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"Thanks, that saves me a bunch of time. I just really want to find out where these new videos came from. Until I do, everything else is on hold." Marshall was already typing away on the keyboard.
"Call me if there are any problems." Jeremy stood.
"Night, Marshall." D led them all out of the room.
It was nearly two in the morning, and there was no doubt that once home, they would stay up talking for hours more. He was worked up and the adrenaline still flowed from the sting, but as much as he wanted sex with Jeremy, he wanted time with Xander more.
"You ready?" Xander glanced up as they walked into the room.
"Yep, we are." D leaned into Jeremy's embrace.
Faith stood and turned to Rani. "Thanks for showing me all that stuff."
"Anytime. Tomorrow maybe you can help me hold Patrick down so I can get some blood?"
Faith laughed. "As long as I get to stab him."
Patrick paled from where he sat on the couch. "I hate needles."
D laughed. "It's part of the job. You might hate them, but when you need the blood, you'll be glad you did it."
"I don't know about that." Patrick sighed.
"I'll give you a lollipop," Faith teased.
"You've been working pediatrics with Beau for too long." Matt laughed. "Come on, let's get out of here. It's way past your bedtime." Matt slung his arm around Faith's shoulders.
Xander glanced at D. "Am I going to get lost following you?"
"It's not far." D reached for his keys.
As they headed out to their cars, D again wondered what brought Xander to visit, and how long would it be before he opened up about it. He hoped it wasn't anything serious. Things with Matt seemed fine, and Faith seemed to be doing well, so it was either something personal with Xander or something going on with the team.
"You okay?" Jeremy asked as they pulled onto the road.
"Yeah, I'm tired, and still working off the energy from the sting, but I'll be okay. Patrick did great tonight. He's almost ready to solo." D glanced behind them to make sure Xander was following.
"Matt taught me a lot tonight. I'm looking forward to going over a few more things with him tomorrow. You can tell he's been doing this longer than I have. He knows all the little hints and tricks. It might pay for me to fly out there sometime soon and spend a few days with them just to make sure I've got all this right," Jeremy told him.
"As jealous as I'd be sending you out there, it's not a bad idea. I wish I had more computer skills and could help you out."
"You have your hands full already. I couldn't do your job, so don't feel bad you can't do mine." Jeremy smiled. "Xander's not what I expected."
"You mean the big biker look?"
"Yeah, I pictured him more clean-cut."
"Nah, Xander likes the tough guy image. Keeps the boys away from Faith."
"Faith is amazing. She was asking Rani all kinds of questions about the medical care in Oman. She's going to be an amazing doctor someday." Jeremy smiled.
"She will. Ever since her kidnapping, it's been her dream. I'm not sure what happened in her recovery, but she made up her mind then and never looked back. She'll run her own team someday I bet. She's finally old enough, we don't have to hide everything from her. We still don't let her be involved, and kick her out when we have serious conversations, but she knows pretty much everything we do. I can't believe how much she's grown up in just the few months I've been gone." D sighed. "It almost seems like another life."
"In many ways it was. You have a new life here, a new name. We've both started over with new lives," Jeremy pointed out.
"I guess that's true. Still, there are sometimes that I miss my old life so much. Don't get me wrong, I meant what I said to you, I love you, and I love us being together and what we've created together, but sometimes I just miss it all."
"I know. I miss some of my old life too. It's hard not to dwell, but I keep focus on us and what we're doing. It's bigger than anything in my past was. Maybe not for you, since you were already doing this, but for me, I feel like I'm finally doing something."
