Richie watched the look from Andrea to Eric and back again. He had a
feeling that this was something that wasn't going to turn out real well.
He didn't know who this guy was, but if Andrea was that mad to see him than
something wasn't right. Andrea sat on the couch and just stared at Eric
with a sick look on her face.
"I'll be in touch." said Eric walking past Richie smiling
"Whoa what just happened?" said Richie watching Andrea walk across the loft to the bed
"He's someone that dad knew." said Andrea
"He's after Duncan?" said Richie
"No Richie he's after you." said Andrea looking him in the eye
"What?! You've lost me.how do I come into play if he's a friend of Mac? What did I do?" he said starting to freak out
"Richie breathe there buddy." said Andrea not thinking that he'd take this news like he'd never been challenged
"Andrea what does he want with me?" said Richie
"He wants your head." said Andrea getting up and walking over to the window
"Why? I don't know him and I'm sure that I'd remember pissing him off." said Richie
"Richie you are Mac's student right? He hunts the students to get to the teachers." said Andrea trying to be calm
"So this is really about Mac?"
"It's about both of you Richie. I can't afford to loose you and Mac. I'm telling this to you because you aren't going to fight him." said Andrea
"Andrea you can't tell me who and when I can fight." said Richie
"Richie I'm trying to stop you from killing yourself. Let Mac handle this." said Andrea turning to face him
"Andrea if he's challenged me I have to fight." said Richie
"No you don't Richie you have the choice to walk away." said Andrea
"What happens when he doesn't let me? Andrea." he said know that arguing this would make things worse.
"Richie, just be careful. I need to get some things done before tomorrow." said Andrea
"Yeah and get some rest." he said leaving
An hour later Adam walked through the door with more beer. Andrea just rolled her eyes and went back to doing the paper work. The last thing she needed was the oldest immortal on her case.
"Hey Andrea I hear that tomorrow is a big day?" said Methos grabbing a beer and sitting on the couch
"Yeah it is you planning on going?" she said not looking at him
"Yeah of course." he said
"Great." she said stapling some papers together
"When is Mac coming home?"
"Adam why are you here?" asked Andrea now realizing that he really didn't exactly ask her permission
"You know got bored and decided to come bother you." said Adam smiling
"Don't you have a job?" said Andrea stopping what she was doing to talk to him
"Yeah watching you and making sure that you stay out of trouble."
"Well then you sure the heck haven't been doing a great job cause Mac grounded me after the race tomorrow." said Andrea
"He didn't is he nuts? Wait, what you do?" he said trying to be calm
"I spent the night out with these guys and I ended up in their apartment til 5 in the morning." said Andrea
"Andrea.I can't help you there." said Methos
"Come on Adam I know that you want to. Please you don't want to see me unhappy do you?" she pouted
"Andrea he's your father and he has the right to do that." said Adam
"I thought that you were my friend." said Andrea using her skills to con him into doing it for her
"I am, but... now don't you dare look at me like that it won't work." said Adam seeing her give him her best pleading look
"Adam three weeks though? Come on please you got to help me. How many times have I done this for you?" said Andrea hoping that he wouldn't really think of an answer
"You know that you are about as bad as Amanda?" said Adam trying to avoid really looking into those sweet eyes of hers
"Well you have to suspect I'm going to pick up a couple of things from her. Adam come on you hate to see me unhappy." said Andrea wrapping her arms around his neck
"I can't do this Andrea besides I'd ground you and worse if you were my kid." said Adam trying to put his foot down, but he just couldn't with her eyes looking the way they did
"Adam I won't tell dad that you stole his beer." said Andréa thinking on her feet
"Nice try it's not exactly his beer." said Adam getting up just as Duncan came up the elevator
"Hello.Adam what are you doing here?" he said surprised
"Came to make sure that the lady was happy." said Adam as Andrea smiled behind him
"Dad we got a problem." said Andrea interrupting Adam
"What? Oh no don't you dare think that having Methos talk you out of being in trouble." said Duncan
"No, I am being serious. Eric is in town." said Andrea standing there waiting for the answer
"Eric is here?" he said surprised
"Yeah he has met Richie." said Andrea
"Great just what I need." he sighed
"I'm going to go out for awhile you need anything?" said Andrea
"Yeah watch yourself." said Adam
"I will I promise." said Andrea giving him one last look before she headed out the door
Once Andrea had left Methos started his attempt to help out Andrea
"Rumor has it that there is going to be a very unhappy girl here tomorrow." said Methos taking another sip of the beer
"Huh?" said Duncan not understanding what had sparked the conversation
"I can't believe that you are going to punish that sweet girl. How can you possibly do that? Tell me that you've never gone out and not returned the next morning leaving her to worry about you." said Methos
"I don't believe this. She's talked you into trying to talk me out of it?! Methos you need to really grow up or something. She tell you the whole story?"
