[FUTURE] ... an assignment
After a gorgeous weekend spent getting married to the love of her life, followed by two weeks along the coast of Greece, Annie returned to work in the same mood that she'd spent those few weeks: utterly blissful.
She'd opted not to carpool because she'd wanted to get a jump-start on looking over the work that had piled up. After she'd sauntered through the front doors of the CIA as if she didn't have a care in the world, she'd given the coffee lady a hundred percent tip when the woman said that marriage agreed with her and had even made small talk with the guys guarding the entrance as she'd scanned her ID.
Even the first couple of hours looking through files on her desk looking for actionable material didn't bring down her mood in the slightest. When Joan came by and told her that the DCS had come by and called a meeting in fifteen minutes, Annie smiled up at her and nodded. Joan's expression gave her pause, but she wasn't all that worried.
"Should give me a chance to get another cup of coffee and-" She stopped when Joan shook her head.
"You can't be late for this one, Annie. Bring Jai."
Annie nodded as Joan turned on her heel and walked away. Swiveling in her chair, she caught Jai's eye and nodded her head. He nodded once and, ten minutes later, joined her at her desk so they could head to the other side of the building together.
It wasn't until they entered the large office and saw the other occupants -- Arthur, Joan, another director that Annie didn't recognize, and Webb, that Annie's step faltered. Without Jai at her back, she might have stopped completely.
"Have a seat, Annie," Joan said, and Annie did just that; across from Webb and the other man, to Joan and Arthur's right, with Jai at her side. The silence stretched.
She'd opted not to carpool because she'd wanted to get a jump-start on looking over the work that had piled up. After she'd sauntered through the front doors of the CIA as if she didn't have a care in the world, she'd given the coffee lady a hundred percent tip when the woman said that marriage agreed with her and had even made small talk with the guys guarding the entrance as she'd scanned her ID.
Even the first couple of hours looking through files on her desk looking for actionable material didn't bring down her mood in the slightest. When Joan came by and told her that the DCS had come by and called a meeting in fifteen minutes, Annie smiled up at her and nodded. Joan's expression gave her pause, but she wasn't all that worried.
"Should give me a chance to get another cup of coffee and-" She stopped when Joan shook her head.
"You can't be late for this one, Annie. Bring Jai."
Annie nodded as Joan turned on her heel and walked away. Swiveling in her chair, she caught Jai's eye and nodded her head. He nodded once and, ten minutes later, joined her at her desk so they could head to the other side of the building together.
It wasn't until they entered the large office and saw the other occupants -- Arthur, Joan, another director that Annie didn't recognize, and Webb, that Annie's step faltered. Without Jai at her back, she might have stopped completely.
"Have a seat, Annie," Joan said, and Annie did just that; across from Webb and the other man, to Joan and Arthur's right, with Jai at her side. The silence stretched.