New team

36.Real faces

As soon as the team heard the happy news that Penny had woken up, they couldn't help but spill it out without thinking about it while meeting Ellie, Elvis and Arnold. So today Liam decided that they had to fix the mistake they had made and so they decided to invite all three of them to the park in Pontypandy today and make sure that Station Officer Jones was there at the same time.

"It was a simple miscalculation," Tony explained. "How were we supposed to know Ellie already knew about this?"

"Miscalculation?" Chris looked at Tony nervously, clearly not listening to the rest of his friend's explanation. "You better beg for it all to be undone today," he advised.

"Can you stop," Julia interrupted them sharply. "I've only been listening to your arguments for a week," Julia groaned, covering her ears with her hands. "I'm so tired of hearing who's fault it was. Because you haven't come to any conclusions yet," she slammed her hand on the table, getting up, and then slid down the pole.

"What's gotten into Julia?" Liam asked as he entered the kitchen.

"Oh well," Chris shrugged innocently. "She's been having a problem with me for a week," he explained in an indifferent voice.

"Don't flatter yourself," Tony countered. "She doesn't have a problem with you, but if she does, it's with both of us, because we argue all the time."

"So now, in your opinion, we are arguing?" Chris looked at Tony with surprise.

"Guys, stop," Liam ordered calmly but sternly, standing between them. "Elvis, Ellie and Arnold will be here in an hour at the latest. We have to hurry if we want to get to the meeting on time," he announced.

"What about Station Officer Jones? Wasn't he supposed to show up there instead of us?" Tony asked surprised.

"That's the plan," Chris enlightened his friend, slapping his hand against his forehead.

"But we can't let anything go wrong, so we have to be there and make sure everything happens in person," Liam announced. "For now..." he paused, leaning over the table. "Can someone bring Julia her tea? We'll be leaving in a moment," Liam asked teasingly, not taking his eyes off Chris.

Chris sighed, took his mug, and headed down the stairs. However, when he went down to the garage, he couldn't see Julia anywhere. He was about to turn around and take the cup back upstairs when he heard voices coming from Station Officer Jones's office. So he sat down near the door and waited, but he couldn't help but quickly realize that it was Julia talking to Station Officer Jones.

"How are your exam preparations going?" Station Officer Jones asked gently.

"The training ends in a month and I still don't have confirmation of participation to be able to take the exam," Julia explained.

"Don't worry," Station Officer Jones assured in a comforting tone. "Penny is leaving the hospital in a week. I'm sure she won't mind writing you a certificate if I ask her."

"Would you do that?" Julia asked, genuinely surprised.

"It would be nice to have a skilled climber on the team. I heard you already showed what you can do by rescuing Daisy?" Station Officer Jones asked jokingly. "Besides, you've worked for half a year to take this exam, and I don't want to make it harder for you if I can help you with it."

Chris listened to this conversation with curiosity until he heard footsteps and immediately jumped to his feet and turned his back to the door when he heard the familiar footsteps.

"What are you doing here?" He heard Julia's voice behind him. When he turned around, she was looking at him skeptically with hands on her hips.

"I brought you some tea," Chris uttered, timidly handing Julia a cup of already cold tea.