Chapter 9: Reunited

So far so good, Wallace had arrived at Weevil's house right on time and they had made it to the airport with ample time to get through security and everything else. The longest part of his day had gone through security, he'd been warned that it would be after all he had a criminal record and that tended to make everything harder. But Weevil wanted this and he had come prepared, even with him being off parole he'd made sure to have the proper documents ready for custom's officer. When he reached the front of the line, he emptied his pockets and handed over his passport. As he mentally prepared for the questions he knew he was going to be asked as he gathered his things. "So Eli Navarro, what kind of interest do you have in Washington?"

He shrugged and looked at him. "In the state itself? None, but my girlfriend is doing an internship there and I'm going to be visiting her for a week." He said truthfully, he kept his tone light so that the man didn't think he was trying to be smart with him. "Oh yeah and what's she interning for?" Weevil grinned. "Would you believe me if I said the F.B.I?" Weevil asked looking at him with half grin. "Is that right?" He nodded. "Yes sir." The man seemed unfazed by the information before he waved him through. "Well then have a safe flight." "Thanks." The entire thing had gone a lot smoother than every situation he had imagined.

Hell even the flight had gone smoother than he had anticipated, now he was standing near the baggage claim waiting for his suit case to come out. Veronica was running late, but according to her last message she was almost there and he had better stay where he was so she could find him. His bag came around and Weevil grabbed it before walking to the chair and sitting down; he was doing what he was told. He didn't have long to wait; Weevil spotted her before she saw him. Standing he grabbed his bag and walked towards her; grinning like a fool when she finally spotted him, Veronica's big blue eyes lit up and she all but ran towards him.

Setting his bag on the floor he caught her to him when she got close enough, pulling her petite body tight against his, lips found lips as his hands tangled in her blonde hair. When they finally pulled apart to breathe she grinned. "Hey you." "Hey babe." Weevil smoothed a hand through her hair and down her neck, resting it there. "God you look good." Muttered Weevil as he took her in. "Come on, let's get out of here." Weevil said as he wrapped his arm around her waist; the weeks since he last saw her melted away and all he wanted to keep on touching her. "How was your flight? Where you nervous?" Veronica asked as she wrapped her arm around him as they walked, he'd bet that she also missed the contact.

"Oh it was great, the woman beside me spent half the trip crying and the other half trying to talk to me." Sarcasm coloured his tone, and as good as the actual flight was he could have done without the crying overly emotion chick beside him. Veronica chuckled and shook her head at him. "Oh yeah, and what did she talk to you about?" Weevil shrugged. "I barely paid attention, answered her with a bunch of 'yeahs' and 'that's too bad.'" Veronica elbowed him. "Weevil." "What, I don't do well when girls start crying and I don't even know who she is so…"

"Well at least you didn't shoot out the sexual innuendos at her." He grinned at her. "Naw I save all those for you." There was a reason he had been single up until they had gotten together…other than the fact that he'd known since that day when she had cut Wallace down from the flag pole and refused to be intimidated by him that she was it. One head tilt and he was caught; hook, line and sinker. Of course it had taken him a few months to accept it, and he had slept around a bit but no one ever lasted, because they weren't her. When they had started dating, Weevil had done his best not to fuck it up, but then he had gotten arrested and blew it.

He'd broken up with her, because he figured it was what was best for her…so when he'd gotten released and they'd gotten back together Weevil knew that this was his last shot. And he'd make sure she knew that this was going to work. "I don't need to flirt with other girls, I already have a woman." Veronica smiled looking at him. "When did you become such a smooth talker?"

"Somewhere between you noticing the tail between my legs and taking a ride on my big ole hog." Oh that never got old, even as she rolled her eyes at him Weevil knew he was grinning. "Really, you're still on that?" She asked but the way she was smiling at him said more than her words did. Exiting the airport Veronica led the way through the parking lot. "So, I have the rest of the night off…so we can do whatever you want." She said as she pressed the button to unlock her borrowed car. "It's no Saturn, Mars." Weevil said as he put his suitcase into the back seat and moved around to the passenger side.

