Molly went in for her debriefing and it felt like a waste of time because there didn't seem to be anyone that she recognised on the database but she did give as much as she could especially when she wanted to make sure that this didn't happen. When people travelled they should be safe but that definitely wasn't the case.
They had helped as much as they could here; someone else would be taking over the relief aid so that they could concentrate on this and then they would be heading home and that was literally the best news she had heard.
The debriefing was over and she had given as much information as she could give. Most of the time they had been kept in the cages other than when they came to get them to change she hadn't seen anything other than the dark room that they had been in and only then she could really give small information on the people that had been checking the girls out especially when she had only seen a few men.
Molly was still thankful that she had come across Peanut because it frightened her to think that she might not be here right now if he hadn't found her.
After Molly left the room she grabbed herself a bottle of water and found that as she was trying to open the bottle that her hand was shaking. This really was the worst time to be going through this especially when she wanted to go home unaffected by this but something told her that she wasn't actually going to get away with that idea.
Molly finally managed to take a drink and it was only when she had put the top back on the bottle and was turning away from the machine that she bumped in to someone and looked up into the face of Charles and her heart gave a heavy thump.
Other than being in the meeting room together, with the others of course, they hadn't been in the same room since the hospital ward the day before and it felt like he was trying to avoid her but she guessed that was down to the fact that he was being a total twat. He had walked in on something that wasn't what it had sounded like and now he was having a jealous moment like he had with Smurf.
He had ended up being wrong then too.
Even though Molly and Bones had dated they weren't now and that was clearly what he had assumed that they were talking about and he couldn't be more wrong but who was she to tell him otherwise especially when he probably wouldn't listen?
"Sorry" she finally said and moved back away from him before she cleared her throat.
"My fault, I snuck up on you which was the worst thing you can do to someone that has been through what you have" he nodded once.
"We bumped in to each other, sir, it's not like you decided to actually make me jump because I'm pretty sure that then I really would have brought out the Karate moves"
"You know Karate?" Captain James asked and for a moment was being serious.
"No, I'm pretty sure I would hurt myself if I did attempt it though" she gave him a smile but he didn't smile back. The smile slowly slid from her lips and she looked away.
Molly has been in some awkward positions but this has got to be the worst.
What they didn't realise was that Bones was watching them from one of the higher floors and while he wanted to actually be with Molly; he also wanted to bang their heads together and get them to talk. Even if the Captain was a twat.
"You're doing it again," she said after a moment and looked back at him.
"Doing what?" He asked.
"You're acting like a jealous man when you really don't need to be" She knew that she shouldn't be saying any of that here but she wanted to make sure that he understood a little that he didn't need to be jealous.
"It's like Smurf all over again" Molly continued.
He licked his bottom lip before he put his hands on his hips, a sigh fell from his lips. "I'm not sure we should be talking about this right now because we're still overseas and still on duty..."
Molly was about to say something but then there was another voice and that belonged to Fingers.
"So are we getting any R&R then, Bossman?"
"I think you mean, can we finally drink?" Captain James turned and looked at Fingers, a slight smile pulling at his lips.
"Well yeah" Fingers smiled himself.
"Really can't take you pissheads anywhere" Molly said over at Fingers before she moved away from her spot and away from the two that were talking.
"You love us, Mols" Fingers called from his spot and just about caught her finger that she had put up before she had disappeared around a corner. He grinned at that before shaking his head.
Molly knew that she had to tell Charles about Adam but being in Sierra Leone definitely wasn't the right place to do that. She wasn't even sure how he would react back home at least here there were people who would stop him from being overboard but back in the UK.. well it would just be the two of them and she wasn't sure if she could really deal with that, maybe that is why she walked away as much as she could because at least then there wouldn't be no awkwardness with them.
When he had first come to her asking her to be their medic they had even flirted a bit but after finding Bones at her bedside she was sure that would put a halt to anything back home. Not that she could really get involved with him again, his mother was still a huge issue between the two of them. They hadn't really sat down and talked about it but she had told him the day that he signed the divorce papers that she just wanted a fresh start away from his mother and he gave her that.
It was a big reason why she hadn't told him about Adam either, how Charles was going to react would be nothing compared to how his mother would react when she finds out that Charles and Molly had conceived a child. For a while after she had left she would think about ringing him up just to hear his voice, just to check in or to text him to say that she missed him because she did so damn much but she couldn't do that to him. Couldn't get his hopes up if she couldn't go back.
She wasn't even sure what would happen after she told him.
