Spy School and City Spies Crossovers

A recap on how your honeymoon probably shouldn't have gone

"How was your honeymoon?" Monty asked Catherine, who had called her up once she got back to Washington D.C. from her trip.

"Well, it was a nice vacation for me, I suppose. Not so much for Alexander."

"What happened to him?" Monty asked.

"He threw up quite a lot."

"He was seasick?"

"Somehow. The boat was quite large, though, so it wasn't a particularly volatile trip. I mean, I never had any issues with nausea. But Alexander was green and standing over the toilet the whole time."

"Wasn't he the one who booked the cruise in the first place?" Monty asked.

"Yes," Catherine said. "It was so strange. I'm surprised he didn't arrange something else if he knew he would get so seasick."

"Yes," Monty agreed. "He doesn't seem like the type to do something that could ever possibly be embarrassing."

"We went ashore together a few times, and then he was ok, but the rest of the time was just awful for him. The bathroom was tiny too, so it kind of trapped the smell of the vomit."

"Had he never been on a boat before?" Monty asked.

"He claimed that he had and that he has been perfectly fine every time before, but I don't really know," Catherine said.

"He certainly has said a lot of things," Monty said in a way that implied she didn't think any of it was true.

"Yeah," Catherine said. "But he was kind of cute the whole time."

"Even when he was throwing up?"

"Well, you know how it is."

"No, I don't think I do," Monty said.

"Maybe you just have to be there," Catherine said. "Maybe it's just love. You know, it was so weird walking around by myself while he was in the bathroom."

"Were there at least interesting things on the cruise to do? Monty asked.

"Oh, sure," Catherine said. "There were a few minor crimes that I got the challenge of discreetly stopping. That was fun."

"So you worked?"

"Just a little," Catherine said. "Just for fun. It was nothing any old security guard couldn't have handled if one had been there instead of me."

"You were on vacation, though," Monty said.

"What's the fun in that?" Catherine asked. "And besides, everything was just so crowded. Lots of lost little kids and drunk people. Makes you wonder why people aren't teaching their kids how to navigate for themselves if they aren't going to watch them."

"You never got lost as a child in a crowded place?"

"My grandpa made me memorize maps of wherever we were going," Catherine said.

"And you'll be having your kids do that too?" Monty asked.

"Well, of course. And if I didn't I'm sure Cyrus would. He seems like the kind of person who would do that."

"He seems like the kind of person who would teach a two year old to use a gun if he thought it would make them a better spy later."

Catherine laughed. "I doubt he'd go that far."

"We'll see," Monty said."He comes off to me as a little intense."

"Maybe a little," Catherine said. "But I don't think he's that crazy."

"You might want to talk to him before you every let him babysit," Monty said.

"Yes," Catherine said. "But that's a long way off. Not too long, I guess, but not urgent."

"Yeah, I guess."

"So how have things been for you?" Catherine asked Monty.

"Fine," Monty said. "The same as they always are. Work is work."

"Nothing exciting planned?"

"Not really. Are you planning on coming back to the UK anytime soon?"

"I probably should," Catherine said. "I'll have to figure out when I've got the time for that. But it would be nice to be around familiar people who aren't Hales."

"You're a Hale now," Monty said.

"Strange, isn't that?" Catherine said. "I'm still not used to it."

"Well, you have only had two weeks to adjust."

"Oh, I don't know when any of this will sink in," Catherine said. "It all just feels too good to be true."

"Spending two weeks watching someone throw up feels too good to be true?" Monty asked.

"Not that part," Catherine said. "But everything else just feels like some wonderful dream."

"When do you think you'll wake up?"

"Never, I hope."