Here's the second installment of Golddigger. I was so happy to get such a great response from all of you for the first chapter and hope you will all continue to review. It may be a while till the next chapters up (atleast a couple of days, possibly a week) because I really have to do some schoolwork before I get kicked out. But the more you review the quicker I'll write...
***
'You cannot be serious about actually wanting me to wear this.'
'I'm perfectly serious and lo be it for me to pay you a compliment, but you don't look bad,' Lexa replied.
Brennan stared at his reflection in the full length mirror. He had been trying on outfits, mostly for the girls benefit for the past half hour and was getting seriously tired of the whole experience. Shalimar's smile caught his gaze in the glass and he smirked, happy to see that atleast she was enjoying herself.
'Looking good,' Jesse crooned as he walked through the door. He had safely avoided the fashion show and had opted to sort out the transfer of cash from the Dominion to Brennan's new bank account. The Dominion had set up and were now insisting on funding the mission. It didn't put Jesse at ease. He already felt like Mutant X was in their pocket without them funding their missions as well. But he didn't know where else they were gonna get the cash to complete Brennan's transformation, so for now he simply had to put up with it.
He sat down next to Shalimar and smirked at Brennan. He was wearing a tailored suit in black, a black shirt and some pretty flash silver jewellry. Shalimar looked him up and down. She hated to admit that Lexa was right about anything but Brennan did not look bad at all. Being so tall he managed to pull off the outfit, even the bling. She breathed out slowly, trying to restrain herself from jumping up and ripping the outfit off. His eyes met hers and she raised her eyebrows. She knew exactly what he was thinking and she could tell he knew her thoughts backwards.
Brennan sighed. He hated the whole dressing up thing. He had done it when he was in the process of conning people but that was to present a certain image. If he wore classy clothes then people tended to take him a little more seriously. But since joining Mutant X he had lived in jeans. His reluctance to wear the smart suits was representative of the fact that he didn't want to take part in the mission at all. It smacked of pettiness, something that the Dominion wanted the team to do but wanted them to ask no questions about. Brennan had learnt a long time ago that there were some things that he simply wasn't told. Adam had made it abundantly clear that there were certain things that he wasn't gonna make the members of Mutant X aware of and Brennan had learnt to deal with it because if he was being perfectly honest he trusted Adam. And he wasn't gonna make it into a big deal for the sake of everyone else. They could all do without that kind of hassle. But Brennan didn't know the Dominion and he didn't know Lexa and both entities were suspicious to him.
'I'm gonna go finalize everything about tomorrow,' Jesse said as he got up from the bed.
'I'll come and help you,' Lexa replied. She wanted to make sure that everything would be perfect. She was not prepared for this mission to get screwed up because she hadn't checked everything out when she had the chance.
'So I can get out of these clothes then?' Brennan asked.
Lexa nodded and smirked as she walked out of the room behind Jesse.
Shalimar stood and started folding numerous suits into a suitcase. She felt arms wrapping themselves around her waist and straightened herself up so her back was leaning against his chest. She could feel his steady heartbeat against her skin and tilted her head into the nook of Brennan's neck. She couldn't quite believe that after so much time they were finally together. Looking back on all the times they had flirted and almost kissed she could laugh at herself and Brennan. They had both been so scared of something that should have been an excuse for them to jump for joy. She was sad that they had wasted so much time though. And now Brennan was going away for who knew how long and if the plan worked she wouldn't get the chance to spend any time with him over atleast the next few weeks.
'You gonna miss me?'
'I might do,' she replied as she twisted in his strong arms so she was facing him. 'But to be perfectly honest I'll probably just go out and hook up with some random guy while you're gone.'
'Don't even joke about that kind of thing.'
'Who says I'm jo...' Her words weren't given the chance to escape from her mouth however as her lips were captured by Brennan's. He pulled her into him and she gave herself up completely. Within minutes they were lying on Brennan's bed, their limbs entangled in each other and an assortment of ties, shirts and trousers.
***
The sun forced itself through Shalimar's eyelids and she squeezed them shut tighter as she rolled over. Her hand encountered Brennan's bare chest and her eyes shot open as she tried to remember what it was that she had done the night before. As she stared at the contours of his face it all came flooding back to her and she smiled. She continued to stare at him, just watching him as he breathed in and out, slowly, steadily. His chest rose and fell and he looked utterly peaceful.
