Chapter 20
"Well, apparently Myles, you have gift for telling bedtime stories," Tara smiled, motioning to the sofa when everyone gave her a curious look. The picture the blonde woman and the child made was priceless.
When they had arrived back at the apartment, Sue was set up on the end of the sofa. D had insisted she put her legs up, while Lucy covered her with an afghan blanket. Not wanting to be too far from her, Tina had settle in beside her while everyone else took up positions on chairs and on the floor to wait for pizzas to be delivered.
After they ate, the team had tried to leave. However, Sue insisted they stay as she was enjoying the time together before they got back to work on the case tomorrow. They all agreed and for a while took turns telling stories of their misspent youth.
Tara had noticed Sue close her eyes and lay her head back on the sofa a few minutes ago. Even so, she waited to say anything because she was really enjoying listening to Myles' story. He fought it, but sometimes she could see his heart peeking out from his gruff exterior. Now, the rest of the team smiled at the sight of Sue peacefully sleeping with her arm laying loosely over the girl who was cuddled into her side.
"I guess we need to get these two to bed," Jack said standing. Careful to not disturb Sue, Jack picked up Tina resting her head against his shoulder.
"Bring her into my room, Jack," Lucy instructed quietly, leading him down the hallway. "Sue's still pretty sore so we don't need Tina accidentally bumping into her during the night."
"I'll help you with Sue, Bobby," Tara offered, seeing him lift her into his arms. Sue stirred and winced slightly but didn't wake up. Instead, she nestled into his shoulder and drifted back off to sleep.
"I think I can figure out how to get a shelia into bed," Bobby winked. Shocked, Tara went to playfully hit him, when he reminded her he was holding Sue.
"I'll give you a break for that this time mister, but only because I'm going to assume it was from your lack of sleep last night," Tara warned, wagging her finger in his direction. "Come on!"
D smirked as they disappeared into Sue's bedroom. Standing he started picking up the cups and plates from their dinner.
"Let's get this place cleaned up for Lucy, Myles," D suggested. The two men made quick work of the clean up and soon had the living room back to normal. On the way back from the kitchen, Myles glanced out the window and what he saw made him back against the wall to take a second look.