Chapter 1

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE EXPENDABLES.

"Cle." Gunner called out as he knocked on Cleo's bedroom door.

"Dad?" Cleo asked shocked. "Is that you?"

"Yeah can I come in?" Gunner asked knowing she would be surprised he was still home.

"No I'm not dressed. Give me a minute." Cleo frantically replied before he opened the door.

"Ok I'll wait downstairs." Gunner replied as he turned to head down to the living room.

Cleo quickly put her underwear and robe on before she left her room and headed down to meet her dad. When she seen him, it sent another stab into her heart when she seen him dressed in his combat suit.

"I thought you'd be gone by now?" Cleo asked when she walked into the living room.

"You desperate to get rid of me?" Gunner asked as he placed his hand over his heart.

"Never dad." Cleo smiled back. "Just surprised that's all."

"Stupid plane wasn't ready so we're leaving in half an hour instead of five hours ago." Gunner replied wanting to see her once more before he went away.

"What's the job again?" Cleo asked wanting to know what was going on but also not wanting to know at the same time.

"It's two jobs Cle." Gunner replied giving her a weak smile. "We're breaking one of Barney's old team out of some high security prison then heading to Somalia to stop a bomb deal."

Cleo dropped her head as the tears threatened to appear at the thought of how dangerous it sounded. Every since she got shot last year, Gunner had missed out on a few jobs knowing he needed to be there for her but he missed the rush of the job and got bored easily when the team were away. Cleo knew how much he loved his job and had only ever come home with a few bruises but it was still hard every time he left.

"Cle." Gunner said making her look up at. "It's a lot easier than it sounds. You know I wouldn't be going if it was that dangerous."

"Cause the Viking always concurs." Cleo smiled back at him knowing he meant it.

"That's my girl." Gunner said as he pulled her to his chest and hugged her tightly. "I love you sweetheart."

"I love you to daddy." Cleo replied as she hugged him tighter.

They stayed embraced for a while as neither one wanted to let go but Gunner knew he had to.

"Remember Cle." Gunner said as he pushed her back to arms length. "The rules still stand while I'm away."

"I know." Cleo rolled her eyes well aware of the rules. "Jason's not coming down for a few more weeks."

"Just making sure." Gunner replied as he picked up his duffel bag and headed towards the kitchen. "I'll see you soon."

"See you soon." Cleo smiled back.

Gunner gave her one final smile before he turned and left the house, fired up his chopper and sped away down the road. Cleo watched as he sped away wishing that he wasn't going but she knew how selfish that would be. She just had to focus on the positive. She had one more week of school then it was summer vacation, which meant more time for soccer, friends and more time for Jason.

"Oh shit!" Cleo shouted as realization hit her.

She bolted from the kitchen, through the living room, up the stairs and back into her room.

"Coast is clear." Cleo almost shouted as she made sure the door was closed.

To her surprise her bed was empty but her closet doors opened to reveal Jason who only had his briefs on.

"That was close." Jason said as he closed the doors as he walked out the closet.

"To close." Cleo sighed happy that they didn't get caught.

"You ok baby?" Jason asked knowing why Gunner had wanted to see her.

"Yeah I'll be fine." Cleo smiled as she walked into his arms.

Jason held her tightly knowing what she was going through and knowing that she wasn't ok but it was his job to make sure she kept smiling until the team returned.

"Wait a minute." Jason said as he pushed her out of his embrace so he could look at her. "Who said you could put more clothes on?"

"I did." Cleo smirked for once being the tease. "You're not the boss of me."

"True but will you stop me if I do this?" Jason smirked.

He undid the knot keeping her robe closed, letting the ties fall by her side as the robe revealed her body but again he was disappointed by what he saw.

"More clothes." Jason sighed when he seen she had put her underwear back on as he pushed the robe off her and let it fall to the floor. "What am I going to do with you?"

Before Cleo had a chance to answer, Jason leaned in and kissed her hard as he caressed her thighs and ass as he lifted her up onto his body. Cleo licked his bottom lip asking for permission which Jason happily gave her as he opened his mouth and allowed her tongue to collide with his, as Cleo pulled him closer to her as she placed her hand on the back of his head. Jason carried her back to bed and gently laid her down before he climbed on top of her and attacked her lips as his hands trailed all over her body. Cleo leaned up to help him as his hands went behind her back to free her breasts from her bra. Once it was unclipped, Jason tossed it away and gave her one final long lingering kiss then his lips trailed kisses down her neck, along her collarbone and down to her breasts. His mouth clamped down on one breast, gently sucking it as his tongue swirled around her nipple hardening it as his hand caressed the other one.

