Three weeks since Chapter 9

Just a filler.

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Chapter 10- Naturally

After three weeks of being dosed up with all sorts of medication Sofia was finally fit for duty, tomorrow she would be returning to the ARC and getting back to normal work. But for tonight Matt was taking her out. Over the past three weeks her and Matt had spent a lot of time together, he had spent the first week and a half in her other spare room, something about making sure Ethan didn't come back while she was still to weak. She didn't really care for the reason though and after that he was round every other day nearly and rung her when he couldn't come round, they were closer than ever. They sometimes had dinner on their own as Emily would give them some privacy but Matt wanted to take her on a real date and she wasn't complaining. Looking in the mirror for one last inspection she deemed herself acceptable, she was wearing a Silver Trim Mesh Dress that reached her knees and was black in colour and silver Moda in Pelle Spyra sandals, her hair was down in soft curls reaching her mid-back and her make-up was all natural colours. Picking up her black waterfall cardigan and silver clutch, Sofia made her way down stairs and into the living where Emily was reading.

"So, what do you think?" Sofia asked doing a little spin.

"You look great." Emily answered smiling, making Sofi grin. Just as she put her cardigan on, the doorbell rang.

"That should be Matt. My numbers next to the phone like usual if you need me, have a good night." Sofia said giving Emily a hug.

"You too and have fun." Emily responded as Sofia walked to the front door. Opening it she was greeted with the sight of Matt in a white shirt and black dress pants.

"Wow, you look beautiful." Matt complimented looking her up and down before stepping forward and pressing a kiss to her lips.

"You don't look so bad yourself." Sofia smiled once they had pulled apart, Matt returned her smile.

"Shall we?" Matt asked offering his arm with a grin.

"We shall." Sofia answered laughing taking his offered arm, once they reached the car Matt opened the door for her and closed it behind her before walking round and getting into his seat and starting the car. The journey was filled with mindless chatter, already having a good night. Since they had parked in a public car park Sofia still had no idea where they were going.

"So...Where are you taking me?" Sofia asked again with smile as he wrapped an arm around her waist and led her out of the car park.

"Wait and see, we'll be there in a minute." Matt responded with a laugh, that had to have been about the hundredth time she had asked him in two weeks since he had first asked her to go out with him. The street wasn't to busy but there was still a fare few people out.

"Here we are." Matt announced. Looking up Sofia had to gasp.

"The OXO Tower Restaurant?" Matt just nodded grinning.

"Oh my god thank you." Sofia exclaimed turning to face him giving him a hug, before placing her lips against his in a short but passionate kiss, pulling apart Matt once again wrapped an arm around her waist.

"Come on." He whispered in her ear leading her to the entrance. The night was amazing, Matt had made reservations at a time so they saw the sunset while having dinner, the food was excellent and they had just had a really good time. Matt walked Sofia to her front door his hand resting on the small of her back, reaching the door Sofia turned to Matt.

"I had the best time." She told him with with a big smile.

"So did I." Matt responded with a smile also, bringing his other hand from behind his back he revealed a long stemmed red rose which he handed to her. "Thank you for coming on a date with me." Sofia's smiled seemed to double in size as she accepted the rose looking down at it, after a few seconds she felt Matt's hand caress the side of her face making her look up. Once she was looking at him, Matt leaned forward kissing her again, the kiss was very passionate and the longer it lasted the more heated it became until Sofia had both her arms around his neck, one hand caressing the back of his neck while the other was in his hair, while Matt had one hand on the small of her back bringing her closer and the other caressing her hip. Eventually they pulled away from the kiss but didn't break their embrace, they just rested theirs foreheads together.
"I'll see you tomorrow." Matt whispered pecking her lips twice more but still not breaking their embrace.
"OK. See you." Sofia whispered back pressing her lips to his in a slightly more forceful and longer kiss, finally they broke apart. Pressing a kiss to her forehead Matt wished Sofia a goodnight before heading to his car. When she could no longer see him Sofia headed inside to the living room where Emily was reading still, however her hair was now damp and she had on her pajamas. Looking up Emily couldn't help but smile at the happy look on Sofia's face.
"Good night?"
"The best."

Matt couldn't keep the smile off his face, tonight had been amazing and it was nice to finally have had a break. Even though he had spent most of his time with Sofia he had also been working on his mission none stop, and he had been working on it with more vigour. Gideon had noted that he seemed more determined, after spending all this time with Sofia he's had a taste of what could be lost if he didn't succeed and he'd be damned if he did nothing to stop it. He couldn't stop another smile gracing his face when he thought of Sofia, she looked absolutely beautiful tonight and they had a brilliant time. He was very lucky.