She was awoken from her reverie as Brennan's breathing quickened in pace and his lids flickered open to reveal deep brown eyes that she had drowned in the night before. He rolled over onto his side and came face to face with the feral. He smiled sleepily and his hand slipped over the sheets to wrap around her waist, drawing her closer. She nuzzled her head into his neck and he pulled her even closer to him. A smile spread across both their faces. They had both been waiting for so long, there had been so much tension and now they were finally there, in that place where they could love each other openly.
'So, are we going to tell Jesse and Lexa?'
Shalimar lifted her head to look into Brennan's eyes.
'Do you want to?' she asked quietly. She wasn't sure what to say or do. She told Jesse everything, always had but her and Brennan had both been holding back for so long because they were worried about what Jesse's reaction would be. She didn't want to screw up the thing she and Brennan had just found because they were too eager to shout it from the rooftops.
'I don't want to wreck this,' Brennan replied.
'So we don't tell them?'
'Not yet. But only if that's okay with you,' he added quickly.
Shalimar smiled and kissed him gently on his lips. One of her hands cupped his cheek and the kisses became more urgent, desperate. They wanted each other completely and didn't want to have to waste any more time.
***
Her liquid blue eyes watched as the car slid smoothly past her, but she wasn't paying attention to the car; it was the person driving the vehicle who interested her. The corner of her mouth lifted as her eyes fixed on her prey. The predator in her came alive, wishing, hoping to be freed from the heavy constraints she had placed upon it. The animal inside of her was a hard beast to control and it had taken her a lot of time and energy to try and keep it behind bars till she required it to be unleashed.
She swung her handbag over her shoulder as the van which was following the car along the road drove past. She turned and continued to walk down the road, her hips swaying, drawing many attentive stares, most from men who should have known better. The smooth, silky sheath of black hair hung down her back, her slender arms hung loosely at her sides, swinging to the rhythm of her casual stroll.
She had been staying in Beverly Hills for a couple of weeks and had settled easily into the pace of that world. She had moved on after receiving a cash bonus from a guy who had hardly been left begging on the streets. She wasn't proud of her line of work and it wasn't that she had just gotten used to a better style of life, though that was part of it. Her real reason for conning men out of cash was that she was running from a faceless enemy. She had never seen the people hunting for her, she had no idea why they wanted her so badly but she had realised a long time ago that it was probably a good idea to keep out of their way. So she had gone from town to town, city to city creating new identities for herself and getting a little compensation for the fact that she was being chased.
And she had just found her newest target.
***
Shalimar's feet hit the ground of the driveway and walked around the edge of the truck that was carrying all of Brennan's stuff. It wasn't really his and he in no way needed any of it but as Lexa had told them all a million times, image was everything. Shalimar and Lexa had been hidden in the truck during the ride through town while Jesse drove. Shalimar was coming because she wanted to say goodbye to Brennan, hopefully without anyone else in the room, and Lexa was being all kinds of paranoid about whether or not everything was going according to plan.
Brennan stepped out of the sportscar Lexa had insisted on renting for his stay in Beverly Hills. He shut the door behind him and walked towards Shalimar to help her with the box she was carrying into the house. But with a quick glance towards the front gates and one warning look from Lexa he turned on his heel as naturally as he could and walked into the cool atmosphere of the mansion.
Once all the stuff that he didn't need or want had been brought in, the team sat round the table in the dining room. Shalimar was getting cranky at the though of leaving Brennan behind but everytime she looked at him and he smiled in at her she could only grin and blush like a love sick puppy. She was amazed at the complete transformation from strong, confident, independent woman to pile of mush that had taken place in just a couple of hours.
'We should go,' Jesse said as he stood up. Lexa followed suit as did a reluctant Shalimar.
'What are you doing?' Lexa asked, confusion on her face.
Shalimar looked at her like she was crazy as did the others.
'Oh my God!' exclaimed Lexa, her eyes growing wider. 'I completely forgot to tell you.'
