The Agency (Slow Updates)

14.Parker Evans

I got out of the lunch line and made my way over to the table Izzy and I normally ate at. It was in the corner of the lunchroom and had a perfect view of every table. I sat down and threw my stuff next to me on the bench seat. I started scarfing down my food and watched everyone in the cafeteria at the same time.

At first glance it was easy to tell that Dylan, Nate, and Lucy were the center of attention. With a little thought and brain power, that most of the girls surrounding them didn't posses, you would remember that Lucy had already graduated from high school and shouldn't be here. That meant she had an ulterior motive.

I knew that she didn't take field assignments from the agency nor did any of them involve this high school. I also knew that she had little interest in my identity so she wasn't here to hunt agent Bunny down. That left very few options and the most reasonable one was that she was visiting someone who went here. I would say it was her brother, but she saw him all the time. It couldn't be Nate, because he and Dylan were attached at the hip. Based on what she told me, she didn't have many friends around her age, much less anyone who went to this school. When that was added to the fact that she was walking towards me, I found it safe to say that she wanted to thank me for the ride home yesterday.

That's why I wasn't surprised when Lucy sat down on the other side of the table. What did surprise me was that Dylan and Nate had decided to tag along. My table was now the center of attention and I could see that Izzy was avoiding it like it was the plague.

"Hello?" I asked them. "Hi. I just happened to be nearby and I wanted to thank you for giving us a ride last night. It would've been a pain to have to walk all the way home" Lucy said to me. "No problem" I said. "So, why are you two here?" I asked them. "I told you I might see you today" Dylan answered. "Thanks" Nate said. "I didn't expect you to look" I honestly told him. "Or remember me" I added. "You're pretty hard to forget" he told me.

I was about to reply to him when Izzy finally came up to the table along with our other friend, Parker Evans. He happened to be the most popular junior around and he was also on the varsity football team.

Many people wondered why he was friends with Izzy and me. The rest of the people didn't know that Izzy and I existed. The reason he was friends with us was that he happened to be in love with my best friend.

They first met back in freshman year. Izzy was being mercilessly teased and bullied, both physically and mentally. One day, Parker happened to walk past and notice a group of guys surrounding her. She had already been pushed to the ground and was already beaten up, but he watched her stand back up and glare at the guys around her. He then saved her from the guys before it could get worse and has protected her ever since. The look on her face was what made him fall for her, or so he's told me about a hundred times.

I happened to be the person both of them vented their feelings to. Izzy was my best friend and even before the incident, Parker and I had been good friends since he helped out with my younger brother's football team. We had started talking one day and instantly taken a liking to each other. Since I've always heard both sides feelings, I've been rooting for them since the beginning. Unfortunately, they were both cowards who couldn't admit that they liked each other.

There was one big problem with Parker and it involved Izzy and The Agency. Parker happened to work for A Planet's Death, our enemy, and Izzy had no idea. By joining The Agency, she would be fighting against him and it was one of the biggest reasons why I wouldn't let her near The Agency.

"Who are you?" Dylan asked them snapping me out of my thoughts. "Izzy" she introduced herself. He nodded and then stared at Parker. I let out a small laugh before quickly covering with a cough. "We're on the same team" Parker sighed. "Peter right?" Dylan asked after thinking about it for awhile. "Not even close" Parker said. "Parker" Nate said helping Dylan out. "Parker!" Dylan exclaimed.

"I understand not knowing Izzy but how could you possibly forget your own teammate's name?" I asked him. "I'm just bad with names and faces" Dylan sheepishly said. How did he even become an agent? Being able to recognize people at first glance was a necessary skill for most missions. Without it you could end up protecting the wrong person or saving the enemy instead of killing them. "Right so how does that work out? Everyone knows your name and you know no one's?" I asked him. "Pretty much. I'll admit walking down the hall can be pretty awkward when the only reply you can give is hey...you?" He said and I laughed at that. Who knew Dylan Adams could be uncomfortable in social situations? Oh wait...I did. I made it a point to figure out everyone around me and I had seen the uncomfortable look on his face when talking to anyone but Nate many times. "I believe I'm one of the unknowns to almost everyone at this school" I told him. "I don't see how anyone could forget someone like you" he commented. "You'd be surprised at how forgettable I am them" I said.

"Trust me, I'll remember your face for longer then Peter's" He said gesturing towards Parker. "That's not saying much" I said resisting the urge to roll my eyes. "It's Parker" Parker dryly said to him. "Right, I knew that" Dylan said. "Sure you did" I sarcastically said.

The bell rang signaling the end of lunch and I stood up. "See you around I guess?" I said to him. "See you" he said before checking his phone. He must have gotten a text. "I have to go. Lucy you coming?" He asked. She nodded and the two raced off with Nate trailing behind. I was about to go to class when I got a call. I grabbed my phone and answered it after I saw that it was from the twin's school.

"Hello?" I asked. "Hello Miss Taylors. You're younger brother is sick and when we called your aunt she said she was too busy to pick him up. You're the only other contact so could you come grab him?" She asked. "I'll be right there" I told her before hanging up. "One of the devils is sick" I told Izzy.

Before she could say anything, I got another phone call. This one wasn't on my personal phone but rather on a phone given to me for emergencies by the agency so that they could actually contact me. "Bunny" I answered after making sure that me and Izzy were alone. "Come to the agency now" the boss said. "I'm busy" I replied. "With school?" He asked since he knew my age. "No with life. Give me an hour" I told him. "You have thirty minutes" he said.

"And if I don't show?" I asked him. "I could always fire you" he threatened. "No you couldn't" I said laughing at how impossible it was. "Just come in" he sighed. "See you Mark" I said hanging up before he could say anything. "Got to go Iz" I told her before racing out of the the school.

Author's Note
Hi everyone! So, before you kill me...I've had writer's block for the past three months. But I'm back and I'm going to try to update more regularly. I have a lot going on right now so I'm only going to update about once a month. I hope you continue to read. In other news, this story is now ranked #3 in Agency! #3 out of over 1,000 stories. How? Just how? Thank you to everyone who has read this. Please comment and vote. I'd love to hear you're thoughts! Thanks
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