[AU] ... from the 'meet at a different time' meme

[freshoffthefarm]

After two years at the Agency, Annie's job hadn't gotten any better (or worse). Sure, it had it's downsides - namely, being shot at (or being shot), but the biggest one had to be the Agency parking lot.

She could never, ever find a parking spot.

Of course, the morning that she'd gotten up early and proceeded to spill coffee on her first outfit, had to jump start her car and then fill a tire with air? She managed to get behind the chatty son-of-a-bitch in the compensation car at the guard shack. She sat there, plotting the ways to key his car without actually getting caught and then he'd moved on.

Smiling at the guys in the shack, she showed her ID, waited until they'd looked under her cars with mirrors, and then picked up the pace on the way to the agent parking lot.

It just wasn't her morning.

The short cut she took through the visitor lot took her right past the spots in front for all the diplomats and the Agency hotshots. She didn't see Mr. Compensation trying to adjust his parking until she'd plowed into his rear bumper.

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[freshoffthefarm]

"Closer to me would be closer to work and I don't think anyone wants that," she said with a light laugh as she approached the Corvette. Stopping next to it, she put a hand on the hood. "This is me."

Definitely a far cry than the Volkswagen she'd hit him with.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Clay couldn't help the tiny bit of car envy when he saw Annie's Corvette, "Looks like my car wasn't the only one that was an upgrade."

[freshoffthefarm]

"It was a gift from one of the guys in the DPD," she explained, giving the car a fond look. "Today seemed like the perfect day to take her out for a spin."

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"That's some gift." And he was really glad this car didn't his his Aston Martin. Damaging both cars would be a disaster.

[freshoffthefarm]

"He's a good friend and he couldn't drive it anymore," she explained, then looked at him again curiously. "You know most people I work with, right? Auggie Anderson? Tech ops."

If she was right and he knew people in the DPD, then he'd know just why Auggie couldn't drive the car anymore.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"Ah, that would explain it and at least he gave it to someone who would appreciate it."

Since this was a date, or he thought it was a date, he leaned over and kissed Annie's cheek.

"Goodnight Annie."

[freshoffthefarm]

It took all of her willpower to not reach up and touch her cheek after he did that, but he'd at least saved her the awkwardness of trying to shake his hand.

"'Night, Clay." She waited until he'd turned before she got into the car and started it up, and once he was in his, she drove home.