The Spies Who Loved - Elams (with E_musician)

Chapter 7

(John POV)
"Just finish your god dang movie!", Alex says with frustration and an accent?

I look at Eliza and her face is red. Is she blushing? I catch a glimpse of myself in one of Eliza's hand mirrors. I'm red too. Am I blushing too? Are we both blushing at Alex's accent that we didn't know about?

 Both of us have a very confused look on our faces and Alex responds to that by saying, “Have neither of you heard a Caribbean accent before” We both shake our heads. Alex is either going to be the death of me because of that accent or because of his stupidity on missions.

"Welp… Moana next?" Eliza asks. I smile and nod. Even though we watched it yesterday, it's still one of my favorites. "Wait, you guys are watching Moana?" Alex asks, standing up from his desk. I nod. "Yeah, what of it?" Alex makes his way over to us. "I love Moana…. Mind if… mind if I watch with you?" He asks. He seems almost… soft?

 “Sure?”, I say confused as to why he let his guard down all of a sudden. “Thank you-“, Alex says as he brings his office chair near the couch to watch the movie with us. Eliza seems as confused as I am but she puts the movie on and cuddles into me once she gets back to the couch. 

Alex keeps close attention to the screen the entire time Moana is with her mother or grandmother. Maybe there's some kind of connection there for him? Trauma maybe? I shrug it off and pull Eliza closer as she quietly sings along to 'How Far I'll Go.' 

 That’s when I hear Alex wince when Moana’s grandmother dies. Ok that kid has some trauma- but how do I help? Why do I want to help him all of a sudden? I look towards Eliza to see if she is wondering the same thing I am and if she heard Alex wince too.

"Alex, are you ok?" Eliza whispers in her kind tone. I love that tone. Alex shakes his head and leaves the office. I can only assume he went to Washington's office. Why would he watch something that would trigger him? "We should help him-" Eliza says. I nod and I finish her sentence with "any way we can."

 We both head over to Washington’s office and see Alex sitting in the corner. We both walk over and sit on the floor with him trying to think of a way to calm him down. Eliza gives me a look to say that maybe getting him to talk about it would help. I nod and try to think of a way to bring up the topic.

"So…" I say quietly, "Why do you like the movie so much?" Alex sniffles and looks up. "Uhm.. back on Nevis.. where I'm from, I spent every day with my mother and my grandmother...until my grandma died unexpectedly… the next year me and my mother got sick and she died...I just like the beginning of the movie because it reminds me of the good days." 

 “Oh”, I say before Eliza and I pull him into a group hug. “Everything will be alright”, I hear Eliza whisper to him quietly. Eliza and I both sit there hugging him until he calms down enough for us to head back to our office. “Maybe we should put a different movie on”, I suggest.

Eliza nods. "Alex, what other movies do you like?" She asks. Alex shrugs. "Uhm there's this one documentary I've watched about turtles-" I cut him off. "YOU LIKE TURTLES?!" I scream. He flinches a bit but nods. "Yeah they're cool.. " he whispers. Oops. I scared him.

 “Calm down John”, Eliza says. “Sorry”, I say, “I didn’t mean to yell I just really like turtles.” Alex quietly says, “Its ok” then puts the documentary on for us. He grabs a blanket then goes back to his office chair. “Maybe we should invite him onto the couch with us”, I whisper to Eliza.

"It'll get kinda squished but ok." She whispers back then clears her throat a bit. "Alex would you like to join us on the couch?" She says so he can hear. Alex nods a bit and sits next to me after Eliza and I move down a bit. "Comfy?" I ask. He nods again and just watches the documentary with us..

 By the end of the documentary Alex and Eliza had both fallen asleep. I didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want to wake either of them but Eliza and I also had to head home to get dinner. It takes me a couple minutes to decide because they’re both adorable- wait what. Well uh I finally made my decision after a couple minutes.

I stealthily pull my phone out of my pocket and order pizza to my office. If there's one thing I know about Eliza, it's that she wakes up whenever there's food within 10 feet of her. And pizza just happens to be in her top 5 favorite foods. When the pizza arrives, I carefully get up and pay the delivery man before opening the box so Eliza can smell.

 As soon as I open the box Eliza wakes up and walks over to me. She tiredly says, “Yay pizza” and hugs me. The trick didn’t work on Alex though because he cuddles further into the couch once Eliza gets up. “Help yourself love”, I say to Eliza, “I’ll wake up sleeping beauty over there.”

Eliza gasps lightly. "Do you like him?" She asks. I shrug and go to wake him up. I honestly don't know the answer to that. I gently shake Alex's shoulder until I see his eyes flicker open. He groans and rubs his eye as he sits up. "What's going on?" He asks. "Pizza!" Eliza answers first and holds up a slice.

 Alex gets up and walks over to the desk where the pizza is, grabs a slice then goes back to the couch and covers up with a blanket. Either he’s really cold or he just didn’t want to wake up and I can’t blame him for either, besides blankets are amazing. While Alex does that, me and Eliza have a small conversation. 

"Do you like him?" Eliza asks me again, this time in. a hushed whisper. Once again, I shrug. "Maybe… but I love you, liz." I answer. She nods. "If I liked him too, would that change your mind?" She suggests. I think for a moment. "I suppose. Only if you're sure though. We can talk to him about it later." I say and finish my 3rd slice of pizza.

 We wait an hour or two for Alex to wake up more before going over and talking to him about it. “So uh while you were over here Eliza and I had a conversation. It turns out we both like you- so uhm how do you feel about us.”, I say. Alex stares at us registering what I just said for a couple minutes before he gives us his response.

"Ok." He says blankly then finishes his pizza slice. "Ok?" Eliza asks, kind of taken back. "I mean I like you too-" he says and before he finishes, Eliza tackles him in a hug. "We're going to love you so much!" She says happily.