Birdie decided not to ask anything else, she would find out later when she got home.
Asher seeing that she wasn't saying anything looked at her face to see what she was thinking. She had a focused look on her face and it made him smile. She looked so darn cute with her tongue between her lips he just wanted to kiss her.
They ate their food in peace and with casual conversation, then he asked her if she wanted desert. "What do you know what my favourite dessert is as well ?" she asked teasing him. She felt increasingly at ease with him.
Asher laughed deeply and pushed another covered plate in front of her. Birdie took the cover off and found a little cup with tiramisu. It was indeed her favourite dessert, mostly because of her love for coffee.
"So you know about this too uh ?" she said. She felt touched that he put so much effort in their date. She kissed his cheek as thank you and dug in. He just watched her eat.
When Birdie noticed that he wasn't eating on his own she took her spoon and fed a bite to him. Asher was surprised at her for sharing spoon, even though that was what he was aiming for.
He looked at her funny as she continued eating. She looked so happy. While she fed him and herself they continued talking about casual things, they were really enjoying themselves.
When Birdie finished she was really tired after all the day going to one place and another and all the effort she had to put mentally in the interview to answer the right thing.
Asher saw her droopy eyes and told her that it was time to go home. "But I want cuddles" she said. She was so cute with her puffy cheeks and her puppy eyes that he couldn't refuse her so he complied and took them to the car.
Birdie sat in the car and waited for Asher to get to the other side. When he did she went to hug him sideways but he had another idea. He dragged her to his lap and gave her a bear hug. They were like that for a while until Asher decided that she would be more comfortable in his couch in his bed cuddled up in the warm blankets.
Birdie was put in her seat and they began driving. As they were halfway she decided to put music on and turned on one of her playlist in her music app on her phone.
As "Angel with a Shotgun" came up consequently they began feeling followed and certainly they were. Three black subs identical to theirs were behind them and heads started popping out of the windows with guns in their hands.
Birdie was startled as she was only chased two times before in her life.
"Is this your fault ?" she asked. She didn't even ask if it was his doing as she had a whole lot of trust in him, and she was right to do so as he would never put her at risk.
"I have no idea" he said. He really didn't. He was confused too. That didn't matter now as he had to get her to a safe place quick. What he didn't expect was her to get a gun out of her purse and climb to the back seat.
Birdie went into fight mode and spoke so seriously he asked himself how she could be the same cuddly bird he had in his lap not half an hour ago.
"Wait for them to sandwich you, trust me" she said. Even though that was the least smart thing to do, he trusted her and having on account that she managed to shake him off when he tried chasing her, it was a good bet.
He did as she said and they were shortly sandwiched as she said. They were immediately shot from all sides. Birdie then said the stupidest thing in this situation.
"Alright now in the count of three roll down all the windows and cover yourself ?" Asher couldn't believe what she was saying, and that he was considering it, but they were already in this situation so there was no loss in trying.
Birdie counted back to three and when she said it Asher rolled all the windows and ducked down. In that moment it hit him. She was really a genius, and all the this unravelling around them were proof.
When the windows were rolled the shooters didn't realise as they were concentrated on shooting the car wheels and the shooted each other through the windows leaving only the drivers alive. This gave Birdie a chance to rise from her crouched position on the back seats and shoot their wheals making them stop.
This only left on car left which they were able to shook off soon going through little streets and doing sharp curves now and then.
When they were certain that they weren't being followed Birdie was still in Fight mode and was evaluating the situation, "They weren't from here , they didn't know any of the streets. Where have you been on mission recently? They were surely out for you because of some job you did in the past. I don't have any enemies because I've kept myself in the dark until now and only the WSIA has my data..." she continued.
Asher was still worried and shocked at what happened.
Worried because of all the danger he had put Birdie through and shocked of how fast and effective she reacted.
She really was the best woman in the world.
Another thought that assaulted him was that she was better even than him, which meant that the WSIA could really use her. He wanted her there with him but he didn't know how to approach the subject. Afterall he promised her that he didn't want her for that and that he wouldn't pressure her. He understood she wanted nothing to do with the people that put her family at risk.
Asher continued hearing her rambles about the attack until they got to his house. He turned off the car and took her on his lap and inhaled her scent of piña colada. He was so scared for her.
Seeing that Asher was pretty shaken about what happened before Birdie hooked her hands around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder to confort him.
"You are not doing something like that ever again you hear me ?" he said, his voice muffled because of her hair. Birdie just buried her face deeper on his neck trying hard not to jump and tell him that there was no way he would be put in danger and she would be left out.