They were granted some R&R and it meant that Molly could have a break for a couple of days and the first thing she did was get changed. She loved her uniform, missed it when she didn't have it on but on R&R they didn't have to wear it which meant they could wear normal clothes.
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That night she walked out of her room and could hear the boys of her section and a couple of the boys from SF laughing and it was the most amazing sound but at the same time it made her want to go back to her room for a little bit of safety. If there was one group of men that she never wanted to go up against it was SF because they really enjoyed what they did.
Molly knew that she was safe here but at the same time she still felt so scared, she was surrounded by the men of the best Special Forces in the world but at the same time she wanted to be hidden in her bed with the duvet pulled over her head. Something that she has never wanted to do before, not even when she got back from Afghan. She had gone on a deep clean of the kitchen but this time there was no way to tell just what she would do.
"Come and join us, Molly!" Brains called up to her when they saw her coming down the stairs.
"What join you pissheads? I'm not sure that I want to join that" Molly teased back but in honesty she wasn't really in the mood to want to drink. She was itching to get back home so that she could hug her son.
"Ah well suit yourself" Mansfield spoke and smiled.
Molly smiled at him and started to go on a walk to see what was going on in the rest of the hotel and mostly it was just to get her feet moving around the place really because she knew if she stood in one place for too long then she would probably crumble and that is what she felt like doing but she wasn't going to do that here.
As she walked deeper into the hotel she found Charles sat at a table with a cuppa in front of him, ever the Englishman.
"Oh dear, that's your thinking shoulders" Molly spoke as she leaned against the door of the dining room and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I should really stop thinking especially when I look a bit predictable especially with the shoulders" he looked up and over at Molly. When she left he would've given anything to have her back and still would.
Molly moved away from the door frame and into the dining room a bit more before she sat down at the table that he was sitting at. "What's wrong?" she wanted to know what was going on inside his head.
"When you were taken I blamed myself for bringing you here and for a moment I had wished that it had been someone else, that it hadn't been you I had asked because at least if you were back in the UK then you were safe"
Molly chewed on her lip "I don't think it really would've mattered who you brought over with you, they would've taken either your medic or Richards" she muttered. "So you would still be feeling the same no matter what"
"Are you really dating Bones?" he asked out of nowhere and watched her.
"No, I'm not dating Bones but.. I did" Molly knew it would be better to be honest because at least that way they could get that out in the open. "I know it's not something you wanted to hear but you should know the truth because there is no point in skirting around it right now"
Charles was quiet for a while because it hadn't been something that he wanted to hear but at least they weren't dating now. "We have a lot to talk about don't we?" he looked over at her again and she nodded at him. "I thought so"
"But doing it here while we're in another country really isn't the best idea; we should talk about everything back home" Mostly because she wasn't sure how he would actually respond to finding out about Adam but she guessed that that was her own fault for keeping them apart for so long. Molly wasn't even expecting it to go too well either. So they might as well talk about it when they get home.
She was worried about what would happen and actually hoped that it wouldn't be too bad but she would accept it no matter what happens.
"Hows the tea?" Molly asked and nudged her head towards the cup sitting in front of him.
"I really could do with a coffee"
"Didn't have your coffee machine shipped out this time then?"
"Nope especially when we would probably be ships in the night and I will definitely need it back home" He smiled softly.
Molly couldn't help but smile herself especially when she knew that he really couldn't go without his morning coffee and knowing that his machine was still back in the UK made him sound really brave. "I thought you weren't a full functioning soldier until you've had your first shot of coffee?"
"Well I've had to have it injected in to me while I've been away"
"I can honestly see that" Molly admitted. "Wait does that mean I'm going to have to inject it in to you?"
"Well yeah you are the medic on this trip"
Molly playfully groaned but she was actually liking this banter and would rather take this than grumpy or even mad Captain James.
If R&R was going to continue to be like this then maybe things wouldn't be so bad after all and the last thing she wanted was for Bones and Captain James to go at it with one another but maybe things were going to be okay? Maybe they could get back home without any fights happening between the two or horrible words exchanged.
The two of them sat and talked for awhile about different things and it felt nice and familiar and Molly could do with familiar right now but she also had Adam hanging over her head and things were going to get a little bit awkward if her parents turned up at Brize Norton with her son in tow.
But it was passed time that she told him about their son and really whatever he done after that would really be understandable especially when she hadn't told Charles about Adam.
It was only when she got to her room later that evening that there was a knock at the door. She moved to the door and opened it to see who was on the other side. Molly chewed on her lip for a moment before she moved out of the way to let him in.
Then she shut the door.