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Stripes
May 12, 2005 23:38:03 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 12, 2005 23:38:03 GMT -5
" hold a sec" he said into the phone. " tomorrow will be fine dinner say 6?
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Stripes
May 12, 2005 23:41:15 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 12, 2005 23:41:15 GMT -5
"6 is fine," she said, feeling like a marionette with someone else pulling her strings. "I'll have to come straight from my shift at the gate."
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Stripes
May 12, 2005 23:43:36 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 12, 2005 23:43:36 GMT -5
" thats fine" he looked at the time " i wont keep you anylonger im sure your partner is looking for you by now" he smiled,
Once riley was almost at the door he said in the phone " tell her no after dinner"
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Stripes
May 12, 2005 23:50:42 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 12, 2005 23:50:42 GMT -5
She smiled back, though she was once again numb, this time for an entirely different reason. She stood, spun on her heel and headed for the door. She was almost out of his office when she heard him say something into the phone about cookies. Her ears homed in almost automatically to his voice, only in time to hear him say, "Tell her no. After dinner."
Her footsteps faltered, hearing the odd conversation, but she kept going. Cookies? And who was she? She felt a surge of...something, and quickly quashed it. What had she just gotten herself into?
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 11:12:58 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 11:12:58 GMT -5
David hung up the phone and sat back in his chair for a long time before he got up and headwed home himself
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 14:40:21 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 14:40:21 GMT -5
Walking back to her apartment on base that night her heart had been pounding. What was she so afraid of. He wasn't going to find anything out. If he asked any questions, she was more than capable of dodging them. She'd been doing it her entire military career. Her entire life.
Still tomorrow, and the end of her shift at the gatehouse, rolled around entirely too quickly. She said goodbye to her duty partner, Tucker, who was going to cover for her until the relief officers arrived (she made a mental note to write up the relief officers for being late), and stepped out of the gatehouse. She might as well have been stepping off the edge of a cliff. At least, that was what it felt like.
Climbing into her jeep, she was nervous. She wondered if she had time to swing by her apartment and change into dress attire. It would be proper for meeting with her CO. But then wasn't this supposed to be casual? She didn't remember him saying so. Glancing at her watch, she saw that she would be late if she took the time to change. Great...
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 14:46:16 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 14:46:16 GMT -5
David was making dinner and waited for the babysitter to get there and take his daughter for the night but she was late. He sighed and heard something and ran out of the kitchen " lizzy what did you do?"
Lizzy looked at him " nuffin" she walked backwards away from him.
He gave her a look and started walking to her and she took off and thats when he seen it " LIZZIE!" he yelled and then cleaned up the mess " young lady you know better" he sighed as a headache came all of a sudden and he walked away.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 14:51:03 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 14:51:03 GMT -5
She decided to forgoe the dress uniform. Their meeting yesterday, and this dinner invitation, were anything but formal. It still made her nervous, not knowing what he was going to expect of her. God all she wanted was to be a good cop. Why did it have to be so complicated?
Pulling the jeep into the driveway at Carter's building, she killed the engine. Had she just heard him yelling?
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 14:53:53 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 14:53:53 GMT -5
David cleaned up lizzie and changed her and kissed her forehead " daddy isnt mad anymore " he went to set the table leavinf lizzie to play in the livingroom with her toys
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 15:00:19 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 15:00:19 GMT -5
Riley walked up to his door, reached out to knock, but stopped short, hesitating. Sighing she steeled herself and reached up again, knocking firmly this time. Then she waited.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 15:01:31 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 15:01:31 GMT -5
David heard the door and went and opened it " hello riley come on in" he opened the door wider.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 15:04:23 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 15:04:23 GMT -5
She took a careful step inside the doorway and stopped, looking around. Carter was giving her a wry look.
"You can come the rest of the way in, you know," he said.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 15:09:18 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 15:09:18 GMT -5
Once riley was inside he shut the door " welcome to my home" he said as he came into view again. He noticed something on her face and reached up to wipe it off for her.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 15:14:20 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 15:14:20 GMT -5
The way he was looking at her, he clearly found her apprehension amusing. Then something about his face changed, and he reached one hand out toward her face...
Quickly she turned her face away and stepped backwards, backing into the door. Her eyes were wide, but not quite frightened. Not yet. She still looked like a spooked deer.
"What are you doing?" she demanded, though her voice was soft.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 15:16:38 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 15:16:38 GMT -5
" relax riley you just have a little something on your face" he smiled lightly and wiped it off " there" he pulled his hand away just as lizzie walked in.
Lizzie " daddy?
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