Fic: I Never Meant for This chapter 2
Title: I Never Meant for This
Genre: Drama/Angst
Rating: Fiction Rated: Pg-13 ( to be on the safe side)
Summary: When an old friend reappears in Don's life her secret comes to light, one that he should have been told years ago.
Disclaimer: Yeah i own some dogs toys but really they're the dogs,so i guess i own nothing.
A/N: Special thanks to my beta bubbleslayer and LemonPOPTart my sounding board. Thanks for checking this new story out. I am not sure how this going to turn out (yes I have an outline) but I am afraid what is going on in my head will not translate. Oh well. This chapter is short but some small needed info is given out.
link to chapter 3 http://elysium1996.livejournal.com/16055.html
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The next afternoon Don made it a point to talk to Mia at one of the seminar breaks. He wanted to ask her to dinner so they could catch up.
He caught her in the break room making some tea. He teased, “Is that tea?”
She answered, “Green tea to be exact.”
He put his hands up in front of himself, “Whoa, what happen to seven cups a day Agent Glass?”
She said incredulously, “It was never seven cups. More like four, but I don’t drink coffee anymore, not for at least three years now. I really watch what I eat and drink. Only organic if possible and no processed foods.”
“Yeah? I guess things change.” He poured himself a cup of coffee and added cream and sugar to it. Don saluted her with the cup of coffee before taking a sip which elicited a chuckle of out her, “Don’t worry I will never abandon you sweet dear coffee.”
“Ha ha, yeah yeah. I’ll be all healthy when we are old. And you, not so much. You’ll just be old.”
He rolled his eyes at her, happy that they seemed to be falling back into their old pattern of light teasing and snark before he said, “How’s your mom doing?”
Mia added some honey to her tea before answering, ‘She’s good. I live with her now. She’s semi-retired but still works part time teaching crafts for a store. I’ll tell her you asked about her. Your Dad and Charlie?”
“My dad is great. He opened a consulting business with his friend Stan. And Charlie? Believe it or not, sometimes he consults for us. It’s pretty amazing. He uses different types of applied mathematics to help us analyzed data better or he develops an algorithm pinpointing targets based on patterns. It’s been great working with him and spending time with Charlie.”
“Sounds like you two have become closer.”
“Yeah, we have. On a personal and professional level” He cleared his throat, “So, how’re you liking LA so far?”
She smiled, “You guys are not too shabby. You guys seem to know what you're doing.”
Don grinned back, “Glad we meet your approval.” He paused, “So, I was hoping that we could grab dinner either tonight or tomorrow and catch up before you jet back to DC.”
Her eyes showed a quick flash of panic before she quickly masked it with a smile, ‘Uh, well I’d love to, “
“But?” Don tried to read her face. He had the distinct idea that she was indeed hiding something.
“But, I have so much prep work I have to do when I leave here, plus I still have to read through any new briefs that I just can’t.”
Disappointed Don said, “Oh, yeah I understand. I just was hoping we would be able to catch up since it’s been what, four years?”
Yeah, four years since…….well, you know.” He nodded at what she referred too. Don had mostly moved on since than but the subject was still a raw emotion for him.
She offered, “Maybe lunch?”
“Yeah okay, that’ll work. How about tomorrow?"
Mia smiled tentatively, “Yeah, sounds good.”
With a grin Don replied, ‘Good, if anything changes I’ll let you know. You know how it can get?”
Mia laughed before going back into the seminar, “Oh yeah, I know all to well.”
Genre: Drama/Angst
Rating: Fiction Rated: Pg-13 ( to be on the safe side)
Summary: When an old friend reappears in Don's life her secret comes to light, one that he should have been told years ago.
Disclaimer: Yeah i own some dogs toys but really they're the dogs,so i guess i own nothing.
A/N: Special thanks to my beta bubbleslayer and LemonPOPTart my sounding board. Thanks for checking this new story out. I am not sure how this going to turn out (yes I have an outline) but I am afraid what is going on in my head will not translate. Oh well. This chapter is short but some small needed info is given out.
link to chapter 3 http://elysium1996.livejournal.com/16055.html
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The next afternoon Don made it a point to talk to Mia at one of the seminar breaks. He wanted to ask her to dinner so they could catch up.
He caught her in the break room making some tea. He teased, “Is that tea?”
She answered, “Green tea to be exact.”
He put his hands up in front of himself, “Whoa, what happen to seven cups a day Agent Glass?”
She said incredulously, “It was never seven cups. More like four, but I don’t drink coffee anymore, not for at least three years now. I really watch what I eat and drink. Only organic if possible and no processed foods.”
“Yeah? I guess things change.” He poured himself a cup of coffee and added cream and sugar to it. Don saluted her with the cup of coffee before taking a sip which elicited a chuckle of out her, “Don’t worry I will never abandon you sweet dear coffee.”
“Ha ha, yeah yeah. I’ll be all healthy when we are old. And you, not so much. You’ll just be old.”
He rolled his eyes at her, happy that they seemed to be falling back into their old pattern of light teasing and snark before he said, “How’s your mom doing?”
Mia added some honey to her tea before answering, ‘She’s good. I live with her now. She’s semi-retired but still works part time teaching crafts for a store. I’ll tell her you asked about her. Your Dad and Charlie?”
“My dad is great. He opened a consulting business with his friend Stan. And Charlie? Believe it or not, sometimes he consults for us. It’s pretty amazing. He uses different types of applied mathematics to help us analyzed data better or he develops an algorithm pinpointing targets based on patterns. It’s been great working with him and spending time with Charlie.”
“Sounds like you two have become closer.”
“Yeah, we have. On a personal and professional level” He cleared his throat, “So, how’re you liking LA so far?”
She smiled, “You guys are not too shabby. You guys seem to know what you're doing.”
Don grinned back, “Glad we meet your approval.” He paused, “So, I was hoping that we could grab dinner either tonight or tomorrow and catch up before you jet back to DC.”
Her eyes showed a quick flash of panic before she quickly masked it with a smile, ‘Uh, well I’d love to, “
“But?” Don tried to read her face. He had the distinct idea that she was indeed hiding something.
“But, I have so much prep work I have to do when I leave here, plus I still have to read through any new briefs that I just can’t.”
Disappointed Don said, “Oh, yeah I understand. I just was hoping we would be able to catch up since it’s been what, four years?”
Yeah, four years since…….well, you know.” He nodded at what she referred too. Don had mostly moved on since than but the subject was still a raw emotion for him.
She offered, “Maybe lunch?”
“Yeah okay, that’ll work. How about tomorrow?"
Mia smiled tentatively, “Yeah, sounds good.”
With a grin Don replied, ‘Good, if anything changes I’ll let you know. You know how it can get?”
Mia laughed before going back into the seminar, “Oh yeah, I know all to well.”