In fact everything seemed to go quite well as they both walked down the ramp and across the main work area. That was until a certain voice piped up behind them,

"Yo, Action Man!"

Without even turning around Jess knew who it was and judging by the almost imperceptible sigh that Becker gave he did too.

"Yes, Connor." He said with exaggerated patience.

"Whoa! No need to be like that!" Connor replied still smiling, "Just came over to see what was happening in Lester's office. Didn't mean to interrupt you and your girlfriend."

Jess couldn't help the small smile that played around the edges of her mouth when she realised that despite the years that had passed and the hardships he had faced, Connor never really grew up.

"She isn't my girlfriend, Temple." Said Becker through gritted teeth.

"Who is she then? Wait, sorry," said Connor as he turned slightly to Jess, "I'm Connor Temple, who are you?"

Jess smiled at this. It seemed like Connor had stayed almost the same since her time. He looked quite different; the Connor from her time had been lean but strong from his time in the wild but the boy in front of her was barely older than her and a little chubbier around the face than she remembered, but the personality seemed the same.

"Jess Parker," she said and shifted the EMD to the other hand. Connor's eyes bugged out slightly when he saw the gun that she was carrying but he still shook her outstretched hand eagerly, "I'm new here, but if everything goes according to plan" she threw a questioning glance up to Lester's office where she knew she was still being discussed, "I think we're going to working together on a project."

Connor seemed to light up at this statement,

"Cool! 'Cause I've been having some ideas about what an electromagnetic wave could do to one of the anomalies. In theory, and this is just a stab in the dark, we should be able to lock them." His voice had lowered to a whisper as he said the last part as though departing with a great secret.

Jess smiled at the genuine enthusiasm in is voice but her tiredness was beginning to take over. It must have shown because the next thing she knew Becker had placed a guiding hand under her elbow and after throwing an excuse at Connor was leading Jess down the hallways.

"You handled him quite well."

In her befuddled state it took a moment for Becker's words to sink in. Her pause was misinterpreted by Becker who looked down on her with barely concealed worry,

"You have met him before haven't you?"

Jess nodded before she gathered her wits to talk, decidedly not correcting him on the team members that she'd never had the chance to meet.

"Yeah, I've met him. I get on with him… comes in handy 'cause we used to live together…" Jess's words became muffled by a yawn that wouldn't let her carry on speaking.

Becker was disconcerted by her last sentence. She wasn't from too far in the future and he couldn't imagine Connor had changed that much. It was a strange thought that Connor would be with Jess especially because he was well…Connor.

When they finally reached the room in which Jess would be staying Jess was all but swaying on her feet. She barely noticed how similar her room was to the room that had been assigned to Emily before she had bid goodnight to Becker and collapsed on her bed.

~o~o~o~

When Jess awoke the first thing she was aware off was the strangeness of her new surroundings. It took a few seconds before the details of the day before made themselves known.

Groaning she sat up in her bed still unwilling to go outside and face what was waiting. She both surprised and pleased that someone had laid out some clothes for on the end of the bed. Nothing fancy but practical; clothes that would be ideal for building a device to open the anomalies.

A few minutes later she was dressed and ready to go in search of the canteen. She found it eventually and wasn't surprised to find it empty, especially given how early it was. She was equally unsurprised when it turned out the first person in was Becker. He made his way over to sit opposite her looking somewhat conflicted.

Jess couldn't help the little smile that appeared on her face; it was so unusual to see Becker show any emotion from her time so it was quite the novelty to see him display it so freely here. Finally, she decided to put him out of his misery,

"Good morning." She said with a smile.

"Morning." He said still sounding distracted.

Frowning slightly she said, "Is there something wrong-"

"What's it like, the future?"

His question caught her off guard. She had been expecting a lot of questions like this one but somehow she never thought of Becker asking. As she looked at him she was taken aback to see him giving her his undivided attention, patiently waiting for her answer,

"Well," she said cautiously, "I can't tell you everything, but what would you like to know?"

Becker sat there with a serious expression on his face before asking, "Do the anomalies get worse?"

Jess smiled sadly at him, " I can't answer that… it doesn't mean they get worse though and I just don't want to tell you… just ask another question!" She said quickly before her natural urge to babble took over and she began to tell him everything.

Becker smirked at the rambling of the young woman in front of him before casting his mind around for another question, he knew that there was a chance that she wouldn't have been able to answer his question so it wasn't really a great loss but he still would've liked to know. He was about to admit defeat before something Jess had said from yesterday stuck in his head,

"Why did Matt shoot me?"

He knew he wasn't imaging the suppressed smile on Jess's face,

"You said the EMD's weren't effective and told Matt to shoot you. Said that if you thought they were any good you would use them." Said Jess who sniggered at the memory.

"My name was on the one you brought through, must've worked." Noted Becker.

Jess couldn't help the laugh that escaped at the memory of Becker begrudgingly admitting that EMD's would work in the field, but decided not to enlighten him.

"Next question." She said, beginning to enjoy the new game.

"Um..ok… How long have you lived with Connor?"

"Used to live with him." Jess corrected before taking a sip of her breakfast drink trying to stall for time. It was an innocent enough question but she had to try and find an explanation as to why he didn't have his own place that didn't involve him being stuck millions of years in the past.

"Did you break up with him?" Asked Becker curiously.

Jess choked on her drink at Becker's question. How had he got that idea? Just because she said they had lived together…oh. She realised then that she probably have mentioned that Abby lived there too.

Becker for his part watched in confusion and amusement. He hadn't expected his question to get such a response but it was quite funny watching Jess turn bright red.

"No! We weren't going out! He and Abby didn't have anywhere to stay so I offered them a place to sleep. Anyway he just got engaged." Said Jess watching for Becker's reaction.

He didn't disappoint. He looked as shocked as she'd ever seen him and once again she couldn't help but giggle at the sight.

"To who?" Demanded Becker obviously more interested in this than the fact that she said he'd been shot only a few moments before

"Now that would be telling." Said Jess though a smile.

Becker looked as though he was about to retort but was interrupted by Lester who had made a beeline for them when he walked into the canteen.

"Ah Miss Parker, if you're going to working with Temple I do believe it's time we tell him about your situation."

Snapping back to the present Jess nodded once and got up to follow Lester to where she was absolutely dreading telling a hyperactive sci-fi geek that she was from the future.

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A/N- Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed it! Reviews and suggestions are all welcome and if I've just posted my first primeval oneshot if anyone's interested, all the best- VE