The American And The Russian (Benny Watts) [The Queens Gambit]

Part 24 It's Okay To Be Scared

I smiled as I looked though the shopping helping Benny to put it all away now we had finished our magazine, "Ohh I got you the news paper, Help you keep in the loop given you haven't been out of here in.... A while" He laughed, handing me the paper and kissing my cheek as he did I smiled, taking the paper and leaving him to do the rest of it "Go on then, read away. Ohh and tell me what the weather's going to be the next couple of days I'm sick to fucking death of this icy weather" he explained

I nodded sitting on the little chair at the table flicking open the paper seeing the weather report at the top below the date "Monday rain, Tuesday Rain, Wednesday..."

"Let me guess rain?"

"No, Little grey cloud"

"So maybe rain"

"Maybe rain" I laughed

"Alright, Might have to put a few more dollars on the meter for the heating" He explained

"It might be worth it" I nodded reading the headlines "Hunt intensifies for missing Moscow chess champion" I read

'All forces are on the hunt for the Russian national Y/n y/l/n missing still after the chess championship, All though the soviets claim no responsibility, many are starting to fear her involvement as a spy or infiltrator sending information to moscow, however the Soviets seem to be pointing the finger squarely at the CIA in there believe she was kidnapped to prevent her beating the American champion Benny watts in order to preser american Superiority, or that she had been taken by the CIA as a hostage and forced to give away information to the US. This is not helping the current level of tension between the two nations as both are beginning to theorize with neither moving on there statements' I read 'all though rumors are that Soviet Spy's have already entered america looking for her"

"Y/n, Stop it" Benny warned taking the paper away from me "You're just going to worry yourself"

"Benny, what if they have got spys looking for me?"

"Even if there is They are not going to find you hiding in a basement in new york are they?" He laughs "There not going to be looking for you here, let alone hiding out with me"

"What if they do?" I asked "What if they interrogate you?" I asked "what if the CIA demands you hand me over?"

"Y/n, Y/n, Honeybunny calm down" He says holding my hands "knowone is going to find you, nothing bad is going to happen, I promised you didn't I? I promise nothing bad is going to happen to you."

"You really promise?"

"I swear on my life honeybunny"

"Okay, I'm sorry Benny..."

"It's alright, those papers make money out of fear mongering, they massage the truth till its scary enough a headline to sell papers" He explained "But it's okay if your scared"

"I'm not scared Benny"

"I know you're not" He smiled kissing my nose "It's okay to be scared y/n. But I promised my sweet little honeybunny. Nothing bad is going to happen, so you have nothing to be scared off" He reassured "Here, Read the comics would you y/n?" He smiled flipping though some pages and handing it to me on the comics

"Okay benny" I nodded