking loudly. But she was more interested with the two men she noticed outside of the café. They were dressed in black suits and kept on eyeing the interior of the café. She looked closer and-.
"Shal?"
She whirled back to Jesse who was eyeing her. "Yeah?"
"Your order miss."
Shalimar looked at the young brunette standing next to her holding a pen and pad. "Oh." She glanced at the menu and ordered. As soon as the waitress left, Shalimar peered behind Jesse and towards the entrance. No sight of any black suited man, only shoppers.
"Something wrong?"
Shalimar frowned and answered Jesse. "No, it's just that I thought I saw someone."
"You're getting as paranoid as Adam." Jesse pointed out.
Shalimar glared at him and kicked his legs from underneath the table. She laughed as he flinched from her hit.
"Have you ever heard of abuse?" Jesse said, while rubbing the sore spot. "First it was the notebook, then you threatened me with you calculator. Now this?"
She tried to keep a serious look. "It was just my feral side."
Jesse snorted and Shalimar checked the doorway again.
Nobody.
She sighed and stood up. "I need to answer a call."
Jesse looked as if he was about to question her about what she meant by that, until he realized she was walking towards the washroom. Ten minutes later Shalimar steeped out of the room and made her way to the table. She stopped just a short distance away from the table as she saw a pretty blonde talking to Jesse. Shalimar suppressed a laugh as Jesse gave her a look that said: 'save me'. She paused for a minute to enjoy the view and then decided that he had suffered enough. She pushed her blonde hair back and stood next to Jesse. "Hi honey." She planted a kiss on his cheek. "Friend of yours?" Shalimar said, nodding at the girl while draping her arms over his shoulder and neck.
She must've gotten the message because her expression went from total shock to total embarrassment and than she stood up. "I'm sorry…I uh…gotta go. Nice meeting you though." She stuttered before leaving.
Shalimar took back her sit and watched as the blonde left. As soon as she was out of sight, she and Jesse burst out laughing. "If she still hadn't left, I was going to sit on your lap." Shalimar confessed, wiping away a small tear from the corner of her eye. "She was pretty cute, why the look?"
Jesse merely shrugged and blushed a little. "Not my type," he murmured as he played with his com-link.
Shalimar took a sip of water to hide her smile. Jesse was definitely good looking. No doubt about that, but he still lacked the confidence he always needed. Especially around girls. What he didn't know was that back in school, Jesse was the talk around the girls. Shalimar had heard some of them in the girls changing room, whispering about how they wished he were more approachable. Shalimar silently sighed as she contemplated the idea that this maybe because of how he used to be pushed aside and ignored when he was young. "Your right. She could turn out to be G.S.A."
He frowned at her. "You know, if you were to look up the dictionary for the word 'paranoia', I think you'll find your name there" As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Jesse pushed his chair all the way back.
Away from her legs.
She merely gave him a sarcastic smile and started on her lasagna, which had just arrived. Seeing that she had no intention of taking revenge, Jesse brought himself back to the silver table and munched on his fries.
From the corner of her eye, Shalimar saw that he had let his guard down and took the opportunity. She flipped her fork and used the end of it to take a swipe at Jesse's head. But you obviously can only play the same trick once on a molecular, because the next thing Shalimar knew, Jesse had snatched the fork before it could even touch a strand of his hair. He gave her his lopsided grin while waving the utensil at her. I don't think so, he mouthed. Shalimar wrinkled up her nose and stuck out her tongue at him. Jesse returned the fork to her. "Draw?"
Shalimar thought for a while. "Fine. Draw." She took back the fork from his hand.
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'I could never understand
Your fate is in your hands,
Words that I could never comprehend
Slipping through like water on dry sand.'
The melody filled Shalimar's ears as she thumped to the beat. The lyrics weren't in any meaning to her, but she liked the tune. As the song ended, she removed the headphones returning them to the music station and scanned the music store. She spotted Jesse at the other corner. "Jesse, let's go." Shalimar said, reaching where he was.
He looked up from the C.D he was inspecting. "Yeah sure. We'd better or else Adam will start searching all the hospitals in the vicinity for us."
Shalimar laughed and eyed the array of C.D's on the shelves. The reflections from the covers were so glossy she could almost see herself clearly. He r brows knotted up as she caught someone else's reflection. Two men in suits.
No four.
Wait, about a dozen were in the crowd and they stuck out like a sore thumb. "Jesse?"
"Yup?"
"We need to go. Now."
"Why? What's wrong?"
Shalimar's sixth sense tingled. "G.S.A. And this time it's not paranoia." She pointed to the reflections.
Jesse looked at it and sighed. "Just what I needed." He dryly commented.
They both walked out of the store carefully, acting as if they know nothing. Hoping that it was nothing. Or at least that's what they hoped for, until 3 G.S.A stood in front of them, blocking their way.
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Hello! That's was 1 part out of I hope, 3 parts. It gets more interesting as the story goes on. In the mean time please do review this as always. Thank you!! Also, I wanna say a BIG thank you to all those people who have reviewed the previous parts. THANK YOU!!!
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