Fic: Pursuit, Chapter 2/3 (Numb3rs, Charlie Eppes / Colby Granger, David Sincair / Ian Edgerton)
Title: Pursuit 2/3
Fandom: Numb3rs
Pair: Charlie Eppes / Colby Granger,
David Sinclair / Ian Edgerton
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
Feedback: Always Welcome
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Chapter 1/3
“Okay….” Charlie set the baby carrier on the floor. “Would somebody explain to me what’s going on here?”
“I heard noises, I thought there was a burglar!” Don exclaimed and turned his focus to Steffy, who was still staring at his gun. “And how the hell did you get in here?”
“The door was open!” She screamed back and looked absolutely horrified.
“Don, put that thing away.” Charlie sighed. "Can you take Helen upstairs, she fell asleep in the car?”
“Charlie-”
“Don.”
“Fine.” Don picked up the carrier and headed to the nursery.
Charlie took a step closer to Steffy.
“Do you mind if I give you a little piece of advice?”
“What?” Steffy tried to pull the fabric of the skimpy negligee to cover herself, but it didn’t help much.
“Showing up in someone’s home in trashy lingerie can be sexy on TV, but it doesn’t really work in real life. And in your age it looks pretty desperate.”
“I don’t need to listen to this.”
“Actually, you do.” Charlie snatched the trench coat, that was laying next to the couch. “Or you can walk out of here in just that….. whatever you call that thing.”
“A negligee.” She said with a tight voice.
“Thanks. Anyway, I heard you’ve been busy calling Don.”
“He’s my old friend.”
“An old friend who doesn’t wanna have anything to do with you.”
“He does! As soon as he snaps out of that man haze.”
“I think you’re the one who’s in bit of a haze.” Charlie reached to the small bag he had left on the door and pulled out something. He turned around and snapped few shots with his camera, before she even realised what he was doing. “I was planning to take pictures of Colby when he’s falling down in the ski slopes, but this is almost as interesting.”
“What are you doing?”
“Right now? I’m gonna go upstairs, but before that I’ll give you a choice. If you pull a stunt like this again or call Don, these pics will end up on the bulleting board in the D.A.`s office.” Charlie tossed the coat the her.
“You wouldn’t…..”
“I would. Good night.” Charlie gave her a small grin and bounced upstairs.
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“Those are for my back!” Megan defended herself. “They were prescribed by a doctor!”
“Yeah, I checked the label.” Ian commented dryly. “Prescription was renewed four days ago. Two pills per day. There’s seventeen missing. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what’s going on.”
Megan was stewing silently, shooting daggers at Ian. David had taken few steps back and just waited to see how this would end.
Ian shook his head and took the bottle. “I’m doing you a favour.”
“I don’t need any favours!” Megan exclaimed.
“Everyone needs favours.” David intercepted. He got a nasty glance from both Ian and Megan.
“Megan, you can talk all you want, but the situation stays the same.” Ian opened the bottle and poured it’s content down the drain.
“What the hell are you-”
“This is the favour. I don’t make this official at the bureau, because they’ll kick you out. But if you don’t get help for this I will do it.”
He handed Megan the empty bottle.
“Your call.”
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“What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be gone for a week.” Don wondered.
“We were and we’re going back tomorrow. I had to take Colby back and to the hospital.” Charlie explained.
“Again?”
“I know…. When I took him hiking, he hurt his back. When I took him to a sunny resort he burned his ass. How can one guy be so prone to accidents?”
“What happened this time?” Don grinned.
“We got to the cabin and he started setting up a fire. There is a really nice big fireplace in the cabin.”
“So what happened?”
“He dropped a big log on his foot. Can you stay here with the baby for a while? I need to go back to the hospital.”
“Sure.”
“I just came this way to get Colby some big pants that he can pull over his cast. And it’s better if we just let Helen sleep the night here. I’ll pick him up from the hospital and we’ll stay here.”
“And leave again in the morning?”
“Yep.”
“Gotta admit…. Travelling with you is definitely never boring.”
“I know. But now Colby will have to spend most of our vacation on his back.”
“I thought he always did that.”
“Don’t talk like that in front of a baby!” Charlie giggled.
“She’s asleep.”
“Doesn’t mean she won’t get some freaky trauma from that. By the way, remind me to get some film for my camera before we leave tomorrow. I meant to get some, but I forgot.”
TBC