Billy - A Day In The Life Of Murdock's Invisible Dog

All You Need Is... Sleep.... la la la laaa...

2008-07-18T21:33:34Z

Right, I gotta go to bed, work tomorrow. ;o( Oh joy and I've been told that it's just me and the duty manager (who is some tall snotty nosed 19 year old guy who although I try really hard to get on with, can be the most disorganised pain in the arse possible - yeah we clash big time!) till about 11am! whoo hoo... so between us we have papers to stuff, bake off to bake, deliveries to haul in... AND not only that, some mad fuckers are going around with hammers doing over corner shops at 6.30am (because they've failed to break in and steal stuff when there is no one in store - including our store the other week! They set off the fog sensors - can't see a thing so are forced out) - GREAT! I REALLY want to go into work tomorrow not. Shit...

So if I don't post tomorrow afternoon... you know I got hit by a hammer - ouch! - actually I shouldn't joke about it. Not funny.

But hey, I did get chapter 9 partly written :D Oh and I enjoyed it :D ...teeny, tiny bit of Face Whumping

A Girl's Gotta Do What A Girl's Gotta Do

2008-07-18T07:03:20Z

OMG - you know when you've got this scene in your head and you've gotta write it down - well I've totally neglected the kids and written it down :D It's a long way off in the A Beautiful Lie Series... but I liked it so much I just had to get it onto paper, well, pc!

Right... back to the kids!

One More Lie - Chapter 4 - almost bloody forgot!

2008-07-17T21:42:13Z

One More Lie

Rating: PG-15

Chapter 4

Ten minutes after Face and Murdock had arrived in the cocktail lounge and gotten a drink at the bar, Amy and Courtney walked in. Both women wore elegant dresses, Amy’s red, Courtney’s black and they were turning the heads of some guys sitting at a table by the door.

As the girls walked towards them, nervously smiling at the two men, Face studied Amy. Her short hair was more styled than usual. In fact it reminded him of only a few days ago, when he'd asked her to be the honey trap for Prince in Mexico. Dakota Haines. A sly smile crept over his face, although he remembered not enjoying seeing that lecherous creep's hands all over her. He had buried that feeling very quickly and gotten on with his con. But tonight she didn't look trashy – she looked elegant. Beautiful. Her red dress cut just below her knee, but a split in the side showing off her long tanned legs. She was certainly more made up than usual. He smiled. Amy was taking this 'scam' seriously. She had paid attention to him when talking about how to run the perfect con; always get into character. And just by looking at her, he knew she was in character, because he'd never seen her dressed like this before.

He didn't really know what was normal for Courtney, but she looked like she'd taken some time to get dressed up for this evening. She seemed nervous, but he supposed Murdock could be the reason as it technically was a blind date.

Face glanced at Murdock, catching his expression out of the corner of his eye; his mouth was open, but he quickly shut it as he looked back at Face.

“Told you she was pretty,” Face whispered subtly in his ear. Murdock nodded and stood up to greet the two women. Face followed, realising this was show time. He had his duty to do, for Amy. He felt his nerves rise. It's a scam, Face, you don't get nervous about them. Just think of it as any other scam. But he knew with Murdock around, he would have to be very careful, probably not quite the same 'Sam' as he was at the wedding. Would Courtney notice those subtleties in his actions towards Amy?

“Hi,” Amy said nervously, looking at Face, then Murdock.

“You look beautiful, honey,” Face complimented, slipping his arm around Amy’s waist. He ignored the subtle frown Murdock pulled as he did so, deciding he’d talk his way around Murdock later.

“Oh, thanks,” Amy said, diffidently, nervously smiling. “Courtney made me wear it. The dress has been gathering dust in my closet – not literally. But I’ve never really had an occasion to wear it.” He felt the hesitation as she placed her arm around his waist, too.

Courtney nudged Amy. “So is one of you going to introduce me? Or do I introduce myself?”

“Courtney, this is HM Murdock,” Amy said, smiling. “Murdock, Courtney Gray.”

Murdock straightened and quickly smiled at Courtney, lifting her hand and kissing it, speaking something not very coherent in French. Face rolled his eyes. It wasn’t even French, just gibberish sounding French, but Courtney giggled all the same.

“And I thought Sam was the charmer.” Courtney winked at him.

