Training and selection for next Lancelot was still hot and on.

Sophie tried her best to stay away from all the candidates, but it was hard because she always was needed as assistant for Merlin. Grading their tests, making sure they had all the outfits and stuff like that. And still from time to time she run into Eggsy and Roxy. She would lie if she said that she didn't make deals with Eggsy for letting her play with JB or taking the pug to her room for night. Of course, she tried to get poor pup back to his owner till five thirty, but sometimes tables were turned and Eggsy actually needed to go and fetch his own dog from her room around six in the morning.

One morning like this is burned in her memory like with hot iron. It was six in the morning. Sophie was sleeping soundlessly through all of her alarms, JB by her side. But the odd thing was that she didn't hear someone opening doors to her bedroom. Only sound that kind of raised her from slumber was JB barking happily.

"Shh, JB I wanna sleep. Five more minutes. Then you can go back to your dad." Sophie rolled over in bed.

"Till seven will be alright?" voice asked and that made Sophie open her eyes immediately. Sitting up and covering herself with blanket she looked at the person that was laying on their back at the end of her bed. There he was, Eggsy playing with his dog on her bed while she was still sleeping.

"You forgot to bring him back." Eggsy said looking at the ceiling.

"What.." Sophie looked at the clock. "Oh, shit! I am so sorry! I don't know how I slept through all of the alarms." Sophie apologized and let her hand slide through her bead head.

"Nah.. It's fine. I don't have training that early today." Eggsy said and continued to play with JB. For the next couple of seconds there was this feeling of false idle: Sophie just woken up from her peaceful sleep, Eggsy right there laying on her bed and JB running and jumping around them happily. This false safe heaven made Sophie reach for her phone to secretly steal picture of Eggsy and JB. It felt surreal: the friendship that had formed over the dog and the fact that both of them didn't actually know each other's names.

"I understand if you won't let me have him over anymore." Sophie silently said.

"Don't be silly, JB loves your company." Eggsy propped himself up on his elbow and looked at Sophie and the way that JB was running around her. Sophie smiled at him and petted JB for a second.

"Thanks." Sophie murmured. Both of them were looking at each other when there was a knock on the door.

"Hide! Both of you!" Sophie whispered to Eggsy.

"Where?!" Eggsy yelled back in same manner.

"I dunno, think of something. The bathroom." Sophie pointed to the doors and jumped out of bed, not caring in a world if Eggsy saw her lingerie or not. Grabbing her robe she putted it on and turned back to look if Eggsy was gone.

"Move, you idiot! Haven't seen girl in underwear?!" Sophie said with small blush dusting her cheeks and pushed Eggsy to her bathroom.

"Shouldn't I take you to a date first?" Eggsy was confused for a second then smirked at his own remark.

"Maybe some other time, don't you see that someone is at the door?" Sophie said and closed doors almost shut.

After that she skipped back to bedroom's door and opened it.

"Good morning, Miss Richards." said woman from main personal.

"Good morning." Sophie smiled at her.

"Sorry that this is early but I have been asked to deliver this to you and your eyes only." woman said.

"Okay. Thank you. Is that all?" Sophie asked.

"No, you have been requested upstairs." woman said.

"I'll be there in twenty." Sophie smiled and closed doors. Not really putting any thought in it, Sophie shed her robe and run to her walk in closet. Putting on her black dress and grabbing her dark blazer Sophie run out again.

"Since you are here, why don't you zip me up, goddamn it.." Sophie said loud enough for Eggsy to hear.

"What was so important?" he asked and putted JB on bed and walked to Sophie.

"Work." Sophie said and held her hair up.

"I thought you start working at nine." Eggsy pulled the zipper of her dress up.

"Yeah, well, shit happens. Get that position and you'll see how world will turn upside down." Sophie said and rushed to put on her heels. Doing that she tiptoed to her vanity to put on some make-up.

"You do this every morning?" Eggsy asked sitting back on her bad and taking ahold of JB.

"Not in this kind of rush." Sophie answered and turned around.

"How do I look?" she asked reaching for her blazer. "Wait, don't answer that." she continued before Eggsy could say anything.

'Distance yourself, girl.' She reminded herself.

"Come on, I need to go." Sophie said grabbing the manila folder from her table and tucking it under her arm.

"Wait..." She went to Eggsy and took JB from him. Cuddling the dog to herself for the last time, she kissed his head and handed pug back to his owner.

"How does it come the he gets a kiss and I don't?" Eggsy asked. Sophie rolled her eyes and sent him air kiss.

"I don't have time for this." Sophie said running to door.

"I can make it quick." Eggsy said following her. Sophie glanced both ways and then went out.

"I bet you can." Sophie murmured and locked her room.

"I'll see you around, then." Sophie turned to Eggsy one last time that morning. Like always she gently raised Eggsy's chin up as if she was cheering him up.

"Good morning, Unwin." Sophie whispered.

"Good morning, Miss Richards." Eggsy looked down at her.

Right now she was sitting in Merlin's office, somewhere in the back, making no noise so Merlin wouldn't turn around. The thing was, JB was sitting in her lap and Merlin didn't even notice.

"So what are they doing today?" Sophie said petting the pug in her lap and half-interestedly looking at the Merlin's screens.

"Landing in the target." Merlin answered.

"One of your torture methods again." Sophie asked scratching behind JB's ear.

"My, my, you're all very cheerful. Did you really think it was gonna be that straightforward? Any idiot can read a heads-up display. A Kingsman agent needs to be able to solve problems under pressure. Like what to do when one of your group has no parachute." Merlin stated. Both Sophie and Merlin could hear shouts of disapproval and fear.

"Are you kidding me? Isn't it too much?" Sophie asked rearranging her place in a chair at the back.

She was enjoying her time with JB, from time to time snickering at Merlin's comments.

"You'll be scraping them up not me." Sophie reminded. Since she wasn't really listening to all the conversations that were going on, she just assumed that they had come up with some kind of survival plan. She was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard Merlin drop his mug with coffee.

"What's going on?" Sophie asked walking up to Merlin and looking up at the screen.

"Is this live feed?" Sophie asked looking at the radar.

"Yes." Merlin answered.

"Oh my God! They are going to die!" Sophie gasped with wide eyes.

'If he dies you get the dog.' Sophie had an intrusive thought. Shaking her head she grabbed JB from the chair and rushing to leave him back at the quarters she run to the balcony to see Roxy's and Eggsy's landing first hand. She really wished that Merlin won't need to scrape anyone off that target.

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