5 days later…

Mac sat in his office and thought about the next thing to do. He hadn´t told the 141 yet that he feared the base wasn´t safe anymore. The only information he gave them was to keep a watch over the base and tell him if they saw something suspicious. He also made sure that no one from the outside could visit the base. Of course the soldiers had asked him what this was all about but he just told them it would be a good practice for next missions to come. Whether he liked it or not today he needed to tell them to gather all their belongings and get ready for a move. He would wait tell Anna and Gisela were gone, he didn´t want them to get nervous. Looking at his watch he noticed it was time to leave his office and say goodbye to his partner and her daughter. He hadn´t talked to Price yet and so he knew he couldn´t show Gisela how much he would miss her. Sighing the General stood up from his spot and walked towards his door. As he opened it he jumped in surprise, Gisela stood in front of him and he noticed she jumped a little too.

"What are you doing here?" He asked curious as she stepped into his room and closed the door behind her. Gisela smiled at him and quickly gave him a gentle kiss.

"Just wanted to say goodbye to you." She answered and rested her head against his chest.

"You know that I´ll come outside with you." The General answered.

"I know but we couldn´t say goodbye like we would. John´s there too." Gisela pushed herself away from him and looked him in the eyes. The General sighted.

"You know we have to tell him."

"Yes, but not right now. We should wait till you found Vitaly Makarov." Gisela answered and looked down to the floor.

"Promise me to take care of yourself. I couldn´t stand loosing you."

MacMillian smiled a little after her statement, put one hand under her chin, lifted her head and kissed her one more time.

"Don´t worry, I´ll make sure that we don´t get into too much trouble." He promised her smiling.

"You know it´s hard for me to believe this but I trust you to make the right decisions. Oh and Anna told me you should keep an eye on Gary, she really likes him." Gisela answered and kissed him on the cheek.

"I´ll see what I can do." MacMillian answered her and both left the room to join the others which were waiting outside for them.


Roach stood outside and watched the others saying goodbye to Anna and Gisela. Insecure and nervous he gazed at Anna, who was laughing at some stupid comment of Meat. He wondered what he should do when she comes to him. Should he kiss her? Should he just shook her hand and smile? Should he tell her that he would miss her? Or should he just say goodbye to her? He didn´t know. He was aware of the fact that everyone here knew that he and Anna had something like a love story going on but he didn´t know if it would fit him to kiss her in front of his teammates, his superiors and her parents. The time she was here both of them always kept their exchange of tenderness for the time they were in his room. He never had kissed her in front of the others, not even if they were alone in a room with Ghost or Soap, and these two were his best friends. Tensed he shifted from one feet to another; Anna and Gisela were on their way to him.

Ghost who was standing next to Gary shot him a questioning look. Why was his friend so nervous? Ghost knitted his eye-brows and nudged Gary on his shoulder, making the Sergeant look at him. Gary recognized his friends stare and nodded his head towards Anna. Ghost followed his nod and immediately knew why his friend was troubled. Ghost smiled, got closer to Gary and whispered in his ear.

"Just kiss her. You will regret if you don´t do it." He told him.

"But…" Gary wanted to reply as Gisela interrupted him.

"Lieutenant! Take care of yourself and don´t get in too much trouble." Gisela told Ghost as they shook hands.

Ghost nodded at her and Gisela stepped up to Gary. She noticed he was looking at her with big eyes and he seemed to sweat a lot. Gisela could feel why he was so nervous.

"Sergeant! You too take care of yourself." Gisela told him and as she shook his hand she brought her head to his ear and whispered something which made Gary smile a little and he scratched his head.

Gisela stepped aside and let her daughter step up to Gary. Both of them were looking at each other somehow embarrassed and didn´t say a single word. It was an awkward silence; the stares of all the others making it more and more awkwardly.

"So, uh, fare well Sergeant." Anna stammered and offered Gary and handshake.

What should he do? Should he just take her hand and wish her good luck? Was this the right way to let her go? He was very unsure and the stares of his teammates didn´t make the situation easier. He stared into Anna´s eyes as he took her hand to shake it and saw how her smile faded away from her face. Shit, he had done it wrong. Hearing how Ghost and Soap cleared their throats, he leered to them and saw both of them shaking their head. Crap, he definitely did it wrong. He turned his gaze back to Anna who had broken the handshake and was about to turn around with a lowered head. Fuck, what should he do? Help seeking he leered to Ghost again who mentioned him with his eyes to do what he had told him. Roach took a deep breathe, Ghost was right, he had to do it now or never. Without thinking about his actions Roach reached out, grabbed her arm and stopped her in her move. He saw her surprised but happy face, put his free hand on her cheek and kissed her.

Ghost allowed himself to smile as Roach pushed Anna closer to him and she flung her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. He was proud of his friend, Roach had managed to say goodbye to her in a way she deserved and wanted it. As the kiss of them got too intensive for Ghost´s taste he turned his gaze away from them and recognized that every men out there did the same. He could also see Price shaking his head; it was definitely too much for the Captain to watch his daughter kiss a man. It seemed like hours till Anna and Roach finally tore apart and smiled at each other.