“Oh, Sam is just an amateur.” Face glared, almost retorting, but he stopped himself, even though Murdock had given him a cheeky grin.

“Nice to meet you, Murdock.” She chuckled, not seeming to notice the silent exchange between the two men.

“Pleasure is all mine,” Murdock beamed.

“What does the HM stand for?”

“Ah, that’s my best kept secret.” Murdock tapped his nose with his finger.

“Okay,” Courtney smiled, rolling her eyes. “So how do you know Sam and Amy?” she asked innocently.

“Uh, er,” Murdock hesitated, glancing at Face. Face frowned; damn, they hadn’t thought of that one. “I’ve known Sam years. We go back since... Nam.”

Face rolled his eyes. Great, Murdock, one subject not to mention and you go mention it.

“You guys were in Nam?”

“Uh, yeah...”

“Yeah, we did our tour, and then got the hell out of there,” Face quickly added, seeing Murdock stumble. Amy was now staring at him nervously. He could hazard at guess at what she was thinking; if Courtney puts two and two together, she’ll make the A-Team.

“Boy, you two must have some stories...”

“Courtney!” Amy quickly interrupted. “The guys don’t like talking about...”

“Oh, right. Sorry,” Courtney smiled at Murdock.

“Oh that’s all right,” Murdock smiled back. “I could probably tell you a few stories,” Face glared at him, “but my lips are sealed.”

“Right, well now we’ve made the introductions, would you ladies like a drink?” Face hastily gestured towards the bar, getting the attention of the barman.

