Molly couldn't hear what Elvis was saying because of all the kids so she decided to head outside which probably was the worst thing because a kid made her jump and she sighed under her breath before she put the phone back to her ear. "Sorry what were you saying?"
"I heard about Charlie, and they are sending in SF?" he asks the question while keeping his eyes forward as he was driving and this was definitely risky but at the moment it was worth the risk to find out just what was going on with his best friend. Sometimes there was a part of him that wished he hadn't given up going on tours but he knew at the back of his mind he probably wouldn't be let on this personal one anyway.
"Yep they're going in and bringing the team back" she said and looked around to see if anyone was there but she was now on her own. There was silence and it felt like a weight on her shoulders that she didn't like. Molly wanted to know what she had done to deserve so much heartbreak because one person surely couldn't take this much from whoever was dealing it out.
Elvis knew that she wouldn't know who was going in but a part of him had a weird feeling that it was Bones and after what Charlie told him about Molly and Bones - well.. he wasn't sure if they should really be face to face right now. But both of them needed to be professional when it comes to something like this. "How are you doing?" he asked after a moment of thinking, it couldn't be easy being on this end. Hell he felt like he was going to go out of his mind because he couldn't help his best friend.
Molly had to think about that for a moment because even though she had only heard about Charles earlier and told his mother, it felt like no one had really asked her that. "I don't know" she admitted and chewed on her lip for a moment and then jumped a little when a large bang erupted over her head and she looked up to see the white lights of a firework that had been let off. It was only bloody Halloween and people were letting fireworks off like it was Bonfire Night.
"I know that it can't be easy waiting to find out just what is going on so I will try my hardest to see if I can find anything out or if I can get myself on to the tour but that could be wishful thinking, I'll get back to you and Molly.."
"Yeah?" she asked and watched as a couple of kids walked up to the door a few down from Molly's place.
"Keep your chin up" Elvis knew that those words were probably the last thing she wanted to be told but she was a strong girl and he knew that she would never be completely alone when it came to something like this.
"If you get on to the team, please bring him home Elvis" she said and knew that him out of anyone would bring Charles home, he wouldn't stop until he found him no matter what.
Elvis knew that that was a heavy sentence but with how he never gave up until he managed to find someone then he was going to make sure that he found Charlie no matter how long he was out there or... what state he was in. "If you need anything then let Georgie know and she will be there" he said after a moment.
"I will.." but Molly wasn't sure if she would ring anyone ebcause of the fact that this wasn't the first time she had dealt with something like this, hell even if they hadn't been married at the time of Charles being shot in Afghan she knew what it was like to wait out and right now she was going to have to do a lot of waiting before she got any news. News that she hoped would be good but if they've lost contact with a whole group then it didn't sound as good as she hoped.
They said their goodbyes and Molly wasn't much of the praying type but she hoped that Elvis and Bones, if he was the one leading the team, would be safe especially out in Syria. There was no way that she wanted any harm to come to anyone on those two teams that she held dearly in her heart.
She took a deep breath for a moment and then walked back to her door and in to her place before she grabbed the sweets for the two kids that had now made it to her door. Molly let them pick out their own and then wished them a Happy Halloween before shutting the door and going back to the party.
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Elvis stopped the car and got out before grabbing his stuff, he knew that this was probably the worst thing he could do but there was no way he was going to sit back while this whole other team was going to go and look for his friend, he knew it was reckless and knew that he shouldn't be doing this but when has he ever listened to something like this?
He walked over to the team and put his stuff with theirs "Alright boys" he said to some of his former team mates before looking over at their leader and knew it would be Bones McClyde but he didn't tell Molly that because of the history that they had with each other and the history that Charlie had found out about.
"What are you doing, Elvis?" Bones asked and watched him with that same look that he gave everyone when they annoyed him and having the ex captain of this team on a personal mission would really annoy anyone.
"I'm coming with you" he said and strapped his gear on and honestly it felt weird wearing a thigh holster again after so long but Elvis could make it work anyway. Elvis left no room for there to be a discussion but clearly Bones didn't get the memo because he then started to go off on one.
"You are not coming with us because of the personal connection you have to Captain James" when something like this happened they had to learn to keep the personal out of this and from what he heard the last time he had got this personal it was when his own wife had been taken in Kenya. "Matters of the heart cloud your judgement, Elvis"
Elvis looked up at him and raised his eyebrow at that before letting a smirk pull at his lips slightly. "You don't need to give me a lecture, but I am going whether you like it or not and it's only for this mission" he squared up to him, there was no way that he was going to let Bones tell him what he was and wasn't going to do.