"Hhmm Jase." Cleo moaned as he continued his attention on her breasts as she ran her hands down his back, tracing the hard muscles lines.

Jason swapped his hand and mouth to the next breast, as her touch only increased his desire even further. Moving his attention away from her chest, he kissed down her stomach, letting his tongue trace the lines of her abs. When he got to her pantie line, he kissed long it before going lower and kissing her inner thighs as Cleo fisted a hand in his hair. Before he reached the junction between her thighs, he hooked his finger in her panties and slid them off her as Cleo kicked them off when they reached her ankles. Jason leaned back up to gaze into her eyes as he reached his hand down to cup her while Cleo pulled him closer to her. Without breaking eye contact, Jason slipped a finger inside her and kissed her to swallow her moan as his finger started a steady pace of massaging her. She was already soaking wet but he was known for being a tease and they loved the foreplay. He took his lips and finger off her as he leaned up and pulled his briefs off as Cleo reached down and rubbed his throbbing cock. If she kept doing it, Jason knew he wouldn't last, so he grabbed her wrists and pinned them beside her head as he leaned over her again, leaving his mouth inches away from hers. Cleo felt his cock rub against her entrance and she was ready for him to be deep inside her but she knew he would tease her and she wasn't wrong. Jason started moving back and forward letting his cock rubbed up and down her entrance slowly teasing her, never breaking eye contact with her.

Just when Cleo looked like she was going to protest, he pushed himself inside her as Cleo arched back against him, wrapping herself around him wanting to prolong this for as long as possible.

"Feel good baby?" Jason purred as he pushed himself further inside her.

"Hell yeah babe." Cleo moaned as she ran her fingers through his hair.

He leaned down and kissed her as he pulled almost all the way out of her before slamming all the way back in again. Cleo gently scraped her nails along his back earning a deep groan from Jason making him thrust faster and harder into her as her hips moved up to match his pace. Keeping his pace, he leaned down and sucked her nipples again.

"Fuck!" Cleo moaned as she pulled him tighter to her.

Jason felt himself reach his end as Cleo's walls started trembling against him. He gave one final thrust as Cleo's walls clamped down against him as he spilled out inside of her. Jason laid on her chest but kept most of his weight on his fore arms so he didn't crush her as they lay panting coming down from their high. Once he stopped panting, he pulled out of her, got off her, lay on his back and pulled Cleo to him so she was on his chest.

"I missed you." Jason whispered as he kissed her forehead, still panting.

"You sure you just didn't miss the sex?" Cleo asked as she turned up to look at him.

"Well…." Jason laughed at the expression on her face.

Cleo playfully smacked his arm and sat up to get off of his chest.

"I'm kidding." Jason laughed as he pulled her back down on his chest and held her tightly. "I missed everything about you but just so happens you're amazing at sex."

"I missed you to." Cleo smiled as snuggled more into his chest but it dropped knowing she was going to be sad again. "Just wish you didn't have to leave so soon."

"Me to babe but I'll be back in a few weeks for a couple of days. My buddy is gonna be out of town to so we can sneak away to his apartment most of the time." Jason said as he ran his hand down her back.

"Sounds good." Cleo sighed as she softly played with the hairs on his chest. "At least we still got a few more hours today."

"Actually." Jason replied.

"No." Cleo almost shouted as she looked up and placed a finger on his lips. "Don't ruin it."

"I don't want to leave." Jason mumbled against her finger as he kissed it and moved it off his lips. "Alex and I gotta finish that job from yesterday then I gotta head back home. Working at 4am tomorrow."

"I knew it." Cleo pouted. "Sex is all I'm good for."

"Yeah true." Jason smiled agreeing with her.

They both looked at each other and burst out laughing knowing that it wasn't true as they both leaned in and kissed each other.

"How about we both get showered and I'll treat you to breakfast before Alex has to pick me up?" Jason asked hating to disappoint her.

"IHOP?" Cleo asked with pleading eyes.

"Wherever you want?" Jason smiled as he leaned in and kissed her.

"You know the way to my heart." Cleo smiled back and as she got off the bed, turning back to face him. "Are you joining me or are you showering alone?"

"Shower alone or see you naked for longer." Jason purred as he got up from the bed and picked her up in his arms. "Option two all the time."

Cleo laughed as he carried them to the bathroom, where they stayed until all the hot water was used up. Once they were dressed and Cleo dried her hair, they headed to IHOP for breakfast and they made plans for the next few times that Jason would be in town. All to soon it was time for Alex to pick Jason up and head off. Jason and Cleo held each other tightly, both counting down the days until they seen each other again. After Jason and Alex left, Cleo drove home and finally allowed herself to break down in tears.

