When You Came

Chapter 16

A super short chapter becasue we are nearing the end!!

----Chapter 16----

I wake and immediately I notice the warmth coming from under me. I feel a second heart beating and I open my eyes to see Dylan. I must have moved towards him at some point. I lay my head back down on his chest and sigh happily. I made too much noise.

Dylan stirs and I try to act still asleep. I close my eyes and go limp. At first he tries to untangle himself from me, but finds that he can't without waking me. He wraps his arms around me and sighs. He freezes as he feels my racing heartbeat. He knows I'm awake, I realize, as he kisses the top of my head. "Morning."

I slightly untangle myself from him, but I make sure he knows I'm not leaving.

"Come on Alex, we have got to get ready," he says starting to pull away.

I shake my head, "Not yet."

I kiss his collarbone and hear him gasp. I smile and move to kiss him. He meets me half way and his arms wrap around me again. I press my body closer and push my hand into his hair to bring him closer. After a minute I smile against his lips.

"What?" He asks.

"We need to get ready," I say.

"Not yet."

I laugh at him and pull away just slightly.

"Sadly it's time," I sigh.

I lean down and kiss him once more before untangling myself from him. I grab my clean clothes and head to the bathroom. I wash my hair and change. I emerge to find Dylan completely dressed and ready to go. He smiles at me before grabbing my hand.

I get pulled into his arms as he leans down to kiss me. When he pulls away I'm breathless and dizzy. He grins before pulling me to the door. We walk towards our conference room. When we enter, I pull out the map as Dylan grabs the last box. The same thought as before pops into my head and I frown.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, everything is great," I mumble looking at the map. Dylan looks down at the map, but he doesn't see what I see. He sees individual cases, I see it as a whole.

"Do you have a pencil?" I ask.

"Yeah, here," he says handing it to me. "What's up? What do you see?"

"I don't know yet." I crouch down next to the map and grab the case I was working on. I connect to circles together to make a triangle between them. I set the pencil down and look at it. I know the Box is there somewhere, I can feel it.

I turn to Dylan. "We need Deraci."

He looks up from the case he's working on. "What?"

"I need Deraci to see this."

He sets the case down and looks at the map before standing and heading to the door.

"You're sure?"

"Yes," I say looking at the map. Dylan leaves and comes back a few minutes later with Mr. Deraci.

"What is it you need to show me?" He asks.

"I think I know where the Box is," I say taking a breath. Deraci looks between us, but realizes that I'm running this show. He moves closer to the map and crosses his arms.

"How?"

"It's in such an obvious location that anyone who has a brain wouldn't look there. They need a place for it that would be easily looked over and this is the place."

"How'd you think of it?"

"It popped into my head and I was drawn to the spot in the map," I say looking down at the map.

"Where do you think it is then?"

"Before I tell you, I have one condition, I want you to send me ahead of your team. To scout out the area if you will."

"No way, not happening," Dylan says crossing his arms. I ignore him and continue looking at Deraci. I can see him weighing his options. He needs the Box, but I could easily die. It clicks then, his decision is made.

"Fine, where is it?"

I look down at the map and offer a sad smile. "My old school."