I don't own Standoff.
Lia walked through the front doors, humming a tune that she heard on the radio on the way to work. Walking over to the elevators, she almost ran into Emily. "Oh, sorry Emily."
"You heading up to the office?" Emily asked her.
Lia nodded in response and walked with Emily into the elevator, pressing button 3. Emily notcied Lia smiling. "Let me guess... good date with Duff?"
"Oh, it was amazing." Lia told her. "Duff is great... he bought me flowers, we went to dinner, and..."
Emily smirked, knowing what she was going to say. "And you guys had sex." Lia nodded. "You are such a sleaze... on your first date?"
"Well from what I recall, I'm not the only one who had sex on their first date." Lia raised her eyebrows at her own remark, and Emily rolled her eyes.
The elevators opened, and they both stepped out, walking towards the office. Emily scoffed. "That is so different."
"Oh yeah, how?" Lia stopped and placed her hands on her hips.
"W-W-Well..." Emily stuttered, trying to make up an excuse, and Lia just stared at her.
"Lehman, in my office." Cheryl yelled, and Emily nodded.
Emily turned to Lia. "I'll talk to you later, Lia... maybe I'll meet you for lunch if my schedule's cleared!"
Lia nodded
Walking into her office, Lia set down her items on her desk. Hearing a knock on her door, she turned around. "Duff."
"Hey Lia." He greeted, and closed the door behind him. He walked over to her, only leaving a tiny gap between them. "I had a great time last night."
Lia smiled. "Me too."
Duff walked a little closer to her, closing the gap between them. He grazed her arm lightly, and she could feel his warm breath on her cheek. "I'd like to do it again sometime."
She giggled at his words. "What, the dinner or the sex?"
"Well, I was talking about the dinner... but maybe even the sex." Duff told her. "Or we could do lunch, or-"
Lia smiled once again. "You're babbling."
He leaned in closer, the lips brushing against each other. "I tend to do that when I'm with a beautiful woman."
Lia smiled as their lips met. It began as a soft, gentle kiss, but became more intense and passionate by the second. The kiss was interrupted as both their beepers went off. Sighing, Lia broke the kiss and leaned her forehead against Duff's. Looking at her pager, it read, 'In my office. Cheryl.'
Duff and Lia walked into Cheryl's office, and by the look on Cheryl's face, they knew that they were in trouble.
"You know very well about relationships with co-workers being forbidden in the office." Cheryl told them, and they both avoided her gaze. "But... I am trusting you to not let your personal life get in the way of your jobs." They both looked up at her in surprise, and smiled. "But if it goes too far, you're going to have to end it."
Lia and Duff nodded, grateful. Walking out of her office, they sighed in relief.
"Oh thank god." Lia said.
Duff smiled. "Do you wanna meet up for lunch?"
Lia nodded. "Sure... I'd like that."
"I gotta go... Frank gets pretty grumpy when he doesn't get his coffee in the morning." Duff said.
"Okay... I'll meet you in the front for lunch." Lia told him, and kissed him, before walking away.
Walking over to Emily's office, Lia knocked on the door. "What?" Was Emily's response.
Lia opened the door, peeking her head in. "Hey... is this a bad time?"
Emily looked up from her paperwork, and smiled. "No, not at all. Sorry, I'm just a little aggrivated with all of this paperwork."
"Oh, I'll come back-" Lia was interrupted.
"No." Emily said. "It's okay... I need a break anyways." She got out of her chair and walked over to the other side of her desk, sitting on the edge while Lia sat right next to her. "So, did you see Duff?"
Lia nodded. "He asked me out on another date. I'm sorry, but he asked me out to lunch. I hope you're not mad at me for canceling our lunch today."
"No, its fine." Emily said sympathetically. "I understand. I can't imagine how many times I've done that to you with Matt... I just hope you don't do the same thing that I did. My relationship with Matt almost ruined my relationship with you."
Lia smiled, remembering those memories.
Lia stomped through the hallway, furious, while everyone stared at her, confused. They had never seen Lia mad before, since she was usually so calm and happy. Emily had ditched her again so she could spend time with Matt. Walking up to the door, she slammed it open to see Matt and Emily kissing. "Emily, I need to talk to you."
They immediately stopped and Emily glared at Lia. "I'm kind of busy, can't it wait?"
"No, it can't." Lia said, returning the glare that Emily was giving her. "You haven't spent any time with me in two weeks!"
Emily scoffed. "Are you jealous?"
Lia rolled her eyes. "No, but not being able to hang out with my best friend is getting kind of aggrivating since she keeps ditching me for her boyfriend!"
Matt walked over to Lia. "Wait... what's going on?"
"It seems that someone's a bit jealous that I have a boyfriend and she doesn't." Emily said coldly, which made Lia and Matt flinch.
"Now wait just a minute, Em." Matt turned to face her. "You can't talk to Lia like that!" Emily looked taken aback. "You told me that you never had any plans with Lia when I asked you."
"W-w-well, I-" Emily stuttered, but Matt continued.
"Lia just wants spend some time with her best friend... and you've been ditching her the whole time. If you keep doing that, then you won't even have a boyfriend anymore." Matt told her.
Emily smiled sadly, letting it all sink in. She went over to Lia and hugged her tightly. "I'm so sorry, Lia... I never meant to ditch you like that."
Lia smiled. "It's okay, Em." She returned the hug. "I'm just glad that you understand."
"Lia. Lia." Emily calling her name broke her out of her trance.
"Oh, sorry... just had a little flashback." Lia told her.
Emily smiled. "Okay, it's time for lunch! So, go out with Duff to lunch, come right back and tell me how it went." She started pushing Lia to the door. "Give me all the juicy details, and no sex!"
Lia gave her a look before walking out, and Emily smiled.
Emily walked into the lobby, noticing a girl standing in the middle of the room, looking nervous. She walked over to her and asked, "Can I help you with something?" She noticed that the girl looked very familiar to her, but she couldn't figure out why.
The girl nodded. "Umm, actually, I'm looking for someone... Agent Lia Mathers."
Emily smiled. "Well, you're in luck! Lia's my best friend. But she's out to lunch right now... do you mind waiting a little bit for her? She should be back soon." The girl nodded. "What's your name?"
"Alicia." The girl muttered. "Alicia Gordon."
"I'm Agent Lehman. Do you need somewhere to sit?" Emily asked.
Alicia shook her head. "No, I'm fine. I just want to see Agent Mathers soon."
Inside, Alicia felt relief wash over her. She had a huge urge to see Lia, but was also very nervous and scared. She didn't know what she would expect from her. She would just have to wait and see what would happen.