yepa/n ok guys heres the next chapter sorry 2 keep u waiting this long but unfortunately exams have to come first, but here it is. OMG thankyou all for reviewing it's so great to read them. Keep it up even if its bad I still wanna hear it that's what makes the story better. haha thanks for the help with my punctuation, my english teacher would shoot me if she ever saw the mistakes i make lol. keep reading. Ok enough of my babble and on with the story

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Sienna closed the door behind her and leant against it for a moment a huge grin plastered across her delicate face. She squealed happily to herself and bounded into the kitchen. Steve was sitting at the kitchen counter reading the paper, while Kate was cooking dinner, and by the smell of it they were having roast chicken for dinner. Sienna loved roast chicken.

She glanced around and saw Addison sitting in the lounge, which was directly off the kitchen. She was sprawled out on one of Kate's red couches her feet hanging over the end and one arm draped off the side, hanging lazily on the floor. She had a creamy looking rug covering the bottom half of her body. Sienna looked up at the tv, Addison was watching re-runs of Greys Anatomy, Izzy was lying on the bathroom floor, staring up at the ceiling. Sienna has seen this episode hundreds of times before, it was Addison's newest obsession, and Sienna didn't mind sharing it with her.

Kate glanced up and saw her, smiling she said "Hey Enna, have a nice time"

At the sudden break of silence, Steve looked up from the paper, and Addison paused Grey's anatomy and poked her head of the top of the couch.

Steve looked back down at his paper.

"Hey Enna, how is this boy of yours, you know if you go staying out this late I'm going to have to meet him, not a trouble maker I hope" he said trying but failing to hide the enormous grin the was slowly creeping onto his face.

Kate looked up and smiled, Sienna knew he was joking but decided to play along anyway.

"Yeah well, I was going to stay out longer but we had to cut it short you know the whole him being on the run from the law and all, don't worry though, I hope to see him next week after he smuggles himself back into the country" Sienna responded nonchalantly

Steve laughed, Kate smiled, and Addison giggled.

"Nice to know you always pick the good ones Enna, nothing but the best for you I see" he said sarcastically

"Of course" she said

After a moment of silence and in a much more serious tone, Steve looked up from his paper and said

"When do we get to meet him by the way"

Just at that moment Addison decided it was time she joined the conversation.



"Don't worry, you'll have to meet him eventually, I have a feeling they're going to be spending a lot more time together, he's a keeper, he is"

At this Steve and Kate both raised their eyebrows and looked up at Sienna, who grinned goofily back at them.

"Really" Kate said

Sienna have grinned, half nodded, and half opened her mouth to speak all at the same time, so she kind of looked vaguely like a demented goldfish that was getting its teeth cleaned.

Kate laughed, "I see then, well dinner is nearly ready so why don't you go and have a quick shower and get cleaned up. Oh by the way I found a nice dress today for my sister's wedding. It's in a few weeks you know, we'll have to find you something".

Sienna nodded and started up the stairs, a bit embarrassed about what she'd just accidentally given away. She wasn't even sure if she liked this guy that much, so why did he make her feel like this. Addison was right, he is a keeper, and as far as she was concerned all hers, well kind of anyway.

Addison, desperate for juicy details on Sienna's day, leapt up from the lounge, sent the blanket flying, and raced up the stairs, calling after her.

"Wait Sienna, I'll help"

Steve raised his eyebrows at Kate, who shrugged and smiled.

"Looks like we've got a boy on the scene now, Lord Help us" Steve said looking down at his paper.

Kate laughed "We'll be right, as long as she's happy".

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Alex stood on the path as Sienna closed the door behind her; smiling happily he turned and practically started skipping down the path...but not quite.

As he started home down the path he began thinking about the day that had just passed, he had had so much fun with Sienna, she was funny, smart, sweet, and absolutely gorgeous. Every moment he spent with her his feeling grew, there was even a very good chance that he might even fall in love with this one! As much as this thought sent a shiver of excitement up his spine, there was also a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach. All the times that MI6 had jetted him off around the world to do their dirty work had not been easy for his house keeper, Jack, but they were able to deal with it. Some way or another, but if his feelings continued to grow for Sienna and her feelings continued to grow for him, the last thing that he wanted was for her to get hurt when he was un-expectantly thrown half way across the world into the path of some psycho. He was going to have to tell her, but not just yet.

Alex made that conclusion as he was walking his front path to the front door, the gravel crunching loudly under his feet. He turned his key in the lock and opened the door. As soon as he stepped into the front room the mouth watering aroma of spaghetti Bolognese filled his nostrils. He turned the corner into the kitchen and found Jack at the stove, an exotic green scarf tied around her head 

keeping her red hair from falling into he pot of mince she was leaning over. She looked up at Alex and smiled as he walked into the room.

"Hey Alex" she said, casually as she sprinkled some more herbs into the simmering sauce.

"Hey Jack" Alex said, he walked over to the stove and took a deep breath as he inhaled the amazing smell of Jack's spaghetti Bolognese.

"Jack" Alex said, a small frown crossing his features.

