"It was absolutely nothing. I had no ties. No bittersweet memories. I was leaving nothing behind. Never experienced companionship, never been in love. And in that moment, all I felt was loneliness and regret."
But there's always a first time..
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''Congratulations on the first stage, you three.'' Merlin spoke as soon as he entered the room, I looked at Egssy and Galahad in front of me at the table and then at Merlin again, who informed us about what he had found, especially about Alisson "We should celebrate!" Egssy put his hands on the table "Too soon, the mission is not finished yet." I smiled, Merlin kept looking at me with a playful stare throughout the meeting, I did not understood the reason so I kept my posture.
I took off my glasses as soon as i got home and prepared myself some pasta, soon decided to take the night off to rest and enjoy the starry night from my balcony so I sat on the old cushioned iron chair and removed my shoes, I took with me my silly book about romance which was taking me weeks to finish, it's too good. I read a few pages until Harry turned on the lights of his apartment, I looked over the balcony bars and saw him opening the windows, probably he has arrived home just now, his apartment was next to mine almost face to face actually, Egssy lived next to me, on my right side. It was somehow comfortable to live between them, I felt safe and not as alone as I used to be a few months ago in my old home.
I watched through Harry's bedroom window and saw him removing his suit and gun holder, underneath he wore a suspenders for his pants, I observed his short routine and wondered if anything other than work was going through his mind. A few minutes later I saw him sit at his desk in the other window and open the computer, probably doing all the reports I should be doing too, I paid attention to his serious face and heard my cell phone vibrating in my pocket.
You should be working.
Harry.
I look up to notice him staring at me through the window panes, I smiled at the phone again and answered.
I'm reading.
I raised my book towards him, who looked surprised and smiled fondly, after that I didn't receive another message from him so I turned my attention to the book and enjoyed the cool night breeze for hours, until I felt tired enough to sleep.
The next morning I put all my energy to finish my papers, weeks passed and the second stage of the mission was successfully completed, this time in a more effective way, since the event was a little more private, which at least earned us a final invitation to Jack's mansion. On the day of the fly to Glasgow I received a suitcase at home, when I opened it I saw nude heels and pulled out the cream-colored silk dress ''No way!'' I dropped it on the couch and rested my hands on my waist, thinking about how I would have the courage to appear like that in front of Harry and Eggsy.
I heard my door open and saw Egssy walking in and spining around in his new black suit and a bow tie ''I can take over the world like that, ya know?'' He smiled as he adjusted his suit and I looked back at him ''What is it, Bruv?' 'he walked towards me, I looked down at the dress and took a deep breath ''Wow.'' He lifted the fabric and laughed ''Poor Harry!'' I slaped his arm to only get another laugh of him ''No jokes!'' I said mad ''I wanted to be a man and wear a suit too.'' I said sitting on the couch ''Go get dressed!'' he handed me the dress ''I'm sure you will feel like the most powerful woman there because you already are.'' He smiled trying to make me feel confortable, I rolled up my eyes and headed to the bedroom.
I finished putting on my heels and looked at myself in the mirror, my cleavage was showing a bit too much for my taste, really I couldn't complain about the appearance, the dress was beautiful and since I had the objective of getting Jack's attention this time, which made my stomach sick, but needed to be done. I left the room and walked to the living room, where Eggsy was sitting down, I went around on the couch and turned "Uuuuh!" He pulled down the corners of his mouth and applauded "Go fuck yourself." I chuckled ''Mission accomplished, should we warn Merlin?'' He lifted his shoulders and crossed his legs ''It's not as easy as it looks... These men are mercenaries, keeping the character can seem easy to you, since you both don't have to walk around showing any private parts.'' I walked into the kitchen to have a glass of water.
''I have a question...'' Egssy approached with a playful smile on his face ''Merlin saw a peculiar thing on the last mission, and so did I, speaking the truth.'' He leaned back at the counter, I looked at him confused ''You and Harry...'' he raised his eyebrows, I almost drowned with water and closed my eyes in response ''No! Jesus Eggsy, what in hell makes you think that?'' I stared at him ''Well... I did the report with Merlin a night ago, of the last misson, and I can say that Harry's eyes were not only on the mission...'' he bit his lip and smiled like a 15 year old boy, I opened my eyes a little surprised with no answer and heard the door open again.
I looked at the girl who came in with a briefcase ''Good afternoon! I'm here to do hair and makeup.'' She smiled, I greeted her and was Egssy leaving the front door with a silly smile on his face.