'Tell me what?' Shalimar said, her expression changing from bemusement to anger. How had she known that Lexa would find some way to screw her over at the last minute?
'You're staying here as Brennan's housekeeper.'
'What?!'
***
'You cannot be serious about actually wanting me to wear this.'
'I'm perfectly serious and lo be it for me to pay you a compliment, but you don't look bad,' Lexa replied.
Brennan stared at his reflection in the full length mirror. He had been trying on outfits, mostly for the girls benefit for the past half hour and was getting seriously tired of the whole experience. Shalimar's smile caught his gaze in the glass and he smirked, happy to see that atleast she was enjoying herself.
'Looking good,' Jesse crooned as he walked through the door. He had safely avoided the fashion show and had opted to sort out the transfer of cash from the Dominion to Brennan's new bank account. The Dominion had set up and were now insisting on funding the mission. It didn't put Jesse at ease. He already felt like Mutant X was in their pocket without them funding their missions as well. But he didn't know where else they were gonna get the cash to complete Brennan's transformation, so for now he simply had to put up with it.
He sat down next to Shalimar and smirked at Brennan. He was wearing a tailored suit in black, a black shirt and some pretty flash silver jewellry. Shalimar looked him up and down. She hated to admit that Lexa was right about anything but Brennan did not look bad at all. Being so tall he managed to pull off the outfit, even the bling. She breathed out slowly, trying to restrain herself from jumping up and ripping the outfit off. His eyes met hers and she raised her eyebrows. She knew exactly what he was thinking and she could tell he knew her thoughts backwards.
Brennan sighed. He hated the whole dressing up thing. He had done it when he was in the process of conning people but that was to present a certain image. If he wore classy clothes then people tended to take him a little more seriously. But since joining Mutant X he had lived in jeans. His reluctance to wear the smart suits was representative of the fact that he didn't want to take part in the mission at all. It smacked of pettiness, something that the Dominion wanted the team to do but wanted them to ask no questions about. Brennan had learnt a long time ago that there were some things that he simply wasn't told. Adam had made it abundantly clear that there were certain things that he wasn't gonna make the members of Mutant X aware of and Brennan had learnt to deal with it because if he was being perfectly honest he trusted Adam. And he wasn't gonna make it into a big deal for the sake of everyone else. They could all do without that kind of hassle. But Brennan didn't know the Dominion and he didn't know Lexa and both entities were suspicious to him.
'I'm gonna go finalize everything about tomorrow,' Jesse said as he got up from the bed.
'I'll come and help you,' Lexa replied. She wanted to make sure that everything would be perfect. She was not prepared for this mission to get screwed up because she hadn't checked everything out when she had the chance.
'So I can get out of these clothes then?' Brennan asked.
Lexa nodded and smirked as she walked out of the room behind Jesse.
Shalimar stood and started folding numerous suits into a suitcase. She felt arms wrapping themselves around her waist and straightened herself up so her back was leaning against his chest. She could feel his steady heartbeat against her skin and tilted her head into the nook of Brennan's neck. She couldn't quite believe that after so much time they were finally together. Looking back on all the times they had flirted and almost kissed she could laugh at herself and Brennan. They had both been so scared of something that should have been an excuse for them to jump for joy. She was sad that they had wasted so much time though. And now Brennan was going away for who knew how long and if the plan worked she wouldn't get the chance to spend any time with him over atleast the next few weeks.
'You gonna miss me?'
'I might do,' she replied as she twisted in his strong arms so she was facing him. 'But to be perfectly honest I'll probably just go out and hook up with some random guy while you're gone.'
'Don't even joke about that kind of thing.'
'Who says I'm jo...' Her words weren't given the chance to escape from her mouth however as her lips were captured by Brennan's. He pulled her into him and she gave herself up completely. Within minutes they were lying on Brennan's bed, their limbs entangled in each other and an assortment of ties, shirts and trousers.
***
The sun forced itself through Shalimar's eyelids and she squeezed them shut tighter as she rolled over. Her hand encountered Brennan's bare chest and her eyes shot open as she tried to remember what it was that she had done the night before. As she stared at the contours of his face it all came flooding back to her and she smiled. She continued to stare at him, just watching him as he breathed in and out, slowly, steadily. His chest rose and fell and he looked utterly peaceful.