Six days later

Cleo, Emily and Sam sat staring at the clock in front of them trying to drown out Mrs Wilson's lecture about being cautious during summer break and wishing time would move quicker.

"Only one more minute." Emily whispered loud enough for Sam and Cleo to hear but not loud enough for Mrs Wilson to hear.

They both smiled at her knowing they were now down to seconds rather than hours and minutes. Then it was ten weeks of fun with no early mornings, no homework and time to hang out more together. For Cleo it also meant extra dates with Jason and their curfew time was hopefully getting extended by a couple of hours.

RING!

As the bell sounded, poor Mrs Wilson almost had a heart attack as their class cheered and shouted with joy. All the class grabbed their stuff and made a beeline for the door, eager to get out as quickly as possible.

"Finally!" Sam sighed as she picked up her bag once everyone else had left.

"Tell me about it." Emily agreed as she stood up from her desk. "I thought today was never going to end."

"We made it and when we come back in ten weeks, we are officially seniors." Cleo smiled as she faced them.

Emily and Sam smiled to before they did their friend handshake and headed out of the classroom leaving Mrs Wilson dancing around her class.

"Come on!" Emily shouted as she walked ahead of them eager to get out of school. "The sooner we get out of this dump, the sooner we can have fun."

"Any idea what she has planned when we walk out of here?" Sam asked as she saw Emily practically run out of the school front door.

"No idea." Cleo sighed as she faced Sam. "Whatever it is we should….."

Cleo stopped talking as she walked into Emily who had stopped just outside the door and was stood like a statue.

"Em you ok?" Sam asked as went to Emily's side.

Cleo was on her other side and noticed she was as white as a sheet.

"Em? Emily?" Cleo asked again but got response.

Emily's eyes were fixed on something in front of the school and when she and Sam turned to see what she was looking at her, their hearts sank and knew the summer was already off to a bad start. Tool was parked outside their school leaning against his car looking like someone had died which the girls knew that someone probably had. He only picked them up when something had gone south with the team

Not wanting to prolong the inevitable, Cleo was the first one to move towards him wanting to know if it was her dad that was the one injured or worse, as the other two quickly followed behind her.

"Girls let's go." Tool said as they got to the car. He still didn't know how to tell them what had happened but he knew he had to but not in front of the school.

"Can't you just tell us?" Emily almost shouted at him.

"Come on darling." Tool sighed as he opened his door. "We gotta go."

"Yeah this is definitely not good." Cleo muttered under her breath as she opened the door to sit beside Tool.

Sam and Emily jumped in the back seats and as soon as the doors were closed, Tool sped off still thinking about what he was going to say.

No one wanted to say anything as they sat silently praying that their dad was ok or at worst badly injured whilst also hoping that everyone else was ok to. The last time they had been in this position was when Green was trying to kidnap them and now they were in the same position all over again.

"Did anyone tell you girls what the job was?" Tool asked as he kept driving.

Emily and Sam shook their heads as neither had asked before their dads left what the job was or where it was.

"Yeah." Cleo sighed breaking the silence again. "My dad told me the team were going to break an old team member out of jail then there was a second job to stop a bombs deal in Somalia."

"Yeah that's right sugarplum." Tool replied as he turned down another street, which all they all recognised. "The first job was fine but the second job has gone to shit."

Tool paused, as he pulled up outside Sam's house and turned back to face her. "Sam your dad's been shot but he's alive for now. The team are thirty minutes out and they'll take him straight to the hospital. Your mom's inside waiting for you. She knows the plan for later but she needs you just now."

Before the others could see her crying, Sam bolted from the car, slamming the door behind her and ran up the path into her house. Just as the front door of the house closed, Tool drove down the street heading for their destination.

"You girls still remember all your first aid training and how to stitch up wounds?" Tool asked as he kept driving.

Both Cleo and Emily nodded their heads not knowing what to say. They both felt sorry for Sam with that she was going through and would be there for her but at the same time they were both relieved. Relieved that it wasn't their dad who had been shot and headed to the hospital but neither would admit it, due to how selfish it sounded and they knew Sam would feel the same if roles were reversed.

Tool didn't say anything when they nodded knowing exactly what they were thinking as they headed towards the hangar. Tool opened the hangar as they headed in and three of them silently got to work getting their medical supplies ready for when the plane touched down. As Cleo was setting up her station, she wondered if Jason knew that the job had gone south and that Barney was potentially injured. If he didn't, she would call him later as he had a right to know. Just as she set her last first aid box down, she heard the sound of the plane's heavy engines approaching and they all waited for what was going to emerge from the plane. The plane rolled into the hanger before coming to a quick stopped and when the ramp dropped down, Barney, Tool and someone the girls had never met, placed Caesar in the back of the van and sped out of the hangar to the hospital.