Pulling up in the ARC garage both Sofia and Emily climbed out of the car. At first Lester had tried ordering that Emily stay in the ARC 24/7 but after some arguing they had managed to get it so she only had to come when Sofia was working. Reaching the lift Sofia turned round to select the right floor just to see Matt getting out of his car, smiling she put her hand forward stopping the doors closing so Matt could get in.
"Good morning Emily." Matt greeted nodding to Emily before turning to Sofia and giving her a quick kiss. "Good morning." He greeted with a smile. Both women returned the greeting and then the trio settled into a light conversation until the lift reached the correct floor, once there Matt went to his office to complete some work while Sofia and Emily went to Lester's office.

The meeting with Lester lasted longer than expected, but now Sofia was in her office catching up on paperwork, Emily was somewhere else in the ARC with Grace who was a techie and ordered to watch her while Sofia finished off her work. For once Sofi was able to stay focused on the paperwork, three weeks away from the job had been hard and she was glad to be back even if it was just to do paperwork for the time being. Closing the last file that she had to do today, she organised them how they needed to be and then stood up and headed to the air lock that led to the menagerie. She hadn't seen the creatures in ages and especially missed Rex, Sid and Nancy.

Walking down the corridor Sofi had nearly finished dropping off all the files she had in the right places, she just needed to take two to Matt and then the rest to Jess and Lester, at that moment in time she was headed to Matt's office as it was on the way to the ARC's hub. As she reached the right corridor she could see Matt just leaving his office.

"Matt!" She called catching his attention causing him to stop and smile.

"Hello." Matt greeted once she had reached him.

"Hello, these are for you." She told him while handing the correct two files.

"Thank you." He said taking them from her and placing them on his desk before leaving his office again and closing the door. "Where are you heading now?"

"To the hub." She answered as they both started walking in that direction.

"Same." Matt smiled.

Jess, Abby, Connor and Becker were all in the hub around one of the work tables going over the paperwork for the last mission, it ended up being a bit of a messy one hence why the paperwork had to be perfect for it. Looking up Jess raised her eyebrow, when the others noticed they looked up to see what had caught her attention. It was Sofia and Matt. They were close to begin with but this was different, there was something about them that just screamed something had changed.

"It's about time." Jess announced just loud enough that the other three heard her. Becker and Abby just nodded their heads in agreement while Connor looked confused.

"What?" Connor finally asked when no one elaborated.

"Matt and Sofia getting together." Abby informed him.

"How can you tell?"

"Come on Temple it's obvious." Becker added shaking his head.

"I just want to know when, I mean it doesn't look like it was overly recent. I can't believe she hasn't told me." Jess said looking slightly annoyed that she was out of the loop. They all looked down again so they could finish the paperwork, all wanting to be done with it. A few minutes later they all looked up again hearing the pair approach, smiling Sofia handed Jess the last two files she was holding Jess took them briefly looked at them and then placed them on the desk in front of her before putting her hands on her hips and raising an eyebrow at the pair.

"What?" Sofia asked getting nervous at the look on Jess's face.

"When were you going to tell me?" At the confused looks on both Matt and Sofia's faces Jess huffed out her annoyance. "About you and Matt!" Sofia just smiled and blushed, while Matt had a small smile on his face. "How longs it been going on?" Jess demanded, the others were just looking at the trio waiting for the answer also.

"Three weeks." Sofia finally answered after a slight hesitation, stepping back slightly towards Matt she waited for the explosion.

"Three weeks? And why am I only just finding out now? It wasn't like I wasn't round enough over the last three weeks for you not to tell me!" Jess carried on for another minute before she calmed down, looking round she saw everyone just smiling at her. "Sorry. I just don't like being left out of the loop."

"It's fine Jess." Sofi told her laughing. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you, it just never came up in conversation and I didn't just want to blurt it out."

"It's OK, but that means we have another girls night coming up because I want details." Jess exclaimed causing everyone to laugh.

"Do you think I pay you all to just stand around and have a good old gossip? No now get to work." Lester ordered from behind them causing them all to jump as they didn't hear him come over. Smiling to everyone Matt and Sofia turned and left the hub to head back to their offices, leaving the rest to finish the mountain of paperwork they still had. Abby held her hand out to Connor who pulled a face before handing her a ten pound note.

"You bet on them?" Becker asked with a laugh in his voice.

"Naturally." Abby replied with a wicked grin.

Hope you enjoyed :)

Cammie x