"Yeah and I don't think that you are really being fair." said Methos not really believing in what he had just said hwo did he become like this? He really had no control over what he was saying at all
'Then I'm glad that she's not your daughter." said Duncan grabbing a beer from the fridge
"Mac come on she know that she did wrong. Just this once and you know that it wasn't all her fault." said Methos
"How can it not? She made the decision on her own?" said Duncan trying himself not get dragged down to his level he's made that mistake before when Andrea used Adam and Richie to get out of trouble
"Well true but if I'd been doing my job then she wouldn't have been forced to actually make that sort of life endangering decision." said Methos pretty convinced that Duncan was going fold and shocked that he was talking the way he was to Duncan. Usually he was yelling at him for not having enough conviction when it came to saying no to Andrea.
"What are you babbling about?" said Duncan really unsure that Adam was really sitting in front of him
"I was supposed to be watching Andrea, because I knew that Eric was back in town. I should have been there to help her out. Did she tell you that she only did it because she was afraid of what might happen if she didn't? Mac those guys aren't going to let a girl like Andrea say no to them. She didn't have a choice." said Adam thinking that he had Mac and the fact that half of what he was saying was the truth he was Andrea's watcher and he knew that Eric was back in town, but not because of what they were thinking.
"She knew that she had a choice the second that they started talking to her she could have a walked away." said Mac trying hold his temper intact and somewhat smiling at how hard Adam was trying for Andrea
"Come on Mac do you really want Andrea sitting around here unhappy and blaming you for a whole three weeks?" said Adam trying to get all the guilt he could
"No, but I can't let her get away from this." said Duncan
"Well you are not and she knows that she did wrong." said Methos hopeful
"She really did one over on you didn't she? Adam the answer is no. You cannot talk her out of this and I am now really angry that she thinks she can use you like this." said Duncan
"Mac what happens when she wins tomorrow and they want to take her out to dinner or if they want her to race in another town? Are you going to stand there and say she can't because her father grounded her like a child?" said Methos
"Methos I said that as long as she wasn't racing that she was grounded if she isn't with the team." said Duncan
"Yeah and what about this Eric guy and what is his plan? Mac you can't take on him and be with Andrea at the same time." said Adam feeling his defeat near at hand
"I'm not going to take him on. He hunts the student to get to the teachers and I know that you didn't know that. I can do both I'm not going to fight him. Richie isn't either so he'll just leave." said Duncan grabbing a beer
"That's your solution? Boy, are you a little wet behind the ears or just stupid? He isn't going to just walk away without a fight and you know It." said Methos now laughing at corner Duncan
"Yeah but that has nothing to do with Andrea so you can just give it up." said Duncan staring him in the eye
"Alright can't say I didn't try and put my two cents in for her." muttered Adam
"What was that?" said Duncan half smiling
"You win alright all hale the Highlander. Man I'm glad that I don't have to be your kid." he said pouting
"Well for a 5000 year old immortal I thought that you would have more sense when it came parental authority. You think that you would have somewhere learned how to argue and win." said Duncan getting the last word in
"I'll be in touch." said Eric walking past Richie smiling
"Whoa what just happened?" said Richie watching Andrea walk across the loft to the bed
"He's someone that dad knew." said Andrea
"He's after Duncan?" said Richie
"No Richie he's after you." said Andrea looking him in the eye
"What?! You've lost me.how do I come into play if he's a friend of Mac? What did I do?" he said starting to freak out
"Richie breathe there buddy." said Andrea not thinking that he'd take this news like he'd never been challenged
"Andrea what does he want with me?" said Richie
"He wants your head." said Andrea getting up and walking over to the window
"Why? I don't know him and I'm sure that I'd remember pissing him off." said Richie
"Richie you are Mac's student right? He hunts the students to get to the teachers." said Andrea trying to be calm
"So this is really about Mac?"
