With Tom and Aneisha

Quite some time passed before either of them said anything but when one of them finally did it was Tom,

"I'm beginning to regret coming here, I shouldn't have let Zoe talk me into it," He started.

"I'm glad that Zoe dragged you here," Aneisha said.

"Why?"Tom asked.

"I wanted to see you, I wanted to talk to you," She replied.

"I could've killed you, I honestly thought you wouldn't live. Everyone disagreed with me and clearly they were right," Tom said.

"I honestly thought that you would have been the first one here when I woke up, but obviously not," She said muttering the last part.

"Look I wanted to see you I did I just couldn't bring myself to it, I thought you died, I thought I killed you and I... I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I had," Tom said raising his voice slightly.

"So you meant what you said?" Aneisha asked slightly confused. Although anyone could see that her eyes were smiling.

"When I said what?" Tom asked.

"At the KORPS base, when we were using the telepathy gadget, right before you began the transference," Aneisha said.

"You remember I didn't think you would've," Tom said.

"So you didn't mean it?" Aneisha asked.

Tom took a deep breath

Meanwhile with Dan and Zoe

"How long do you think it will take for Tom to confess his feelings for Aneisha?" Zoe asked.

"Knowing what they've gone through it might take them a while. They will also have to get past the incident," Zoe replied.

"I just hope that in a few years we'll be able to look back at this day and laugh. But I have a feeling it might take longer than that," Dan said.

"I just hope it doesn't take Tom more than a month to tell her," Zoe said.

"Tell who what?" Frank asked coming up behind them.

"Nothing," They said in union.

Frank looked at them and raised an eyebrow clearly indicating that he wasn't buying it. Why is no one believing my lies today? Dan thought to himself.

"Frank don't worry it's nothing important," Dan said.

"If it involves Tom and Aneisha, then it is important," Frank said.

"Wha- ho- how do you know that we were talking about them?" Dan said.

"I've been a spy for a lot longer than you have," Frank replied, "But I don't know exactly what you were saying,"

Frank moved towards the door and went to go in before Zoe said

"Frank! Tom's in there can you give them some time alone. They have a lot to discuss,"

"And I think it will take more than an I'm sorry," Dan said.

"And an I love you," Zoe muttered.

"What, you he actually does like Aneisha. I mean I had suspicions from the day he screamed her name down comms and how she reacted when Stella took Tom, but I guess this confirms it. How did you get him here anyway?" Frank asked.

"There was a lot of pulling and dragging involved,"Dan said sarcastically.

"No there wasn't," Zoe said, "Okay well maybe a bit emotionally," She admitted.

"We just need to give them some time to talk to each other without anyone else around," Dan said.

With Tom and Aneisha

"I'm not good with this stuff, but ask yourself this. Do you think I would have said what I said if I hadn't of meant it," Tom said moving away from the door and sitting in the chair next to Aneisha's bed.

Tom waited for what seemed like for Aneisha's response, not knowing what Aneisha was thinking or how she felt made it feel a thousand times longer.

"Aneisha I could not bear the thought of losing you," Tom said.

After Tom said this he felt like an idiot…. Until Tom saw Aneisha's face. She was looking down her cheeks burning hot red.

"I never thought you would ever say that," Aneisha said and she went to say something else but the doctor walked in before she got a chance to say it.

"I'm sorry Agent Tupper but I'm going to have to ask you to leave Agent Jones needs her rest," he said.

Tom looked as though he was going to object but decided not to argue and just waved goodbye to Aneisha.

As he walked out Dan, Frank and Zoe were just about to walk in until they saw Tom walking out and saying,

"The Doctor said she needed her rest and I was sent out,"

And Tom walked out and it was the last time any of them saw him.

Tom's P.O.V

I went home that night locked myself in my room, went to sleep and didn't come out the next morning, or the next morning, or the week after that. I didn't talk to anybody I knew for the next week because what if what I had said was said too late.

