"Wes, I need your help," were the first words Eric spoke to the Co-Commander the next morning as he walked into his office.
"Wait. The great Eric Myers is asking for help?" Wes asked sarcastically. But before Eric could say anymore Wes continued. "Let me guess. You had an amazing night with the girl of your dreams and you don't know how to tell her you have fallen hopelessly in love her and want the have her babies, cause let's be honest Taylor isn't really the type that will take time off to have a baby….course neither are you….maybe ya'll should find a surrogate. But you gotta get married first. OOOO I can just see the chapel now!" And this is when Wes received a punch to his left shoulder. He laughed as he rubbed it before really looking at his friend, who had bags under his eyes and said eyes were bloodshot to hell and was holding a cup of coffee in his left hand, having used the right to punch Wes. "Or you didn't get laid and need me to buy you another cup of coffee on our way to the meeting with the Colonel as we figure out how to get her to speak to you again."
At Eric's nod, Wes started to usher him out of the office and towards the parking lot where their SG SUV sat waiting for them. They talked about what happened after Eric left the base last night in a frenzy to get to her house and then how Eric hadn't slept at all last night thinking of something to do and how he was now on his 3rd cup of coffee for the day and it wasn't even 10 am yet.
They quietly talked to themselves as they were lead to the Colonel's office that abruptly stopped when the door was opened to reveal the object of their discussion talking with the Colonel, and it seemed a bit heated. Taylor instantly straightened up as she realized the object of their argument had entered the room. As she moved to stand behind the Colonel's desk, he stood up and moved to shake the Co-Commander's hands.
"Mr. Collins, Mr. Myers, thank you for meeting with us today. I'm looking forward to joining our best with your best to make these cities and our country safer. Major Earnhardt here has been chosen to lead the new recruits to this unit," at the sound of her name her eyes shifted from her Colonel to the two Rangers standing in front of him giving them a slight nod. When she didn't move to shake their hands the Colonel turned to give her a look asking why she wasn't greeting the two.
"We've worked together in the past Sir. We even spent Christmas together," she said answering his unspoken question.
"Oh great then this next part shouldn't be hard to convince you of," he said as he motioned for Wes and Eric to sit down as he returned to his seat also.
"Sir?" she asked giving him a confused look once what he said set in.
"I believe it would be best if you moved your office to the Silver Guardian HeadQuarters so you can better judge how our new recruits are adjusting and help train better. What do you two think of this?" he asked turning back to the two in front of him.
"Funny you should say that sir, my father has been trying to recruit MAJ. Earnhardt here for quite sometime. I think that would be an excellent idea," Wes said with another plan forming in his mind.
"Great! It's settled then! Next week you'll move your main office to the SG HQ. You'll still have an office here for days that you need to be here but most of the time will be spent in Silver Hills. I'm sure you've put together a great crew that you trust to get the work done here without you needing to constantly supervise them," he said turning in his chair and giving her a pointed look, letting Wes and Eric know what their conversation was about when they walked in.
"Sounds like a plan Colonel Jones. We'll get right on getting her the best office we can, right next to ours. She'll basically be another Commander!" Wes said standing up to shake the Colonel's hand again as Taylor shot him a glare from behind his back. "We know you two are busy people so we'll let you be. Oh Taylor, Jen wanted me to ask if you'll go shopping with her this week sometime. She doesn't have a whole lot of clothes, since they're all in the future ya know."
"Why doesn't she just have them shipped?" Taylor asked through gritted teeth, knowing full well that Wes knew how much she hated shopping.
"She wants clothes that match this time period. She asked Alyssa but she's off at Harvard and you're the only other female she trusts. And she knows you won't let her buy something ugly," he said giving her the best puppy dog eyes he could muster. Taylor let out a short sigh knowing she was beat.
"Tell her to meet me at the mall tomorrow at 4," she said with a roll of her eyes when Wes knew he had won.
"Thanks Tay! See you later! Good to see you again Colonel," Wes said as he and Eric made their way to the door. Eric finally looked up at her for the first time and she was giving him the coldest look he had ever seen from her. It was obvious she hadn't seen the news report on the attempted robbery last night and still hated his guts with a fiery passion. He tried as hard as he could to say sorry with his eyes but knew better than to say anything in front of her boss. But he also knew that Wes had a plan forming in his mind when he said that she'd have an office by theirs and knowing full well that the only open office was beside his, Jen taking the one beside Wes's. He knew he would have to be patient and let her come to him.
A.N.: Sorry everyone! Life got super crazy there for awhile, but I'm back and hoping to finish this story and start another this weekend! Thank you all for waiting patiently! Hope it was worth it!