The school hallways were full and there was a lot of chatter. Ignoring the chatter, I walked to my locker and started to pick the books I needed for the day when I saw a little note neatly folded at the top of my chemistry book. with a shaky hand, I picked it up and read what it said, it was written in Sharpie. I could recognise the handwriting the note simply read "Smile more and light up the room." I thought it was completely strange but I didn't think much about it and just walked to the chemistry room for the chemistry lesson. there were a handful of students and Mr West had not yet arrived so the kids were doing whatever they wanted. I, however, sat at one of the workstations and started on the assignments for two weeks from now. When I was halfway done, there was a commotion coming from outside. It sounded like there was a fight taking place. soon the grunting and shafling stopped and the door flew off its hinges. some students ran to see what was happening while others hid under tables but I remained in my seat and continued with my work. In the doorway stood three buff guys with tattoos all over their arms they scanned the room and said, "Where is Charlie Brown?" A couple of kids pointed at me "Traitors" I thought to myself but prepared myself for the fight or flight of the century. As the guys advanced toward me while knocking chairs over, I sat frozen for a moment but when they reached my table, I sprung into action sliding under the table and dodging each of them while making my way to the door. Only one person was standing between me and the door. he stood with his arms and legs apart. without wasting a single second, I slid under his arms and between his legs making my way to the hallway where I found Alex and Seth supporting Miles it then became clear to me that they were the ones fighting those goons. " they are after that you Charlie, you need to get out of here." Seth said worriedly as the two of them made their way to the lockers to call for backup. I sped off past them and got into my car before heading to my car and going to the only place I could clear my head and come up with a plan. hopefully, draw the goons away from the school and to me. Heading over to a park bench, I watched the swans swimming in the pond. When I heard distant footsteps, I sat up straight and felt myself stiffen. soon the intruder revealed himself, it was Noah. He approached me with his hands raised as though to say, I mean you no harm. " what are you doing here?" I asked with my eyebrows furrowed. " I should be asking you that. four dangerous goons are after you and you're out here enjoying nature?" He said sounding confused before realisation dawned on him and he said, "Well you can't face them alone, I'm your back up okay?" I nodded my head and waited. we sat in silence before he said, "What is your deal huh?" " Excuse me?" I asked confused, "I mean, you just recently joined the agency and you keep risking your life." he said. "it's complicated." I mumbled turning my gaze to the ground. Just then, there was a rustle in the bushes. the both of us approached the bush cautiously. Out of the bush trotted a little kitten Noah bent down and petted the cat. it purred and walked around his legs. I giggled and a small smile settled on my face. What is happening to me? I can't get involved with him. I have to get rid of these mushy feelings. I walked over to the statue by the entrance of the park but turned and faced him "Hey, how did you find me anyway, I never told anybody where I was going so how is it that you found me huh?" I asked and just as he opened his mouth to reply, we felt the ground rumble and the cat that was still circling Noah hissed and disappeared behind the bush. we stood back to back surrounded by eight buff men. we had our fists clenched into fists and got ready to attack. I stepped forward grabbing the man that was close to me kicking his feet from under him causing him to fall to the ground. I then pulled out my tranquilizer pistol and shot four of the men causing them to drop to the ground instantly. At the same time, Noah knocked out one of the four guys and proceeded to do the same to the other three. soon we had all eight men unconscious. " what a brief exercise session" Noah said with a frown on his face. I wondered how he could call that brief exercise. but my thoughts were interrupted when a car pulled up on the opposite side of the road and my brother got out of the car and sprinted over to where I stood with Noah. He had a worried expression on his face which quickly morphed into one of relief that later turned into anger " I knew it was your idea, how could you let her come here by herself?" My brother growled to Noah who looked unbothered with his hands in his pocket and a bored expression. " hey man it's cool I was there." Noah replied that my brother grabbed the collar of his shirt and said, "You were just lucky that you got here in time. through all this, Noah had a blank look on his face as Jason continued to tell him off. eventually, he seemed to get tired and swatted my brother's hand away with ease and said, "Listen, man, I don't know what you heard but she ran off by herself and I simply followed her to make sure she was okay." My brother scanned Noah's face for a while and then let out a long sigh and ran his hand through his hair before turning to me and saying," You can't just run off like that whenever there is trouble just so you can protect everyone..... its, not the right way." he said and looked at me " well, what was I supposed to do huh? just wait till they all got hurt?" " Those are seasoned agents you're talking about... they could have handled it." " yeah right, they could barely stand when I left." " you have to trust your team.... they are all you got in the field and I will always look out for you." A heavy silence fell around us but no one tried to break it for a while when Alex blurted out " when monkeys fly."