Weevil was rather fond of her SUV, and this little Impala was a down grade. "I know, but when the F.B.I supplies you with a car you don't ask for an upgrade." Veronica said as she got into the car, buckling her seat belt she waited till Weevil got into the car before starting the engine. "So what's been going on at home? Has Neptune fallen apart?" "What you don't think your dad and I can handle the cases?" Weevil asked with a dull voice though he was teasing her. "The cases haven't been that bad, the usual cheating wife or husband. And a couple small things." He said truthfully.

"Ah, the big things just need a woman's touch." "Yeah they do." Veronica sighed and he could almost see her roll her eyes at him. "You're such a pain sometimes." "What you walked right into that one. Left it wide open." "Yeah yeah, of course I did." Veronica shook her head as she headed on to the highway, her attention on the roads in front of them, the silence between them was comfortable making it easy for Weevil relax, leaning his head against the head rest and closing his eyes. "Are you tired? Did you want to get some sleep when we get to my place?"

It took a few minutes for her words to register into the haze his brain had settled into. "I could sleep." Weevil said finally bringing his hand to his mouth to cover a yawn. "You'd think after sitting for five hours I'd be ready to go." Weevil said not opening his eyes to look at Veronica. "That's why you're tired, your body isn't used to it. It's like taking a road trip and then being exhausted when you get to your destination." Grunting he turned his head and opened his eyes looking at her.

"Well then bring on the best sleep I'll have had in the last six weeks." Weevil said with a half smirk. "Oh have you not been sleeping well?" Veronica asked as she turned left onto another street. "Not entirely." Usually he was so exhausted from working on the house, with Keith and working at Angel's shop that he just crashed. "Why not?" "Not used to sleeping alone anymore." Weevil stated not even thinking about it, she'd spent so much time at his crappy apartment before she had left that he'd grown used to having her there, and he liked it. "Has my surprise been keeping you up?" "It's not a pony."

"Are you sure, because I really want a pony." "Positive, not a pony." Weevil closed his eyes again and crossed his arms over his chest. "It'd get you lots of hit points with my dad." "Your dad already likes me now." She huffed and made another turn before they came to a slow stop. "Drat. Is it a…." "I'm not telling you mama, you just have to wait till you get that little ass of yours back home to Neptune." Weevil said as he unbuckled his seat belt, exiting the car he grabbed his bag and followed her to what he was assuming was going to be her apartment.

"This isn't so bad." He said looking around, at least the area looked well-kept. That made him feel a little better, it was better than what he was imagining anyway. "Just wait till you see my box, I mean apartment." Weevil followed her up the stairs, stopping as he waited for her to unlock the door; when the where both in side he looked around, there wasn't much to look at and he almost felt like he was in a dorm room from Hearst. "Well, least there don't seem to be any roaches." Weevil said trying to be funny. "True, sorry it's small." He shrugged setting his bag down before he wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled his face into the back of her neck. "Just means I get to be all up in your personal space."

She leaned her body against his and sighed. "Personal space? What's that?" Veronica said as she turned around in his arms wrapping her arms around his neck, moving his hands from her waist to her the back of her thighs Weevil lifted her up till she wrapped her legs around him; making the short walk to the best he set her down before joining her on the bed. "What are you doing?" "Having a nap." Weevil looked at her like she should know that. "And I'm just supposed to nap with you?" "Yes, now shhh."

Veronica didn't protest, instead she kicked off her shoes, and removed her sweater before laying on the bed, watching as he followed her example and lying down next to her. Weevil opened his arms and sighed as she moved into them. "I've missed you." Veronica said softly as he drifted to sleep he didn't know if he'd echoed her words or not…

A/N: Here we go, I think the next update will be done in Veronica's p.o.v. Depends on my muse though. Wonder what trouble they will get into in Washington, things seem so good, how long will it last?

I hope everyone is well, take care :)