As I type this, there is a hurricane going on outside. It's raining super hard, and I'm pretty sure the lights and electricity will go out any minute now… Oh boy.
Consider this your weekly upload. I was going to post this later this weekend, but while I'm not doing anything, I thought I might as well be thinking of the next chapter of What You'll Do For The One You Love. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do. I just uploaded Sunday. So, yeah. Check it out. And those of you who asked, my dad had his "surgery" this morning. He's doing fine now. He just had some inflammation so it's all good. He's still hurting some, but that's expected.
During this hurricane, all I've done is watch movies. I've watched 7 movies in the past 2 days. Yes, I have been lazy… If it means I'm off of school, I will be lazy. But, hey! I typed didn't I? Until next week! See ya! Please review!
Review Replies:
Maltara101: He sure has. She is, isn't she? You love Blaise? I'll try to include her more then. She's in this chapter also. I'm glad you loved BFB.
NiekaWow: Lol, I actually laughed at your review. Nice observation. Glad you caught that. Is she actually Mals? Lol, you'll just have to wait and see! And thank you. That means a lot.
mozzi-girl: Lol. I love getting reviews from you. Even if the chapter sucks, I can always expect a review. Thank you.
HopelessRomantic1994: Your wish is my command. Glad you like it.
BreezyFan: You do? Awww. It's okay. They were happy tears. Lol, I guess so. I am? Aww thank you! Lol, glad you liked that part. I don't mean to kill you! I'm sorry! D: This chapter will hopefully make it up to you. Maybe, maybe not. You'll just have to wait and find out. Everyone calls her 'mini-Natara.' Lol. Maybe I'll just stick with that name. I'm already used to it. :D Thank you!
CoDisgreat: Aww thank you! I'm glad you squealed. It helps me to know that I'm doing an 'okay' job, lol.
Silent Guest/Me/You know who you are: Glad to hear from you again! I guess the name doesn't fit anymore, haha. I'm glad you liked that part. She's adorable. Mal just doesn't give up, does he? Not until he gets what he wants, which in this chapter, will be fulfilled. Lol, suspense is good.
Aww you do? I love it when you review. :D I'm glad I made you smile that like that. Kai and his Sims games.. Oh Kai.. Lol.
I sure did! It's okay, I do that a lot too. Aww thanks! You're making me blush. :
I guess you aren't that silent anymore.
MALTARA2010: Thank you! She's adorable, isn't she? I just love her!
Thanks for reviewing everybody! So enough with my rambling. Let's get on to the story. I now present to you:
Drifted Apart Chapter 4
You are now Detective Mal Fallon:
"Hey, Snowball! I need you to file these reports for me," you shout across the bullpen.
The tall FBI Agent strolls up to you tiredly.
"For the last time, Fallon. It's Special Agent Winters. Not Agent Snowball, not Agent December, Agent Winters…" he looks down at you with a disapproving look. He had spiky black hair, gray eyes, and long legs, making him tower over the rest of us in the station.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just file these reports." you hand him the manila folder and walk to your office to work on paperwork. He huffs and walks off.
After about 30 minutes of endless paperwork, you get up and decide to go get some water from the cooler.
You fill up your paper cup and just stand there, watching the door.
"You're doing it again." You hear a voice say. You turn to see Blaise watching you with a disapproving expression.
"I don't know what you're talking about." You divert your eyes elsewhere.
"Oh, I know you know what I'm talking about."
"Okay, so what? I keep watching the door. Big deal. I'm checking to see if it's going to rain or not."
"Since when did you care about rain?"
"Since I wanted to go fishing later?"
"Mal?"
"Yeah?"
"You don't fish."
"Just get your stinkin' water and leave!"
She smirks in triumph. You roll your eyes and look back to the door. Her smirk transforms into a frown.
"Mal…"
"I know. She's not coming back. You've told me a thousand times," You sigh, tiredly.
"I was actually going to say move so I could get some water, but that works too," she smiles a little, pushing you aside to get to the cooler.
You smile a little and keep moving.
"Since we're on that topic, though, it's true. If she hasn't come back by now, she probably never will."
"She might," you say, frustrated that she doesn't believe you.
"How do you know?"
"Lucky guess."
"I'm telling you this as your friend. You need to forget about her; move on with your life."
"But I don't want to forget…"
"I know you don't, but it's better if you do. It's been five years, Mal."
