Title: Surprise
Author: Nicole Teutloff
Summary: A few persons will be surprised. Crossover: SMK, Charlie's Angles and Remington Steele
Author's Note: Hi, I know my grammar is not the best since English is not my mother tongue. So please be nice with me. Feedback would be nice.
Timeline: It happens just after the show ends but the time I wrote is 2002. So let us think the show ended in 2002. Everything from the show has happened but the told their feelings for each other, Lee didn't ask Amanda to marry him and so they weren't married. All this will happen in this story.
Have fun while reading.
Surprise
California, 1969
An office building
In a luxuriously arranged office two slender, good-looking women in their early 20 sat on a couch. They are very incensed. At a desk an older man sat.
„Girl, be quiet."
In this moment the telephone rang. The man at the desk put it on speakers.
„Hello angels. As I have heard, you are worried."the voice said.
„Charlie, where is Sabrina? It isn't her style to be too late. Do you know something about her."the black-haired Kelly Garrett asked.
„For this reason I phone. Sabrina will not return. She has terminated." Charlie, the boss of the women said.
„What? I can't believe that. She would never do something like that." the blond, Kris Monroe said.
„Angels, she had a convincing reason. Sabrina has married in her vacation."
„Bri is playing housewife now? I can't imagine that. The angels were her life."the man, John Bosley, leader of the office and Sabrina's best friend said.
A suburb of Washington DC, 1987
A beautiful single family house with white fence. A woman, Amanda King is at the telephone.
„Lee, what's the matter?"
„Amanda, I have a new assignment for us. I hope, you are free this weekend."
„Actually I was going on a camping trip with mother and the boys but they will understand if I cancel it again. What is it about?"Amanda´s family, consisting of her mother Dotty and her two sons Jaime and Phillip hadn't have much of her in the last time But they were happy for Amanda that she had a job she liked.
„Okay, I can't tell you now. If it's okay for you I pick you up in an hour, then we have same time left before our plane left."
„Plane? You haven't mentioned that we are going to leave the country. Where are we going?"
„We are going to San Francisco. Please bring an evening dress with you. See you later."
Amanda couldn't believe it. Lee told her simply over the phone that they would fly to San Francisco. She couldn't get there again.
Amanda told her family, that she had to cancel their trip again. It wasn't further surprising, since this happened very frequently in last time. Amanda went up to her room to pack.
Lee was pleased. „Amanda will come with me to San Francisco. In the Agency they know, that I don't want to be disturbed at this case and there is no way to step in contact with me. They also know that Amanda is away over the weekend with her family. We have three days only for us. Alone. Undisturbed. I will use this precious time and talk with her."Lee said to his reflection, as he took the keys and his luggage.
An hour later the silver Corvette of Lee Stetson parked in front of the house. Lee alit and went to the front door. He rang. Little later Amanda opened the door.
„Lee, come in. I'm nearly finished."
„Do you know how unusual it is for me to enter your house through the front door? I think it's just the second time."
„I know how funny that must be for you. Lee, tell me is this assignment really this important, that I must accompany you?"
Lee couldn't believe it. Amanda had never refused an assignment, alike how banal it was. „I need you. Otherwise I wouldn't have asked you. I know how much you wanted to go camping with your family. But it's really important."
„I know the national safety depends on it. It isn't about the weekend with the boys. They know this acting of mine already. I don't like the city."
„Don't be afraid. San Francisco is a very beautiful city. I was there many times before and I'm very familiar with it. You see, it's cared for everything."
Amanda didn't want to deepen the topic further. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad at all; still over 15 years had passed since she was there the last time.
Lee felt guilty. If he would have known previously, that Amanda had such a dislike against their destination, he would have considered somewhat differently.
Airport San Francisco, 10 hours later.
The flight had been quiet. Lee and Amanda had talked and most of the topics didn't belong to the Agency. Amanda had the feeling she had learned more about Lee in these few hours than in their three-year partnership.
After they had alit, they drove with a cab to a very noble hotel. Lee went to the reception and demanded the reserved suite on his name. A bellboy brought them to there room.
It was dreamlike, very comfortably arranged. The suite was large, had two bedrooms, to avoid the discussion about the sleep-situation, a large bathroom and a balcony with a dreamlike look over the whole city.
