We both glanced down at our cell phones clipped to our jeans. * * *. TL’s code to return to home base. ASAP. David texted TL that we’d be there as quickly as possible. I smiled a little to hide my disappointment. Sure our date was almost over, but TL’s text had cut it a little short. I’d actually been enjoying myself tonight and had almost forgotten my other world. Not that I didn’t like working for the Specialists, but I never really got a taste of what it was like to be a normal teenager. I felt like my life was always in mission mode. David took my hand, obviously picking up on my bummed-out mood. “At least we just about made it through the whole date.” I nodded. David opened the passenger door. “This is our life, GiGi. I don’t know what else to say.” “I know.” I climbed inside the truck. There wasn’t anything else to say. This was our life. Closing my door, David circled around to his side and hopped in. “As much as it sometimes annoys me, I wouldn’t swap it for anything in the world.