“Now that is a silly question.” Courtney gently elbowed Face in the ribs.

~~~

“So what do you do, Murdock?” Courtney asked as she sipped the martini Face had just handed her.

“Er...” Murdock took his attention away from Face and Amy’s unusual behaviour, and turned back to Courtney. Think - Face’s number one rule, stick to main truths - can’t slip up that way. Can’t really tell the girl he’s stuck in the VA, now can he? “I’m a pilot,” Murdock confidently replied.

“For the local radio station,” Amy added quickly.

“Yeah, yeah, I report the traffic news,” Murdock said, then more quietly he continued, “Always considered doing that.” He caught Face subtly rolling his eyes, and then his expression dropped when he realised Face and Amy were holding hands. Of course they’d be holding hands; this is after all a show for this lovely lady. Murdock smiled at Courtney.

“Do you get to see much going on?”

“Well, I see a lot of traffic,” Murdock replied, jovily.

Courtney laughed. “I mean, have you seen any bad crashes?”

“Oh, once I air lifted these guys right off the highway,” Murdock said. Well, if Face can tell some tales, so can he.

“Er, Murdock...”

“Really?”

“Er, yeah, real bad crash, they needed air support, I happened to be in the vicinity and I just flew her...”

“Her?”

“Yeah, her, she’s always a girl,” Murdock winked. “I flew the old girl in amongst the wreckage of these” - think of an event and just change the words a bit - “mangled cars. Things were about to explode...”

“Murdock...”

“And they just hauled themselves on board and I took the chopper up, away just in the nick of time. Bam! The car exploded.”

“Wow, Murdock, you really know how to tell them.” Murdock noticed the hint of sarcasm in Amy’s voice. He looked at her. Face holding her a close embrace. No, that doesn’t look right.

“Oh, Amy, stop teasing the guy. I know he’s trying to impress me.” Courtney said. “I’ve never been in a helicopter; maybe you’ll have to take me up for a spin, or whatever it is.”

Murdock hesitated, still fixed upon Face and Amy. Close together. Not real. It’s not real. “Er, yeah, anytime. I love to fly. Love to take anyone up who loves flying, too.” He grinned at Courtney. Now there’s some truth. “I’ve taken Sam up loads of times.”

“Have you ever crashed?”

Face coughed loudly. “Murdock, would you like another drink?”

“Er, yeah, yeah, same again.” He held up his bottle of soda and then turned back to Courtney, catching a concerned glance from Amy. “Nah, never crashed.” Amy sighed with relief. “I like to call them uncontrolled landings.” Amy’s eyes widened.

“Courtney, another drink?” Face said, frowning at Murdock.

“What do you think, handsome?” Face nodded, and then turned his attention to Amy, whispering in her ear; she giggling. It’s an act. Relax. Did he just kiss her – albeit on the cheek? Maybe he should talk to Face about this.

Murdock joined Face at the bar, as he ordered the drinks.

“Courtney’s a great girl, isn’t she? See, I’m not so bad to you after all.”

“Yeah, yeah, great girl,” Murdock nodded not quite able to fix his eye on Face. “Just wasn’t expecting you and Amy...”

“Hey, Sam,” Courtney said, coming up on the other side of Face. “Please can I have a little more soda this time? Don’t want you guys carrying me to the restaurant, now do we?” She nudged him playfully.

“Of course,” Face replied, chuckling back, then turned his attention back to Murdock. “Sorry, what were you saying, Murdock?”

“Er, nothing, nothing. We’ll talk about it later.”

tbc....

Gosh I'm Feeling A Bit Cheeky

2008-07-17T21:09:00Z

Thought I'd post now before I look at the clock and find it's gone 11pm!!!!

I've been bashing away at chapter 8 and I've sent that over to my Beta's - apparently we're getting paid :D - that's a joke - my disclaimer does read: "I don't own the A-Team and I've not made a penny from this - I just do it for the Jazz!" - and rightly so!

Chapter 4 is on ff.net and the ATSB - for my FANS - lol! But I do have a couple of Face/Amy fans, which makes me feel quite mushy inside :D I certainly didn't think they'd be that many out there, but there is a few :D opps just realised gotta put it on here too! I knew there was somewhere else! Shit, I'll do that next. (I'll put on my website later - I do a couple of chapters at a time at the moment) - once the story is complete then I'll send over to the Archive... to have it found on lousyfic :D

Anyway word count is (it does include some notes - if only Word would count in colour code or something ???): 12,826 words

Right, I've got about an hour left... mmmm.... actually I should do some reading! Just realised I haven't read chapter 3 of junkfood_monkey 's AM2W part 19

I Gonna Run To You

2008-07-17T18:03:10Z

now I'm thinking of bad song titles to post my exercise update - and I don't even think I've got it right! lol!

Yes I went running again tonight (well jogging)

Time: 21.49 minutes
Distance: 2.11 miles
Average pace: 10.21 mins per mile

So now what do I do? After tea that is. I got Pride And Prejudice DVDs out of The Mail last weekend... Colin Firth I want to see Colin Firth - period dramas aren't usually my thing. All because, Helen Fielding (on the Bridget Jones' Diary dvd) says that Mark Darcy was based on Mr Darcy in P&P played by Colin Firth... and she was so happy when Colin agreed to play Mark Darcy. - so I kinda want to see it.

Colin Firth IS the reason I want to see Mamma Mia! :D

I'm into my writing... the dvds will always be there ;o) I should watch Range Rider too... need some stuff from that episode :D My document word count is over 12,000 words - admittedly there is some notes in there (which I will turn into a story and not just post as per lousyfic discussion :D

