60Hello again Intelligence fandom!
I'm back with a multi-shot. This was just an idea that came to me and wouldn't leave me until I wrote it down. This chapter was a little short but I promise if I continue to this (which depends on the reviews) I promise they will be much longer.
And I have to add that it's getting pretty late in where I'm living and I didn't have much time to proof read this chapter. So every mistake is mine. And I'm sorry if there are so many.
ENJOY!
She woke up to her phone ringing. Shooting upright, she checked who the call came from.
Gabriel.
She accepted the call but the line dropped dead. Without even thinking about it for a second she rushed out of her warm bed and put some clothes on. In less than 3 minutes, she was in his apartment with her gun in her hand.
"What the hell Riley?" she heard him yell from his kitchen. He looked busy, preparing something on the stove. She wanted to make a comment on the apron he was wearing, but she was too angry at him to make any jokes.
"Gabriel!" she growled. "I thought something happened to you!"
He stated laughing, which made her even more annoyed.
She started walking towards the kitchen area was greeted by the smell of coffee, and her stomach started grumbling in approval. In her exhaustion last night, it appeared that she'd forgotten to eat or drink anything
"Your shirt is backwards." he pointed our with a smirk. With the deathly glare he got from her, he took a few steps back as she walked towards him in a threatening way.
"Hey, hey,hey… calm down! I was just calling to ask if you would like to join me for breakfast. I'm making pancakes. My mamma's recipe."
She calmed down a bit and checked her watch.
6.24 am.
She shook her head in disapproval. "Since when did you get up so early on Sunday mornings? And prepare breakfast" she asked shooting her arms up in the air.
" You're the one who wakes up at 5.30 am every single morning. Even on the weekends! I couldn't sleep and was craving for my mamma's pancakes so I assumed you were awake and thought I could invite you."
She growled again in response.
"Someone woke from the wrong side of the bed." he said smiling and handed her a plate with a huge stack of warm blueberry pancakes.
She took in the amazing scent and closed her eyes in pleasure. "Mmmm… These smell so good!" she murmured. All her anger toward him disappeared with just one simple sniff.
"Told ya!"
After a few minutes, the stove was turned off and the two partners were sitting at the table devouring the pancakes. He had never seen Riley eat so much, so fast. She always had a very polite and slow way of eating which usually drew Gabriel crazy.
"I'm guessing you liked them." he laughed.
"Are you kidding me? These are the best pancakes I've ever tried! You have to give me the recipe!"
"Give you?" he laughed sarcastically. "Oh no no no. The person who will be doing these need to be doing it with love. And well… I've seen you cook Riley. I can't say that you've got enough passion."
Playfully, she stuck out her tongue and continued her pancake. "Then I guess you'll have to prepare these for me at least 3 times a week. Or I won't bring you coffee on my way back from my run like I do every morning." she shrugged.
He gave her a nod and accepted her deal with his always-present smirk on his face
"So, do you have any plans for today?" he asked after a moment.
"None that I'm aware of." she replied, her mouth half-full of blueberry pancake-y goodness.
"Good," he said. "Cause I was thinking that maybe we could enjoy some fresh air today. The weather is beautiful. I was planning to go on a run and since you're my bodyguard, you're coming too "
"Oh, is that so?" She raised an eyebrow. "As much as I would love to listen to your endless rambling on my one day off, I need to go back home and rest. I couldn't sleep at all last night, stuck with a huge pile of paperwork."
Riley entered the briefing room just a few second before Gabriel did. Seeing this, Lilian rushed over to her.
"Riley, I need to know that you will be with Gabriel and support him no matter what happens or whatever he does to push you away. Because I know he will do this to everyone around him after what I will tell him in a moment." She quickly whispered to the young agent's ear.
"Wh- what are you talking about?" she asked, puzzled. But before she could get an answer, her partner walked into the room.
"Good mornin' ladies." he said with a grin. His arrogant smile faded away when he realised the serious and worried faces.
"Gabriel…" The director of Cyber Command started.
