Mako's Message: This chapter exists for a number of reasons; I felt it was time Mindy made a serious attempt on Dave, I hadn't done anything like it in awhile, it'll make what's coming worse, it helps characterize Dave(or maybe make him more mysterious, and I just thought it'd be funny.


Why is it that I can face down a room full of armed criminals without blinking, but when I try and to come on to Dave I turn into a quivering bundle of nerves? I completely pussied out when we were suiting up for the night at the safe house. But that's okay since I really wanted to get out there and find Mr. Stabby (We didn't. In fact it was pretty slow. We didn't even have any requests in our inbox).

But when we got back and were changing back into our civies, I finally sucked it up and made my move. Kinda. I was going to go up to him in just my underwear, but I couldn't do it. It's not like it would have been any worse than what I wore to the pool all those time, but I just couldn't.

Bra and jeans I managed I though.

So, I walked into the room he was using to change, and he was pulling his shirt on and I just kind of froze up. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what I should do. It's not like I was expecting him to see me without my shirt and suddenly ravish me or something. I knew I was going to have be the aggressor. I was going to have to put the moves on him.

And I didn't have one.

Everything I could think of just seemed pathetically weak. Like grade school flirting compared to what I needed to pull off.

And then he was packing his suit back into his bag and I knew my chance was slipping away so I just said, "Hey."

He looked up and he started to smile, then he just looked confused. He said. "Uh. Hey. What's up?"

And I suddenly felt incredibly stupid. I still had no idea what I should do so I ended up just reaching an arm up to hold onto the door frame and just sort of leaned against it and said, "What do you think?"

He looked at me for a second, and he really looked at me. I liked it, but it also kinda scared the crap out of me. I thought he might say something about how my bra matched my eyes(it's why I picked it) or even just ask "what do I think about what?", but he surprised me.

"You look good. It's a nice bra." and I started to blush and tried to think of something else to say when he added, "Don't think anybody should be seeing you in it though."

And then I started blushing for an entirely different reason. I stammered out something about a girl always wanting to look good and started to walk away to finish getting dressed, but then he said, "You look great Mindy You always do."

I thanked him, but I just knew he didn't mean it the way I wanted him to. He obviously still doesn't look at me like that, despite my new equipment. I'm just going to have to be persistent about this. Wars aren't won in a single battle after all. I'll need to get in under his skin, worm my way into his fantasies, make myself the only person he thinks about until he doesn't even consider our ages. Then maybe I won't have to make a move on him. Maybe he will just suddenly ravish me.

If Riley doesn't get him first.

I have better chance of winning the lottery.