The Chosen One: Hero of Two Worlds45.83%

Chapter 11

Sharon Carter was breathing heavy with anxiety knowing that the night was going to be dangerous. She donned a dress way out of her price range and picked up an equally expensive purse. The problem wasn't so much that S.H.I.E.L.D. was ordering her to use her body to get intel. She had no problem with using what God gave her to distract a target. No, this was them ordering her to allow someone to invade her body. Oh, how she hated seduction missions.

She looked at herself in the mirror and tucked her hair behind her ear, using the simple motion as a focus to calm down and slow her breathing. The bug she carried was hidden in the purse handle. She just needed to keep the purse near "Harry" for S.H.I.E.L.D. to hear their conversation.

She knew Coulson would make sure to have "Harry's" phone tapped since she'd given the senior agent his number.

"Okay, 'Kate', time to work." She said as she turned and to get in the car shield had provided, an silver-white Audi.

Harry knew he only had once chance at this. He'd had to stop himself from canceling the dinner a few times by remind himself it had been two years since he'd last had a meal with anyone. It was time to connect, even if the motivation was more of an information-gathering than relationship-building one. He also needed to know why 'Kate' and her boss were so interested in him, not to mention the fact that he didn't even know who she was working for.

Harry didn't bother with a suit, instead opting for casual. He was going to surprise her by not taking her out to a restaurant this evening and dining in, instead. He was certain his cooking skills were still top notch, after all. He was just removing the entries from the grill when his phone rang.

"Hello Kate." Harry said the moment he accepted the call.

"How did you know it was me?" She asked, surprise showing in her voice.

"Because you're the only one who knows my number." Harry said simply. He was certain they'd already tapped his phone and knew the person who was listening in would catch every word. "I only just got this phone yesterday and I don't have any real contacts." He added. It was best to let them see he was a loner.

"Oh, well I'm about a block away and I can't get in unless you walk me in." She said.

"I'll be down." Harry said as he put the spatula down, saying nothing more as he grabbed his fob card and walked out of the door to the elevator. He was quite pleased the elevator was fast. He was exiting to the ground floor in no time.

"Hello Kate." Harry said as he walked up to the woman waiting at the door.

"Hello Harry, we're are we going?" She asked.

"Well, I thought for starters we could eat here…" Harry began.

"Didn't reserve a place?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't feel like eating out to be honest. I made dinner, but if you rather we eat out…"

"No, no, I'm actually interested in trying out your food." Kate said in a pleasant tone of voice.

Harry led her inside and straight up to his floor.

"This is your place?" She said, amazedly looking around and drinking in every detail.

"It is. I have the entire floor to myself. Feels like home for me."

A home with no friends. Harry added somewhat morosely to himself.

"What are we having?" Kate asked, shaking herself out of her gawping, sitting down at the cozy dining room table she'd been led to.

"Steak," Harry said as he went into the kitchen, a few scraping sounds beginning immediately after. "Not as good as a New York Steak, but I trust I did a good job." He walked out with two plates laden with steak, baked potatoes and salad.

"It looks wonderful." She admitted.

They ate in silence.

"So, what do you do?" Kate asked after the meal was largely consumed. The food had been too good to interrupt with conversation.

"Well, I kind of dropped out of school, didn't want to finish." Harry admitted a little sheepishly. "I took my families' fortunes and decided to see the world, travel, experience the cultures and languages. I saw some great places, I was debating on moving to Sydney, Australia or New York."

"What made you settle here?" She asked with interest.

"Provided me a chance to start over. Plus the business I'm interested in starting is better suited here." Harry replied.

"What kind is that?" she asked him, interested.

"Hmm, it would be boring to most people. It will be strange for me as well, as I never really had a job before. However, I'm certain things will go well. What about you?" Harry dodged before asking his own question.

"Me?" Kate asked in surprise.

"What do you do?"

"I'm a… nurse." Yeah, that sounded convincing.

"Really?" Harry said with a raised eyebrow.

"More like a private funded nurse. I help rich people when they need me." she replied.

"Sounds boring." Harry said as he grabbed the plates to take into the kitchen and wash. He gave Kate a bottle of root beer, which she took out to the balcony to drink while he washed up.

"Sorry, I don't have beer," Harry said as he brought out a second bottle for her and one for himself, handing her the new bottle. "I'm not twenty-one."