"And I would wait for her five more, if it means she'll come back." You look to the door one last time, before looking at the ground.
"Fallon, just let her go."
"Fine! If you want me to just give up so badly, I'll give up! I'll never think about her ever again! Okay?! Just leave me alone!" You throw your hands up in exasperation, and start walking towards your office.
You hear the door open, but you don't dare look up, incase Blaise says something again. It was probably just Redbird or Anna.
"Holy shit. You've got to be kidding me," You hear Blaise mutter behind you. You ignore it and keep walking.
"Hey, Fallon? Looks like you gave up a bit too early…" she says.
You turn around and look at her shocked expression.
"What?" you ask, raising an eyebrow.
She simply nods her head towards the door, speechless.
You curiously turn around towards the door, wondering what's gotten her so worked up.
Her eyes met yours the exact same moment that you turn around.
You stand there in shock for a moment, eyes wide.
"Natara?! " you ask in disbelief.
"Hi Mal," she says quietly.
"Oh my God, I can't believe it!" You exclaim, laughing, and running towards her.
As soon as you get close enough, you both meet in a tight embrace. She lets out a tiny squeal as you pick her up an inch of the ground and twirl her around in circles. She giggles as you put her back on the ground, but you still hold her in your arms.
"I can't believe you're here!" You say, still in disbelief.
She rests her head on your chest, enjoying the feeling of your strong arms around her. "Better believe it, Choirboy." You grin widely at your old nickname and squeeze her tightly against your chest.
Joy and happiness flood inside of you at the very sight of her. You had begun to think that you would never see her again.
"What are you doing here?" you ask, finally breaking away from her, looking deep into her eyes.
"I came to get my job back."
Your eyes widen even more. "You're kidding!"
"What? Do you not want me to come back?"
"What? No! I do want you to come back! Oh my gosh, I can't believe it, Nat! This is like the best day ever!" You exclaim excitedly at the thought of seeing her everyday again.
She laughs as you pull her into another hug. She rests her head on your shoulder and mumbles, "Gosh, Mal. I hadn't realized how much I've really missed you until now."
You pull back, a grin on your face.
"You have no idea how much I've missed you Nat."
She smiles in response.
"So, what are you doing back here? I thought you and Oscar moved to Monterey…?"
"We'll discuss that later, okay? I kinda need to get my job back," she says, eyeing Anders's office.
"Oh! Of course! How about we got to Sean's afterwards? It'll be just like old times," you offer, hoping she'll say yes.
She grins brightly. "Sure, sounds great, Mal."
She steps around you and heads to Anders's office. You look back to see that Blaise is still staring in shock.
"What the hell?!" she mouths to you.
You shrug and mouth back, "I have no idea!" then you quickly follow behind Natara.
"I'm going to be here for a long time, Mal. I'm not going anywhere. You don't have to follow me around," she raises her eyebrow, amused.
"Hey, I'm just accompanying you so if Anders decides not to give you your job back, I can convince him to give it to you. You know how he just simply adores my presence," you say, sarcastically. She giggles and walks into Anders's office. Anders is sitting in his usual chair, while the tall guy from earlier is standing off to the side.
"Special Agent Santos," he looks at the both of you.
"Lieutenant Anders," Natara nods to him.
"Well, I'll be… Never thought I'd see you here ever again."
"I didn't really think I'd be in this office again," she says, grinning nervously.
I sat back against his filing cabinets, arms crossed over chest, watching.
"So, what brings you here?"
"I've come to ask for my job back."
"And why is that?"
"Because I miss it here?" she raises an eyebrow.
"I thought you moved to Monterey."
"I moved back."
"Why?"
"Personal problems," she clears her throat.
"Alright then. I'll have to check Mrs. Santos. It will be tough and I make no promises. We already have many officers here-" Anders started.
"Are you kidding me? No we don't! And even if we didn't have any room, you'd be a complete idiot not to hire Natara. She was the best FBI agent this station has ever seen!"
"Hey!" the guy in the corner exclaims offensively.
"Can it, Whiskers." You say, pointing your finger at him, then go back to Anders. "She deserves this job more than anyone. She's the best I've ever seen. If you don't hire her, then I quit."
Anders sighs, placing his head in his hands for a moment, thinking.
"Fine," he faces us once again. "You start tomorrow."
You and Natara both eye each other and grin.
"7 am sharp. Don't be late."
"Thank you sir. You won't regret it." Natara says, just before she starts to walk out, you right behind her.
