The Adventures of Louise and Dean

Rio

((Deans POV)) We walked into the hanger to see three men standing in front of the plane. "This must be the 'Small team' Vos was talking about." I whispered to Louise. She nodded. "Hey!" one of the men shouted. He was probably about 6' tall, blonde and he was looking Louise up and down. I frowned and glanced at Louise but she didn't seem to notice. He walked over to us and offered his hand to Louise, hardly acknowledging me. She shook it. He was practically a child, no more than 20, and had a grin that was too large for his face. I'm pretty sure he had painted it on. I didn't like him, I wasn't sure why, I just didn't. "I'm Jack Tyler. I'm the tech guy. Come on, I'll introduce you to the team." he said, smiling the whole time, then turned and headed towards the others. I leaned over so Louise could hear me, "I thought we would be working with professionals." "They are professionals, Dean." She smirked a bit. "Yeah, but like.... 'Professional' professionals. That one's like...12." I replied, a bit of disgust in my voice. She just rolled her eyes and kept walking. When we reached the plane, Jack turned around and faced us. "So, like I said, I'm tech," he motioned to the big man beside him, "This is Jason Lawrence, our pilot. And this is Parker, he'll be leading this mission." Before he could continue, I interrupted. "Leading? I was lead to believe that this was our mission." "Well, you were wrong. I'm in charge. Got any problems, take it up with Director Vos." Parker answered for Jack. He had a low, rough voice. His face was creased, and I would guess he had been born with the ugly frown on his face that did not help his already poor features. Louise jabbed my side and I looked at her. She gave me a look that said "Leave it." That wasn't like her. Since when did she take orders? But I didn't like to fight with her so I just sighed and asked "When do we leave?" //A Few Hours Later\\ We had been in the air a few hours and Louise had been positively agreeable. It was sickening. Parker was sitting in the cockpit with Jason so it was just me, Louise and the 20 year old child. What in the world was going on? It was clear Jack was flirting but Louise acted as if she couldn't see it. She just sat there, chatting it up with...whatever his name is. After the first hour and a half, I had just decided to tune them out but then, it happened. Louise did something she never did. I had seen only once since I'd known her. She giggled. Full on, school girl at prom, giggled. I finally turned to look at them and just stared at her. She glanced at me and gave me an inquisitive look but then continued her conversation. What had just happened?? I felt my stomach turn over but I wasn't sure why. That was the moment Parker decided to join us. "Buckle up, Sunshine." he said to us, "Welcome to Rio."