| Another Quiet Day At the LAW Office - Part 4 |
| Kim (March 11, 2003) It certainly was new, and even a little scary. Who knew that Selene had it in her; to take one for the team like this? Well, definitely not Kim, that's for sure. She watched her partner in crime work her way up onto the desk, right in front of the Jr. PI. JD's eyes widened as Selene began to pull one of the white tank top straps slowly down her arm. "Well, she said work with her," Kim mumbled, trying to get the melody right in her head. Finally, it all came together in her mind, so she started to hum the striptease song out loud. Selene just grinned, watching JD acting like a deer caught in the headlights. He didn't know whether to move out of the way or ask what the heck she was doing. Either way, this had to stop, especially when she started to go for the other strap. "Ok stop!! What do you want?" "Just a little information JD," Kim said from behind. Selene nodded in confirmation. "I don't know what you're talking about," he shook his head, figuring that this could turn out really bad if they didn't believe him. "Oh, come on... Heather.... Ezra... evil... ringing any bells?" Selene put the tank top strap back over her shoulder and into place. She watched as JD still shook his head. 'This wasn't going very well.' "I really don't know anything about them! I've been here all night, trying to find out some information." "Information on what?" the LAW girls asked in unison. Well, they had wanted him to get nervous, and that's exactly what was happening. Though it wouldn't be much help to them if he really didn't know anything. "Just a case, really! I don't know anything about Ezra and Heather, you gotta believe me," JD searched their faces for any sign, any sign at all that would let him know they believed him. He didn't see any. "Selene, come over here," Kim motioned her off to the side and away from prying ears. "What?" she stood up from the desk, giving JD a little wink as she passed by, just to keep him on his toes. "I don't think he knows what the plan is, at least not enough of it to know it's against any of us. I mean, think about it... Ezra's smarter than that, so is Heather, they wouldn't let him know." "True... so what do we do?" "Spy on Ezra and Heather? "Sounds good... shouldn't we have thought of that sooner?" "Hey, we're LAW girls, we always try to take the easy way out first," she grinned. Selene shook her head, wondering why they had made her leader. *** Selene (May 1, 2003) "We should take Lisa and Ann with us too," Selene said. "Yes, go get them." "Arf," Selene said as she made her way into the kitchen where Ann and Lisa where talking to Ashley. She grinned as she took in the sight before her. Ann and Lisa where doing their very best 'innocent' faces, while Ashley was watching them with suspicion. 'Trying to look innocent,' Selene thought grinning, 'not the best way to go, we're LAW girls. I think us being innocent is genetically impossible. Might even be in the job description.' "Yo, Ann, Lis. We gotta go." She called out laughing when Ann and Lisa made it to her side quicker then they normally would. "Go where?" Ashley asked. "Prepare for the next alien invasion. This one is planned sometime in the next week. Wanna come?" Selene asked, with a perfectly serious face. "No thanks, as fascinating as that sounds, I think I�ll stay here and actually work," Ashley said, with great sarcasm in her voice. Selene just grinned at her as she hooked her arms into Ann's and Lisa's. "How did it go with JD?" Lisa asked "Doesn't know a thing," Selene said, smiling at Kim as she joined the other three girls. "Are you sure?" Ann asked "Oh yeah," Kim grinned. "After Selene her little striptease act, he would've told us if he knew, just so she would stop." "Striptease act!" was called out by both Lisa and Ann while they stopped and stared at Selene, who untangled her arms from theirs and just kept walking. "Seemed like a good idea at the time." She smiled. "Funny to, I thought he was gonna choke when I pulled my strap down, and when Kim started humming the striptease song, it was all I could do not to fall over laughing. He broke down before I had the second strap down." "How did it go with Ashley?" the great leader asked. "We'll tell you later." Ann said. "Where are we going now?" Lisa asked as they made their way outside "We're going to spy on Heather and Ezra," Selene informed them with a smile that almost split her face. "Oh, that could be so much fun!" Ann started bouncing in excitement. "What could be so much fun?" asked a male voice from behind them. A soft 'uh oh' could be heard from four different mouths before the girls turned around to face Vin Tanner. *** Kim (May 2, 2003) "Don't you know it's not nice to sneak up on a few unsuspecting LAW gals, Mr. Tanner? That's twice in one day now; could get you in trouble," Kim crossed her arms, giving Vin her most annoyed look (which sort of looks like her everyday look). "Uh huh, didn't answer the question," Vin smirked, eyeing Selene. Well, Chris had told him to start with her, right? Be helpful if he knew what the hell for though. "We were just talking about that softball game... thinking we should create a team for ourselves," Ann answered quickly, earning nods from the girls and a soft scoff from the PI. "Right," Vin nodded, turning to Selene, "Talk to ya a minute?" "Uhhh," Selene went blank, looking to her co-conspirators for help. Lisa gave her a slight nod, telling her to play it cool. It was only Vin, after all. 