Chapter Six
We love you Daddy…
D sighed. What am I doing? he thought. Am I doing this for me, or am I doing it for my kids? My team? He yanked on some running shorts and a muscle shirt, then grabbed his shoes and stepped outside.
Choosing a less crowded area of D.C., he ran. This was his time, not anyone else's. His own time to think.
What am I doing?
His feet pounded the pavement as he ran, the steady, unwavering beat offering him comfort from the insecure chapter of his life. The new, strange, persistent, insecure chapter of my life, he deliberated ruefully.
We love you Daddy…
Demetrius Gans was not normally an indecisive person. When he made up his mind that he was going to marry Donna, he did it. When he decided that he was going to work at the Bureau, he did everything in his power- well, aside from murdering the person who used to hold the position he was now occupying- to get it. If he wanted something, he tried his hardest to achieve it. He had dreams- he also had every intention of accomplishing them.
Except now.
All the debating and inward arguing with his conscience wasn't going to help him. He had to decide, or he was going to hurt her. Hurt the one person he had actually considered a relationship since the accident. Kaylee was slowly working her way into his heart, little by little. He didn't know if he liked it or not.
"I think I do." The sound of his unconsciously spoken confession jolted him back to reality. It calmed him, in a sense, almost reminding himself that he was alive and- at the moment- talking to himself.
Oh, good grief.
"This is ridiculous," he muttered out loud. "I have six friends that would be here in an instant if they knew what I was doing.
So why don't you go see one of them? You have people that care about you, D, whether you like it or not. They aren't going to ignore you.
He stopped running, and assessed his surroundings, surprised. With a small chuckle, he jogged up the stairs and pressed the doorbell. Hearing ferocious barking and, a minute later, pawing at the door, he stepped back slightly. "It's just me, Levi," he murmured softly.
The barking died down immediately, and as soon as Sue opened the door, the excited retriever flew outside and nearly tackled him.
"Hello to you too, buddy."
A/N: Sorry for the long update. Please review.