Chapter 4 S3 E4 Part II

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I don't know what time I eventually drifted off again but I woke up to beams of sunlight streaming in through the gaps in my curtains. I check my phone for the time and see it's half ten. Fuck. I look at the messages on my phone next just as another buzzes through.

The messages from Hughie pretty much saying Butcher and Frenchie are at a meeting, he's visiting Annie and he'll text me when and where to meet up. The most recent messages are from Lionel, telling me the plumber will be at my apartment within the next half hour. I jump out of bed throwing on a comfortable pair of joggers and a baggy t-shirt tying my hair up messily hiding my joint, hiding my pictures with Soldier Boy and making sure anything to indicate/ relate me to Amphitrite is hidden and out of the way.

I stand up breathing a sigh of relief just in time to hear a knock at the door.

"Hi, you've got a burst pipe." The greying man asks his dulling green eyes peering at me.

The scary part is if it weren't for the V I'd probably be aging like that, thankfully I haven't physically aged a day. He stares at me and I can see the cogs turning in his mind desperately trying to place me.

"You look familiar, you related to someone I know or something?" He asks entering my apartment with his toolbox.

"Not that I'm aware of." I say smiling kindly at him.

"So what happened here? Looks like it's been pulled off." He states examining the damage.

"Honestly no idea I was cooking and next thing I know there's a rumbling and suddenly the pipe bursts off the wall and there was water everywhere, it happens a lot though it got fixed a few weeks ago too."

"Shoddy work." He grumbles before getting to work.

"Can I get you a drink, tea, coffee, anything?" I offer.

"Tea would be nice." I head to my kitchen turning on my kettle after topping it up with water grabbing a cup and tea bag.

"Do you take milk and sugar?" I call.

"Milk yes sugar no."

I place the tea bag in the cup pouring the now boiling water into the cup letting it brew for a few seconds before stirring with a teaspoon taking the bag out and adding a few drops of milk stirring it once more before carrying it out to him.

"Any idea how long this might take?" I ask handing him his tea.

"Half an hour tops." He says taking the cuppa off me.

"Alright I'll just be in my room if you need anything." I say retreating to my room and setting my laptop up creating Maeve's schedule for the rest of this week and some of next week emailing that over to her.

Seconds later my phone rings.

"Hello?"

"Y/n, how's everything going?" I hear Maeve ask a hint of urgency to her tone.

"Everything's fine so far, Butcher's making a deal with someone to find out where the lab is, I'm waiting on a text to find out what's happening next."

"Are you okay? I mean, it's not too much for you is it?"

"I'm fine I've been to a few self defence classes." I try to joke not realising how genuinely concerned she is.

"This isn't usual routine this is going to be really fucking dangerous." She hisses and I know she's pacing around her room.

"I'll be fine trust me I've been through a lot of shit, I can look out for myself." I hear Maeve sigh.

"Okay...I trust you, you let me know when it gets to be too much for you though."

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