With Me By Your Side

Chapter 3

"Sis? As in sister?!" Sara was in complete shock, she couldn't believe that she had just spilled her guts about Ava, to Ava's younger brother! Of course, now it all made sense, it was all starting to piece together. The same honey blonde hair, the same crooked smile and baby blue eyes, only instead of having a bureaucrat stick up his ass, he actually seemed pretty laid back to Sara, and then there was the whole agent for sister thing, how did Sara not pick up on that before! The whole reason she was here, was because Ava was one of a few female agents and Sara wanted her to know that she had her back.

"Wait...she's your not date, date?" Daniel smiled wickedly, loving the look of shock and fury that had began to creep onto Ava's face. "Nicely done Aves!"

"You told my brother that we were on a date?" The blonde Agent snarled at the blonde Captain, as she walked closer to the pair.

"Not in those words," Sara smirked in return as she brought her drink to her lips, sipping it slowly. "And, in my defense, I didn't even know that he was your brother."

"Yeah Sis, cut her some slack." The younger Sharpe laughed heartily, clearly enjoying how annoyed his sister looked. "And she did order you this." He winked as he lifted the Vodka Martini up from under the counter.

"Vodka Martini right?" Sara smiled as a faint blush crept onto the blondes face.

"What are you even doing here Daniel?" Ava ignored the smaller blonde, as she turned to glare at her younger brother.

"Hunter is riding my ass because I was a little late for class." He shrugged like it was no big deal, as he proceeded to make another Vodka Martini for his sister, already knowing from the look on her face, that she was going to need more of these to get her through the night.

"How many times do I have to tell you to stop screwing around? Do you think Mom and I got to where we are now by showing up late?" Ava lectured the annoyed man, who simply rolled his eyes at his older sister.

"I know, I'm sorry." Daniel screwed his mouth up, obviously embarrassed by the repairman Ava was giving him in public. "And it looks like I've got another customer...you two ladies enjoy your date." He quickly put on a fake smile and winked before jogging down to the other side of the bar, leaving the two blondes alone at last.

Ava had been somewhat prepared for running into at least one of her family members, but she didn't think that it would be her younger brother, or that she would find Sara already mingling with him without her.

"So, you have a brother?" Sara mumbled as she ran a finger around the rim of her glass.

"Obviously...and a sister. But that doesn't matter right now!" Ava muttered as she sat down on the stool next to the blonde, with her own drink in hand and next one waiting close by. "Is it rude of me to say, I'm surprised you're here on time...let alone early?"

"A little...but you wouldn't be you if you didn't find at least one way to insult me." The smaller blonde joked nervously, this was definitely not how she expected the evening to begin.

"Well I can't insult what you're wearing, so I had to find something else." Ava smiled shyly into her drink, a faint blush running across her cheeks as she thought back to their previous conversation that day. Secretly she was glad that Sara had gone with the dress, having seen her in trousers all the time, this was definitely a welcomed change.

"Thanks. I think you look nice too." Sara added sweetly, beaming slightly at Ava's backhanded compliment. "So....Mommy founded all this?"

"Co-founded, yes." The Agent corrected, as she took a large gulp of the harsh liquor, feeling it burn the whole way down her body. Her brother may have been somewhat of a screw-up, but he did make one hell of a drink. "You remembered my drink of choice, I'm impressed."