Monday Madness: S1 P10

“WELL, IT’S NOT MY FAULT SOME….SOME WEIRDO IS STICKING THEIR ARM IN MY WINDOW.” I still held the window shut.

“You could,” she heaved. “Open the window and stop squishing my arm.”

“How do I know you’re not trying to kill me or something?!?”

“Even if I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead. The gun went off when you slammed the window. What kind of agent does that? You could have died!”

“What kind of agent am I?” I argued. “What kind of agent are you? Water guns are harmless!”

“Uh huh, blame it on me. See, totally harmless. Now let me in, my arms are killing me!”

I paused. I could let her in…or I couldn’t. I mean, she was the one trying to break into my apartment. But then again, she used a water gun. I already held the higher ground. And even if they did find her in my apartment, I was already fired. It wouldn’t do that much harm.

“Fine,” I opened the window, taking the water gun out of her hand, and then pulled her in.

“Whew,” She laughed. “It’s harder getting through windows than I imagined.”

“Uh-huh.” I crossed my arms, and looked her up and down. She was in all black, but her stocking hat didn’t cover her face. She had a freckled face and wavy brown hair. And…she was taller than me. Which was surprising because most girls were way shorter.

“Do you have any ice?” She asked. “My arm kind of hurts. It’s a funny story. So I was trying to break in to this guy’s apartment and just make him listen to what I have to say, and you know, you’d think a guy would be surprised if you pulled a gun on him. But then this dork just slams the window shut on my arm!”

I glared at her. “It’s not my fault some random…person! Shoved their arm in my window. What was I supposed to do?”

“Haha, I don’t know…Maybe back off and let the mission go smoothly?!?” She glared at me, but then broke out into a grin. “I’m… I’m sorry. I am so bad at dramatic situations. But really, can I please have some ice?”

I just rolled my eyes. I was not in the mood for happy people. You’d think a person breaking into your apartment would be a little angry or something? But nooo, I had to get the one person who’d find everything hilarious.

“So… what do you want with me?” I asked as I searched my freezer for some ice. I only had frozen peas. That would work.

“Well, it’s rather what we want with you. See, I don’t work alone. But anyway, we need you to come work on our team and basically hack into this…super secure network.”

“Why choose me?” I handed her the peas and slumped down on my couch. “I’m just a ‘dumb agent.’”

“Who said you’d be doing agent-work?” She smirked. “Besides, we need you.”

“And what if I don’t want to help you?”

“Then you’re ridiculous and need to rethink your life.”

“Wow, thanks.” I sighed. I don’t know. I was just fired from my job and I have to find some place to move and I have to explain this entire situation to my father and… ugh. Way too overwhelming. But if this job paid… “What do I get if I help you?”

“Everything this place has to offer and more.” She laughed, walking over to the kitchen to put the peas back. “You joining?”

/\/\/\

join Hannah Joy next Monday (or perhaps the next; she'll just be getting back by then) for the next part! *grins*