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Osgood stared out of the window as they were driven down a quiet road through a forest, trying to ignore the fact she was sitting next to her boss, Kate. Her straight boss she totally had not fallen completely in love with.
She glanced over to the blonde, watching as she read through her tablet. “Do you know anything about this mission Ma’am?” Osgood asked trying to sound professional but hating the tremble of nerves in her voice.
“We are going to Ambleside, because of some unconfirmed. sightings near White Cross Bay. We believe that whatever it is could be alien.” Kate explained, as the brunette just listened to her. “WE don’t know if it is actually something alien but we can't take the chance if they are putting the planet at riskI don’t know if it is actually something alien and if they are putting the planet at risk.”
“Why Ambleside? ” Osgood asked. As much as the brunette loved traveling to different places for her work for UNIT and getting to spend time with Kate, part of her just wished that she would have been able to just be doing her work in her lab back in London. “There have been no reports of Unit related events since the 90s. And even then it was just a false alarm. We could be traveling all this way for nothing…”
“I wouldn’t say it would be for nothing.” Kate replied, her voice in a laugh. “There is actually quite a lot to do in Ambleside. A lot of art galleries, it can actually be quite scenic. ”
Osgood nodded her head. ‘Did she just talk about spending time in Ambleside with me?’ she thought t0 herself. Part of her felt excited at the idea that maybe things between her and Kate were mutual. But she had to remind herself. Kate was straight. There was no world where Kate would feel anything romantic for her.
As the car pulled to a halt under a leafy canopy, Osgood quickly undid her seat belt and left the car, bracing herself against the potential of pollen. She was surprised to find the breeze from the lake kept problem at bay.. Unaware of Kate emptying the car boot of their suitcases, Osgood stared up at the breathtaking surroundings. The Waterridge Inn stood right beside Lake Windimere.
It did seem perfect that the place where they were staying was right next to the whole reason they had even traveled there.
“Os?” Kate called out trying to get the attention of the brunette, but failed. “Osgood?” She repeated, this time causing her to look over to her. “Car is unpacked.” The blonde was stood next to the three suitcases, one being for the UNIT equipment and the others being for their clothes.
Osgood without thinking quickly grabbed her suitcase and the one filled with the UNIT equipment, and they both walked towards the entrance of the Inn.
Her mind thought back to her parents who had been trying to get her to have dinner at theirs with her sister. They were supposed to be having the dinner that night but instead got called in to UNIT. She did much rather spend time with Kate, at an inn hours away than have to sit in a family gathering with her parents while they belittle her because they don’t think she has a successful job. When they were not able to find out the truth of her job. Or complaining how she was not in a relationship.
“Osgood?” A voice asked. “Are you okay?”
“Oh, yes.” Osgood replied, shocked to realise that her wandering mind had missed the check in, and the lift, and finding herself following Kate down a corridor. “Just a bit tired…”
“Okay!” Kate answered, glancing around at the doors they had passed. “Room 13! This is our room.”
‘Us? in one room?’ Osgood swallowed down her anxiety. ‘Of course, undercover, sharing a room, budget cuts…’ Her thoughts began to spiral and she shook her head to clear it.
Osgood watched as she unlocked the door and walked into the room. The inside of the room had green walls with an accent wall of flowery wallpaper, a table surrounded by two arm chairs and a couch, and at the other side of the room a double bed…
Their eyes stopped at the double bed. “I’ll take the couch.” Kate suggested, causing Osgood to quickly look over to her.
“Kate, you don’t have to.” The brunette replied, “We can just share the double bed…” Her heart dropped. She just realized what she just suggested to Kate… Her boss… Her boss who she had fallen completely in love with and who did not feel the same back… “Well it’s up to… i mean I don’t mind… You know what I mean.” She stammered through her blush.
“Okay.” Kate said softly, her voice in a slight laugh. She arched her eyebrow as if she had a thought but instead walked deeper into the room and sat down on one of the arm chairs. “We mainly have to monitor Lake Windermere in case of any unusual occurrences… If there is any…”
“While there is actually a big chance nothing will happen?” Osgood replied, while looking out of the window at Lake Windimere.
“Yeah…” Kate answered, looking over to Osgood. “I know I said that there can be a lot to do here in Ambleside, but I was actually also not that happy for this mission. I was meant to have my two kids over for dinner, now that my daughter is back in the UK. It honestly feels like someone is trying to force me to take a holiday…”
“I would not be surprised if it's Shindi…” Osgood agreed, before walking over to where Kate was and sat on the chair opposite to her. “The amount of times he has suggested to me that I need to take time off instead of spending so much time in my lab…”
“So we are agreed that if this turns out to be nothing, we will confront Shindi?” The blonde asked Osgood, glancing over to her face.
“Yes!” Osgood replied, with a smile across her face.