She was awoken from her reverie as Brennan's breathing quickened in pace and his lids flickered open to reveal deep brown eyes that she had drowned in the night before. He rolled over onto his side and came face to face with the feral. He smiled sleepily and his hand slipped over the sheets to wrap around her waist, drawing her closer. She nuzzled her head into his neck and he pulled her even closer to him. A smile spread across both their faces. They had both been waiting for so long, there had been so much tension and now they were finally there, in that place where they could love each other openly.
'So, are we going to tell Jesse and Lexa?'
Shalimar lifted her head to look into Brennan's eyes.
'Do you want to?' she asked quietly. She wasn't sure what to say or do. She told Jesse everything, always had but her and Brennan had both been holding back for so long because they were worried about what Jesse's reaction would be. She didn't want to screw up the thing she and Brennan had just found because they were too eager to shout it from the rooftops.
'I don't want to wreck this,' Brennan replied.
'So we don't tell them?'
'Not yet. But only if that's okay with you,' he added quickly.
Shalimar smiled and kissed him gently on his lips. One of her hands cupped his cheek and the kisses became more urgent, desperate. They wanted each other completely and didn't want to have to waste any more time.
***
Her liquid blue eyes watched as the car slid smoothly past her, but she wasn't paying attention to the car; it was the person driving the vehicle who interested her. The corner of her mouth lifted as her eyes fixed on her prey. The predator in her came alive, wishing, hoping to be freed from the heavy constraints she had placed upon it. The animal inside of her was a hard beast to control and it had taken her a lot of time and energy to try and keep it behind bars till she required it to be unleashed.
She swung her handbag over her shoulder as the van which was following the car along the road drove past. She turned and continued to walk down the road, her hips swaying, drawing many attentive stares, most from men who should have known better. The smooth, silky sheath of black hair hung down her back, her slender arms hung loosely at her sides, swinging to the rhythm of her casual stroll.
She had been staying in Beverly Hills for a couple of weeks and had settled easily into the pace of that world. She had moved on after receiving a cash bonus from a guy who had hardly been left begging on the streets. She wasn't proud of her line of work and it wasn't that she had just gotten used to a better style of life, though that was part of it. Her real reason for conning men out of cash was that she was running from a faceless enemy. She had never seen the people hunting for her, she had no idea why they wanted her so badly but she had realised a long time ago that it was probably a good idea to keep out of their way. So she had gone from town to town, city to city creating new identities for herself and getting a little compensation for the fact that she was being chased.
And she had just found her newest target.
***
Shalimar's feet hit the ground of the driveway and walked around the edge of the truck that was carrying all of Brennan's stuff. It wasn't really his and he in no way needed any of it but as Lexa had told them all a million times, image was everything. Shalimar and Lexa had been hidden in the truck during the ride through town while Jesse drove. Shalimar was coming because she wanted to say goodbye to Brennan, hopefully without anyone else in the room, and Lexa was being all kinds of paranoid about whether or not everything was going according to plan.
Brennan stepped out of the sportscar Lexa had insisted on renting for his stay in Beverly Hills. He shut the door behind him and walked towards Shalimar to help her with the box she was carrying into the house. But with a quick glance towards the front gates and one warning look from Lexa he turned on his heel as naturally as he could and walked into the cool atmosphere of the mansion.
Once all the stuff that he didn't need or want had been brought in, the team sat round the table in the dining room. Shalimar was getting cranky at the though of leaving Brennan behind but everytime she looked at him and he smiled in at her she could only grin and blush like a love sick puppy. She was amazed at the complete transformation from strong, confident, independent woman to pile of mush that had taken place in just a couple of hours.
'We should go,' Jesse said as he stood up. Lexa followed suit as did a reluctant Shalimar.
'What are you doing?' Lexa asked, confusion on her face.
Shalimar looked at her like she was crazy as did the others.
'Oh my God!' exclaimed Lexa, her eyes growing wider. 'I completely forgot to tell you.'
'Tell me what?' Shalimar said, her expression changing from bemusement to anger. How had she known that Lexa would find some way to screw her over at the last minute?
'You're staying here as Brennan's housekeeper.'
'What?!'
