Rp 3 (Others)

Sophie woke up and realised how late it was, she remembered she was meeting alex to fix the buliding up. "s**t" she said to herself quickly grabbing a camisole and jeans and struggling to put them on as she was hurrying. she burst out the room and ran passed charlotte and zoe still sitting at the kitchen table,
"Hi guys" as she ran past and rushed out of the house. Zoe and Charlotte giggled as they watched her,
"Ummmm bye" zoe chuckled but the front door had already shut.



"I'm sorry" said sophie running over finding alex tapping her foot waiting.
"What time to you call this?" alex replied laughing. sophie smiled and unlocked the door. alex picked up the paint and brushes that she said she would bring as they both walked in. alex put the the stuff down and chucked an old shirt to sophie.
"Don't wanna mess up ya clothes" she said
"Your right" as sophie slipped it on.
"Late nite huh?" alex asked. "I saw you sneak out of our house early this morning"
"Oh Alex its not what you think" said sophie opening the tub of paint.
"I know, dads not like that. he's useless with women" she said as she started to paint the wall.

Zoe was left alone in the house. She wasn't sure what she was meant to be doing today, she hadn't been told much - in fact, she hadn't been told much in general. She decided to enjoy the pleasure of her lesuire while she could, and decided to wait until someone came to ask her of something to do. She got up from where she sat and walked over to the bookshelf that took up a whole wall in the living area, studying the titles and names of the authors, trying to decide what she might be interested in reading.

"I wouldn't say im that bad with women" said ben standing over behind sophie and alex.
"Jeez dad you always have to sneak about" snapped alex.
"grab that brush and gives us a hand" said sophie cheekly.
"i would but i have other things to do." he looked over at sophie noticing she was wearing one of his old shirts. "where'd you get that?" he asked pointing to her shirt
"alex gave it too me" said sophie.
"did she?" he said glaring over @ alex.
"oh dad its an old shirt your not warn it in years" she snapped.
"i'm sorry" said sophie starting to undo the shirt and handing it over to ben.
"no keep it, suits you" he said going off. sophie blushed as she carried on painting.
"see i told you, that was his attempt at flirting. he useless with women" alex rolled her eyes and carried on panitng the wall.

Zoe was about to pick a book off the shelf when a sudden voice behind her made her jump.

"Nice to see young blood has a good taste in literature." Someone commented. Zoe wipped round to see Ben standing a few feet away from her in the living area. She hadn't even heard him come in the door. Still wide eyed from suprise and holding the book she had chosen in her hands, she went bright red from getting spooked so easy.

"Have you read it before?" Ben continued, smiling slightly at her. Zoe looked down at the book.

"Yes. It's one of my favourites. It's a classic." She replied sheepishly. Ben sat down on one of the arm chairs, leant forward as he listened and talked to Zoe.

"Do you have a passion for reading?" He asked sweetly. Zoe nodded. "You should join our book club. It's been a while since I've been to one. I rather think that people have been slack in letting me know when the next session is. I'll let Juliet know for you. If you are interested that is."

"Yeah, sure that would be great." Zoe replied looking up at Ben.

"Just out of curiosity - what's your favourite part?" Ben asked, indicating towards the book. Zoe looked back at the book, her right foot shuffled shly.

"Well, I like it all much the same." She replied. "But I have a fondness mainly for when Atticus has Scout on his knee, sharing his wisdom with her." Ben smiled.

"Atticus your favourite?" He asked mildly.

"Oh yes." Zoe replied smiling. Ben leant back into the arm chair not saying anything for a minute, but gently watching Zoe. Not sure what to say or how to respond, Zoe stared at the book feeling slightly awkward.

"Ethan's house is just opposite this one." Ben said finally. Zoe looked up into Ben's eyes again, feeling sure she was not going to like what was to be said next. "He'll be helping you today with what needs to be done. Everything you need, he can provide. He'll expect you over there in an hour." Ben studied Zoe's face.

