Listening In
'What are you doing Shawn?' Shawn thought to himself as he walked out the cabin with Lassiter and Juliet. Throughout the inspection of the cabin Juliet and Shawn had incessantly shot glances back and forth. 'You can't do this to Jules, you're still dating Abigail.'
Shawn and Juliet got onto snowmobiles and were driven to the bottom of the mountain. Shawn and Juliet began to head towards their hotel when Lassiter called Shawn over. "Spencer! I need to ask you something."
"What's up Lassie?" Shawn asked curiously.
"Okay, what's going on between you and O'Hara, Spencer?"
"What do you mean?"
"I saw you guys in the cabin before I came in. So, what's going on?" Lassiter growled and Shawn looked nervously over at Juliet.
"Umm…nothing's going on, I'm already in a relationship."
"Okay Spencer, listen to me, and listen closely. If you hurt her, I'll make you pay tenfold, got it?"
"I'd never hurt her." A brief moment of understanding passed between the two men, and they walked off their separate ways.
Shawn caught up with Juliet and she turned towards him, "What was that about?"
"Oh, he wanted to know if I really had been an Olympic snowboarder." Shawn joked as Juliet tried to cover up the small smile that crept onto her face.
They entered the hotel and waited for the elevator. "So, have your psychic senses picked up on anything?" Juliet inquired.
"Hmm, that you're wearing pineapple perfume."
Juliet blushed lightly and replied, "Shawn, I meant case wise."
"Oh, right. Of course, well, I think that someone that we've talked to isn't as innocent as they seem. Just what I'm picking up." Shawn stated as the elevator door opened. They walked over to their room and quickly opened the door.
Juliet and Shawn strode over to either end of the bed and collapsed on top of it from exhaustion. It had been a long night and they were out like a light.
Juliet slowly opened her eyes and glanced over at the clock, it read 9:45. She looked back over to the other side of the bed and saw Shawn peacefully dozing. His hair was uncharacteristically flat as it flopped down in front of his face. She had a sudden urge to brush the hair out of his eyes but got up out of bed instead.
She padded into the bathroom and began to wash up. When she stepped back out, she walked over to Shawn's side of the bed and shook him awake. "Mmm, what time is it?" Shawn sleepily asked.
"9:55." Juliet responded.
"Ugh," Shawn mumbled, "This is inhumane. I'm gonna claim abuse."
Juliet couldn't help but laugh as Shawn stumbled out of bed. Juliet turned on the TV and began to watch the weather report for the mountain while she waited for Shawn. She heard Shawn approach, "Ready to go?" she asked.
"Yup."
Shawn and Juliet had been searching the mountain for any signs of suspicious activity all morning with no luck. Finally Shawn declared, "We need to eat, I'm starving and the Lakeview Lodge is right over there."
"Shawn, we haven't made any progress today yet."
"But Julessss." Shawn pouted. Juliet made the mistake of look over in his direction.
"Fine! We'll go get lunch." Juliet laughed as Shawn began to cheer.
Shawn and Juliet took off their skis and walked into the lodge. "See any free tables?" asked Juliet.
Shawn quickly spotted a table and said, "I sense that there is a free table in this direction," as he strode towards the open table. They took a seat and placed their skiing gear on the table to lay claim on the table before getting back up to get lunch. Shawn got into the long grill line while Juliet got into the sandwich line.
Shawn looked up at the menu above and decided to get the cheeseburger. He began to zone out when he heard the people talking very quietly in front of him, "Somebody went into the cabin." He began to fill in the words he couldn't hear by reading their lips; he couldn't believe something his dad had taught him was coming in handy again.
Shawn began to pick up bits and pieces of the conversation in front of him, "Hidden room, arms dealer, big deal, 1900 Carson Street, and hostess." 'Hostess?' Shawn thought to himself, 'Why are they talking about hostess foo-oh, hostage! Derek must be a hostage.' Shawn continued to quietly take in what he was hearing until the man in front of him turned around and said, "What are you looking at?"
"Just waiting in line."
"Really? Then why do you keep mouthing words to yourself, are you trying to listen in on our conversation?" The man questioned threateningly.
'Damn, I guess I haven't been as sneaky as I thought.' Shawn thought to himself. "No, of course not! I've been trying to memorize a speech, I'm here for a wedding and I'm supposed to make a toast. Kind of nervous."
"Sure you are," the man said with a glare and then turned back around.
Shawn made it to the front of the line and picked up a cheeseburger, all the while keeping an eye on the two men that had been in front of him.
He sat down at the table, where Juliet already was, and quickly began to speak, "I think we've got our lead."
"What? Who?"
"I was in the lunch line and was able to make out what the two men in front of me were talking about, something about a big deal, a hostage, an arms dealer, and 1900 Carson Street."
"Really? That sounds promising."
"Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on them right now, I think we should follow them."
"Okay, but we need to be careful, they're likely to be armed. Where are they right now?"
"They're right-" Shawn glanced around, "Dammit! I lost them."
Juliet stealthily pointed to two men walking towards the trashcan, "Is that them?"
"Huh? Yeah, how'd you know?" Shawn asked in surprise.
Juliet replied by putting two fingers on either side of her head and giving him a smile. Shawn chuckled, "Okay, we better follow them quickly." They picked up their trays and speed walked over to the trashcans. They then turned and walked out of the Lakeview Lodge.
They buckled into their skis and began to trail the two men. They reached the catwalk and began to pole their way along. The two men ahead of them would every so often glance behind them, and Juliet and Shawn attempted to make themselves look less suspicious.
When they reached a sign, the two men stopped ahead of them, and Juliet and Shawn hung back. "So, do we just keep trailing them then?" Juliet asked.
"Yeah I guess-" Shawn said and was cut off by one of the men turning around sharply. The man shouted, "You! I knew you were up to something."
'Damn,' Shawn thought to himself, 'These guys are really observant.' Shawn saw one of the men reach into his jacket and pull out what looked like a pistol. Shawn and Juliet quickly began to ski down the run with the two men behind them in hot pursuit.