Unexplained

🛫》4 - Wet Footprints《🛫

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I'm with mama while she is getting coffee. I hate the smell of coffee and it tastes gross. I don't get why anyone drinks it because of how gross it is. Someone walks up to us. "Bagels in the break room." The guy says and I look up at mama wanting a bagel. I want one, but I hope they have butter this time because I hate cream cheese it is gross tasting. "Is that garlic? Don't tell Harrington. I'm not going to be stuck in a car with his stinky breath for six hours." Mama says and the guy walks away laughing. "Mama can I have a bagel?" I ask looking up at her, "sure let me just finishing getting coffee." I nod and wait for her to get coffee and that is when the captain comes in and I groan a bit. I want my bagel now, not after he talks. "Okay, people, listen up. We are still running support on the ATF op. We've heard from their undercover. The gun buy is going down tonight. This is ATFs deal so we're on standby until they make the call, then we do the bust, and ATF takes all the credit. Now, Sheller you're with Yan. Wilson you're with Larner. And Stone, you're gonna be with Vasquez today. All right let's be safe out there." The captain says and mama walks over to him asking him something and I wait near the coffee. Jared comes over to me and smiles. "Ready to have some fun kiddo?" What type of fun? Because mama said 6 hours in a car. That does not seem fun to me. "What kind of fun?" I ask him looking at him, "I brought Mad Libs." He says and I smile a bit, there have been plenty of road trips with me, mama, and Jared since they were together for a while before we went on the plane. "Mama can I get a bagel now?" I ask mama looking at her as she walks back to me. "Yes come on let's go get you one." Mama says and we walk towards the break room. I skip beside her and when we get to the break room I look at the bagels and I only see cream cheese and I frown. "There's no butter." I say to mama, "really no butter?" Mama says looking around to see if there is any butter, "sorry buddy there is no butter." Mama says

"But I want a bagel." I say in a whiny voice looking disappointed, "hey since this is so long we'll probably have to get lunch. We can go to your favorite place." Mama says crouching down in front of me. I nod a bit and I hug mama. She hugs me back and tries to let go, but I don't. I just want to feel close to her. She picks me up and walks out of the break room with me. "Jared can you get her backpack from under my desk. She's upset that they didn't have butter for the bagels." Mama says and I hide my face on the crook of her neck. We walk to the car and Jared puts my carseat in the back of the car and mama puts me down on it. "You have to let go now sweetie. We have to go." Mama says and I let go of her looking sad. She brushes some hair behind my ear and kisses my forehead. She buckles my seatbelt and gets in the drivers seat. Jared gets in the passenger seat and he puts my back pack next to me. I look out the window as we drive away from the station and go to the spot we are supposed to be in and once we stop I unbuckle my seatbelt and I dig through my backpack seeing what is in there. I see a folder that I haven't seen before and I take it out and there are math and English sheets in there. "Mama? What's this?" I ask holding up the folder, "we're starting school again." Mama says and I groan and put it back in my backpack. I went to real school in kindergarten. It didn't go well. I hit the teacher a week into school because I got overstimulated. Mama decided to take me out of school after that, and I have been homeschooled since. I still don't like school, but at least I get to be around mama all the time. "Here comes the merchandise." Mama says referring to a black van pulling into a garage type building. "Something is blocking our audio signal from the inside, so we don't have ears. But our U. C checked in by phone, so all is well." Someone over the radio says

"Copy that, ATF. NYPD sits tight till you give the signal." Jared says into the radio, "don't hold your breath. Buyers not due until after dark." The person on the radio says and Jared and mama both sigh a bit. "That's what, six or seven hours?" Jared asks mama, "mmm the non-stop adrenaline of being a detective." Mama says and Jared laughs a bit, "loads of excitement in store for us. We're gonna have to get lunch, snacks. Maybe even a coffee at some point, and a hot chocolate for you Vi." I look at Jared and I smile, "really?" I ask and he laughs a bit and nods, "It old Vi we could go to her favorite place." Mama says to Jared, "let me guess.. Terraci's?" Jared asks looking at me from the rear view mirror and I nod smiling a bit. "Vi you like...the fettuccini Alfredo and Mick you like the oyster linguini." Jared says and I smile a bit looking at the rearview mirror. "Oh it was the best." Mama says looking over at Jared, "what was it I always got?"