"This isn't time for a pissing contest, we have a team to find in the vast area of Syria so shouldn't we just be going?" Peanut asked and stepped forward ready to break them apart if necessary.
Bones looked at Peanut for a moment before looking back at Elvis once more "I'm team captain"
"Didn't think you were anything other than that" he said and smirked once more before he looked back down to his kit and made sure that he had everything that he needed on.
"Did you really have to do that?" Peanut asked as Bones moved away from where the two of them, him and Elvis, were standing. "You know what he can get like when things don't go his way and at the same time it's nice to have you back" he smiled and strapped himself in.
"Well I think healthy competition will make the world go around and thanks but it's only to make sure that Charlie gets back to Molly" he admitted and then grabbed his bag from the ground "Plus I'm pretty sure that when I get home Georgie is going to want to hit me with her new brush" he said around a smile before patted Peanut on the back. "It's good to be back with you too, mate"
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Molly was actually relieved when the party finished mostly because of the fact she wanted to get into bed and put today behind her. Morgan helped her to tidy up but she didn't feel like saying anything other than the odd question from Morgan that asked if she wanted certain things in the fridge or chucked away.
It was only when the silence got a little bit too much that Molly finally broke it and looked over at her friend "Thank you for helping me out" she admitted and smiled softly at her. "Without you here I don't think I could've got through it" she nodded at Morgan before she walked over and gave her a gentle hug.
Morgan was always there for a friend in need and Molly had got the news that no one was really prepared for and now she was going to have to wait to see if Charles would be coming home alive or in a coffin. She hugged her back more tightly and held on to it for a little while before she slowly pulled back and looked at her friend in the face "I can stay a little bit longer if you want me too"
Molly shook her head "You get your boys to bed, I will be alright, just going to wash up and then put Adam to bed before going myself" she wasn't sure if she would be able to sleep that properly, if at all, but the last thing she wanted to do was keep Morgan here more than she had to be here especially when she had two boys of her own that needed to get some sleep.
"Are you sure?" Morgan asked her and Molly nodded to which she then replied "You have my number if you need anything and I can stop by tomorrow when the boys are at school to see how you are"
"Thank you" she smiled at her and nodded once more before she let Morgan grab her things and walked out with her before her friend said goodnight to Adam before she and her two boys left her and Adam alone.
Molly felt the silence once everyone was gone and she looked around the room and took a deep breath before she put Adam to bed, the little boy had been practically falling asleep anyway so when she got him out of his costume and put him to bed Molly told him that she loved him and kissed his head before letting him get some sleep. Now she was truly alone and she felt the overwhelming weight of that.
Molly headed back downstairs and started to wash up and if she's being honest she felt like she was living in a nightmare that unfortunately Molly couldn't wake up from and that made her heart sink before she put the last plate on the dryer before she felt a sob break out of her and she then turned and sank down onto the floor letting her tears come out.
Some people could call her a hypocrite for crying now even though she had been away from him for a long time but Molly knew that he was still out there; still alive and doing the job that he wanted to do but now.. Who really knows?
Molly didn't like thinking about that but there was always that what if he wasn't coming back? What if this was really the end? If it was then she was glad that he knew about his son and how much she did love him. Her heart ached more than anything right now and she wanted him to walk back through the door and tell her that he was alright with that smile that she loved so much.
Molly stayed on that floor for a while and her eyes were sore from crying but there was still a lot more tears left in her. The next few days were going to be hard but she would try to get through for her son. For him she would make sure that she smiled even when she didn't feel it inside.
She hadn't heard back from Elvis so that meant that he had got himself on to the team that would be looking for Charles and she hoped that all three of them came back safely, Molly hadn't said it to Elvis but she really hoped that he came back safely. Because she wasn't sure if she could stand Georgie hating her if anything happened to Elvis while he was out in Syria. It was hard enough to know that Pam was blaming her for the distance between her and Charles. Molly couldn't take it if someone else hated her.
She felt hot tears running down her cheeks as she cried for everything, it didn't matter whether it was related to this or not. Molly was going to cry for everything bad that had happened because once she started there was no way she was going to be able to stop.
And she didn't.
Exhaustion was running through her body but still she stayed sitting on that cold floor in the kitchen.