"I know you're not keen on him," Ben sighed, " but just think, the more you grim and brace it, the closer we are likely to get to finding him" Zoe nodded, understanding. Ben smiled and stood up. "I'm glad we've reached an understanding. Now, I must be off, still things to tick off my agenda. I'll see you later." Zoe nodded curtly and Ben left, flashing another friendly smirk before he did so. Zoe watched through the window as Ben dissapeared out of sight before slumping into the nearest sofa, groaning, clasping her forehead with her right arm as if she had a headache, the left hand lay casually beside her, still clasping the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

"thanks for helping alex i really apprecitate it" said sophie climbing down the ladder. Alex put the brush down and sat on the table. "Hey we nearly done here anyways. I'm fine to carry on, on my own." said sophie.
"your sure?" alex replied.
"yeah i can manage. go on you deserve a break" sophie said smiling.
"great i'll go and find karl" said alex taking off her painted up old shirt and throwing it on the floor. "Thanks sophie" as she ran out of the door. Sophie chuckled to herself. "oh shes a good kid" she sighed as she carried on painting.

An hour later and Zoe ventured over to Ethan's house. She knocked on the door and waited.

"Come in." He called out. Zoe opened the door and walked in. The house was of a similar layout to the one she stayed in. She didn't close the door, and waited nearby it. Ethan came into the room, piles of papers in his hands.

"You can close that, we're going to be here for a while first." Ethan said to her, plaacing the papers down on the table. "We need to go through these." Zoe frowned, but did as she asked and went over to Ethan, sitting opposite him at the table. He passed her half the pile of papers, and they got down to work, Zoe letting half of what Ethan was saying fly over her head.

It was late evening by the time Ethan and Zoe had finished going through papers, and Ethan explaining everything, going into detail over what she would be doing over the last couple of days.

"Goodness." Ethan said at last, looking at his watch. "I didn't even notice the time go by. It's nine o'clock. You better get going. See you 8 o'clock sharp tomorrow morning at the gazibo. Okay?" Zoe nodded and left without another word.

When she got back to her shared house, it was deserted. She went to straight to bed without another word, and without cooking herself something to eat.

The next morning, Zoe woke up, had a shower and got changed. She went into the kitchen, it was still quiet. She helped herself to a shake and then left to meet Ethan at the gazibo, irratated she was still working with him.

"Right, we're just going through there to get started. You all good?" Ethan greeted as Zoe approached. Zoe nodded and followed Ethan around the village.

Some hours later, after Ethan and Zoe had got some work done, they returned to the village, Ethan leading them both to Juliet's house. Ethan and Zoe waited outside the front door, as Ethan knocked on the door, waiting for Juliet to answer.

"Hey." She greeted when she opened the door.

"Hi Jules. Right, well, this is one of our new recruits - Zoe. She'll be seeing to the problems we are having tomorrow. Just thought you might like to go over the finer details." Ethan explained. Juliet hung her head to one side as she looked back at Ethan.

"Yeah sure." She replied before turning to Zoe and smiling. "You might as well come in then." Zoe walked into the house, pleased to be leaving Ethan behind.

"I, er, actually have a book club starting in five minutes, so, we'll go over details after that." Juliet explained. "Your welcome to join us."

"That'll be great." Zoe replied, smiling at her. Juliet's grin widened.

"Super. Ben tells me you have a passion for reading." Juliet replied. "Do you mind helping me set up? It's been a bit of a hassel today. I burnt the muffins I made earlier, my hand with it."

"Sure!" Zoe replied simply, and she followed Juliet through to the living room to help set up.

People soon started to arrive, and everyone settled down into their seats, books ready, resting in their owners laps.

"This is it," Danny said triumphantly as he and Liam arrived at a location that didn't look to be of any significance to Liam.

"Right," said Liam. "You know I've been doing this job for a while, I don't see how much you could need to train me."

Danny smirked, "We didn't recruit you for your brains. Plainly. We have brains, you just worry about being the brawn."

Liam took objection to what Danny said but he couldn't disagree, but what he lacked in mental strength he made up in physical strength. Not wishing to argue, he just took out the gun he had been given and shyly played with it, hoping to change the subject.

Danny smiled smugly. "I'm gonna teach you how to use that properly. It's not a toy and I don't want you shooting me when there's polar bears out here to worry about."

Liam was curious, not sure if Danny was making a joke at his expense. He mustered a weak smile and let Danny show him how to use the gun properly.

Liam felt a lot more comfortable with the rest of the training he took part in and felt a lot more at ease as he headed back to the village that night with Danny. "So, er, polar bears?" he questioned as they arrived back at the village.

Danny slapped his hand onto Liam's broad shoulders. "Don't worry about them kid," he laughed. "Just get yourself some sleep and go see Tom again in the morning."




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