Undercover

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LUCAS  POV

The quick heartbeat was all over my body as I inched closer to the door.

I haven't seen her in 20 hours.

I open the door slowly, making no noise and take a step in.

I hear a gun cock in a small distance.

"Natalie?", I whisper.

"Lucas?"

I step in to see her slender figure peeking up from a steel table.

"Lucas is that you?"

"It's me."

She gets up immediately, running towards me and we collide into a hug.

Never have I missed her scent as much as today.

And I have missed her numerous times.

I wrap arms around her back tightly as her legs hook around my torso.

"How'd you find me?", she muffles.

"Jasmine told me and escorted me here. You scared the crap out of me when you didn't show up to the room."

I let myself calm down as I take deep inhales of her shampoo.

She lifts her head up. "Wait, close the door."

She moves away from my embrace as I close the door and she heads to the far back of the room, sitting on the table, legs dangling.

"How'd you get here? It's the other side of the building?"

She sighs. "The amount of bombs and monoxide cartridges I disabled is insane. They blew up most of this wing and it would have been worse. I got caught up when a bomb went off and I blacked out for a bit."

My worry scale rises up. "Blacked out?"

She rubs her eyes. "Yeah, anyways I was able to make it out and i thought best to hide here and Jasmine found me and told me the news."

"Are you hurt?"

She looks at me but doesn't answer.

"'Natalie", I say firmly. "I need to know if you are hurt."

"My shoulder. One of the men aimed for Laura and I stepped in, it just hit my shoulder but the debris cut through my jacket. "

She must have picked up on my unease.

"It's okay, Lucas. I fixed it up and I'll get it checked when this is all over. If this gets over", Natalie hides her face in her hands.

I take a deep breath, sorting all the thoughts in my mind.

"Natalie, I- I really missed you these past 20 hours. My only motivation to do everything was BlackLight and you."

I step away from the door, looking at her nervously.

"You're the one I think of at night, in class, during a mission. I know we like each other and we won't say anything but I honestly can't wait till this is over. I need to say it now."

I look at her, her eyes not meeting met yet. But I knew her ears were attentive to me.

"Natalie, I don't know how this feels but I think I'm right. I think I've fallen in love with you."

She looks up right at me.

"I love you Natalie. And the thought of losing you today just made me think how dumb I am to keep putting off us. I want to stay with you, work with you, cook with you, sleep with you."