'Only Vin, there's no such thing!' Selene thought, following the Texan into Ashley�s bedroom. Vin closed the door and Selene started to get nervous. 'Vin, and me, in a closed off room, no one gonna come in�' she started sweating, fantasies flooding her mind. 'No, not gonna do it! Must... think... straight! For the good... of the LAW girls!' she silently prayed this wasn't going to take very long. In her calm and collected (or so she hoped) voice, she asked, "What do you need?" Doh! Wrong word "Uh, I meant want," Doh again! "Why you need to see me?" There, that was good enough. Vin grinned; it didn't take a psychic to know she was nervous�now to understand why. "Seem a bit skittery, somethin' up?" Selene wanted to look down Vin�s frame soooo badly to see if 'somethin' was up', but she controlled herself and kept eye contact. "Nope." "Your sweatin'," he cocked his head to the side, watching her. "It's hot," she shrugged, feeling the cool air on her skin. "I was uh, doin' something," she frowned, wondering where she was going with this. "I see." Why does he keep grinnin� like that? She frowned more. "You seen Ez or Heather 'round? Been lookin' for 'em...." "Nope," "You sure?" She nodded quickly, her gaze darting nervously towards the door, "Anything else?" "Not right now," he put his hand on her bare shoulder, "might wanna let Nate look at ya though sometime... lookin' a mite pale," he smiled mischievously, perhaps withholding a secret from the young woman, and turned towards the door. "Yeah," she answered simply, it taking all her strength and courage to stay exactly where she stood, so she wouldn't run for the door and alert him to something amiss. Vin gave her a little nod before he was out the door, leaving Selene to just stare at the now open entrance. Phew! That was close... damn Texan, has to look so good, and be all quiet... and�where was I going with this? Her mind wandered more as she walked back out to her girls. "How'd it go?" Lisa ventured to ask. Probably wasn't a safe question to ask though. "Uhh� good?" "You don�t know?" Ann frowned "Well, I sorta� uhm... spaced out a bit," Selene sighed, the image of Vin now doing a striptease for her playing into her mind. A silly grin found its way to her lips and she stared off into space. "Snap outta it!" Kim frowned, well aware what her friend was thinking because Selene started humming the striptease dance softly. "Come on, let's go... we still have work to do," Kim hinted, leading them out into the alley once again to try finding Ez and Heather. What they didn't know was that Vin watched them from the shadows, ready to follow. *** Lisa (May 2, 2003) The four female conspirators crept down the alley towards the corner of the Saloon, unaware they had a shadow in the form of Vin Tanner. "Where are we going?" questioned Lisa who was tired of running in circles and not getting any answers. Besides she was afraid one of them would actually have to play softball or perform a strip tease before they found out what Heather and Ezra were up to. "Inez might know what Ezra's got up his sleeve." Ann was usually the voice of reason in this merry band of inept investigators. "To the Saloon," ordered Kim. They all stopped dead, including their longhaired specter, when a giggle floated from the second floor window above them. "Oh, Ezra, that feels so nice." "It should, my dear, I've spent an inordinate amount of time perfecting it's state." Selene's jaw dropped and her eyes grew wide. "That's Heather and Ez�" Kim slapped her shoulder. "Shhhhhhh. They'll hear us," she whispered. Selene mouthed an, "Oh." "Do you really think we should?" giggled Heather once again. "I mean I don't know if I can do this." "I am absolutely sure that you will be very skillful at this. Here, I'll assist you." Ezra's voice was full of honey. Vin's eyebrow's raised and he shook his head. He moved back a bit to look up and accidentally hit a crate that issued a little creaking sound. It was enough to alert his quarry in front of him. Lisa's eyes narrowed and gave her own version of the Larabee glare to Tanner. Selene slapped her arm. No one would give Vin those kind of looks when she was around. Ann put her finger to her lips and glanced around at all the voyeurs in the alleyway. They heard Ezra elicit a groan from overhead. Five mouths dropped in shock and then they heard Ms. Lane. "Oh, Ezra, you're magnificent." |
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