"It's about both of you Richie. I can't afford to loose you and Mac. I'm telling this to you because you aren't going to fight him." said Andrea
"Andrea you can't tell me who and when I can fight." said Richie
"Richie I'm trying to stop you from killing yourself. Let Mac handle this." said Andrea turning to face him
"Andrea if he's challenged me I have to fight." said Richie
"No you don't Richie you have the choice to walk away." said Andrea
"What happens when he doesn't let me? Andrea." he said know that arguing this would make things worse.
"Richie, just be careful. I need to get some things done before tomorrow." said Andrea
"Yeah and get some rest." he said leaving
An hour later Adam walked through the door with more beer. Andrea just rolled her eyes and went back to doing the paper work. The last thing she needed was the oldest immortal on her case.
"Hey Andrea I hear that tomorrow is a big day?" said Methos grabbing a beer and sitting on the couch
"Yeah it is you planning on going?" she said not looking at him
"Yeah of course." he said
"Great." she said stapling some papers together
"When is Mac coming home?"
"Adam why are you here?" asked Andrea now realizing that he really didn't exactly ask her permission
"You know got bored and decided to come bother you." said Adam smiling
"Don't you have a job?" said Andrea stopping what she was doing to talk to him
"Yeah watching you and making sure that you stay out of trouble."
"Well then you sure the heck haven't been doing a great job cause Mac grounded me after the race tomorrow." said Andrea
"He didn't is he nuts? Wait, what you do?" he said trying to be calm
"I spent the night out with these guys and I ended up in their apartment til 5 in the morning." said Andrea
"Andrea.I can't help you there." said Methos
"Come on Adam I know that you want to. Please you don't want to see me unhappy do you?" she pouted
"Andrea he's your father and he has the right to do that." said Adam
"I thought that you were my friend." said Andrea using her skills to con him into doing it for her
"I am, but... now don't you dare look at me like that it won't work." said Adam seeing her give him her best pleading look
"Adam three weeks though? Come on please you got to help me. How many times have I done this for you?" said Andrea hoping that he wouldn't really think of an answer
"You know that you are about as bad as Amanda?" said Adam trying to avoid really looking into those sweet eyes of hers
"Well you have to suspect I'm going to pick up a couple of things from her. Adam come on you hate to see me unhappy." said Andrea wrapping her arms around his neck
"I can't do this Andrea besides I'd ground you and worse if you were my kid." said Adam trying to put his foot down, but he just couldn't with her eyes looking the way they did
"Adam I won't tell dad that you stole his beer." said Andréa thinking on her feet
"Nice try it's not exactly his beer." said Adam getting up just as Duncan came up the elevator
"Hello.Adam what are you doing here?" he said surprised
"Came to make sure that the lady was happy." said Adam as Andrea smiled behind him
"Dad we got a problem." said Andrea interrupting Adam
"What? Oh no don't you dare think that having Methos talk you out of being in trouble." said Duncan
"No, I am being serious. Eric is in town." said Andrea standing there waiting for the answer
"Eric is here?" he said surprised
"Yeah he has met Richie." said Andrea
"Great just what I need." he sighed
"I'm going to go out for awhile you need anything?" said Andrea
"Yeah watch yourself." said Adam
"I will I promise." said Andrea giving him one last look before she headed out the door
Once Andrea had left Methos started his attempt to help out Andrea
"Rumor has it that there is going to be a very unhappy girl here tomorrow." said Methos taking another sip of the beer
"Huh?" said Duncan not understanding what had sparked the conversation
"I can't believe that you are going to punish that sweet girl. How can you possibly do that? Tell me that you've never gone out and not returned the next morning leaving her to worry about you." said Methos
"I don't believe this. She's talked you into trying to talk me out of it?! Methos you need to really grow up or something. She tell you the whole story?"
