"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.

Jess was really beginning to wish that Connor would say something. It had been a full minute since she had told him just where exactly it was that she was from and he had yet to make a sound. It was actually quite unnerving to see him so quiet.

She turned to look at Lester and Becker both of whom were standing behind her having confirmed her story. Lester was looking bored as he checked him watch once more while Becker stood staring impassively ahead.

Finally Connor broke the silence, "How do we know you're not like Helen?" He asked.

"I can vouch for her story," said Lester, "she is who she says she is."

"Not everyone who comes through the anomalies is like her." Said Jess gently thinking of both Matt and Emily. She supposed she was just as much of an enigma to them as Matt had been to her now.

Connor still looked dubious but Jess could see the excitement building in is eyes. "Do you want me to prove it to you?"

Connor nodded and without looking Jess could tell that she had the attention of everyone in the room, "How are you gonna do that?" He asked.

Jess wracked her brains for something to tell him but try as she might she couldn't find anything. There must be something after all the time she spent with him and Abby…Aha!

Jess smiled brightly as she said "What about your computer password?"

Connor smiled a little at that, obviously confident that even his future self would never tell anyone that, "Go on then." He said with a small smirk on his face.

Leaning forward and motioning for him to do the same she whispered two words in his ear that made his eyes widen in shock. When she drew back from him she couldn't help but laugh at his face.

"Y-you really are from the future then?" He asked wide-eyed.

"Yep." Said Jess with a grin.

"And you want help. From me?" The last sentence that Connor said came out as a more of a question than a statement. Jess added another thing to mental list of differences between her time and this; in her time Connor had more confidence in his own abilities.

"Of course." She said before adding on worriedly, "If that's ok with you, I mean I know you're probably busy."

"I do have the anomaly locker to work on… you wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?" He asked hopefully.

Jess smiled as she answered, "Tell you what, you help me and I'll help you." Connor's answering smile was all the confirmation she needed.

~o~o~o~

As Jess walked down the halls to an empty lab that had been assigned to her with Becker (she got the feeling that Lester still didn't trust her completely) she was woken by her thoughts by Becker's voice.

"So what did you say to him anyway?" When she looked up at Becker she found him looking at her curiously.

"I can't tell you," She said thinking of the two words in question and smiling when she thought about what they meant.

"I won't tell anyone." He said but Jess wasn't fooled. She knew the minute she told him that he would tease Connor mercilessly for it for longer than he probably should.

"No." She said firmly before adding, "I know something about everyone, it wouldn't be fair to tell anyone else."

"What do you know about me then?" Asked Becker with a raised eyebrow.

Jess blushed when he said this. It wasn't a question of what she knew about him, it was more a question of what she didn't know about him. She had stalked though his file and old mission reports more times than she would freely admit. Becker saw the blush but having no idea what to make of it, didn't call her out on it.

They carried on walking until they reached the doors of the lab that Jess had been allowed to use and she spun around to face him triumphantly,

"I know your first name!" She said, proud of the fact that she had found something to tell him that didn't make her come off as some sort of creepy stalker.

"Oh really?" Said Becker sceptically, every since he joined the military he had made it one of his personal goals to keep his first name to himself. It wasn't that he was particularly ashamed of it but the nicknames that other soldiers could come up with could be quite…inventive. Not to mention the ribbing he would get from Temple every single day.

Jess just smiled at him looking perfectly innocent to all the world but Becker could see the gleam of mischief in her eyes.

"Go on then." He challenged.

"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it!" Said Jess with the same smile on her face. Becker smirked as Jess half opened the door to the lab, he wasn't surprised that she didn't know, he didn't tell anyone. It wasn't until he was halfway down the corridor on his way back to the armoury that he heard Jess shout from her still half open door,

"Goodbye Hilary!"

He turned around in shock just in time to see her disappear behind the door as she laughed at the shock on his face.

~o~o~o~

Jess closed the door but continued to smile as she remembered the look of disbelief that flitted across Becker's face. However, she was quickly sobered as she looked around the lab at all of the equipment she was going to need. Connor had agreed to start helping her tomorrow seeing as she was going to need to use today to write down all of the notes she could remember from the machine that brought her here.

She settled onto one of the metal stools and began to work. Not five minutes had passed before the lab door flew open and a woman strode in with her head turned as she talked to someone behind her. It wasn't until the woman looked forward and froze at the sight of someone else in her lab did Jess fully recognise who it was.

The woman who had entered the room smiled at Jess and walked forward, "Sorry, for bursting in," she said while extending a hand "I'm Sarah Page.

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A/N- A genuine thank you to all those people who've responded to this story, it's so comforting to know that people actually read what I write! Hope you like the chapter and if you do please feel free to leave a review, lots of love- VE