„Lee, this room is crazy. Since when spends the Agency so much money for an accommodation?"
„It was the only hotel with a free room and it isn't far away from our assignment."Lee hoped that Amanda would pardon him this small lie. Actually the IFF knew not at all, where he was. He paid the room of his money.
„Assignment? You haven't told me yet what we should do here and how long it will last. Mother and the boys don't know that I'm away."
„I promise you, that you aren't too long separate from your family. Billy expects me back in four days. Would you like if I show you the city. She is very beautiful."
„Lee, that isn't necessary. I was already here and know it well. Besides that I still must unpack."
„You can do that later. If you want no sightseeing-tour, then at least let us go to have lunch. I know a small restaurant here with outstanding meal. I invite you. „
„Okay, but only because I'm starving."
Lee took her hand and led her to the restaurant. Since it wasn't far away they walked there. On the way there they passed an old warehouse. Deeply in her subconscious Amanda recognized the area and stood still.
Lee noticed that something was wrong with his partner. „Amanda, is everything okay?"he asked.
Amanda had woken up from her trance. „Yes, everything's okay. I have just recognized something. You know, a very good friend of mine has once lived in this house."
Lee looked surprises at her. „Amanda, this is a warehouse. Nobody lives there."
„I have thought that back then also. But the top floor is expanded. Very comfortable."
„If you may look over if she lives still there. I wait here."
Amanda was already curious, but she was afraid that her past was going to get her. However she gave herself a jerk and entered the house. By the door the letters LH hung. Just as Amanda wanted to knock, the door opened and a slender woman with long brown hair and hat came out. She couldn't believe her eyes.
„Sabrina is that really you?"the woman asked.
„Hello Laura. Can I come in?"
The woman, Laura Hold stepped aside so Amanda could enter the apartment.
„I can't believe it. You are really here. How long is it ago? 10 years?"
„Not exactly. It was about 15 years agp. I'm sorry that I never got in contact with you but I have started a new life. Nobody knew about my life in San Francisco. And please do me a favour. My real name is Amanda. Sabrina was only a code name I have gotten from my boss. It's nice to see you again."
The both women talked. They had a quantity to catch up.
„Oh my Gosh, Lee!"Amanda called suddenly. „My colleague is waiting outside. I have forgotten him completely. I have to go to him again."
„Would you like to come to me for dinner tonight? With your colleague? Then I can present also you my partner."
„Okay, I will come in any case. See you tonight."With these words Amanda went outside again where Lee waited patiently for her.
„I just wanted to send a search party after you. I take that your friend still lives here."
„Yes, she still lives here. She has invited us this evening for dinner. I hope you are free tonight."
Actually Lee had planned something else; however it was more interesting to learn more about Amanda´s past. It was now too late for the lunch. There were only two possibilities they had now.
„The choice is with you. There is still a further reason, why we're here. There is something about I must speak with you, without being disturbed from somebody. You decide whether we make first the work or whether we talk first."
„Lee, that sounds seriously. Of course I'm tensely what you want to say to me, but I think we should first settle our work. From which I didn't know a bit."
„Okay, then I will tell you. Our assignment is to get important documents from a private investigator."
„And for that reason Billy sends his best agent and me? Why didn't they send it per mail?"
„I have asked Billy to give me this assignment. He doesn't know that you are also here. But I will explain you this later. Do you want to go to this private investigator? Then we can enjoy the remainder of the stay. You always say I should go on vacation."
„But not with me in San Francisco!"
They drove with a cab to an office building. In front of it were two large fountains. They entered the building and looked for the suite 1157. The glass door said Remington Steele, Private Investigator´. Lee and Amanda entered the room. It was nobody there. Lee looked around when a small woman emerged behind a red door.
„Hello, we would like to see Mr. Steele. My name is Lee Stetson; this is my partner Amanda King."
„I will see if the boss is free."said the woman Mildred Krebs, his secretary.
Little later she came back and asked Lee and Amanda in the room behind the red door. Therein was a large slender man, mid thirty with blue eyes and dark hair.
„Hello, I'm Remington Steele. What can I do for you?"he asked.
„We are from IFF. Our boss Billy Melrose has asked you to give us your documents about Steven Masters. They are very important for a case my partner and I work on."
