A/N: Woo a chapter lol. My attention span has gone even worse than what it usually is today (first day back at school) So sorry if I missed any mistakes or anything. Chapter by Le Pecore Nere, by the way XD

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Chapter 13

One thing Elena learned when she was young to follow directions. But this was ridiculous.

"So I'm supposed to do all of this paperwork?" Elena asked, ogling the enormous pile of papers on the desk.

"That's right 'Laney. Since you're new, you have to learn how to do this kind of thing. So I figured, why not?" Reno said with a grin. Elena shook her head. She knew she was supposed to do it, but it seemed like so much work, just for one job.

"But, shouldn't you help me?" Elena asked resolutely. Surely he didn't expect her to be able to do all of that by herself. She didn't even expect herself to be able to do all of that.

It had been a few days after the job, and Reno's injury, but he refused to stay in the hospital. But he also refused to do any real work, much to Tseng's annoyance.

Reno continued to grin at her. "Well you see 'Laney, the way I figure is that you're a big girl, you can take care of yourself. But if you get stuck on the legal issues just ask Rude, he knows more about it than me."

The other thing is that Tseng had Reno supervise Elena, and her training. The way Reno put it was that she couldn't fight her way out of a wet paper bag, so he oversaw her training, and everything else. Not that she much minded having Reno around.

"But then what will you be doing?" She asked there couldn't be other "important" things to be done besides paperwork, unless of course, visiting the coffee machine counted.

"Now don't question your supervisor, that's no way to start a new job." He countered. "Besides, post-poning the inevitable won't make it disappear, so start now and I'll check up on you in a little bit." He said, grabbing his coat and walking out the door, leaving Elena with the stack of papers and a pen. With a defeated sigh, Elena got to work and she experienced the long and tedious hours of paperwork.

Elena felt like cutting her wrist off. Maybe that was overly-dramatic, but she had signed so many papers over the hour, and answered so many questionnaires, she felt like if she didn't cut her wrist off, it'd fall off. She looked at the stack of papers, although she had done a lot, it didn't appear like she had done anything at all, because the stack still seemed the same size when she started. She pushed away from the desk, and decided it was time for a break.

'Oh the wonders of coffee.' Elena thought to herself while she fixed herself a cup.

She sat down on surprisingly comfortable couch in the break room. She sipped her coffee allowing her mind to wander aimlessly. Suddenly she found herself walking down memory lane.

Her sister had just gotten home. She hadn't been home for days, and Elena began to worry. She sat in the living room, nervously biting her nails. She noticed the subtle way her sister tried to cover up a limp.

"Where were you?" She asked, trying to sound angry instead of worried.

"That's none of your business." Her sister said crossly.

"It is if you aren't home, and when you are, you always ignore me and mom." She said, crossing her arms.

"Look I'm getting the job done. Besides, it puts food on the table and heat in the house, so why should you care?"

Elena could only watch as her sister stormed up the stairs to her room. She didn't know why she argued with her, it was fruitless. It always ended with Elena still sitting on the couch into the wee hours of the morning, and her sister leaving again for days at a time.

Elena sighed, she realized now why her sister had always been gone. From what she had heard from the others, her sister had actually been very good at her job. She was just glad that she was nothing like her. No, she wouldn't disappear for days, not at least without contacting her mother. She wouldn't be heartless, or cruel, or self-centered. No she would care for others. She wasn't her sister, and she would make sure of that.

"Laney, there you are. Slacking on the job eh?" Reno said suddenly emerging from the door.

"Sorry. I was taking a break." She said, forcing her mind to return back to reality.

"Well would you hurry geez, I've been waiting behind the door for hours for you to come back."

"I wasn't that long. And what were you doing behind the door?" She asked curiously, or maybe she didn't want to know.

"I was going to jump out from behind and scare you, what else do you do behind a door?" He said grinning sheepishly.

She rolled her eyes, and finished her coffee. She stood, Reno still jabbering in her ear, and returned to her paperwork. She could get used this job…