AN: Hi everyone! So, last chapter was short and unfortunately so is this one. Some episodes just speak to me more than others, I guess. The upcoming ones after this will be longer though, I promise.

For now; a missing scene for 4.9 – The Cross My Heart Job.

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"We are naked; we steal clothes. That's what we do." Nate says, before he sends Parker and Eliot out to get them what they need. Parker finds it to be an expression she likes, probably because it involves stealing things.

"He's better," Parker says to Eliot who's walking by her side through the airport. She knows time is of an essence here and she shouldn't be wasting it, but there's still a minute before they reach the stalls and the fun starts.

"Who's better?" Eliot asks. "At what?"

"Nate, stupid." Parker still hasn't quite gotten used to how much she needs to explain for other people to follow her train of thought. "He's still, you know, Nate. But he listens better now. I like that. It makes us feel more like a team again."

They're at the point where they should split up. 83 minutes and about 24 seconds is all that's left before the (literal) deadline for the heart. Parker still stops to let Eliot answer; a few seconds won't change the outcome either way.

"Yeah," Eliot says. Parker has a whole list of interpretations to the way he grumbles, and this is the annoyed-thoughtful kind.

"And now it's a kid, and he's not exactly good, but still better. I just think we should make sure to see that." Eliot doesn't look like he's getting what Parker's trying to say so she tries to clarify. "That means he's trying. For us. Because he wants us."

She sees the small smile her statement tricks Eliot's lips into forming and smiles back at him before she turns away and sets off towards one end of the small shopping section. First chance she gets she'll make sure Hardison knows this as well. Something that makes her feel light inside the way this does must be meant for sharing. The feeling is only stronger after she explained its source to one person, and that speaks for telling at least one more, possibly two.

First she's going to celebrate by stealing things though, and it's not much of a challenge but at least it's a small one. After all she's naked, and she needs to find clothes for herself before she finds them for Hardison.