Checking In

[Lovely]

December 20, 2008
Milo's office


Milo sat at his desk, his feet propped up on the side, looking at Pete with an amused expression. His hands steepled and chin resting on the tips of his fingers. "This is just a reminder.... not to be stupid and do anything you'd regret..."

Damn him... He stuck his tongue out at Milo. "Like letting you set me up... make me fall... hard? Damnit.."

"Thought he didn't fall? hmmmm"

"Who 'Damien'? Hey, there's always firsts.. It's just starting. Don't worry. There's time to stop it.. "

"Can't stop love," he pointed out. "You can deny it...but you cant stop it."

"Not denying anything... it'll bite me in the a** if I do, damnit." He hissed out a string of quiet curses and looked at the candy dish.

"I think you already got bit, my boy..."

"She had to go and be like.. cute n stuff.. and fun... and all responsible and ... sh*t... help.. someone?... anyone?" He dug deeper into the mire on his own and sank in the chair, rubbing his temple as his eyes closed.

"You've been around other cute girls.."

His eyes opened, glaring. "Yeah and? They weren't Ice.. She's like.. I dunno... a kindred spirit sorta.. "

Milo chuckled, letting him dig his own hole to prove the point.

"Gotta love that dual camo-inviso kinky monkey sex love groove thing we've got going, man... something about being all hands... and that's HER being all hands, not me."

"Umm it would be really ok if you never mention that again"

"Oh.. sorry..." He wasn't, he really wasn't and he was thinking about it far too much now. "You knew... damnit you knew... how?"

"I didn't know anything.... I sent you to find out, remember?" He chuckled again.

Pete took a piece of candy from jar, sucking hard on it... thankfully a sour one. He glared still, eyes watering from sour candy. "Well...," he shrugged. "I got her attention.. "

"And she got yours.... didn't she?"

"F**kya man... Love ya, but... f**kya..," he grinned, giving up with a sigh. "It's harder'n sh*t to get work done with... you know.. Nobody ever cared enough to boot me out in the morning before the jealous boyfriend showed up before.. you think that may be something real happening?"

[Lovely]

"Would it bother you if I told you, that right now that jealous boyfriend...who isn't really a boyfriend if you know what I mean? What if I told you right now he has her pinned down to his bed and is riding her like she's the expressway? And she's just letting him? Turning her head to the side and staring out the window? Waiting for it to be done and him to roll off... so she can go into the bathroom and try not to vomit?"

"I'd think I'd rather have to kill him.. maybe flay him... separate his skin from the muscle beneath and lightly saute him with a bit of lemon juice and flame thrower? Hm, or do you think that's too subtle?" He was teasing, but pissed all the same and making considerations about what he would allow himself to do.

"Well..." nods his head. "If it's any consolation right now she's doing it for you. Otherwise they would be out hunting you down right now.... of course she doesn't know, about your back-up."

"Um.. do I know about my back-up?"

"Us, you dumb sh*t..."

"Duh.. I mean.. I thought you meant someone specific, someone I might have to keep an eye later... digging their fingers in my icecream.. um... oh friggin hell, Milo... I'm a goner.. " chokes briefly on candy before swallowing it.

"Well I was thinking of sending Carl or Galen up... they've got pretty enough faces to get into that world.."

"Do I get a choice, here?"

"If you tell me you have things under control?"

"God, I can't believe I'm asking this, but please send Galen if it's gotta be one of them... something about mister detachable just heebes me out."

"Ah but he is resouceful," he reminded. "Alright.. Galen... hmmm Joker might work too."

"Things... are under control.. um.. were... Joker?"

Chuckles "Were? You need us to send someone? You know it may scare her... could lose her forever.."

"Stop it, okay? Things are fine, I'm just warning you... we get her on board, I'm keeping her."

"And if we don't? What will you do then?"

"A-flaying we will go and I'll probably keep her anyway. Though I'd have to do a memory wipe on her... Mile.. how hard would it be to set up a private room in the medlab?"

"Private room? What for? Is she that wild.. think you'll be ending up there alot?"

"Selling point, Mile.. selling points... it's important.. could it be done?"

"It could be done...not that hard -just a little rearranging. Who would it be for? Would we need anything special?"

[Lovely]

He sighed, "Actually, yeah. Whole deals off if her mom's not cared for... mainly why she does what she does... can't afford it otherwise, so.. there ya go. We could maybe even help with healing her up a little..."

"We want the girl... if putting her mother up comes with that... it will be arranged." He scratched the side of his head. "Now is there anything else I should know?"

"She doesn't know that much yet.. she knows about me, but I"ll take care of that. Now that I have the go ahead on the other, we should be good, but... she's got a line on something she found on her own. How much are you willing to put up front as a carrot?"

Milo sat back and tipped his head. "What more do you think we will need? We get her mom... we have you... and we won't f**k her. Well, you might... but I assume that was willingly."

"You asked me not to tell you that part, remember? I meant in terms of... she needs a place to stay whether I'm her partner or not. She can't stay there regardless."

"If she doesn't accept.. she stays where she is."

"She'll accept"

"You sound confident... that's promising."

A fearless and arrogant look crossed his features, though his eyes held that bit of doubt that said he was afraid of not getting to her in time.. "Well, confident ain't worth a damned thing if I don't get her in time, so... time to be my most irresistable self and... oh yeah.. not telling you the rest," he grinned, grabbing another sour and popping it in his mouth.

Milo reached across the desk and put his hand over Pete's. "I've known you a long time... I've never seen you look this way... it's kinda cute on you." He winked. "And the transport is waiting... better get going."

"Aww.. you're jealous. Don't worry, you're still my most favoritest, Milo-while-o... Kiss kiss, love," he chuckled.

"Eww when you say things like that you make me happy that Tripp is my son in law... and that really disturbs me!"

"Disturbed is a good look for you.. I'll have to remember that," he smiled, slipping out the door.