Michelle hated him. He was so self-absorbed with his mini fan club with girls from I.T., he thought he was all that. Paula Schaeffer being his number one fan, knowing everything about him from his favorite movie to his favorite coffee blends. She couldn't believe how social CTU was. Back at Division, everything was business, and nobody ever gossiped. Here, there were girls chit-chatting about how muscularly fit Tony Almeida was.

Diana McShane walked up to Michelle.

"Look, Michelle, I know you just got here yesterday, but you seem really anti-social, and me and some of the girls wanted to know if you'd like to have lunch with us in two hours?"

Michelle hesitated. "Uh, okay, I guess. Where are you going?"

"There's a small café in Beverly Hills, it's about a ten minute drive from here, we always go there for lunch." Diana smiled. "Glad you can come,"

"Okay. Well, I'll see you then." Michelle returned the smile and continued typing at her computer.

Tony just stared at her. She was amazing, nothing at all like Nina or Paula or any of the I.T girls. She was beautiful, strong and probably sensitive. She only started working here yesterday, but he already felt attached to her. Like he could tell her anything; open up to her. Tony finally turned his head and looked back at his computer screen. If anything she could do, it would be to make him melt. She had smiled once before, during the interview, and that smiled had been with him, and always would be with him.

Suddenly, Tony's phone rang.

"Almeida," he picked up.

"Yeah, Tony, can you send over those files that were accessed earlier in I.T.?" It was Michelle.

"Okay sure." He replied. "When do you need them?"

"Now," Michelle answered and hung up.

Tony looked over his shoulder once again and sent her the files. She didn't look up but instead continued working. Two hours later, Michelle was finished all her work, and was ready to get some lunch with Diana and the other girls.

"Michelle! Come on!" Diana called. She and Alicia Farhight, Lisa Renaldo, Paula Schaeffer and Gina Morrison were standing near the front door.

The café that the girls went to was small. It had been own by the same guy and his family for 30 years, and it was perfectly modern.

"We've got some gossip to catch up on," Paula insisted, when they were seated.

Oh great, Michelle thought, they're going to start talking about Tony. "Sure," She said.

"Oh my GOD! Did you see what Tony is wearing today?" Alicia practically cried out. "He is so gorgeous."

"Agreed," Said Diana. "But first, we've got to welcome our guest, Michelle."

The four other women clapped and Michelle blushed.

"I know you've only been here a day, but doesn't mean you haven't already noticed Tony Almeida, right?" Gina asked. "I mean, I caught him staring at you during the meeting this morning."

Paula gawked. "Staring at you definitely means that he likes you, Michelle. I mean, I've spent every moment at CTU trying to get Tony to notice me, and all I really come across as is a friend."

She seemed pretty angry with Michelle. Michelle bit her lip.

"Well, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of Tony." She responded, trying to clear the air.

All five girls just stared at her, while they enjoyed an awkward silence.

"Then I guess you'll just have to deal with hearing us go on and on about him!" Lisa joked, and the women finally shared a small laugh.

"Anyway, I heard that Tony's been eying the new I.T girl, uh, Jenny something. I also heard that he's slept with Michelle. But I guess that's not true, considering that you hate him?" Diana asked.

"Who told you that I slept with him? I barely know him! I only just met him yesterday and at the interview but that was only for a half-hour!" Michelle demanded.

"It's just a rumor that Leanne told me. She says that he's sleeping around with the new people so he can use them, but she makes up a lot of things. And she hates Tony and will do anything to make him angry."

Gina piped up. "Leanne also said that Jack killed his wife, which we know is not true because we all know that Nina Myers killed her."

"Nina, the lucky bitch, was dating Tony and when he found out that she was the mole, he immediately broke things off with her," Alicia added.

"He's been afraid to date ever since that one day six months ago," Lisa said. "The poor guy."

Diana, Paula, Gina, Lisa and Alicia all sighed.

When the food got there, the women mostly talked about CTU and all the nasty rumors that were going around, and Tony hardly ever came up.

"But back to Tony," Paula said, "I know that this may seem out of character to you, Michelle, but we need you to help us spy on Tony."

"Spy?" Michelle inquired.

"Yeah, you know, to find out any dirty secrets that he may have."

Michelle grinned. "Okay."