Anna's POV

"So what do you think?"

"It was definitely the alcohol."

He laughed.

" Well then you should drink more, come on its just a date"

" Can I think about it?"

I mean you can say that right, even if the guy in front of you is totally gorgeous and the entire female community ogles him with every chance they get.

" Sure, if you do decide, then meet me at the Coffee house at 6.00 pm ".
" I'll be waiting," he said and winked.

I gave him an awkward smile.

My phone rang,

" James"

" You sound........flustered? That's a first."

" I DO NOT SOUND FLUSTERED, taken aback would be more like it, a guy just asked me on a date.''

" Already?! You go girl." He whistled.

" James," I said in that tone.

" Ok back to business, I searched the database. Your princi and Mr. Miguel, the janitor don't have anything in their records so I had to go a lot farther, seems like they both were very close friends back in Russia and Mr.Tanner helped Miguel get out of prison, the charges are not specified which is....... odd. Mr.Tanner hired Miguel against the judgment of the board so I feel it can be something you could investigate."

" Yeah, anyway this is the only lead I have so far. Send Charlie the details."

"Will do," he said ending the call.

I looked around everyone was going back to class.

I searched the hallways until I saw the person I was looking for. Miguel had an oversized sandwich in his hand, the sauce made its way down his chin which he wiped off to his shirt sleeve unceremoniously.

"What are you doing here?"

I turned around swiftly. I glanced at the round woman, her thin silver hair was curled and her pudgy feet peeked from her knee high skirt, she looked extremely bored and dull. Her name tag had Head Librarian written in pale letters.

" I'm new.........I got lost, can you guide me to hall 3?"

"This way ", she pointed and my gaze caught on her ring. It wasn't a normal ring, it was a thin serpent curled around her finger.

" Thank you," I said and walked away.

I managed to duck when I saw Nathan coming from other end,

Great now I was hiding from highschool boy.

My phone vibrated silently and I saw Charlie's name flash on it. I went to the distant end of the building in an effort to avoid the crowd.

" Charlie. "

" Sparrow."

" So I have been told you have a new suspect."

" That I do"

" How do you plan to do it?"

" I just saw him eating his lunch, I plan to wait and then grab him, sedate him and the rest will be done at the house ."

" Great, then I will tell this plan to your junior, she will follow your plan to the t and get answers while you go on a date."

" You can't be serious!!" I said cursing James for being such a big mouth.

" I am very serious."

" Charlie, what makes you think I want to go on a stupid date instead of dragging a half unconscious man and slapping the answers out of him?"

" It isn't a request sparrow."

" You are not doing this because I sneaked 10 rats in your room and they ate your birthday cake right? If you are I will get you a 4 tier new one. Promise. Besides its just a date I'm not going."

" Is the guy handsome?''

" Ye.....s" I replied unsure of the question.

" Then you most definitely are, this will help you strengthen your cover, Amelia won't reject a date and so you too won't, rest will be taken care of."

"Charlie ..Charlie, come onnn don't do this" I said pleading.

" I think high school suits you, I like that tone" he teased " Go On That Date" he added seriously.

I groaned. This was the most exciting thing I was going to do after 45 days instead I had to go on a stupid date.

Maybe, just maybe I can do both.

I make my way towards the broom closet. The corridor is empty, and I quickly jump in. Surprisingly it isn't very small, but it smelt horrible, I hide behind the neatly stacked boxes of the cleaning agent.

      The door handle twisted. A small lady came in and picked up a broom. I waited and waited, but Mr.Miguel didn't seem in the mood of cleaning today. I was about to give up when someone opened the door, the person didn't bother to come in, I noticed the sauce on the sleeve and swept in action. I grabbed the person in and closed the door, then I removed the needle from my hidden pocket and pressed it into his arm while covering his mouth with the other, he was taken by surprised but now threw a punch, I pushed the needle all the way in, and his struggle slowed down. His eyes became droopy. I looked around and saw a huge dustbin. I removed his clothes and wore them then tucked my hair in a cap and lifted Miguel.

Ufff, Mr. Miguel needed a little diet.

I forced him into the dustbin and peeked out. There was no one in sight.

I pushed the heavy dustbin rapidly hoping no one would notice me, I reached the parking area and went to my car.

" This is my assignment" an irritated voice came.

" Guess what I took over, stop being bitchy , I was bored, now move your ass and help me."

Missy stood there, fuming.

"It's an order," I said stressing each word. She was older than me but I was at a higher rank.

She let out a grunt and helped me pull Miguel out.

" No offense but you are an A-hole"

I glared at her.

"Put him in the trunk, and drive."

" Why should I drive?"

"Because I am in janitors clothes genius " she gave me an unpleasant look.

I hid under the seats. In 20 minutes we were at my garage door.

I stood for an eye scan and fingerprint.

The door opened, we dragged Miguel to a wall I typed in my password and the wall parted.

It was a fully operational office, I had my guns on a rack, all my favorite devices stacked one after another.

