Secrets, Lies,and Love

Chapter Four

John's POV

"Hey, Laf. Come look at this
"I smile and crack open Alex's, and I guess now Thomas', office door and poke my head in. The only light is fron their computers sitting in eachothers laps comfortably.  They're both passed out, its amazing that they bith want to beat eachother with a shovel, yet they're asleep next to eachother.

Alex's head is leaning against Thomas' shoulder,  his usual scowl and smirk around the other not even flickering around the other.  His lips are tilted in a half smile and worry lines around his eyes smoothed out,unsurprisingly his hands are still on the keyboard. Thomas' face is shoved into Alex's hair, his arms around his computer loosely and body relaxed.

"Well I'll be damned." Laf grins and chuckles under his breath ," I never thought those two would get along well enough to fall asleep next to eachother. "

"They might've just passed out." I shrug and smile grows .

"If we woke one of them up, I have ten bucks they'll start screaming and throwing pencils. " Laf's eyes meet mine and we both nod with grins.

"Which one do we wake?" I look between them and cock my head.

"Alex." Laf nods firmly. I glance at him and my grin grows, I get down near the ground and walk as silently as I can. I crouch down further and tap Alex's shoulder gently.

"Alexander!" I yell, his eyes fly open and laptop in his hands become a weapon. His body twists towards Thomas and smacks the sleeping man in the face with the face of the laptop. Thomas yelps and falls backwards off the couch. His head smacks against the coffee table and a string of swear words fall out of his mouth.

Alex is gasping for breath and eyes darting around, his grip on the computer is a steele grip. His eyes slowly falls on Thomas and he looks panicked for just a  second before he bursts out laughing and smile spreads across his face. He falls onto his back and snorts. He stops, looks at me, and we both burst out laughing.

Thomas slowly props himself up on his elbow, his glare focsuses between us and he growls. His eyes are still trying to focus, the sleep not rubbed out of them yet. His hand comes from his hair and panic spreads across his face. I howl in laughter and gasp for breath, Laf's trying to stay standing as he shakes with laughter. I barely notice the blood that shines on Thomas' hand as he pulls the other back, he gingerly touches his nose and snarls a swear.

"Awe whats the matter Thomas?" Alex cackles and somehow sits up." Did we mess up your hair?" I watch as Thomas grinds his teeth and holds a sleeve to hose nose.

"I'm mad because you broke my nose and I cracked my head on your tacky coffee table." He hisses and gulps, his skin pales a shade and we all burst out laughing again.

"What the hell is going on in.... here?" Peggy forces the door open further and turns the light on. She freezes and slowly assess the situation, anger flickers on her face and she crosses her arms. " Why is Thomas bleeding." Laf stops wheezing long enough to put a hand on Peggy's shoulder and explain.

"J-John scared Alex, ans those two were asleep." He gasps for breath .: so Alex slapped Thomas in the face with his laptop and Jefferson fell back and bumped his head." A smile doesn't flicker across her face once.

"Oh come on Pegs, its a little funny!" I grin loopsided. She doesn't say a word as she crossses the roomand gently feels up and down Thomas' nose she offers a towel for the back of his head.

"Can you stand up? "She asks softly.  He nods shakily and stands up on trembling legs, it's like watching a new born deer stand up. She helps him sit ina chair and grabs the medical kit from the wall. Peggy pulls Thomas' hair out of thr way and groans.

"What?" He looks at her, his pupils are blown and reactions slow.

"You need stitches." She sighs, her hands find the needle and thread along with disinfectant smoothly and sets to work. At the first stitch Thomas  almost jumps out of the chair and impale himself in the eye with the needle. She glances at me." Since you're mot being useful, come here and hold his head still."

"I can sit still!" Thomas protests a few seconds after silence. She cocks an eyebrow.

"Can you now?" She scoffs. I put my hands on either side of Thomas' head and hold him still, his eyes are slowly stabbing me as he most likely thinks of ways to kill me in my sleep.

"I made it through a bullet wound without a compliant, I can do this. " He huffs and crosses his arms.

"That was years ago Thomas, you had a partner to keep you calm. It was a different situation. " Alex blinks and looks at me. As far as everyone knew Thomas hasn't been on any field missions like that. He's been out to investigate crime scenes, that's as far as he goes into working in the field.

"Yeah, I know. " His hard exspression melts, his voice softens and eyes fall to the ground. Peggy puts the last stitch in and studies his nose, while he's distracted she pops it back in quickly, he inhales quickly and jumps in his seat.

"You probably have a concession, make sure he stays awake. If anything seems off let me know. " She pats his shoulder and hesitantly leaves.

"What happened with the bullet wound?" Alex asks after a few seconds.  Thomas' eyes snap up and he locks his jaw, like hes just slamed his gates down again and locked up as tight as Area 51.

"None of your buisness." He geabs his laptop and jacket and all but runs out of the room.