I don't own the characters of STFBEYE but I do own Special Agent Julia Williams, Special Agent Andy Donovan, and any other characters you don't recognize. The title comes from "Leaving on a Jet Plane." by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Great song! Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter Two: Steps

I get up the next morning and get dressed in my most conservative outfit. Andy's curled up in the covers and I sit down next to him and kiss his cheek, "Andy, come on, get up."

"Go away, Jules."

"Nope, sorry, but you need to get up."

"Julia…." He says and buries his head under the pillow.

Time for a new tactic. I go into the bathroom and get a cup of cold water. Coming back into the bedroom, I pull off the covers and take the cup and sprinkle the water down his shirt. Andy yelps and looks at me angrily, "Julia, what was that?"

"That, sweetheart, was to get your butt out of bed." I say, kiss his cheek and get off the bed.

"Thanks Jules, thank you so much."

"You are so welcome." I say before walking out the door, "See you at four at the entrance of the Hoover building, right?"

"Of course. Love you."

'Love ya." I call as I walk down the hall and down to the garage.

It's a hard day to get through but I try my best. I have no clue what this meeting is about but I'm scared. I'm scared of what Hudson might have found but I am also curious to know what's going on.

I park in the Hoover building's a lot. Andy's car is in the lot and I follow the signs to where the check-in is. Andy's there and he smiles at me. Together, we walk down to Hudson's office.

I walk in and the first thing I see is a golden retriever lying on the ground by a desk.

Andy taps me on the shoulder and I turn around to find a short man with dark hair and dark brown eyes "Are you Agent Williams?"

"Yes I am, Agent Hudson."

"Can you please follow me?"

"Of course." I say as Andy and I follow Hudson into a conference room.

'I'm Agent Jack Hudson."

"Julia Williams." I shake his hand, "This is Andrew Donovan."

"Nice to meet you both. Please, have a seat." Hudson says we take a seat, "I'm sure you're wondering why you are here."

"That would be helpful, Agent Hudson."

"We need an undercover agent who can speak Russian."

"That was a long time ago, Agent Hudson."

"We also need someone who signs and knows undercover work."

"There's one problem, Agent Hudson. I'm not an agent."

"Now you are." Hudson says, pulling out a handgun and a badge.

"Agent Hudson, I haven't accepted this assignment yet."

"We need you, Agent Williams. We don't have anyone else."

"What's the assignment?" I ask, sighing.

"We need you to go undercover as a Russian housewife with another agent in order to penetrate a Russian mob group that deals with stolen children."

"What's our cover?"

"You are looking for a daughter. You already have a daughter but would like another one."

"Okay. What about my teaching job?"

"We can get you a leave of absence."

"Agent Hudson, you are asking me to give up my job, my boyfriend, and my life for God-only-knows how long."

"That is correct, Agent Williams."

"I'm not sure I 'm willing to do that, Agent Hudson. But yet do want to do my duty to my country."

"Would it help to meet you partner?"

"I guess so."

"I'll be right back." Agent Hudson says, getting up and leaving.

I turn to Andy and say, "What am I getting my self into?"

"I have no clue." Andy says, 'What's your gut telling you?"

"It's saying that I should go for it."

"Then trust your gut. It's been right before." Andy says, squeezing my hand.

Agent Hudson comes back in with a tall, sharply dressed man with blonde hair. I recognize him but I don't remember where he's from.

"Agents Williams and Donovan, this is Special Agent Myles Leland. Agent Leland, this is Special Agent Julia Williams and Special Agent Andy Donovan."

"Nice to meet you both." Agent Leland says as we shake hands.

"You too, Agent Williams." I say, "I understand that we would be working together."

"That would be correct."

"Can you tell me more about this mission?"

"Of course…" Agent Leland says before Agent Hudson interrupts him.

"If I may, let me bring one more person in here who might better explain this mission."

"Of course." I say.

Hudson leaves and comes back in with a pretty blonde woman following him. The golden retriever from earlier is with her and I realize immediately that she must be deaf.

"Sue Thomas, this is Special Agent Julia Williams and Special Agent Andy Donovan. Agents Williams and Donovan, this is Sue Thomas, who is partly responsible for us getting together."

"It's nice to meet you." I say, signing as the same time.

Sue smiles when she sees me signing, "Are you deaf?" she asks.

"Hard of hearing." I say and take my hearing aid out of my ear.

"What happened?" she asks.

"I was hit on the head with the butt of a gun trying to disarm a suspect. I lost my hearing on the left side. I had a cochlear implant but I do sign and I can read lips."

"I've been deaf since I was eighteen months."

"Will you be working with us?"

"I'll be part of the undercover team as your older daughter. Jack wanted more of us in the house and I volunteered."

"Can I have a day or two to figure this out?" I ask.

"Of course. But we do need to know soon." Hudson says.

I gather up my stuff and shake hands with Hudson, Leland, and Sue. Andy follows me out and opens my car door for me, "Thank you." I sign to him.

"I'll see you at home, okay?" he asks.

"Yeah."

Sue's POV

I walk back to the office with Jack and Myles, Levi following behind us.

"She seems really nice." I say to him.

"Not only that but she's one of the best trained undercover agents out there. We really need her on this mission, Sue." Jack says to me.

"I know that we do. What do we have in place?" I say, sitting down at my desk.

"We have a house in an affluent neighborhood ready to go and all we need is Agent Williams' approval. We have already begun making some contacts into the babies and D has been talking to the Russian police."

"What's next?" Tara asks.

"Tara, can you start to come up with financial records and stuff for Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Pectrovantich." Jack says to Tara.

"Will do." Tara says and clicks on her mouse.

"Lucy, we need you to start ordering furniture for this house. But don't go crazy."

"Me, go crazy? Unthinkable."

"Myles, keep practicing your Russian."

"Hey Jack, what are we going to do with Agent Williams' cochlear implant?" I ask him.

"What do you mean?"

"If she wears it, it'll be a dead give away that she's hearing impaired but my guess, if she doesn't, she won't be able to hear anything."

"We'll have to talk to her about it."

"I'll do a little research." I say and click on the icon on my computer.

I feel a tap on my shoulder a little while later and look up to see Jack standing in front of my desk.

"Hey."

"Hey." He says, "I was wondering if you had dinner plans for tonight?"

"Just a dinner with Levi."

"Then would you like to have dinner with me?"

"Of course." I say and smile.

"I'll pick you up at seven."

"Great. I can't wait." I say and smile at him.

True to his word, Jack picks me up at seven. After he drives out of the city, I look at him, "You aren't trying to kidnap me, are you Jack Hudson?"

"Of course not. My friend knows this little restaurant in Alexandria and I thought it would be nice to get out of the city for a little while."

"Alexandria, huh? Sounds nice."

"It is."

We enjoy a quiet dinner and then take a walk around the historic city. Jack reaches over and takes my hand and I squeeze it and smile at him.

"Is that okay?"

"It's fine." I say.

"I wanted to take you out before this case takes off."

"It was a wonderful dinner."

"That it was. Sue…" Jack says, stopping and leaning in to kiss me.

I pull back to smile at him. Small steps but nether the less, a step in the right direction.

End Chapter Two.