„My colleague has assembled the documents. I'm not sure, whether they are already finished. If you wait a moment, I phone her quickly and ask her."
Remington took the phone and called his partner. She informed him that the documents were as good as finished only some small matters were missing, which she could send per mail. What very astonished was that she has invited him for dinner this evening to her apartment.
Remington reported the both agent, what he had just learned and gave them the documents „Could you do me perhaps a favour? This case is very important for me for personal reasons. Can you tell me about the ending?"
Lee and Amanda promised it and left the office.
„So, we have settled our work. Are you ready, for the talk or would you like to see a bit more from the city?"
The whole thing made Amanda startled. She didn't know Lee like that.
„I still don't understand why you got into this trouble only to talk with me. We know ourselves now since three years and we could always talk. And it has never disturbed you, if we have been disturbed thereby, what God knows has occurred often enough. Do you know that this makes me great fear? It appears to be somewhat very large and important. I wouldn't like, that our friendship and our partnership suffer. You know, how hard I worked to be where I'm now."
It was one of the typical Amanda - monologues. Lee had to grin. „Amanda, it depends completely on you, whether our friendship changes after the conversation. I don't intend it in any case. And now await the topic of our conversation."
„Okay, then lets go back to the hotel so we can talk."
Silently they drove back to the hotel. Amanda thought already about the imminent conversation. She couldn't picture what Lee wanted to say.
„Amanda we should bring it behind us or have you something important to do?" he asked because he want to be completely sure that they weren't disturbed in the next few minutes.
„No, I intend nothing. What's so important, that you can't say it me at home. Is it something bad?"
„I don't think so. Amanda, you know me now long and I hope also well enough to know that there is nobody in my life who is very close to me but the Colonel. You know also, that I had never a long relationship. I had just one real relationship with a woman, but she was killed. Some months ago something has happened with me. There is a woman, a completely particular woman I'm friend with however in the last months something has changed in this friendship. My feelings have changed. I have fallen in love with this woman. She means more than my life to me. I would do everything for her. However my problem is, that I don't know, what she feels for me. Does she want me only as friend or has she also deeper feelings for me? What should I do?"
Amanda was completely astonished. She had never heard such sensitive words from Lee. It had to be something real unique on this woman.
„Talk with her. You should have told her these words and not me. Of course it honours me, that you have come to me with your problems, but I can't help you. The only way to learn something about the feelings of this woman is to talk with her. She can't do more than run away. However if she knows you as well, as I know you, she will talk with you. Try it. I would be happy for you. Each person has earned some luck. But you must promise me, that you present me your love. I don't want that she makes you unhappy. Even if I don't understand, why you had to bring me here to tell me about her. You could have done that back at home, too."
Lee was glad, that she had advised him that. Now he could fulfil his plan.
„Amanda, you don't know the whole truth yet. I want to tell you a little more about this woman. I have met her about three years ago on a October morning. I was in a difficult situation and she has helped me. Amanda, the woman who means more than life for me is you."
Amanda was shocked. She had calculated with everything, but with this. She didn't move and it also appeared that she didn't breathe. Lee was worried.
„Amanda? Of course I knew that you wouldn't be overjoyed, but with this reaction I haven't calculated. Please say something."
„Excuse me Lee, but it was a considerable shock. I had to think. It's good that you told me about your feelings for me and I think you should also know the truth. Since the day at the train station I have hoped you would see more in me than only a housewife and mother. When you have accepted me as your student and later as friend I had hope again. I believe I have fallen in love with you when I saw you the first time on the train station. Do you know how painful it was to see you with all this women? I have thought that you would never feel something for me. I always thought that you wouldn't fall in love with an uninteresting, divorced mother-of-two and housewife. And you have shown me this from the very beginning. There had to give a reason that you didn't want to work with me and I have assumed I was the reason."
Lee was astonished, how long Amanda could talk without breathing.
„You are right; you were one of the reasons why I didn't want to work with you. But not like you think. I already have noticed at the train station that something strange was between us, and I didn't like it. It hasn't fitted in my life. However the more important reason was that I didn't want to bring you in danger. I know how many families broke because of this job. Believe me I would only save your boys this experience. It isn't a pleasant feeling to loss a parent as a child and not even to know why they had to die. But it seems that I haven't done a good job here. When Billy said you were going to be my partner I took this chance to protect you and your family. I have thought if you are in my proximity, nothing can happen to you. This would be the case, if you would do what I tell you."