"And Agent Santos?"
"Yes, Lieutenant?" she says, turning her head to face him.
He gives a small smile. "Welcome back to the force."
"Thank you sir and please. Call me Agent Williams." She turns around once again, and walks out the door. You glance back to see Anders raising an eyebrow so you just shrug at him.
"And it's Winters!" Special Agent Know-It-All says behind you.
"Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure. Whatever," you smirk at him, before closing the door behind you.
"C'mon," you gently take her hand, "Everyone will want to know that you're back." You lead her back into the bullpen.
"Well, if it isn't the old mind reader herself!" Blaise exclaims coming up to the two of you.
She smiles a little. "Hi Blaise."
"Come to get your job back?"
"Sure have."
"Well, welcome back."
"Thanks."
"You and Fallon should go catch up. He's been talking nonstop for 5 years about how he misses you like crazy," she smirks, looking at you.
You scowl at her and give her a glare.
"Oh, and did you know, on your wedding night, Fallon crie-"
"Let's go see Jeremy!" you quickly interrupt Blaise, pulling Natara away from Blaise.
"What was she about to say?"
"Who cares? All she does is tell lies anyways. The little…liar."
Natara raises her eyebrows, but shrugs nonetheless.
After a few introductions to the new people, and hugs from the old, you stand in front of the Special Agent.
"Natara, this is um…. Uh… It's… Yeah, who cares," you shrug, starting to walk off.
The Special Agent grabs Natara's hand in a handshake and says, "Nice to meet you. I'm Special Agent Jonah Winters."
"Special Agent Natara Williams," she says, as he brings her hand up to his mouth and kisses it.
You clear your throat, jealously, and glare at him.
"C'mon. Hurry it up. Seans's closes in a little while. We gotta meet other people."
"Sorry, Detective Fallon."
"Yeah, whatever. See ya, Snowman." You grab Natara's hand once again, and walk over to Joe.
"Hey Natara!"
"Hi Joe."
"Welcome back."
"It's good to be back," she smiles kindly at him. "How's Cynthia and the kids?"
"Just fine, thanks for asking. How's Oscar?"
You notice that her eyes widen for a few seconds. She clears her throat, gulps, then looks over at you, asking for help.
"Uh, he's fine, Joe. Natara and I are going to go say hi to Anna. We'll see you later," you butt in. Natara gives you a relieved look, thanking you for interjecting. You shrug at her, giving her a look that says, 'We'll talk about this later.'
Just as you're about to drag her off again, there is a loud crash from the stairs to the crime lab.
"Oh God…" you mumble, rolling your eyes.
"What?" Natara whispers to you.
"Three, two, one." You whisper.
"AGENT HOTTIE!" You look towards the stairs to see Kai Kalaba, racing up them, tripping over his own feet.
"Hey Kai," she says, waving awkwardly.
"I heard that you were back in town but I just had to come see it for myself!" he says, dropping on his knees in front of her.
"O-m-g. I can't believe you're here. I've missed you so much!" Kai says, wrapping his arms around her knees.
You roll your eyes, and pick him up by the scruff of his collar.
As soon as he's on his feet, he gives Natara a giant, bear hug.
She awkwardly pats his back and says, "Kai. Why do you smell like smoke?"
He pulls away and points to his hair, which is singed on the end, and his face, which is covered in black soot.
"I was trying to see which chemicals would make a potion, where you could fly, but it kinda blew up."
"I've missed you, Kai." Natara says, smiling sadly.
You gently take her hand, and she looks up at you. You flash her a grin and say, "I've missed you. We all have."
Kai's eyes widen as he watches the two of you. "Oh my gosh! Natara's back! That means my Maltara plans can continue! Maltara is not dead after all! I knew it! MALTARA LIIIIIIIIVVVVEEESSSS!" He shrieks, laughing like madman, and running back down to the crime lab. Instead, he trips, and slides down the stairs on his stomach, landing at the bottom with a loud THUD.
"I'm okay!" you hear faintly.
"Okay, that was weird…"
"I agree."
"Ready to go?"
"Of course."
"Give me a sec, okay?"
You grab your keys and jacket from your office before stopping by Blaise's.
"Tell Captain that I'm taking a day off, will you?"
"Sure. Go get her, tiger," she smirks at you.
You grin at her, before meeting up with Natara at the door.
"Ready?"
"As I'll ever be."