Daily Adventure: 2

 8/1/2010 1:40 AM

"Sweetheart, go sit down in the corner and shut your mouth." Cara stuck her tongue out at Mike, who was still grinning cheekily at her.

"Well? Go on. The adults are trying to talk. Go on." Cara raised her eyebrow.

"Sweetheart? Oh. Okay. Man, you are going to have fun tonight. Alone!" She said tartly, moving away from his desk, and sitting down in one of the armchairs in front of him. She had been trying to file a report for an hour, but as usual, Mike wanted her to be the last one. Kimmy, Justin, Tyrone, and Maria had all submitted their paperwork. It was Billy that was taking the longest.

It wasn't his fault. Billy had the largest assignment that week; a murder in Greenwich. With almost no evidence.

Cara bit her lip. An assignment like that could make a detective's career. She had been the first to join Mike's agency, and still had been stuck on the easy assignments.

"Cara. Cara, Wake the hell up!" Cara started, looking up at Mike's grin. There were days she liked his smile, and others when it was incredibly annoying.

"Alright. How'd the case go?" Mike asked, sitting on the edge of the desk. Cara crossed her legs, folding down her skirt. She handed him the folder, regarding him coolly.

"You mean the case about the dog thief? Yeah, it wasn't that hard. The lady forgot to pick it up from the pound after returning from vacation. Did you know she suffers from short term memory loss?" It was dripping in sarcasm. Mike laughed, flipping through the folder, but barely looking at the pages. Cara  finally reached the end of her patience.

"Mike! When am I going to get a real assignment? I was your first agent, the first one to join. And you give the biggest case to Billy? Who just started working here? And before that to Amy, who you ended up having to fire because she was stealing from our funds? Where's my case?" Cara knew she was shining. But dammit, she had a point! Mike lost his smile. He walked over and sat next her.

"You remember when i first started this business? It was the first year of college. Me, you and Jason together. It was brilliant, a lost and find service for the students. But then our professors starting asking for help, and then the police got wind of us. We became the best detectives around. And it was you, me and Jason. Well we lost Jason along the way. But Cara," He turned her face toward him, gazing at her seriously.

"I don't want to lose you too. I couldn't stand sending you out there, with all the criminals, knowing you weren't safe. We're still in college for Pete's sake! Sometimes I doubt we could do it together, like we're just kidding ourselves." Cara smiled sadly, hugging him.

"We can make it. But that doesn't change the fact that I can do it. I've been waiting my whole life for a big case! And keeping me away from it is only going to force me to leave!" She said. Mike smiled.

"Yeah I know. So I'm going to ask for a favor. A real favor, that you must promise me you'll comply with." Cara frowned, sensing a trap. She pulled away, staring at him suspiciously.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked, laughing. Cara shook her head, laughing as well.

"You're about to trick me, I know that!" Mike shrugged, nodding his head. He was too busy thinking about his roommate's party that night to be very subtle. Of course there was some bigger news that was worrying him more.

"Listen Cara, this is serious. I've been keeping tabs on Jason since he left." he started pacing around the room, Cara's eyes following him.

"You mean since the fight." Mike winced.

"Yes sweetheart, since the damn fight! Listen, you mind not reminded me of that stupid fight every time Jason's name comes up?" Cara shrugged, falling silent again.

"I've been keeping tabs. I want you to accompany me on this new case. It's big, I promise, but it's also kind of....troubling." Cara eyed him again.

"So that's you condition? That I have to follow you around like a puppy dog?" Her temper was starting to flare up again. She was not going to be babysat!

"Yes that's the condition! Sorry I fit's not good enough for you! Now can you shut up?" He yelled at her. Cara grinned. They loved annoying each other.

"Alright what's the case about?" She asked, looking back down at her notes.

"Jason's missing."