Title: Traffic Lights
Rating: G
Spoilers: None; set Pre-series
Warnings: Yappy dogs
Paring: None.
Notes: Written as comment fic for Elrhiarhoden's Prompt Fest. Prompt: Alex - Traffic Lights
Traffic lights were such a pain. Alex had somewhere to be at a very specific time, and she was stuck sitting at a red light that didn't seem inclined to change anytime soon.
She needed to be at Gerrard's estate in ten minutes, and now she'd be lucky to arrive there in fifteen. Neal was good; he would deal with the change of plans. Not that it made Alex feel any better. She didn't like to leave him behind to deal with trouble on his own.
He had a penchant for trouble.
"Oh come on!" Alex groaned. There weren't even any cars on the street! Finally the stupid light changed and she drove as fast as she dared to the meeting point they had set up earlier that week.
It was no surprise as she pulled up to the curb of the building eleven minutes later that he was a little more anxious than he needed to be at her lateness. He didn't say anything, however. He just tossed the black case in the backseat and hopped in.
A sleek black car started to follow them, and Alex felt her stomach tighten. "You got caught?" she asked unnecessarily as the car followed them. She pressed her foot to the gas pedal and hoped that there weren't any cops around to see her speeding.
"I might have attracted the attention of Gerard's favorite Yorkie," Neal admitted sheepishly. All the sneaking around and he was caught because of four pound dogs. Great.
The traffic light had just turned yellow and Alex decided not to risk stopping, even though the car behind them was gaining on them - and fast. The light turned red, and as the black sedan breezed through it, a cop suddenly flashed its lights, forcing the car to pull over.
Alex smiled to herself. Sometimes traffic lights could be good things.
fin
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