Tit Joke

2008-07-16T22:05:06Z

Sorry I couldn't resist - I actually found this funny :D

After three weeks in the Garden of Eden, God came to visit Eve.
'So, how is everything going?' inquired God. 'It's all so beautiful' she replied. 'Everything is wonderful, but I have just one problem. It's these breasts you've given me. The middle one pushes the other two out and I'm constantly knocking them with my arms.' She went on to tell Him that since many other parts of her body came in pairs, such as her limbs, eyes, ears, etc ...... She felt that having only two breasts might leave her body more 'symmetrically balanced,' as she put it.
'That is a fair point, but it was my first shot at this, you know.I gave the animals six breasts, so I figured that you needed only half of those, but I see that you are right. I will fix it up right away.'
And He reached down, removed the middle breast and tossed it into the bushes.
Three weeks passed and God once again visited Eve in the Garden of Eden. 'Well, Eve, how is my favourite creation?'
'Just fantastic,' she replied, 'But for one oversight on your part. You see, all the animals are paired off. The ewe has a ram and the cow has her bull. All the animals have a mate except me. I feel so alone.'
God thought for a moment and said, 'You know, Eve, you are right. How could I have overlooked this? You do need a mate and I will immediately create a man from a part of you. Now let's see .............. Where did I put that useless tit?'

Now doesn't THAT make more sense than that stuff about the rib?

One More Lie - Chapter 3

2008-07-16T19:59:01Z

I'm not nervous at all :D

Chapter 3

As Face stood in the elevator, he checked out his appearance in the elevator mirror. He straightened his tie and smoothed down his doctor’s white coat, making sure his name badge was on show clearly. Face had already called Murdock to give him some warning so he would be ready for the scam. Would Murdock buy the idea of Sam and Amy? Would he play along? Hell, it had been his idea that had gotten Face into this mess in the first place. He'd damn well better play along.

“How many organs have I donated now, Face?” Murdock beamed, grabbing his bag when Face walked into his room. “I can't believe they fall for it.”

“You haven't donated any,” Face replied impatiently. “And you’re not donating today, either. You're having exploratory surgery, but it's complicated.” Face smiled and then gestured towards the chair. “Now sit in the damn chair, so I can wheel you out of here.”

“So what's this about? I thought Hannibal was giving us some time off for good behaviour.”

“It's not Hannibal. He’s is filming Aquamaniac the third.”

“He did that last year.”

“I'm being facetious. I don't know what Hannibal's filming. But I can pretty much guarantee it's got some sort of sea monster in it, and he's playing it dark and mysterious with a touch of cynicism, ” Face replied sarcastically, watching Murdock get into the chair.

“I was only asking.”

Wheeling Murdock out of his room, Face lowered his voice. “Amy needs our help, but I'll tell you more once we're out of here and in the car, okay?”

“Okay, Faceman, okay.” Murdock nodded, and then decided to give the nurses something to justify their concerned expressions, with some erratic head movements and humming.

Face just smiled it off with a 'he'll be okay' look and quickly headed out of the ward.

Face sighed with relief once he and Murdock were both in his car, and were driving off from the VA. It wasn’t that he lacked confidence in his ability to scam Murdock out of the hospital, but well, sometimes luck wasn't always on his side and there was always the possibility that the military could be watching the place.

They both wound down their windows, letting the warm breeze of the day circulate through the car as Face drove, freeing the hot air that had built up in the car.

“So, what's this about then?” Murdock asked.

“Okay, okay. You know that wedding you talked me into going to with Amy?”

“Yeah.” Murdock nodded.

“Well, a friend from there showed up in LA, and she still thinks Amy and I are an item.”

“What?”

“The old 'Faceman, all you got to do is sweet-talk some old ladies', remember?”

“Yeah, but what's that got to do with now?”

Face rolled his eyes. “It's complicated.” And Face certainly wasn't going to be the one to explain it to Murdock. “But Amy didn't tell her that the relationship had ended. She didn't know how. So now, Courtney has showed up and well, I... I promised I'd help Amy out.”

“And why do you need me?”

Face glanced at Murdock as he spoke, a sly smile across his face. “Ah, you see, I kind of told Courtney about you. And so now she wants to meet you.” Face fixed his eyes back on the road as he drove the car.

“Oh great, you've set me up with some hag, right? I know I'm stuck in the VA, so dating girls isn't easy...”

“No, no, she's a great girl. She's funny and pretty...”

“But...” Murdock stared at Face.

“You two will get on like a house on fire. She's a riot. Maybe a few screws loose, but a riot.” Face glanced at Murdock, and smirked. Murdock rolled his eyes.

“So you've found me a crazy.”

Face laughed and then sobered his expression. “Oh, one thing, she knows me as Sam.”

“Sam?”

“Yeah, Amy and I made up an alias, just in case some of her family read her stories.”

Murdock nodded. “Okay, that makes sense, Sam.”

Face momentarily scowled at Murdock's sarcasm. “Okay, well, I've booked Castello's so you need to get changed.”

“Castello's?”

“Don't burn this restaurant for me, Murdock.” He gave a cautionary glare. “And don't let Amy down.”

“I won't, cross my heart. If Amy needs our help, then so be it. But what's wrong with what I'm wearing?”

“Everything!”

