Jacob Frye x Reader

Chapter 24 - Research and Development

My eyes flutter open as the sun shines through the window of my carriage, causing me to groan from such a bright light. I brought my hand up to shield my eyes, only wince from the sudden pain that I felt in doing so. 'Damn it, how long am I going to be like this before I can get back out in the field?' I thought as I placed my arm to the side of my body, looking up to the ceiling as I let out a sigh.

Noticing how the train appears to be quiet, I carefully got up from my bed and made my way out of the carriage, only to see that Evie and Henry are the only ones here besides me.

"Good morning (Name), how are you feeling today?" Evie said as she glanced up from the stacks of paper on the desk before looking back down again.

"I'm really hoping that these wounds will be healed in no time, I can barely move without it hurting." I replied.

"Well, they probably would have been slightly better had you rested up in the train instead of sneaking off yesterday." I could hear the light scolding in her tone and knew instantly that she must've checked up on me at some point, only to see that I wasn't there.

"Evie's right." Henry begins to say as he too looked up from the stack of papers. "If you had rested, you wouldn't be as sore as you are now."

"Gee, thanks mum and dad for establishing that." I couldn't help but speak in a sarcastic tone.

"Where did you run off to anyways?" Evie asked, completely disregarding my tone. Her question caused me to look towards the ground, suddenly embarrassed. I mean, this is Jacob's sister I'm talking to, and I did follow Jacob yesterday. Both Henry and Evie must've noticed how I went quiet because they both looked up from their work and looked at me in curiosity.

"Umm...I might've followed Jacob from a distance." I whispered, not wanting to look at them as I continued to look to the ground.

"What?" Henry said.

"(Name), why were you doing that, exactly?"

"I...I got curious as to what he was doing. And...I kinda wanted to be by his side...as stupid as that sounds." I could feel my cheeks burning from embarrassment at admitting the truth. I looked up and saw them both just looking at me, not a word was said from either of them. Wanting to escape from this embarrassment, I quickly gathered my things and ran out of the train, not once looking back, and decided to walk around the streets of London once again, being very mindful of the wounds, but to also use the shadows as I'm in no shape or form to fight.

It wasn't long before I happened to stumble upon Jacob, who looked to be entering a carriage, and a familiar one at that. 'I really shouldn't get involved.' I begin to think as my curiosity raises with each passing second. 'What the hell.' As stealthily as I could, I made my way to the back of the carriage and jumped on the back, once again wincing at the pain, before leaning my heads on the carriage and listening in on their conversation.

"Mr. Frye!" A woman's voice, I'm guessing belongs to Pearl, calls out, in what seems to be a surprised tone. "I told you to make an appointment."

"My schedule was open." I heard Jacob reply and I couldn't help but scoff. 'Of course, your schedule was open, you have nothing else to do but meet up with this woman.' That jealous feeling from before made another appearance, but I tried my best to not let it consume me. 'There really is no need to be jealous (Name), it's not like he likes her like that.' Happy with that conclusion, I smiled to myself before listening in once again.

"You're fortunate I like you." I felt my heart sped up at this, wondering what's going to happen next. I held my breath as it went quiet before, what sounded like a piece of paper being handed over, was heard.