The rest of the team got to work unloading the plane and completing post flights checks wanting to get the worst jobs over with quickly, as Emily and Cleo sat silently waiting for them to finish.

"Cle." Gunner said making Cleo's head snap up.

"Papa." Cleo said as the tears threatened to fall as she threw herself into his arms.

They held each other tightly, happy that they were both reunited with Gunner looking mostly unhurt.

"Any gunshot wounds or big lacerations?" Cleo asked as she got out of his arms and turned back to her supplies.

"No." Gunner said giving her a weak smile. "Just a few cuts, bumps and bruises.

Cleo cleaned the dried blood of his face, placed band aides on his cuts before giving him another quick hug as her next patient was waiting.

Cleo and Emily attended to all the wounds on each of the expendables and just as they were packing away the supplies, Barney had called Lee to say that Caesar had made it through surgery but was still in critical condition. Luckily Barney had installed showers in the hangar so once they heard the news, the team took it in turns to shower and change out of their combat suits, locked up the hangar and they all headed for the hospital.

The team gathered around Caesar hoping that he would pull through as Barney left his lucky ring for good luck at his bedside. Cleo and Emily hugged Sam who was holding it together on the outside but on the inside they knew how she was really feeling. No words would make her feel better so all they could do was show her that they were there for her.

After some time at the hospital the team had all separated to go home for the day knowing there wasn't much else that they could do for today. Cleo and Gunner got home around ten, both exhausted. When they headed into the living room, Gunner pulled Cleo to his chest and held her tightly as Cleo happily held him tightly back.

"I love you so much." Gunner said not wanting to let her go.

"I love you to dad." Cleo replied back knowing how raw his emotions were.

They stayed in embraced for some time before Cleo got out of his arms. "I need to go to bed. I'm wiped out."

"I won't be long either." Gunner smiled back. "Just gotta have a chat with my old buddy Jackie D but I'll see you in the morning."

"Hopefully he can put you to sleep." Cleo laughed as she headed for the stairs.

She headed upstairs to charge her phone, which had died about 3 hours ago then headed to the bathroom to get ready for bed. When she came back to her room, she got her pyjamas on and got snuggled up under her bed covers. Once settled, she checked her phone and seen she had missed calls and texts. The first was a text from Sam thanking her and Emily for being there for her. The second was Emily saying how she felt about the day and that her and her dad were home safely. The others were three missed calls from Jason and a text message. Glancing at the clock, she knew by the time that he would be asleep.

"Hey. Phone died and just home. Wasn't ignoring you x." Cleo texted him back knowing he'd get it in the morning.

Just as she set her phone down and was about to turn the bedside light off, her phone started ringing and when she picked it up, she was surprised.

"Hey." Cleo answered as Jason's face appeared on Facetime.

"Hey baby." Jason yawned.

"Thought you'd be sleeping by now." Cleo smiled as Jason yawned.

"I needed to see you baby to make sure your ok." Jason smiled back at her once he stopped yawning.

"I'm fine babe." Cleo replied but she knew he would see right through it.

"You know you can't lie to me." Jason smirked. "Now tell me how you're really feeling."

Cleo smiled at him again knowing how well he knew her. "Does it make me a bad person that part of me is relieved it wasn't my dad that got shot?"

"No babe, it doesn't." Jason reassured her as he yawned again. "It makes you human and part of me felt the same when I found out what happened."

"Glad it's not just me." Cleo laughed. "Just shit we're going through this but it looks like Caesar is going to make it."

"Dad said the same." Jason replied. "How was my dad? He said he was ok but was he really?"

"Physically just a few bumps and bruises." Cleo said trying to reassure him. "Emotionally not good. He'll be blaming himself for Caesar and taking the job."

"That's what I thought." Jason replied. "I knew emotionally he'd be doing shit but just checking he wasn't lying about the physical stuff."

"No baby he wasn't." Cleo smiled back. "You still coming down in a couple weeks?"

"Course. Nothing could stop me." Jason said. "Just wish I could get down sooner baby."

"Don't worry I'll make it worth the wait." Cleo smirked.

"You're a naughty girl." Jason yawned again but it didn't stop the thoughts of Cleo naked tightening his underwear.

"Oh yes I am." Cleo laughed. "You need to go to sleep though."

"Yeah." Jason yawned again. "Gonna be up in four hours. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Will do." Cleo yawned back. "Sweet dreams baby."

"I love you." Jason smiled back.

"Love you to." Cleo smiled back to.

They both ended the facetime call and Cleo placed her phone back on the bedside table and turned the table light off as she snuggled up under the covers and was asleep almost instantly.

TO BE CONTINUED.