Let Go - Part 6
6Title: Let Go (part 6)
Author: Kelly aka pittchic04
Rating: PG-13ish
Warning: nothing too explicit, some "steamy" scenes/suggestions and mild language
Pairing: Mick/ Beth
Genre: Romance, Drama
Spoilers: thru "Fever" for sure
Summary: Beth gets into trouble and runs to Mick for help. Stuff happens ; )
Disclaimer: CBS owns the show and characters. If they were mine there'd be a lot more Josef, Mick & Beth would live happily ever after, and Moonlight would be on 24/7.
Previous Parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
A/N; I'm not real happy with this part. I blame the evilness of Fleur de Lis, the depression of going 3 weeks without a new ep, and the appearance of Chicken Josh. I can't write Chicken Josh because I keep picturing some whiny 4 year old crying, "But mommy, the mean PI stole my girlfriend!" But I do have to get him out of the way so Mick and Beth can get it on (or will they? lol) so...
Let Go - Part 6
“Beth! Thank God. Are you ok?” Josh fired at her quickly. He’d been thinking the worst after seeing the surveillance tape from the parking lot, especially with the way she’d been attracting trouble lately.
“I’m fine Josh, really.” Beth sighed, “I’m sorry I worried you.”
“I’m just glad you’re alright. I saw that tape of you being chased and no one knew where you were. I even called that P.I. friend of yours.”
“I know,” Beth said softly, then quickly covered her mouth.
“What? Never mind, just tell me where you are and I’ll come get you.”
“No!” Beth said a little too quickly. “I mean, I’m safe where I am. I just called to let you know I’m okay, and because there’s something I have to tell you.” She took a deep breath, not sure how to tell him. It was probably better to just get it over with. Quick and painless, yeah right, she told herself. “Listen Josh, I know this isn’t a good way to do this, but I don’t know what else to do. I’m sorry, but I can’t see you anymore.”
Josh was silent for a moment. “Is someone making you do this?” He asked, thinking someone had grabbed Beth and was forcing her at gunpoint to end things with him so he wouldn’t look for her. That had to be it. It was the only explanation.
“What? No! You know things between us haven’t been great lately. I’m just freeing us both.” So I can play house with a sexy PI, she mentally added.
“Don’t worry Beth, I know this isn’t you. I’m getting help. Just hang on.” Josh gave up waiting for the elevator and hurried to the stairs. Whoever had Beth had seriously screwed up by making her call, not understanding that him and Beth loved each other. Or maybe Beth had orchestrated the call to let him know she was in trouble. That was his Beth, always thinking, he thought proudly. He wouldn’t let her down.
“Listen to me!” Beth tried again to make him see reason, but he was annoying the heck out of her. What was it going to take to get it through his thick skull? “It’s over! That’s it. There’s no conspiracy. No one has me. I just don’t love you anymore. Can’t you understand that?”
Someone pounded on the door and she heard it echo on the phone. She disconnected the call and tossed the phone at the couch, staring at the door in disbelief. This can’t be good, she thought as she felt Mick come up behind her. She hadn’t even heard him come downstairs, the reporter portion of her brain noted and she vowed to quiz him about his stealth habits later.
“I don’t have to let him in.” He whispered in her ear, being careful not to touch her. Despite what he’d said earlier about giving them a chance, a part of him still hated that she was giving up something normal for something dark and dangerous. He’d heard her conversation and wished he could have spared her, although he felt a little guilty about eavesdropping. He hadn’t meant to, at least at first, but his ears were attuned to her voice. And now she’d have to suffer even more because of him.
“No, I have to deal with him.” Beth turned towards him, offering him a small smile and placing a hand over his heart. “I just liked this belonging to us for awhile.”
“This?” He quirked an eyebrow and smirked, making her laugh. “This will always belong to us.” He pressed a quick kiss to her lips and told himself it would be enough to last him eternity if she made the smart choice and decided to leave with Josh.
He made his way to the door, looking back with his hand poised on the handle. Beth nodded and, with a deep breath, Mick opened the door. Josh was caught off guard with his fist hovering comically in midair for half a second before he strode in, talking at supersonic speed that reminded Mick of a whiny five year old.
“We have to save Beth! Someone has her and they made her call me to say she’s ok but I know something’s wron…” He froze in mid sentence when he saw Beth standing in the living room. “Beth?”
“I told you I was fine, see?” Beth was careful to keep her face and voice emotionless, but Mick could see the tightness in her body.
“What’s going on here?” Josh looked from Beth to Mick and back again, going from worried to stunned to irate in two seconds flat. “I’ve been worrying about you all night and you’ve been here, with him.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” The words were out of Beth’s mouth before she could stop them and she hurried to add, “Forget it. It doesn’t matter anymore. We’re over, just leave.”
“Not until you tell me what the hell happened last night? I saw the tape, Beth. Someone chased you yet I find you here, shacked up with this…this PI.” He spat PI like it was a four letter word and Beth glanced at Mick, who was glaring at Josh with his arms crossed over his chest. He looked calm on the outside, but Beth could see the fire in his eyes and knew he was watching for Josh to make one wrong move. She needed to get Josh to leave. Now.
“Someone chased me and I came to Mick for help. End of story. You can go now.” Beth shifted her gaze to Mick again, hoping she could let him know that it was a lot more than that. He looked up just long enough to catch her eye but she couldn’t tell what he was thinking. Later, after Josh was gone, she’d make it up to him.
“Yeah, right. If you were in so much trouble, why didn’t you call me? Why let me worry all night?”
“I already told you I’m sorry about that. What more can I say?”
“You can tell me why. Why you didn’t come to me? Why you come here? Hell, for all we know, he orchestrated this whole thing to get you here.”
“Get. Out.” Beth growled through clenched teeth, barely containing her fury.
“I’m not leaving you alone with him.”
“I said…” Beth took a step forward but Josh interrupted.
“Think about it, Beth. What do you really know about him?” He took a step closer with each word and Mick’s muscles coiled, preparing for attack. “Just come home with me and you’ll thank me for it later.” He held out his hand and Beth took a step to the side, away from Josh and closer to Mick.
Josh reached out a hand to stop her and Mick moved. One second he was ten feet away, the next he was between them with his hand clenched around Josh’s wrist.