"Umm yes Alex" Jack said, not so casually this time.

"What's the occasion?" Jack knew that Alex loved spaghetti, but it took her ages to cook, as it was a recipe passed down from generation to generation, and needed to simmer for about 2 hours. Jack hardly ever made spaghetti unless...

Alex looked up at Jack curiously; she was staring at him, her lips curving up into a delicate, pleading smile, though lines of worry still creased her forehead.

"Oh Jack, not another one" Alex said, raising his hands in exasperation "this is the second one this month"

"Ahh come on Alex it won't be that bad, I really like this one, all you have to do is eat dinner with us, smile politely and then you can do whatever you want"

Alex frowned, Jack went out with a lot of guys in the hope of finding Mr. right, if there was ever an above average one. Jack would bring him home to have dinner and meet Alex. She told him it was part of the process of eliminating the "bad eggs", but as it seemed there seemed to be a whole lot of guys who would come home, and then disappear. Only for Jack to bring home another one a few weeks.

Jack smiled at Alex sweetly, "Please" she asked

Alex caved "Oh why not, if I get to eat some more of that" he laughed pointing at the mince cooking.

Alex sat down at the table, pulling a paper towards him, he flicked through the pages. He wasn't actually reading it was more out of boredom than curiosity.

"He's a doctor you know" Jack said, Alex raised an eyebrow

"Well actually" she admitted "he's a nurse"

Alex barely stifled a laugh, but Jack noticed "Hey, be nice" she said laughing "Besides, I heard you spent most of the day entertaining a nice young girl" Jack said smiling at him.

Alex could tell she didn't want to pry into his personal life, but at the same time he could see the curiosity burning in her eyes.

"She's nice" he said simply, he was pretty sure she was much more than nice but he didn't want to give anything away just yet, it was so easy to get hurt, and he wasn't going to get his hopes up. Especially if he was going to tell her that her was actually a secret agent.



Jack raised one delicate eyebrow in his direction "nice?" she repeated

"Yeah..nice"

"ok"

"What's her name?"

"Sienna"

"mm, pretty name. She a pretty girl?"

Alex laughed "Yeah Jack, she's a very pretty girl"

Jack laughed too, "that's good boy" she said ruffling his hair

"why don't you go and have a shower, put some clothes on, and come down, he'll be here about seven"

Alex glanced up at the clock hanging on the wall, it was now six, he stood up and walked up the stairs to his bedroom where he threw himself down on his bed and pulled his phone out of his back pocket. He went into his phonebook and searched until he found enna x. He stared at the number for a good long time, telling himself that today had really happened. It was so great he could barey get his mind around it. Eventually he got off his bed. Sat his phone on the bedside table, promising himself that he would call later. Then he went off to have a shower, and get ready for the night ahead.

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The next day (Tuesday night)

Sienna lay on her back on her bed reading a magazine Kate had bought her that day, in one of the dress shops. She was supposed to be looking and trying to find something she liked that she could wear to Kate's sister, Fiona's wedding. But she just couldn't keep her mind off Alex. He had called her the night before and they had talked for what seemed like hours and hours about nothing really, just stuff, and although they didn't declare their love for each other, or have any in depth conversations Sienna had loved every minute of the teasing, playful, flirting that had been going on over the phone.

But now Sienna was lying on her back reading the magazine, trying desperately to pass time. Glancing at the silver watch on her wrist every few seconds waiting for 7:oopm to arrive. Alex had suggested that he take her out tonight for a real date, and she had eagerly agreed. He was taking her out her out for dinner to a nice restaurant down town. She had no idea which one it was, but he had assured her that the food was great. Then they were going to see a movie, Alex had insisted that she pick the movie. But when Sienna had rang up the theatre to see what was showing she specifically picked something she thought Alex would like. "The Enemy" or something it was called..but Sienna didn't mind much what the movie was, she could be watching a documentary on sea cucumbers and still love every minute because if Alex was there then she was happy.



Sienna got up and through her magazine down on the bed she began pacing anxiously around her room. Now and then stopping to gaze absentmindedly into the mirror, she was dressed in a high waisted black shirt, not too tight, but not too loose with big pockets at the side. A white skivvy with a simple string of silver beads. To finish off she had worn her favourite bright red, suede stilettos. She has pinned her hair back in a delicate ponytail down her back, letting a few curls fall to frame her face beautifully. She looked classy and stylish, but not over done. She felt good, confident even with how she looked. Just as she was tucking a stray curl back behind her ear, she heard the doorbell ring. Sienna bounded down the stars grabbing her black clutch as she ran out of her bedroom.

She raced past the living room, shouting a quick goodbye to Kate and Steve. (who had been given strict instructions not to answer the door, at any cost) they smiled at her and waved as she walked casually to the door catching her breath as she went.

Sienna checked herself in the hall mirror and opened the door to Alex who was standing on the front step, smiling that crooked grin that made her heart melt.

"Ready" he said

"Yep" Sienna replied

Alex took Sienna's hand in his as they walked down the front path, pulling her close and whispering in her ear

"You look beautiful"