How To Become A Spy

Chapter Twenty-One

I couldn't have been happier to see the limo arrive as soon as school had ended. I wasn't even that bothered by it anymore. By this point, it had become a routine and it seemed like everyone else had stopped staring, or at least not been interested in it now.

"Hey Turner," I smiled as I hopped into the car.

"Hey," he replied back.

"How was your day?" I asked.

"Not bad," he put his hands on the wheel and turned it as he reversed out of the parking lot. "Still working on another case."

I wanted to sound like I was interested in his case but I really wasn't. "Is Eric back yet?" I tried to ask casually.

"His case is taking a while longer than expected. He should be on a plane on the way to Scandinavia right now."

My eyes widened. "Europe?"

"Yep." Agent Turner answered as if this was a normal thing. Thinking about it, it probably was for them. "He'll be back here Thursday morning."

I sighed and rested my head back on the seat. Great. I had through two more days without him. And it felt like this Monday would never end.

I left the RUA earlier than usual since I had no training with Eric gone. Instead of going home straight away, I figured I should catch up with Kevin and Debby. I'd left them mostly in the dark about the gymnastics fiasco. I texted them for us to meet up at the ice cream place that was a few blocks away from my house.

I waited for them since I had arrived first. I found an empty booth inside the place and taken a seat. I knew I was pretty far away from Kennedy High since it was the next town over but I still worried that I would bump into someone from there. It was a stupid thing to imagine but the thought of someone like Tasha, Violet and Charlotte catching me in here worried me. I could have probably just made up some excuse that Debby and Kevin were my cousins or something but Kevin had no idea about the whole agent thing so he wouldn't be able to go along with it.

Stop it, I thought as I rubbed my forehead. I was being ridiculous and only stressing myself out with stupid scenarios. But with all that was happening, it felt like my two worlds were very close to colliding.

The ice cream place with nice and quiet. With only a group of girls sitting at a booth near the back of the room and a couple sitting at a nearby table. Watching them being all lovey-dovey reminded me of Eric. For some reason, I longed for that to be us. The kind of people that could go out and get ice cream and just be normal. But this spy stuff couldn't even let us be together at all. I knew I had to move on. Finish this case and catch whoever was making and selling these drugs. Once that was that, I was gone. Back to my life and Eric would forget I was ever in his.

I could feel myself get nauseous at the thought. I shook it out of my head instantly. That was something I would have to deal with later. But it annoyed me that Eric was gone and would be until Thursday afternoon. It was a miracle that I had lasted today without him, but for another 3 days? It seemed impossible. I told myself that it was good that he was gone anyway, it would help me get less attached to whatever was going on between us. But I still wondered whether he had taken that case right after we kissed just to avoid me. Knowing him, it would be something he would do. I needed to accept the fact that work was all he cared about.

And nothing else. Including me.

I heard the sound of the bell ring as the door to the ice cream parlor opened and I sighed in relief to see Debby and Kevin enter. I hoped that the would distract me from my worrying thoughts. As soon as Debby saw me, she dashed to the booth and sat on the opposite side to me, Kevin sitting next to her a moment later.