Dana and Carter - Chapter 7 / Road Trip

Dana's POV
My eyes opened and I seen Carter staring at me with a smile on his face, things had been more comfortable between all of us for the past few weeks and I had stayed over at Carter's with him and the boys and he had stayed over here with me and Kelsey and we had refrained ourselves from jumping each other... Well sometimes anyway. There had been a couple times we waited till they were asleep then we did our thing but most of the time we were well behaved and everyone had been nice enough to move around, the boys had stayed in our room so me and Carter can have a night in or sometimes Kelsey will stay with the boys... They were all really sweet but I wanted to wake up to him every morning not once or twice a week "What are you thinking about?" He asked as he moved some hair out of my face.

"Us actually, I know there's a room that isn't in use. How do you feel about me and you moving into there together so we can wake up like this everyday, not have to worry about the others moving around or waiting till they are asleep so we can have sex?" I questioned him.

"You mean like moving in together?" He asked confused.

"Well we'd have our own room but that's all we'd share, we would have our own privacy" I explained.

He sat up in the bed and I followed his actions "Dana I know we are in our 'honeymoon' period and everything but we've only been together a couple of months, don't you think we're moving a little to fast?" He asked.

Did he not feel the same then? Does he not want privacy like I do? "I thought you would have wanted this? We could do what we want when we wanted, we could have our own privacy an d Kelsey wouldn't have to leave her room for the night so we can have a night in. It's a practical decision to make and I thought you would think the same but obviously I was wrong" I got out of the bed and started getting dressed.

"Dana come on, I'm not saying not ever I'm just saying not now it's too soon. We hardly know each other as a couple it's only been a couple months Dana please understand" He begged.

"I think you should leave now Carter" I stated as I put the last of my clothes on "Please Carter" He sighed and got out of bed and put his clothes on.

Carter left my room and I sat on the end of the bed and sighed in annoyance, I was so glad that Kelsey had already got up and left. I thought he would be excited to get a room of our own! It's not like I was expecting him to propose and knock me up it was just a room.

The door knocked and dad came in "What's wrong?" He asked when he seen me sitting on the edge of the bed "Problems in paradise?" He questioned.

"Difference if opinion" I answered "Did you want something?" I asked.

"Yeah I was going to ask you and Carter to follow up a lead on something but I can ask Kelsey instead if you want?" He questioned.

"No it's OK, what do you need us to do?" I asked.

"Well the man who lives at this address has something that Vypra wants, I want you and Carter to go pick him up and bring him back here" He said and he handed me a piece of paper with an address on.

I went to find Carter and found him in the galley with everyone else "Carter we have to go" I stated, he stood up and followed me to transport and handed him the address as he was the driver.

"This place is two and a half hours away" He said in shock "What are we going here for anyway?" He asked and I explained to him what dad said to me "Do you know what it is he's got?" He asked and I said no "OK, so you want to stop at the store and get a couple of drinks for the journey?" I nodded in response. I couldn't being my self to speak to him after our dispute this morning I don't know what to say to him, do we want different things from this relationship? Are we going anywhere? Was all this drama worth it? Carter ran into the store and got a couple of snacks and a couple of drinks for us on the journey, we agreed to switch driving on the way back. He was going to drive there and I was going to drive back to give him a break, we drove on silence neither knowing what to say to the other but surprisingly Carter was the first to speak "Are you still mad at me?" He questioned.

"I'm not mad. I thought we both wanted the same things but obviously I was wrong. I thought you would have wanted our own space were we could do whatever whenever we wanted, we wouldn't have to ask our roommates to leave their rooms for the night and we could cuddle every night have sex when we want and just be ourselves and have our own space... I was wrong" I explained to him.

"You have to understand where I'm coming from, we've only been together ten weeks we don't know each other well enough... Relationship wise... Everything has gone fast pace I think we need to slow things down and I think we spend a good amount of time together for the time we've been together a couple nights a week we can have sex and cuddle" He said.

I understood where he was coming from but obviously we just want different things "Are we going forward in this relationship. I mean I'm not expecting a marriage proposal or children but I thought maybe having our own room was a step forward, we've been friends for such a long time it feels like we've been together a lot longer then ten weeks" I told him. We sat in silence a little longer "It's been drama with us from day one" I said.

"Dana if you want dump me then do it" He sounded irritated.

"Of course I'm not going to dump you, I wouldn't fall out with my brother and father then have things end a few weeks later but if you do want things to end then just say so" I told him.

He pulled over and turned to face me "I don't want things to end you know I don't, how about we see how things go for the next few weeks then we'll see about our own room OK" that sounded like a good deal.

"OK" I answered and we kissed "Sorry for over reacting" I said as we started driving again.

He smiled and put his hand on my knee and we drove down the empty freeway to our destination "Do you want to go out tonight?" He asked.

Carter's POV
When we pulled up at the destination we knocked on the door but I opened on its own, there was defiantly something not right so we entered the property carefully together and looked in every room but the place was empty and there was clear signs of a struggle here with all the smashed up furniture. Dana got straight onto her morpher and told her dad and to say he was not pleased was an understatement he was fuming it wouldn't surprise me if he had steam coming out of his ears "You two better look around for him; check the hospitals, ask neighbours if they've seen him or if they heard or seen something unusual, find out who his friends are, where he normally hangs out, if he has enemies... I don't care just find him!" Captain shouted.

"Yes sir" We started going through his things but we wasn't sure what we were looking for "Dana do you ever get the feeling you wasn't told everything?" I questioned. I mean what were we here for? What did this guy have that Vypra wanted? Why were me and Dana chose for this mission? things didn't add up, why all the secrecy?

"Yeah, I want to know what this guy has that they want but dad won't tell me and I don't know why" She answered "What are we even looking for?" She asked frustrated and fell onto the sofa in annoyance 'There's nothing of use here" She stated.

I sat next to her and put my arm around her "Look I'm sure we'll find him and everything will be OK, how about we go knocking on his neighbours' doors and see what they know" I suggested to which she agreed.

An hour and a half later we found ourselves in a little bar, one of his neighbours said he hangs out here all the time and usually ends up phoning this neighbour to come and pick him up in the early hours of the morning and we learned his name was John Wilks. We walked over to the bar tender and he knew Dana probably shouldn't be in here but he ignored her "What can I get you?" He asked.

"I'm looking for John Wilks, has he been in here today?" I asked.

"No he hasn't actually which is unusual, he's normally here from two in the afternoon till I close at midnight, is he in some sort of trouble?" The bar tender asked.

"That's what we're trying to find out" I told him.

"Did he ever brag about having something, I know it's a silly question but we believe that he has something someone wants and he's not at home and he's not here so we're getting worried as you can imagine... Was there anything he was flashy about or even unusually quiet about?" Dana questioned.

"Look no offence darling if you're looking for something of value then John Wilks isn't the right guy. He's not a flashy kind of guy and never has been, which is why if someone needs something looking after from here John normally has it as he doesn't brag or talk about 'business' so to speak he could be walked round with a gun and you wouldn't know" He explained "What are you the police?" He questioned.

"No we're not we're actually trying to help him... Thanks for your time" I said and we turned to walk out, I heard a slapping sound and turned to see some guy slap Dana's ass, I went to intervene but she handled it fine herself. She turned to the guy and pushed him down to the table holding his shoulder down so he couldn't move she then whispered something to him and he nodded then she let go and we left "You OK?" I asked.

"I'm fine... Although it was a hard slap and my butt cheek hurts w little" We both laughed and made our way to the car to follow our next lead.