A/N This story is a prequel to "The Bull, The Buckle and a Brit in a tree." I will eventually get around to writing Helena's return.

It was Friday afternoon and the team were in the warehouse office enjoying lunch. It had been a slow day so far. Claudia was seated at her computer, bidding on an artifact on eBay. Pete was raiding the kitchen for Artie's hidden stash of choc-chip cookies and Steve, Abigail, Myka and Helena were seated at the table talking.

Helena had returned mysteriously in the middle of the night almost three weeks prior. It had been a month since she had returned the Astrolabe to The Brotherhood. She had settled in comfortably and was reinstated as a warehouse agent on probation.

Artie entered the office from the filing room. "We have a ping!"

"Alright!" Pete yelled through a mouth full of cookies from the kitchen.

"Slow down there Pete, this one is mine and Jinksy's. You and Myka went last time."

"Children, I decide who goes. Steve how is your leg?"

Steve looked at Claudia, knowing that she would want him to lie about the severity of the pain he had still been feeling from their last mission. He had tackled an assailant and landed badly on his leg.

"It's still healing." He looked apologetically at Claudia.

"Pete you and Claudia will be handling it." He waved a folder in Pete's direction.

"Why not Myka? No offense Claud."

"Myka has the weekend off."

"Since when?" Pete asked as he looked at her.

"Since I called Tracy and told her i'd like to visit." Myka looked away from Helena. She had yet to share this information with her.

"Looks like you're stuck with me dude."

"So where are we off to Artie?"

As he explained the details to them the others grabbed inventory lists and made their way into the warehouse.

Myka and Helena had ended up with lists that forced them to work in the same aisle. They had been spending a great amount of time alone with each other lately, much to each others enjoyment.

"So when do you leave?" Helena asked as she looked away from the shelf and towards Myka.

"I, uh.. my flight leaves at 3pm. So i'll have to leave soon." She said as she looked at her watch. It was a little after one.

"When will you be back?"

"Sunday evening."

"Hmm" Helena smiled and walked further down the aisle, slightly swaying her hips. "What is she like?" Helena turned around to find Myka quickly avert her eyes to meet hers. A blush had developed on her cheeks.

"Who?" She smiled nervously at Helena, who laughed. She had been catching Myka staring at her quite often of late.

"Your sister?"

"Oh, right. Yes. Ah, she's, well she is pretty.."

"Of course, she is your sister after all." Helena smirked, causing Myka to blush an even darker shade of pink. Myka smiled and shook her head.

"She's sweet."

"And?" Helena started moving towards Myka.

"She's the kind of person that everyone loves. People are just drawn to her."

"Why are you visiting her?"

"I miss her."

"There's more to it than that." Helena took a step closer to Myka.

"She's pregnant and I don't want to miss out on seeing her like that." Myka took a step back, suddenly nervous at where the conversation and Helena were heading.

"I know you Myka. I know there is more to it than that." She took another step as she spoke.

"I need to talk to her." Myka sighed.

"About?"

"You know, we should really be getting back to work." Myka gulped as she watched Helena move into her personal space.

"You're evading Myka." Helena spoke softly, looking her directly in the eyes.

"No, i'm not. I just, think we should be working." Myka turned and made to move away from Helena. Helena reached out and grabbed her arm gently to stop her. Myka stopped but did not turn around.

"Why are you really going to see your sister? You've clearly neglected to tell me about it for a reason." Myka heard the pain in her voice. Helena walked until she was face to face with Myka.

"Helena... I.." Myka's breath hitched in her throat. Myka looked into Helena's eyes and was met with the same look she had been seeing since Helena's return. The look terrified Myka. Helena's eyes were filled with so much compassion, warmth, understanding and love. Myka knew she had feelings for Helena but she was unsure of what they were exactly. She had planned to speak to Tracy about it over the weekend.

Helena laid her hand upon Myka's cheek. Myka instinctively leaned into the touch. Helena watched as Myka's eyes dropped to her lips, her heart skipped a beat. Myka didn't know what had overcome her, she leaned forward and captured Helena's lips in a sweet kiss. Helena gasped into the kiss and was about to kiss Myka back but before she could Myka pulled away.

"I, ah.. I... I gotta go." Myka pulled away from Helena and quickly made her way towards the office.

"Myka! Myka wait!" Helena followed after her. "Myka will you just stop?!" Myka stopped abruptly and turned around.

"Helena. I'm sorry. I can't do this right now." Helena went to say something but Myka cut her off. "No! Please just... not now." Helena looked into her eyes and saw tears beginning to form there. She nodded and watched as Myka walked away.

There will be more chapters soon.