~~~

The two men left Face's apartment freshly showered and changed. Murdock kept fidgeting and fiddling with the new suit Face had gotten for him, much to Face’s frustration. Once in the taxi, Face gave the driver directions for the cocktail lounge where he'd agreed to meet the girls. He wanted to get there before the girls, as it was the gentlemanly thing to do.

Face had decided they’d take a cab to the restaurant. His plan was to order two taxis at the end of the night. Leaving the car behind might relieve any complications later – the one most on his mind was driving back to Amy’s and staying at her apartment. He knew he needed to avoid that at all costs. Besides, he could relax and enjoy his meal with a drink. It’s not like he’d need some Dutch courage to calm his nerves, even with Murdock tagging along, but it might help him relax... just a bit.

He'd phoned Amy earlier, to confirm that he did have Murdock. She'd seemed nervous about tonight. Understandable. Face wasn’t feeling anxious at all. Murdock was pretty good at running a scam with him, but would he pull this off? Would Courtney and Murdock get on? Hell, if they actually hit it off, would Amy kill him?

Then his thoughts turned to Amy. They hadn't acted this fake relationship since the wedding. He wasn't sure how much he wanted to relive it, although a part of him missed it. But he knew why...

They'd had fun that weekend, despite the complications. Shared a closeness and he'd seen a different side to Amy. Not just a reporter or part of the team, one of the guys, but a woman. Pretty and feisty, but also vulnerable, even lonely.

But she was strong and clever. It had been nearly a month now since returning from Ecuador. That night. His moment of weakness, searching for comfort. Allowing her to see it. But afterwards, she never mentioned it. Never smothered or harassed him to make sure he was alright. Another woman would have tried to dig further, make demands, but she'd left him be, like she understood. Like she knew how he ticked.

He'd catch himself watching her now, when really he shouldn't. Just looking for that different side to her. Luckily it seemed to go unnoticed. He was good at hiding the truth.

tbc....

Hats off to Paula Radcliffe

2008-07-16T17:48:35Z

How an earth does she manage 26 miles?

I did a run tonight... I literally have come in plonked myself in front of my pc to log it :D or jog it :D

I wanted to do a quick run tonight... so I wasn't sure if I'd make the two mile or not, and I didn't quite.

Time: 17.48 minutes
Distance: 1.84 miles (nearly though....just couldn't be arsed to run past my house!)
Average pace - wait for it - drum roll please - 9.39 minutes per mile :D

Right, I'll have my tea then I'll get some reading, writing and editing done! And hopefully post chapter 3

Gah - how late?

2008-07-15T22:10:38Z

got to go to bed! I've been a busy bee... commenting on mad stalkers, writing new chapters and editing earlier chapters of One More Lie. Sorry - chapter 3 tomorrow - too late now. Just noticed the time.

Didn't do much reading tonight... too busy reading comments and new lj threads.

talk more later - I need my bed :D

Whoa... Got stuff done!

2008-07-14T22:02:19Z

I managed to read another chapter of AM2W Part 19 - and looks like I've inspired junkfood_monkey with something or other but my lips are sealed :D

And I read the short stories of ostarella's her new ones and some old ones!

Writing - yeah got some done too - lengthened out chapter 7 - it wasn't long enough but now it is. I've added a bit that JFM said about - not so much in her words, but the joke is still there. The bit after really needs to be a new chapter new scene that sort of thing. Gosh - by jove, I think I'm getting it :D Well, at least when it comes to new chapters/scenes ;o)

Need to edit chapter 3 of One More Lie though - didn't get that done - do that tomorrow! Feeling better now I've caught up on some reading!

Right BED - far to late!

Monday Exercise Night

2008-07-14T18:49:53Z

Well I thought I was going faster tonight, but a tiny bit slower on my last run:

Time: 24.01 minutes - that's the longest run so far :D
Distance: 2.38 miles (damn not quite the 2.5 miles I was aiming for but I sort of run out of road/route - need to look at a different way to extend it)
Average pace: 10.06 mins per mile (Thursday was 9.50 mins per mile) - so a tiny bit slower, all as I said, I thought I was going faster.

I think I need to aim to be running for around 30 minutes a time. I'm not losing any bloody weight! Gah!

Busy Bee

2008-07-13T21:57:07Z

Well Chapter 2 of One More Lie is on the ATSB, ff.net and on my LJ :D

Chapter 1 made it onto my website

And I've been working on editing Chapter 6 and writing Chapter 7. It's a bit difficult... and I don't know how far to take Face's thoughts, bearing in mind something Star raised around an earlier chapter. Which she is totally right... but it's so hard to make Face con himself :D

Failed miserably on reading more of Part 19 of AM2W - maybe tomorrow will be a reading night. Or read a chapter, then I'm allowed to write - how's that for a reward - because if I do it the other way around, I won't read, coz I'll get so stuck into writing. I can't believe it's nearly (only 4 minutes to go) 11pm!

So, with this, I must go to bed :D