We dumped him on a chair.

"I will complain about this to Charlie."

"Darling might I remind you about the time when you were too freaked out to shoot, I saved your life by killing that man from a range of 200 m no less "

"Stop bragging"

"Stop making me want to brag"

I looked at the watch it was already 5.00 pm.

" Wake him up, I'll get changed"

"Yes boss, " she said sarcastically.

I took heavy steps in, it still made me feel uneasy, no one was home and I was a little relieved. Mum and dad had welcomed me, hugged, and cried on my shoulders, until the time I told them I had to leave again. Then they started avoiding me, I didn't like it but to be honest, it was better this way.

Amelia's room smelt like her, the walls were covered in her pictures, I yanked my eyes off them and opened the closet. There were beautiful clothes hanging, on the lower shelf there was an array of heels and shoes.

    I shifted through the dresses and my hand caught on the lace of a white dress. I pulled it out, it was simple yet pretty, I decide to wear that with small wedges, I just combed my hair and decided not to wear makeup, I didn't want to impress him, I wanted to unimpress him, which I might add was pretty tricky to do on your first date ever.

Of course I wasn't nervous, of course not, I said wringing my hands. I looked at the watch again, 5.15 I had to hurry.

Miguel was still groggy, his eyes were only slightly open.

"Let's get this done with".

''Miguel, Miguel" I yelled after slapping him lightly.

"Mumma, I didn't leave the water running, I swear"

I slapped him harder, " Miguel, what was in that manila envelope you gave principal yesterday?"

His eyes widened slightly.
I slapped him again, "Say it".

" Football, thing"

" What football thing?"

"Drug the players and win Yaaay" he said throwing his hands in the air.

" Did the principal plan to drug the opposite team so we would win?"

" Shhhh, don't tell anyone it's a secret.''

" Is that all?" I said getting frustrated.

" No, I like the smell of farts."

Ewwww gross.

I kicked the chair hard.

" Get anything more you can, all this work is wasted. After you are done put him to sleep and carry him back to school."

" You mean kill him?'' Missy said with wide eyes.

" We don't go on killing innocent people, well he's not innocent but still. I meant inject the sleep drug."

I shut the door angrily.

First I had to listen to a stinky man's disgusting fetish, now this.

I reach the café, it's very lightly packed and I like that there are so few people.

I spot Nathan, instantly his face lights up in a smile.

"So you decided to come."

"Yeah."

The waitress came and she was clearly checking him out. We placed our orders.

And then the awkward silence began.

Tick tick

Tick tick

Tick tick

I smiled again, hoping he would say something.

" So what are your hobbies, Amelia?"

I don't know Does killing people, slapping the shit out of them, then throwing their bodies, running like ostrich count?

" I don't have hobbies as such, I like tech and observing people though".

" Interesting, I mean you get to know a lot about a person from their behavior, dressing, and style.''

" Yeah, so what do you like about Wellington?" I asked, maybe I could get something interesting.

" Nothing actually."

" Then why did you apply for it?"

" It's partly because of my parents, my dad went to Wellington and he felt I could bring back its glory. They insisted that I go to Wellington."

"I was very surprised, I mean I have seen your profile, you have very high scores, not to mention you were the team caption in middle school."

" You checked my profile, Wow , bit of a stalker aren't you?"

I almost bit my tongue, I shouldn't have said that.

"Yeah I mean, I didn't have better things to do."

" You seem...... different."

I chuckled .......nervously.

" Such a near encounter with death changes things," I said pulling out a dialogue from my 101 dialogue book.

"Yeah, It does. You too don't belong in Wellington. I mean you are smart, talented, not to mention you are beautiful."

"Now, I'm beautiful now "I said correcting him, it angered me that he called me beautiful just because I weigh less than Amelia.

" I wouldn't say that, you had the most amazing smile before too."

" It was so amazing that I had no friends, and you didn't even spare me a glance."

He watched me with his brown eyes, something unrecognizable passed through them.

"You hate English period, so you sit in the farthest corner of the library, you love dark chocolate you always have your coffee with two extra pumps of whipped cream, you love Brussels and you are allergic to almonds, you love dogs, your shampoo has lavender oil in it, and you don't like pickle in your burger" he rattled off.

Bloody Hell.

" I did notice you, I like you, I have been for a long time but I didn't think you would like me. When I got that message I was overjoyed."

I remained silent. This guy knew Amelia pit and pat, I should be staying away from him. But now I knew why Amelia liked him, he was kind, caring, smart and saw her for who she is, a part of me wanted to be near him, wanted to show him what I was on the inside too.

Whaaaaatttt stupid stupid brain. I gotta get out of this place, it has started to make me crazy.

" So what do you say, friends?"

" Friends" I replied before my brain could process.

This Cannot Be Good.

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Heyya people,

So do you like cats or dogs.

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Both are sooo adorable but I love dogs more😍.

Sorry for updating late. Love you.