7. Team expansion

The sun was already rising in the east when they decided to go to bed again. "Should we stop by Jade again? I mean, she's saving us in a way." Bryan suggested. "I'll do it." Tala replied.
Bryan gave him that look again, but then went to his room without arguing.
Tala carefully opened Jade's door. He didn't understand why he had sent Bryan away. Somehow everything had turned out differently.
He'd wanted to kiss her briefly as a cover, but a kiss like that wasn't planned. Not at all to go through town right from the start. That kiss ... it had been a strange feeling. He had extended the kiss himself. And angrily he had to admit that he liked her too much. When he opened the door, he saw that Jade startled. She seemed to have dozed off. She looked at him wearily.
"I should be done."She mumbled and stood up, swaying." What else is there? "" I just wanted to see how far you are. "Tala replied coolly. Jade nodded tiredly.
“Go to sleep,” Tala said to her. "I ... I still have to check whether all traces are gone ..." she protested tiredly. Tala looked at her icily.
"You can do it when you've slept. Go now."
"But ..." Jade sighed at his gaze and complied.

The next morning all the boys didn't get up until noon. Jade had been away before to meet yesterday's boy. Still, she had taken the time to wait for the Demolition Boys with breakfast.
They had ordered this to their room. When they were done, Jade stood up
"So, I'll confiscate the bathroom for a moment," she announced and disappeared.
"Tell me, what is it now? Does she belong to the team?" Ian asked into the silence. Everyone looked at Tala. And he was in a bind right now.On the one hand he wanted to keep her around, and her technical knowledge was really useful, but on the other hand he had chosen to treat her dismissively.
To protect yourself from weakness. But if Boris asked now, and he would tell him that she wasn't part of the team, he would transfer her to who-knows-where.
He decided on a variant that had not yet been tested: "What do you mean?"
All three Demolition Boys looked at him in confusion. "So I'm for it," Ian said hesitantly. Bryan nodded as did Bryan. "That would be the decision," said Tala.

Jade came into her room humming, her hair still wet. Something was wrong.
The window was open, the curtains were blowing in the wind. Confused, she went to the window, only to stumble back with a startled cry.