"Yeah and I don't think that you are really being fair." said Methos not really believing in what he had just said hwo did he become like this? He really had no control over what he was saying at all
'Then I'm glad that she's not your daughter." said Duncan grabbing a beer from the fridge
"Mac come on she know that she did wrong. Just this once and you know that it wasn't all her fault." said Methos
"How can it not? She made the decision on her own?" said Duncan trying himself not get dragged down to his level he's made that mistake before when Andrea used Adam and Richie to get out of trouble
"Well true but if I'd been doing my job then she wouldn't have been forced to actually make that sort of life endangering decision." said Methos pretty convinced that Duncan was going fold and shocked that he was talking the way he was to Duncan. Usually he was yelling at him for not having enough conviction when it came to saying no to Andrea.
"What are you babbling about?" said Duncan really unsure that Adam was really sitting in front of him
"I was supposed to be watching Andrea, because I knew that Eric was back in town. I should have been there to help her out. Did she tell you that she only did it because she was afraid of what might happen if she didn't? Mac those guys aren't going to let a girl like Andrea say no to them. She didn't have a choice." said Adam thinking that he had Mac and the fact that half of what he was saying was the truth he was Andrea's watcher and he knew that Eric was back in town, but not because of what they were thinking.
"She knew that she had a choice the second that they started talking to her she could have a walked away." said Mac trying hold his temper intact and somewhat smiling at how hard Adam was trying for Andrea
"Come on Mac do you really want Andrea sitting around here unhappy and blaming you for a whole three weeks?" said Adam trying to get all the guilt he could
"No, but I can't let her get away from this." said Duncan
"Well you are not and she knows that she did wrong." said Methos hopeful
"She really did one over on you didn't she? Adam the answer is no. You cannot talk her out of this and I am now really angry that she thinks she can use you like this." said Duncan
"Mac what happens when she wins tomorrow and they want to take her out to dinner or if they want her to race in another town? Are you going to stand there and say she can't because her father grounded her like a child?" said Methos
"Methos I said that as long as she wasn't racing that she was grounded if she isn't with the team." said Duncan
"Yeah and what about this Eric guy and what is his plan? Mac you can't take on him and be with Andrea at the same time." said Adam feeling his defeat near at hand
"I'm not going to take him on. He hunts the student to get to the teachers and I know that you didn't know that. I can do both I'm not going to fight him. Richie isn't either so he'll just leave." said Duncan grabbing a beer
"That's your solution? Boy, are you a little wet behind the ears or just stupid? He isn't going to just walk away without a fight and you know It." said Methos now laughing at corner Duncan
"Yeah but that has nothing to do with Andrea so you can just give it up." said Duncan staring him in the eye
"Alright can't say I didn't try and put my two cents in for her." muttered Adam
"What was that?" said Duncan half smiling
"You win alright all hale the Highlander. Man I'm glad that I don't have to be your kid." he said pouting
"Well for a 5000 year old immortal I thought that you would have more sense when it came parental authority. You think that you would have somewhere learned how to argue and win." said Duncan getting the last word in