The Lot Lizard

Chapter 4

I sat up and rubbed my eyes. “You know she is a child, right? She can’t possibly go undercover for the agency. Plus, if she found out about her parents, then what would she do? We can’t let her do it.” That was Damon talking. Why was he talking about my parents? Were they dead? I slide off the bunk and walked as quietly as I could over to the door to try and listen in more. A woman’s voice came through next. “Look Monroe, Director Tyson said we needed her. She would be perfect for the job. You saw her at the safehouse, you know what she can do.” That must be Agent Hendricks I am hearing. “She was made for this job. Just like you were made for your job. Play your cards right and you will get to be higher up in the rank than you are now.” Wait, is she trying to get him to do something he doesn’t want to? “I won’t force her to do this job Joanna. She is to young and she has lost her sister to that ring. I won’t make her loose herself.” I sat back and knocked something off a table with my butt. It crashed to the ground in the dark and I heard scuffling outside the door. Just as I went to open the door, it swung open and both Damon and Agent Hendricks were in the room with guns drawn. Damon flipped on the light and they searched the room. “What happened? Is everything ok in here?” As I am trying to gain my composer, Agent Hendricks starts to give me the 3rd degree. “I woke up and heard voices from the hallway. I was coming to open the door to see what it was, but I guess I was still partially asleep because I knocked over this table.” I pointed to the table I had hit with a bowl of some scented stuff laid on the floor. She looked at me, the table and bowl, then over to Damon. “I will be going then if nothing is wrong. Remember what I said Monroe.” With that, she turned and walked out the door.

I started to clean up the mess I made while I waited for Damon to try and convince me to go under cover. To my surprise, he didn’t say anything at all to me. He just walked over to a closet, pulled out the shower caddy and some clothes. Then he went to the other closet and did the same thing. He handed me a stack of clothes and a caddy and walked out the door. I didn’t know if I was supposed to follow him or just stay there. From down the hall I heard him call, “Are you coming or what Miss McMillen?” Running out the door, I head down the hall and turn the corner where I ran smack into Damon. We both fell to the floor and everything in my hand went flying. I laid on top of Damon listening to his heartbeat. It seemed to be in rhythm with mine. “Are you ok?” I got up as quickly as I could and fumbled around grabbing everything I dropped. “Oh, uh, yeah. Sorry about that. I was just trying to catch up to you. I didn’t know you were right around the corner.” I have always been clumsy, but this takes the whole damn cake. “It’s ok. Your keeping me on my toes here.” Damon continued walking down the hall after we picked up all our clothes. We came to the end of the hallway and there was a shower room. I was looking for a separate entrance for myself. “This is co-ed showers. So, we all go in, you pick a shower, and then when your done, you can get dressed in a room or out in the open. It’s your choice.” I could feel my face getting red. I guess he thought I was embarrassed about dressing in front of him but that was not what was on my mind. It had wondered to what he looked like outside of his clothes. I pictured abs that I had felt when I landed on him. I pictured the nice muscular arms I held onto earlier in the day. “I can show you which room would be best for you to change in if you like.” I nodded and followed him into the shower.

As we walked into the showers, I looked around to make sure there wasn’t anyone in there. To my dismay, there were a ton of agents in there. No one turned to look my way though. I watched as Damon headed for a shower in the middle of the room. He sat his stuff down on the bench right outside and started to undress. I felt my face getting hotter with each thing he took off. He was down to his underwear before he turned around and locked eyes with me. I think I ran all the way to the back of the locker room. I picked the shower that was furthest from everyone. Most people were leaving the showers when we walked in so there weren’t much people left in there. I started to take off my clothes and got down to my underwear and bra. I looked around before I stepped into the shower and took off the remained of my clothes. I couldn’t even change in gym class in front of other girls. How the hell was I supposed to undress in front of both guy and girls. Scratch that, I mean men and women. I turn the water on and wait a few seconds before I push myself from the corner and into the water. I felt like it had been days since my last shower. I let the water roll off my back and onto the shower floor. I knew I needed to decide what I was going to do about the whole undercover thing. I just wanted to see if Damon was going to force me to do it like Agent Hendricks told him to. I pushed my head under the water and let it sit there, the water covering my hair and face. My mind wondered back to Damon getting undressed. He looked much younger than the rest of the agents and was in great shape. He had great arms and a muscular back. No wonder Ellie picked him out of the crowd. She always ended up with guys like that. I remember I once had a crush on Ethan O’Donald. Once Ellie found out, she “tried” to get him to talk to me. Instead, they ended up dating for a few months. Looking back, she did that to most of the guys I told her I liked. I never really noticed that until this moment. To think, she is supposed to be my best friend.