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Joe came into the kitchen with Nile.
Andy: "Does the uniform fit, Nile?"
Nile: "Yes, and thanks for the promotion from Corporal To Sergeant."
Andy: "You have earned it."
Andy then looked at Joe, who was eating an apple.
Andy: "Yusuf, do I have to tie your ass to a chair, or have you practised some self-control as I have asked you to do for the last 800 years?"
Joe muttered something because his mouth was filled with apple bits.
Nile: "What do you mean with self-control?"
Andy: "Whenever Joe sees Nicky in a uniform, he forgets all his manners and starts acting like a giddy schoolgirl."
Nile couldn't help it, but she started to laugh.
Andy: "What's so funny?"
Nile: "Joe isn't the only one who has that problem whenever they see someone hot in a uniform."
Andy: "That might be, but unlike Joe, you know how to behave."
Nicky entered the kitchen, wearing a Major uniform, which made Andy look at Joe, who placed his hands in his pockets while whistling.
Nicky: "I have a problem. After our last mission, my uniform doesn't fit me anymore."
Nicky pulled in the uniform's pants to show the problem. He had lost ten pounds or more after walking through most of Northern Iraq without any food or water. They had all lost weight, but they hadn't had the time to regain it because of this mission that had turned up two hours after reaching a safe house. Usually, they would never do back-to-back missions, but because a rogue officer planned to sell military secrets to a partisan group who planned to kill people, they said yes to collect evidence against the officer.
The mission required two people to infiltrate an army base and get the evidence. Nicky and Nile had volunteered to do it, while Andy would wait with a getaway car, and Joe would be their eyes on a nearby rooftop. Andy and the others knew that the only reason why Joe had said yes to standing on a rooftop was so he could glare at Nicky's ass in the uniform.
Joe: "We still got that fake tummy from when you pretended to be pregnant while smuggling hand grenades back during the Vietnam War."
Andy: "Don't remind me about that mission. Find it so we can get going."
Joe nodded, and when he returned, he helped Nicky put on the fake tummy on.
Nicky: "Grazie. Okay, Nile. Let us do it if you are ready. I want to be on that plane tonight so I can wake up in Malta tomorrow."
Nile: "And I want to go to Ibitza and party."
Joe: "Does anyone want to know what I plan to do after this mission?"
Andy: "We don't have the time to hear about your love life. See you at the agreed meeting point in four hours."
Nile: "Since I am driving, we will be there on time."
Nicky: "Hi, I can't be blamed for..."
Nile and Nicky left talking while Andy looked at Joe.
Joe: "What? I controlled myself today."
Andy: "And I am very proud of you."
Joe smiled.
Andy: "But please keep your eyes on the surroundings and not only Nicky's ass. I want this mission to go smoothly and without any problems since we all are tired."
Joe: "I promise you, Boss, I also want that, so I promise to show you some of the self-control you have been talking about for the last 800 years."
Joe's face turned into a smirk.
Joe: "But after the mission, well, that is another case. Then I will tell you all about what I plan to do with the very hot Italian in the uniform."
Andy: "Incredible. You are still the same..."
Joe: "Cute one?"
Andy: "That is still up for debate. Now, get going so you can be there when the other arrives at the military base."
Joe kissed Andy on her forehead.
Joe: "I will look good after them, Boss. I promise you we will all make it home again alive to you."
Andy: "I will keep you to that promise, Yusuf."
Joe hugged Andy before he left. As Andy watched Joe drive away, she once again felt that if she were ever to die, her family would be in the safest hands possible.