"Wow, this must be serious." he joked as he always did when he was in an uncomfortable, deep situation. "She used her dull, serious tone." he pointed out turning back to his partner.
She smiled back nervously.
What was Lilian going to tell him?
What was this thing that everyone in the room was reluctant to tell him about?
Was it something to do with Amelia?
Because she dreaded that topic. She was the reason her partner's wife died and whenever her name was mentioned, she felt an incredible amount of guilt take over her.
The same thing happened to her whenever she realised that Gabriel was thinking about his late wife or cyber rendering that moment when she pushed him and herself through the window. He'd be staring ahead blankly. She knew he was thinking about her from the hurt expression on his face.
And she hated herself for making that happen.
Seeing his grief always made her feel worse. Much, much worse...
"Gabriel, we have some new information regarding to Amelia." Lilian started.
There.
The glow in his life disappeared and his smile dropped.
"I'm not interested in hearing Any more Intel linking her to that terrorist group. I've let that go and I don't understand why you still can't! She's gone Lillian, and that's all that matters." He raised his voice and was about to leave when Lillian stopped him.
"This has nothing to do with the damn terrorist group, Gabriel..." She sighed. "Please sit down."
Confused, and unlike him, he did as he was told.
She sighed once more before she continued.
"Look, I don't want you to jump to conclusion and get excited–"
"Just say what you want to tell me Lillian. What the hell is going on here?"
The director of cyber command nodded to Jameson and an image of a little boy popped on the large LCD screen behind her.
Riley gasped which gathered the entire rooms attention and made everyone, except Gabriel, turn back to her.
The boy didn't seem to be older than six years old. He was smiling at the camera with a toy lion securely tucked under his arm. But what was the most obvious thing that caught everyone's eye and made Riley gasp was the boys neatly cut blond hair and a stunning eyes full of life. Which reminded her of someone she knew very well.
His resemblance to Gabriel was undeniable.
"His name is Connor. He's five, and is Amelia's son." Lilian said slowly.
That was when Gabriel stood up in a flash, hitting the table as he did so. "That's impossible!"
"Apparently, Amelia had a son in England. Gabriel, I wanted to inform you about this because she specifically asked regarding parent to call this agency and ask for you in case she didn't come back."
He shook his head. "So I have a son?"
"See, this…this is why warned you not to jump to conclusions. We cannot be sure about that."
"Oh, come on Lillian! Look at the boy. Can't you see the resemblance?" Dr. Cassidy asked from a distance.
Lilian gritted her teeth. "We cannot be certain about that until we can confirm it with a paternity test."
Gabriel ignored everyone in the room. A thousand things were going through his head. He couldn't believe what was happening to him. A child would definitely change his life drastically. Screw the paternity test! he thought to himself. That little boy was Amelia's son and she'd asked them to contact him if something happened to her. It didn't matter if it was his child or not.
He couldn't save her. He was responsible for her death. And he was responsible for that boy being left an orphan.
"Is he still in the UK?" Gabriel asked. Riley immediately noticed how his hands were shaking.
"I need… I need to bring him here."
"I'm sorry but I do not approve you going to England to get the child. I will send someone else." Lilian replied sternly. "In the meantime I want you to go home. There's nothing you can do here."
"Gabriel!" Riley called out as she chased him down the hall. As soon as Lilian had finished her words, he had stormed out the door. And she knew all too well where he was going.
"Please, stop!" she tried once more. She heard him sigh and he turned around to face her.
"What?" he asked, sounding pretty annoyed, furious and also desperate.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Home." he shrugged. "Isn't that what the boss told me to do?"
She rolled her eyes. "I know that we haven't known each other for a long time Gabriel but I think I know you pretty well by now. And I know that you're not going home."
"So, what?"
"Would you please stop arguing with me and listen?" she asked impatiently. "I can't imagine what must be going through your head right now but I don't want you to get hurt and that's why I don't want you to go there…alone."
I hope you liked this little story of mine. If you did, please leave a REVIEW. I'd love to hear your ideas.
I just though it might be fun to explore Gabriel with kids and of course how Riley fits into all this. Should I continue?
Thanks for reading! :)