Easier to Lie -Chapter 1

Summary: Terry would do anything for Don, even break his heart.

Who: Don and Terry (sort of). I'm a big fan of them together, but this isn't fluff. Be warned.

What: Romance/Drama/Angst

When: Terry and Don are together. Pick your favorite story that got them together: this is set after that happened.

Where: LA. Duh.

Why: Just for fun.

Disclaimer: Even though I am almost positive that anyone who could sue me does not spend their free time going through thousands of Numb3rs fanfics, making sure that no one thinks they own the show and does something stupid that would be bad for the network, here it goes: I don't own Numb3rs.

Here we go:

Ugh. Terry slumped down on her desk in defeat, after finally finishing all the paperwork at the end of a huge case. Everyone in the office had been doing twice the amount of work possible for any normal human being ever since Merrick had been alluding to cutting back lately.

"Terry!" came a shout from down the hall.

Oh no. Terry didn't even have to turn around and see Merrick's face to know what was coming. But she did, and saw her boss sauntering down the hall, eyes intently locked on Terry's chest.

"So you never got back to me about dinner…" he said, with an almost undetectable provocative undertone. Almost, but not quite.

"Yea, um, well, I just don't think it's such a good idea…" Terry responded, "Plus I'm really busy," she added quickly. Even though she knew what he was doing wasn't appropriate, she wanted to keep her job. And that meant keeping this man happy.

"That's too bad, Terry, really, too bad. I would love to talk to you about reassigning the Baxter case…"

Shit. He knew that was the one case Terry had been dying for. There was a fairly awkward pause, as she pretended to be very interested in her computer screen. "Oh, the Baxter case...well…um…I guess maybe we could have dinner sometime to talk it over. How about we go to Joseph's tonight?" Joseph's was close to the office, not fancy, and fast. The last place anyone would see their meal as a date.

"Mmmm, no, I don't think so. I was thinking of something a little more…fun," he said, as he reached out and pushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear. Shivers slid down Terry's spine. But she wanted this case. Bad. And one dinner wasn't going to hurt anything. Plus, if he tried anything funny on her, she was sure she could take him in a fight. She was stronger than any of the boys in the office.

"Fine," said Terry reluctantly, "how about 6:30 on Friday?"

"8:30."

"7:00."

"7:30"

There was a pause.

"Fine." Said Terry, "I'll meet you at the office and we'll go from here." She picked up her jacket and left before he could insist that he pick her up.

Dun dun dun. More to come, but not till after finals. I don't think I have to ask you to review...