The Central Intelligence Agency was humming as the officers worked on the impending mission to bring down a faction of freelance agents who were working on taking up with the covenant. Jack and Constance walked in together and of course their little interlude at the party was the latest gossip thanks to Weiss telling the whole room as soon as Sydney had shut the door. "Do you think we should maybe stay away from each other till the gossip dies down?" Constance asked as she realised the whole office knew about her and Jack. "We'll do no such thing." Jack smiled as he grabbed her and tenderly kissed her. They could feel all eyes on them as they parted. "I'll see you later." Jack walked away leaving a shocked Constance standing in the middle of the room. She cleared her throat and walked to her desk with Marshall who had just entered the office. "Hey Connie." He smiled at her. "Hi Marshall, how's Carrie? She queried "Oh don't ask. She's up to the toilet every few minutes and she wont tell me if it's a boy or a girl." He complained. "So you're living together now?" Constance was surprised. "No, no she just likes to phone me whenever she gets up to tell me. Since its my fault and all." She chuckled to herself as they started work. Director Dixon walked into their work space and asked to see Constance. She followed him to his office where Jack watched from Sydney's desk. "Agent Waters, I would just like to congratulate you on the capture of Sark. I heard that you and Agent Bristow were very successful. I would like for you to debrief him. He has refused to talk to anyone but you. He says that's the only way he will give us the information we require." "When do you want me to see him?" she asked trying not to sound as afraid as she felt. "Now. I'll get Agent Vaughn to take you down." As he said this, he motioned for Vaughn to enter and he and Constance turned to leave the office. Just as they did, Dixon added. "Good luck" "I wont need it if he says he'll only talk to me. Will I?" she replied turning round. "I meant with Jack." He smiled. "Thank-you sir." She walked out with Agent Vaughn glad to have the director's approval.

Jack watched Constance leave the office and walk towards the holding cells with Agent Vaughn. He walked up behind them and asked. "Agent Waters, what's going on?" "Its ok Jack I think just about everyone in the office knows. Constance will do. I'm going to talk to Sark. He says he'll only talk to me." "Are you ok with that? I could..." "Jack I'll be fine." She turned and left not wanting him to see the fear in her eyes. "What was that about" Vaughn asked as they walked on. "I just had a bit of trouble with Sark when we apprehended him. Snide comments and lewd gestures. That sort of thing." She lied. "Oh. Will you be alright?" he looked genuinely concerned. "I'll be fine. I wouldn't have said yes if it was a problem." They carried on down the corridor and entered the cell as the bars went up. Vaughn stayed outside as Constance stood by the glass. She walked in the door and stood opposite the young man as he sat handcuffed to the bed. "Ahh Constance. Nice to see you again. Say hello to Agent Bristow for me will you?" Sark smirked knowing he had the upper hand here as she kept her distance. "Look tell me what you know or I'm leaving. I didn't come here for idle chit chat." She tried to look strong but found her voice shake halfway through. Scolding herself as she sat next to him in an attempt to look as though she didn't care. "Oh Agent Waters. I've missed you. You're so beautiful you know that? I love everything about you. From that little scar on your stomach to the freckle on your left thigh."

"THAT'S IT." Jack slammed his fist on the table in the director's office from which he and Dixon had been watching them. "He's just taunting her. Playing with her. Lets get her out and beat the information out of him." "Jack calm down. You wouldn't be letting your emotions interfere with your work would you? I'd hate to have to take you off the cases where she's involved." The director threatened. "How does he know about those things on her skin?" he suddenly realised what Sark had said. "When he chained us up. That's the only thing I can think of." Jack wondered if Dixon had bought it. "Jack your not hiding valuable information from the CIA are you?" "Of course not." Jack replied truthfully knowing the information he was hiding would not be valuable only embarrassing and upsetting. He seemed to accept this and they went back to the screen where Sark had started to talk about the covenant. And the way in which he had been involved. The new faction was more of an interest. It seemed that Simon Walker was heading them. Sark spoke about the day they had apprehended him.

"Why did you give yourself up?" Constance asked. "Well it seemed that I had no other choice. Jack made it very hard for me to say no." "How? When? He was in the van all the time." "That's not exactly true. He came to see me. We had an interlude and he returned to the van. That's when I gave my self up." "Why did he leave you?" "Well I'm not sure. Perhaps he wanted me to get away. Maybe it was his way of thanking me for what I did for him. I bet you were a bit wild before I tamed you down. He's an older man. Not as energetic as he used to be. You might have worn him out."

"What the hell are you talking about? I'm fed up of your little games Sark. Either speak about the covenant or I'm leaving." "I have told you everything I can remember today. I'll think about any other information you may need and I'll see you soon." "Fine." She walked out worried about what the director had heard. Jack met her outside the cell with Vaughn. "Are you ok?" Jack asked. "What did he mean when he said interlude Jack?" "I found him in a corridor on my way back to the van. We fought. He gloated and he knocked me out. I went back to the van and found out he had given himself up. Its all in my report." Jack mentally praised himself for adding that in his report. He had to think of something that filled the time he was in the woods and no one had seen him get into or out of the van the first time so they had no reason to question him when he got back in the second time. "Oh." She was still a little suspicious but left it.

Director Dixon had asked Jack to bring Constance up to his office when she was finished so as he did, he asked her if she was ok. "I'm fine Jack. Lets just go to Dixon's office and get it over with." She smiled up at the man she loved and slipped her hand into his as they walked. Surprisingly he didn't pull away. Jack Bristow not only showing emotion but at work in front of others. Wow she had made a difference to his life.