Keep you save (gxg)

8.

The sound of someone busy in the kitchen awakens me from my sleep. The pounding feeling in my head makes me take a while to realise where I am. I grab my phone to check the time and it’s already 7:30 a.m. “Sh*t” I think; Emily has to be at work in a half hour.

When I get out of bed I let out a groan from the pain in my head; last night had been very restless and the nightmares had kept me awake for the most part. Also the thoughts of last night's dinner had kept me from sleeping. I saw the clock set at 5 a.m.

I get up and my plan is to get dressed and go looking for some painkillers. "Breakfast will come later, I don't have time for that anymore" I mutter to myself.

After I put on my mom jeans and a white oversized shirt I walk to the bathroom to get the painkillers.

As I raise the glass to my mouth, I see in the mirror that the door opens and Emily walks in. In the mirror I make eye contact and I feel my legs grow weak at the look of those beautiful green eyes. “No Liz don’t go there” I think. She looks a bit hesitant but I also see some discomfort.

"Good morning, I'm ready so the bathroom is all yours, do we leave in 5 minutes?" I say after swallowing the water.

In the meantime, I suppress the feeling in my stomach that has surfaced after I saw her beautiful appearance. I learned to distance myself, emotionally, during my days with the force. In the beginning I couldn't do this and because of this I burned myself, so I quickly unlearned this. This comes in handy now.

"Y-yes that's good, uuhm perfect, totally fine" she says and she seems nervous

"Shouldn't you have breakfast first?" and I see her trying to avoid my eye contact.

I'm getting a bit annoyed because.. come on!it's not that she was rejected or anything.

"Nope, no time. I'll be fine, you don't have to worry" I say sarcastically.

I give her no room to answer and walk towards the kitchen to pour some coffee-to-go. The light that falls through the window hurts my eyes and that makes me wonder where I left my sunglasses again. "Bedroom? Jacket pocket? Aah, yes in the car!"

I look at my watch and it's time to go. “Ma’am Are you ready to leave?" I call out towards the bathroom.

In the meantime, I walk to the door to put on my leather jacket.

There is a knock on the door and I look through the peephole and see that it is my colleague/best friend Kate.

I open the door and despite my headache, I'm happy to see her and put a smile on my face. Whatever happens, I try to not show them my weakness..

"Ha, Liz. Your companion for the road has arrived" she says exaggerated with a bow. Kate is a beautiful woman; Sexy, long blond curly hair, brown eyes, one hell of a body; especially some killer boobs. We grew up together and that's why we see each other more as sisters and this is why her appearances doesn't affect me anymore. We always share everything with eachother and have (almost) no secrets.

"Act normal, nerd" I say as a greeting and kiss her on the cheek.

She looks at me inquisitively and says softly "Slept badly again, love? Headache?"

With a sigh I think “She knows me too well”

At that moment I hear footsteps coming close and I shake my head as a signal "It's okay, don't worry".

Emily comes around the corner and says "Good morning Kate, let's go?"

I recommended Kate to Mr. Anderson. Because there's no one I trust more than her.

We get into the elevator and Kate and Emily have some small talk. I take the opportunity to close my eyes for a moment and lean my head back against the wall.

I quietly enjoy the sounds of Emily's voice. When the elevator indicates that we are at the garage, I open my eyes and immediately catch Emily's gaze. Her look is concerned whereupon I immediately try to adopt my professional demeanor and not answer her look with words and walk towards the cars.

I open the car door and gesture for Emily to sit down. I give Kate a nod as she heads towards the support car “See you later, nerd!”. “Bye, Love” she yells back.

Chuckling, I get into the car and drive it out of the garage.

"Is she your girlfriend?" Emily asks.

I look at her through the rear-view mirror and doubtfully wonder what the reason for this question is.

"mmm, best friend to be precise" I say and immediately think sarcastically "Sure, nice detailed Liz.."

“Oke” she says blank.

I raise my eyebrows questioningly.

While I look questioningly at Emily, I see that a car is chasing us, this one was already behind us at the previous traffic light.

Immediately I call Kate and as soon as we connect I say "Behind us a green sedan, following us for a few blocks. Have you got this in sight?"

"Yes, I've already seen this car in front of the apartment. Didn't seem suspicious then. What do you want to do?"

The moment Kate says this I see that the car is speeding up and trying to get closer. "Try to cut off the car, I'm going to take another direction. Call some backup and I’ll try to lose it" and I click her away.

Meanwhile I say to Emily "Em, make sure your seatbelt is fastened and put your head between your knees." She looks at me anxiously through the rear-view mirror and this makes me feel the need to reassure her, as I see the car approaching us a few meters away

"Don't worry, I'll keep you save"