Ethan and Benji had decided to leave me alone for the day. Good choice, I thought to myself. I'd been in bed all day studying the case files Ethan had given me. I'd finally finished around 8:00pm. My brain was hurting, so I decided to watch The Mummy with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, maybe a movie would help. I used the new laptop Benji gave me to pull up the movie. I was laying on my side, falling asleep as I heard the door creek open. I looked up just in time to see Will slide through the door.
"Hey" he whispered to me.
"Hi... What do you need?" I asked him a slight slur in my voice, from how tired I was. I was curious to know why he was in my room, I paused my movie.
"What makes you assume I need something?" he asked me a little defensive.
"Well normally when you guys come to me its because you need something from me. Your body stance, you're hunched over shoulders makes me think you're not comfortable, you're outside your comfort zone. You're feeling as a follower rather than a leader, needing comfort. So with that being said, we go back to the original question, What do you need?" I asked using my mentalistic skills to analyze him.
Brandt sighed and ran a hand through his hair, ruffling his luscious flow. After a while he looked at me with his icy blue eyes, I stared right back at him brown mixing with blue. Then he did the unthinkable. He walked over to me joining me on the bed and pulled me next to him, I was shocked at his abruptness.
"Can't we just be friends for a minute and watch a movie, like old times." He whispered into my ear his voice sounding husky. I suppressed a shiver.
"I guess it couldn't hurt." I told him, stealing another look at his face which was closer than I had thought, I blushed, though it was dark and he couldn't see my expression. I felt a chuckle run through his body, as he reached over and pressed play again on the laptop.
When I woke up the next morning I was not surprised to see Brandt laying there besides me. I tried to make a move to get out of his grasp, but it only tightened around me. I saw Ethan in the hall smiling at me, I gave him the finger but he just started laughing at my attempts. Finally I maneuvered out of Brandt's arms. Quickly walking over to the bathroom to wash up. I got out of the shower and got dressed in a red flowy dress and stuck a knife in my clutch before leaving the room I walked out to see Benji and Ethan were sitting at the small table chatting. Ethan was the first to see me walk in, he got up and walked over to me giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"You look good today." He said. I blushed as Benji turned around to see for himself his jaw dropping a millimeter, though it was still visible. I smiled.
"So what are we doing today?" I asked Ethan.
"Well, we were going to be getting supplies." He said, though it sounded like there was more to it that he didn't want to tell me just yet.
"Sounds good." I replied. I heard a whistle from behind me and spun around to see Brandt standing there leaning against the door frame, smiling like a drunk. He walked over to me and kissed me on the cheek.
"Somebody looks good today." he whispered to me, I smiled a bit and looked at the floor.
"So we need to go shopping for you Kens." Ethan stated, smirking at me. I groaned I knew he was hiding something before.
"Finnnee." The boys laughed knowing I didn't like shopping very much.
"You'll be fine. Ethan will fix you up well." Benji said to me winking then going back to playing with his computer.
"Thanks Benji" I said. Ethan qucikly grab his sunglasses, jacket and keys and pulled me out the door.
First stop was a dress shop, where Ethan immediately went on auto pilot. He stored my feelings and immediately grabbed a couple evening gowns, though it was kind of nice along with a couple others. I went into the dressing room to try them on without complaining, though I really really wanted to.
"So how's it coming?" Ethan asked after about 10 minutes of me staring at myself in the mirror. I was uncomfortable, but I had to suck it up and show him, for approval.
"Difficult to say." I replied to him resting my elbow against the door and running a hand through my wavy hair.
"Can I see it?" He asked quietly knowing I was probably uncomfortable.
"Uhm." was my intelligent reply.
"Or I could come in." He debated. I undid the lock and immediately his hand pushed on the door only giving himself enough space to slide through and into the small dressing room. I felt his eyes on me, raking down my body, I watched him. I saw want, desire and lust flash through his eyes all at once.
"So..." I managed to say.
"Hot." Ethan muttered as his eyes met mine, I immediately dropped his gaze and looked at the ground. He took a step closer to me. Instantly I noticed the decreasing distance between us. Suddenly, it wasn't there and my back was pushed up against the wall and Ethan's body was against mine.
"You couldn't look bad in anything Kens, you know that?" he mumbled to me, looking into my eyes. I could feel his warm breath on my neck. I didn't reply I was a little too stunned.
"Even a blind man could see that your beautiful." he whispered to me.
"Think I'm out of practice Ethan?" I asked deciding to have a little fun. I seductively fluttered my eyes slowly. Ethan's face was only millimeters from my own, he kept looking at my lips and I knew I had him under my spell.
"Not at all Kens." He whispered, leaning forwards to kiss me, his lips just barely brushed mine when we heard a knock at the door. He didn't move being the trained spy he was, he had been expecting it.
"Is everything alright in there? You don't need a different size or anything?" The store clerk asked. Before I could answer Ethan spoke up.
"No everything's perfect. Thanks." Ethan answered for me. He stared into my eyes, I couldn't tell what he was thinking. My mind itself was blank. I saw a flash of not regret but more like want and sadness in his eyes. He was about to leave when I grabbed his wrist and pulled him back kissing him quickly on the lips. I felt him smile into the kiss, he lengthened it more than I had been expecting. After the need for oxygen caused us to break apart he unlocked the door and quickly pulled me out without letting me change. This was the dress apparently. He held my hand, my purse and dress I came in with as he dragged me to the register and bought the black dress.
"Your gonna do great tonight." Ethan smiled, knowing nothing had changed between us. Though sometimes as specialized operatives it can be hard to tell. I was having mixed feelings for sure.