Laying in bed with Elizabeth resting her cheek against my shoulder and hugging my arm.
"I can't believe Zoey knows about us…" Elizabeth murmurs in a tired, satisfied way.
"I mean she knows that I make you moan and scream at night, but she doesn't know the why or how…also you make it sound like you don't care about Maddy, Savannah or even your husband knowing that we love and make love to one another." I say softly and Elizabeth kisses my shoulder while sighing.
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Lucy stands outside staring at the screen of the scope camera she had fed into the room.
One hand stuffed down her fatigues, the other holding the screen.
'Josh…and his mom…b-but what about me? He asked me to marry him…' Lucy thinks confused and more than a little turned on and hurt.
"I have to go help Commander Taylor for a bit, I know Savannah has to live with me but maybe Jim can stay with you while Zoey and Maddy share a room, and she keeps one at your place too." Josh murmurs to Elizabeth his voice light.
"Hmm, you trust me living with my husband?" Elizabeth teases Josh only for Josh to snort in a way that Lucy thinks is cute.
"I'm not worried…Dad loves taking dick more than you do." Josh jokes raunchily making both Lucy and Elizabeth choke on laughter.
"Josh, you're so bad sometimes!"
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Grabbing a quick shower and putting on some fresh clothes of my size that Elizabeth stocked in her wardrobe, I look to the bed to see Elizabeth sprawled out and languidly running her hands over her body while looking at me invitingly.
"I'll be back later…stay just like that." I joke softly and head for the door, before I even reach it I can hear Elizabeth beginning to snore.
'Guess that's it for tonight.' I think and pull open the door finding Lucy standing at the front door fist in the air raised like she is about to knock on the door.
"Hey Lucy, are you here to take me to the depot for the…aerial superiority gear?" I ask her and she seems to be at a loss for words. Her lips move but no words come out.
"Hey are you alright?" I ask her out of genuine concern and bring my right hand up pressing the back of it to her forehead.
'She does feel kinda clammy…'
"Maybe you should come inside and sit down, I'll go get Mom so she can give you a check up." I say but Lucy grabs my hand and shakes her head while tilting her head to look at the floor.
"No-no, I'm fine Josh…just a little tired and hungry." Lucy murmurs and I can tell that she's holding back from saying something.
"Are you sure?" I ask her, still feeling worried about her health and safety, the SA-2 and MK-3-LJ could wait.
"I'm sure Josh, come on…Commander Taylor cleared the Depot early for you." Lucy says firmly, cutting off any room for further argument.
"Alright then." I say back to her but Lucy is already twisting around in the direction of a rover parked out in front of the house.
'Huh, she's a little cold compared to the last time I saw her…I wonder what could have changed…in such a short time.' I express, in my thoughts and enjoy the sight of her walking away.
The ride to the depot is rather silent, with only the sound of crunching gravel underneath the rover's wheels.
Arriving at the depot, Commander Taylor and Lieutenant Wash are waiting for us.
Getting out of the rover I look to Wash then Lucy…suddenly feeling less confident in sharing my secrets with them especially with how cold Lucy has been this entire ride…it just wasn't like her.
"Everything alright kid?" Taylor asks me with his brow furrowing slightly.
"Uhh-yeah, just it's not easy sharing something you've spent so long concealing with people." I say with a shrug and start walking into the fenced off depot.
Once inside I open a portal to my pocket world, "Well then who wants to be able to say they've not only traveled to another world, and a different dimension…oh, wait nevermind we've all done that before so this isn't a big deal." I joke and only Commander Taylor chuckles.
"Well come on, Alicia…those birds aren't going to fly themselves." I say to her with a grin and she snaps out of her awed state.
"Right…" Alicia Washington says softly whilst she walks over to me and surprisingly holds my hand.
"Thanks for trusting us with this Josh, I know it wasn't easy." Ali murmurs softly and then we're inside of the pocket world.
'That…wasn't me…' I think and turn to Alicia who is pointedly looking away from me.
"Teleportation, that's awesome…I can only open portals to travel and it's exhausting the greater distance there is between travel points." I stumble over my words finding Alicia's ability awesome.
'God, it's a relief that I'm not the only freak around…I mean I've had two people mention powered kill squads.' I think and squeeze Alicia's hand slightly which makes Alicia turn and look at me with hopeful surprised eyes.
"I should have known, you wouldn't judge me…I haven't had the best experiences, not even with sharing the truth about my abilities with others like us…" Alicia tells me and goes to pull her hand away but I don't loosen my grip, I reach over with my left and cup her chin and lean in, pressing my lips to her's the kiss is reluctantly returned at first before Alicia sinks into it.
"Thank you for sharing this with me Alicia. It makes sharing my secret a lot easier." I confess to her honestly and we walk over to SA-2 and MK-3-LJ.
"Woah, an SA-2 and a Mark three lateral jet." Alicia gasps in awe, while looking like a kid unwrapping the Christmas present they desperately wanted all year long... it's incredibly adorable before it turns into a bad bad girl kinda smirk.