"I´ll miss you." Anna told Roach as she was ready to leave.

"I´ll miss you too." Roach answered and gave her one short kiss before Anna turned around and she and Gisela got into the car, which was waiting for them, and left the base.

Satisfied Roach looked at his teammates who were grinning at him. He knew that some of them would tease him for kissing her goodbye but he also knew deep inside everyone was proud of him. As the soldiers were about to go back inside the base MacMillian told them he would want them to meet in the conference room. Curious all of them went inside the room and waited for Mac to come in and close the door behind him. All of them watched him walking to the front end of the room and taking a deep breathe.

"I want you to pack all of your belongings. Tomorrow we´re leaving the base." Mac ordered and everyone looked at him with surprised faces.


"Do you have everything?" Caroline´s mum asked Chris as he put all of his luggage into the car.

"Yes, I think so. Thanks for the good time." Chris answered and gave Caroline´s dad a handshake and her mum a hug.

"No need to thank us for that. You´re always welcome." Caroline´s father told him and watched his daughter and Julia come out of the house.

"Are you ready?" Caroline asked Toad and he nodded.

"Take care of you and come back soon." Caroline´s mother finally said as Chris got into a car. He gave her a smile and a nod and closed his door.

His week off had come to an end and he was happy to go back to work. It wasn´t the fact that he hadn´t enjoyed his time here but his work was also important to him. He couldn´t wait to hear if they found something about this Makarov out and he was curious how his teammates were doing. As Caroline started the engine he waved her mum and dad goodbye and closed his eyes to rest a bit in the car. He heard his girlfriend and Julia talk about something but he didn´t care, both of them had talked about different things the whole time he was here and he was sure it wasn´t anything important.

15 minutes later they had arrived at the airport and were waiting for Chris to board his plane. Julia sat in a chair in the huge airport lobby and watched the people running around to get to their planes. Caroline and Chris were standing in front of the departure screen and cuddled and kissed the whole time. Caroline didn´t want him to leave but she had no choice. She knew that his work was his life and that he would get very pissed if he wouldn´t go back to it. The lovers stood five more minutes in front of the screen as the gate to Toad´s plane got opened. Disappointed and sad Caroline told Julia that Toad would leave now and so Julia stood up from her chair and gave Toad a hug. Toad smiled at her and wished her a good time here and told her he would be happy if she would come back. Julia just smiled and answered him she would think about it. Caroline gave Toad one last kiss before he turned around and walked away from the two women.

Julia and Caroline stood next to each other and waved Chris goodbye as he was about to board the plane. Caroline had laid one arm around Julia´s back and both kept on smiling and waving.

"Great. Now he´s gone. That means I have to go along with you one more week. How did I deserve this?" Caroline whispered to Julia with a grin on her face.

"Oh, I know a million places I would prefer to stay but no I have to stay with you freaking girl." Julia whispered back and kept on waving to Chris, who was still in sight.

"Why did he have to leave? He doesn´t know what he´s doing to me, to leave you here." Caroline replied still whispering.

"You have to talk. I clearly don´t understand why he wants to marry you. You´re one of the most egoistic people I ever met in my life." Julia replied, her hand starting to hurt from all the waving.

"Did you tell him your little secret?" Julia asked, leering to Caroline.

"No, why should I? He doesn´t have to know." Caroline whispered and smiled at Christ, who was still waiting.

"Really not? You know Mac promised them to meet the whole team." Julia whispered back and stopped waving, Chris had finally boarded the plane.

"Who says that I´m going to join again?" Caroline whispered back and Julia laughed at her statement.

"Come on. Your life´s pretty boring without me around." Julia replied silently.

"Oh yes, totally but with you it´s like I´m living in a mad house." Caroline whispered back and smiled.

"That´s the way you want to life, isn´t it? By the way why are we still whispering? Chris´s already in the plane." Julia told her friend and started to walk away.

"Whatever you say. Want to have some coffee?" Caroline asked her with a smile and followed her out of the airport.

"Sure why not? Like the old times." Julia said and grinned.

"I know you would say yes. I think we should take the time and talk." Caroline answered as they reached her car and she opened it.

"About what? How you want to explain Chris that you work in the military and that you watched every step he took? Or how your dad almost blew our cover the first time he saw me?" Julia replied smiling wide.

"No, I think I want to talk about this Ghost guy." Caroline said and smiled as Julia raised one eye-brow.

"Wow, between your welcoming-sex-marathon Chris had time to talk with you about Ghost? Impressive."

"I always told you I have the best boyfriend in the world. So what is going on between you and this guy? Is he your boyfriend?" Caroline asked as she opened her door.

"You would love to know huh? All I´m going to tell you is that he´s a good kisser. Nothing more." Julia answered and opened her door too.

"Really? We´ll see Julia. We´ll see." Caroline said and got into her car.

Julia shook her head and smiled as she got into the car. The next week was going to be a hard piece of work.