Ch 6
A/N: I know shock of all shocks, two chapter in one week! Like I said I'm stuck at home for a week, so hopefully this can continue. Please tell me how I'm doing.
Kat awoke the next morning to the sound of her alarm clock going off, but it sounded strangely as if it was in another room. Then hearing the click of a door opening and the sound becoming louder she realized that it was going off in another room. Sitting up it suddenly occurred to her why she'd been lying on her couch. Pete sheepishly walked around the chair and said, "Kat, is it time to get up?"
She smiled up looking at his hair sticking up in all directions. "Yep, it's time to get up. How about some cereal for breakfast?" Kat asked, walking into the bedroom and turning off the alarm.
"Sure." Pete said happily, climbing onto one of the barstools in front of the breakfast nook.
"I don't have much to choose from." Kat said, walking back into the kitchen. Opening a cupboard she pulled out two boxes, "Looks like Honey Nut Cheerios, or Apple Jacks."
Pete thought for a second, "Apple Jacks please."
She poured him a bowl with milk, setting it in front of him she said, "Ok you go ahead and eat, and I'll jump into the shower quick."
"Ok." He responded with a mouth full of cereal.
A few minutes later, after they'd both had breakfast and gotten ready for the day they headed for the Lightman Group. As they walked into the building Pete again seemed amazed with the building. They passed the reception desk saying a quick hello to Heidi. Making their way to Gillian's office Kat knocked before opening the door, but not waiting for a response. Upon opening the door, the sight before her made Kat burst out laughing. Gillian was sitting on Cal's lap, they were making out like teenagers, not caring about anything else around them.
Gillian, suddenly realizing that they'd been caught quickly untangled herself from Cal. Walking behind her desk she straightened herself up, blushing furiously.
Reaching up to wipe Gillian's lipstick off of his lips Cal called out, "Oi, Kat, who's your little friend?"
"Oh sorry, Cal, this is my friend Pete." She said leading Pete into the room.
Pete, unsure if he should trust this man, stood unmoving next to Kat, murmuring a slight, "Hi."
Kat looked at him curiously, this was the first time she'd seen him as anything other than happy to meet anyone. She leaned down to Pete and whispered to him, "It's ok Pete, he's my boss. He's a good guy."
Pete still didn't seem so convinced of this, but stuck his hand out anyway and walked over to Cal.
Cal smiled, getting to his feet and accepting the handshake, "Nice to meet you Pete. Ok all," he said walking towards the door, "I've got a case calling me." Not waiting for a response, Cal walked out the door, closing it behind him.
Gillian finally regaining her composure, walked back over to the pair, "Well good morning Pete." She said kindly. "Did you have fun with Kat last night?"
"Yeah!" He said enthusiastically, "she took me shopping, we got new clothes, and a pair of Spiderman pajamas. Then we went out for pizza, she let me get my own with pepperoni. And when we got back to her place I met Eli."
Gillian's head shot up to look at Kat with the last statement. Kat added quickly, "He just came over to chat,", unable to hide the slight blush painting her cheeks. "We live in the same apartment complex."
Gillian smiled slightly catching the blush, "I see." Looking back down at Pete, "It sounds like you had a full night."
Kat glanced down at her watch, "Oh Gillian, can I leave Pete with you for a little while? I'm supposed to be in class in thirty minutes. It's only an hour."
"Sure," Gillian smiled at Pete, "I think we can handle it while you're gone." Gillian said walking towards her closet and pulling out a large box. "Here Pete, I've been holding onto this for a while, I think you should use it."
He stepped over to her, taking the lid off of the box he found that it was filled with coloring books and crayons. "Sweet!"
"Thanks again Gillian." Kat said walking towards the door, checking her watch again.
Two hours later Kat walked back through the doors of the Lightman Group. She headed straight for Gillian's office expecting her and Pete to still be there. As she opened the door she was surprised to find it completely empty. She crossed the hall to Cal's office, after knocking with no response she opened the door to find it the same way. Now confused she made her way to the lab. Seeing everyone in there before she opened the door she sighed in relief.
"Kat," Pete exclaimed, running over to her, "this stuff is so cool! Cal and Gillian were just showing me how they can see bad guys."
Gillian laughed slightly, "Well I was showing him, Cal was correcting me."
"Not correcting Love, teaching." He said leaning back in his chair.
Rolling her eyes at him she got up from her chair, "Well why don't you 'teach' Pete some more while I go tell Kat what we've learned."
"Love to." Cal said helping Pete claim the chair Gillian had just vacated.
Gillian shook her head and pulled Kat into the hallway, "Well, so far we don't have a lot to go on."
"Yeah," Kat sighed again, "that's the problem."
"Well I did get a last name from him, Smith, but you know as well as I do that there are a million Smiths out there."
"I know." Kat shook her head trying to recall anything about his parents that she could. "All that I can tell you about his parents is that they are in their late thirties. The mother is blonde and about my height, the father has dark hair and glasses."
"Well it's more than we had before."
"That's true. How about I start looking through the database, hopefully we can get a hit on something."
"We can only hope." Gillian said walking back into the lab, with Kat right behind her.
