Undercover Lover (Finished)

Part 31

   As we approach HQ my mind flies back to pukey. His face, his demeanour, everything about him. "We're going to have to fill in so much paper work." I hear someone moaning. I hadn't even thought about the paperwork that would be involved. "You ok Sandra?" Steph whispers to me.

"I don't know."

"Is it the cute boy?" she asks. I roll my eyes at her, trying my best not to let my heart race.

"What cute boy?" I ask nonchalantly.

"You're a lame liar."

"Am not! I'm actually pretty good, you're just better at reading me." I huff.

"Whatever, tell me all about him." she urges, looking at me earnestly.

"I haven't got anything left to tell, he hates me."

"I'm sure he doesn't, just explain it to him!"
"Oh yeah, that'd go down well 'hey there pukey, the reason I left you in the lurch is because I'm a secret agent and they needed me asap', it's not that simple."

"Hmm, but you can surely ask Harry if you can breach confidentiality for a matter of the heart?"

"It's hardly a matter of the heart, I just got too attached to the case." I reply.

"Sandra..."

"That's all this is Steph." I reply, looking out of the window to avoid the sad look in her eyes.

"Are you sure?" she presses, to which I nod. Are you though, says that annoying little voice in the back of my mind. And honestly, I don't know the answer to that question.

The car comes to a stop and we're all let out, back in safe territory. "Initiates, welcome." I hear Mike saying as he walks towards us with the rest of the monitoring crew. My heart freezes as I realise we must have done something wrong, that we were too late and maybe Mike and his lot had taken over the President of HQ before we got here. "Ah, no need to look so tense everyone, Mike is one of the good 'uns." Harry says, smiling broadly. Curious, I inspect his neck but there doesn't seem to be any sign of the chip that he had on previously.

"What's going on?" I ask, edging away from them both.

"Sandra, you really are a little slow on the uptake today, huh?" Harry asks me, a small grin appearing on his face.

"If you crazy goons tell me this was all part of the assessment I am gunna flip." I hear Steph exclaiming, her hands on her waist. Harry and Mike both take a step back as she glares at them. Harry coughs awkwardly, scratching the back of his head with a cheeky grin plastered on his face.

"It's possible."

"Are you kidding me?!" I scream, cutting him off before he could say anymore. "You literally threw me in the back of a van!"

"Yes, and I attempted to 'kill' you." Mike offers, a wry grin on his face. All of these grins were starting to infuriate me.

"Well I'm glad someone was having fun."

"We just welcomed you back, c'mon guys."

"Yeah well it's about time we got some welcome, a nice change from the kidnapping and attempted murder." I reply sarcastically.

"Aaah, don't be that way, all initiates have some form of team building exercise at the end of their training."

"All of them?" Stan asks dubiously, "I'm pretty sure that I didn't see everyone."

"Weeeell, all the successful initiates."

"Wait, you mean... we passed?" I ask, not wanting to believe.