Zoe's P.O.V

Tom hadn't been to school in days and Zoe was getting worried. Tom wouldn't talk to her anymore, wouldn't answer her calls, he didn't let her into his room to help him, he had even locked his window. It wouldn't be long until Aneisha was allowed to leave the hospital. I was beginning to want to know what happened that night between him and Aneisha. I knew that asking Tom would be completely out of the question, but I might be able to get something out of Aneisha. So I set off jogging to the hospital, pass the church, down the lane where the annual knit-a-thon was held and along the road that was home to the florist which always smelt aromatic I stopped for a while and just smelt the flowers. I decided to buy some for Aneisha I went inside and looked at all of the options and I settled on some bright yellow sunflowers and bought 4 one from me, one from Dan, one from Frank and one from Tom. I left the florist and continued to the hospital. Once I arrived I showed my ID to the security guard and continued to Aneisha's room. I knocked and then entered; Aneisha was sitting in her bed eating what looked like chicken soup.

"How does it taste?" I asked.

"The same as it has for the last two weeks," She replied.

I laughed.

"I bought these for you," I said handing her the flowers, "Are you feeling any better?"

"Thanks and yeah lots better and the Doctor said that I can leave tomorrow but I wish Tom would come and see me," She said

"I haven't seen him since he saw you 2 weeks ago," I said, "He's been worse since he saw you. He won't talk to any of us and we thought it might have been what you talked about,"

"I don't think it was what we talked about," She said.

"Why?" I asked.

"It's a topic I'd been wanting to discuss with him for a while yet, Tom was the one who brought it up," she said.

"What topic?" I asked my curiosity burning inside of me even though I was pretty sure what the topic was considering Tom had told me every single detail of the incident.

"On the mission right before Tom hit the switch he told me something which I had been dying to hear from him for about 6 months," She said.

By this time I knew exactly what she was talking about.

"So," I said encouraging her along, "What did he say?"

"He…. He… he told me he loved me," She said.

"Do you love Tom?" I asked.

"Do you need an answer?" She asked clearly guessing that I already knew.

"No I don't need an answer. Tom does," I replied.

"I know and that's why I wish he would come and see me, the Doctor sent him out before I could say anything and now I think that he thinks that I don't feel the same way about him," she said.

I looked at my watch, I was late for my curfew.

"I'm sorry Aneisha it's past curfew and I need to go. But if you want my advice as soon as you get out of here tomorrow go and talk to Tom. He's hurting in the one place that only you can heal... The heart, I'll see you back at school on Monday okay, Bye," I said.

Aneisha's P.O.V

Zoe just left and Tom is a mess. I really can't wait until tomorrow because I need to talk to him and thank Zoe. So I finished my soup and fell asleep dreaming the same dream I had every night since the incident.

I was at a restaurant waiting impatiently for my date to arrive. I'd ordered something already because he was meant to be here over an hour and a half ago. We had been going out for a while but he'd never actually had the guts to ask me out until the day we graduated. We were now both working at MI9 HQ but Tom worked in the tech department and I was always on the field so I hadn't seen him in a while. Until I heard a loud ringtone I'd come to know- Disturbia by Rihanna started playing until I answered my phone.

"Hello, Aneisha Jones may I ask who is calling?" I asked.

"Hello, Agent Jones, this is Agent Henry. Umm, I have some saddening news about Agent Tupper," he said.

I drew a sharp breath before asking him to continue, because I knew the news was going to be bad.

"What has happened to him?" I asked.

'There was a Cyber attack at the technical department to compromise the defenses, followed by a raid on the base. I'm sorry to say that Agent Tupper was killed in the raid," He explained.

I couldn't fully comprehend what he was saying but I hung up the phone, left a 20 pound note on my table and left.

I woke up images of the nightmare flashing through my mind in a black and white whirl of thoughts and wishes. I took a sip of the glass of water sitting next to my bed.

"Why did have that dream every night, remembering the incident was bad enough and knowing that Tom blames himself for it just makes it worse," I thought to myself.

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