Amanda smiled. „If I would keep at your orders, the chance that we sit here now would be rather slight. But I'm glad, that you finally have told me your feelings. Lee, I love you."
„Amanda, I love you too. Now my entire wishes have come true, but one."
„And this would be?"Amanda asked curiously.
„My largest wish is to spend the remainder of my life with the woman I love. Amanda, you are the most only person, who really knows me, with which I can talk. First because of you I have learned, how beautiful life can be. Amanda, do you want to marry me?"
Lee took a tiny case from his trouser pocket and opened it. Therein a silvery ring lay, which was occupied with rubies. Amanda looked Lee into the eyes and nodded. Lee took the ring from the box and stuck it on her finger. It fitted perfect. Lee kissed her hand. Amanda took his head in her hand and pulled him to her lips. They kissed passionately. Lee began slowly to undress her always in the acceptance that Amanda would stop him however it didn't happen. They went on until there was no back.
Exactly in this moment Lee heard a shrill ringing. Frightened he sat up. He thought it would be a protection of God, not to demand the luck too much. When Amanda saw his expression, she laughed.
„Lee, no panic. It was only the alarm I put on previously, so that we don't come too late to Laura. Although I would like to go on where we have just been interrupted."
„Amanda, we have the rest of our life for it. Now I would like to met your friend and learn more about your past."
Amanda kissed Lee, before she got up and went to the bath. Lee used the time to make some calls and put some fitting clothes out of his suitcase.
15 minutes later Amanda came back to the bedroom only dressed with a towel and a hairdryer in her hand.
„Lee, you can have the bath. I get ready while you shower."
Lee went under the shower, while Amanda put make-up on and put her hair up. She knew Lee liked this. As she was finished, she got dressed in the evening dress she had brought along on Lee´s wish. Little later Lee came back and got dressed in a light-grey suit. He couldn't leave the eyes from Amanda.
„You are very beautiful. I can't believe that you are mine now. You should put up your hair more often. It makes you even more beautifully."
Amanda put on a bit of Lee's favourite perfume. „Are you finished? Then we can go. We must look for a cab."
Lee took Amanda by the hand and led her into the hall. As the bellboy, who had brought their luggage, saw him he came to Lee, whispered something to him and pressed him something in the hand. Then he went to Amanda and led her in front of the hotel. Amanda looked around for a cab; however Lee went purposefully to a car, which parked in front of the door. As Amanda looked at it more exactly, she recognized that it was a silver Porsche, just the same like Lee's first. He held open the door for her. Amanda looked questioning at him but finally sat in.
„Where did you get the car from?" Amanda asked while Lee drove.
„I have rented it a little while ago, when you were under the shower. Such a beautiful woman needs also a corresponding vehicle."
„Lee, you are simply wonderful. There is something you should know previously. It can be that Laura calls me Sabrina. Forget about it. It's an old history between us."
Amanda hoped Lee wouldn't ask questions. She wasn't ready to tell him the story about her past in this city. Nobody from her current life knew about it and that was the best.
Lee drove to the warehouse. He still couldn't imagine that somebody could live there.
„Don't look like this. It looks from outside more badly, as it is. I can say this from personal experience. You can live here very pleasantly."
„What, you have also lived here? I can't believe that. Not my Amanda."
„I was young and had no other possibility. Therefore I moved to Laura. Her old apartment was destroyed in an accident and she has found these here and known immediately, that she would like to live here."
Sceptically Lee followed Amanda to the house. She knocked and little later the door was opened by Laura. She was happy to see Amanda again. She asked them in the living room, where they conversed.
„I'm sorry, but we must wait with dinner until my partner is here. Unpunctually like always."
Short time later there was a knock on the door. Laura opened and both guests were surprised.
„May I present you my partner Remington Steele? Remington, this is an old friend of me, Amanda King."
„And her partner Lee Stetson. We already had the pleasure today."he explained. Laura looked confuses at him.
„You have to owe him that we have seen us again. Actually we are here to pick up some documents about Steven Masters. You both have been our assignment."Amanda laughed.
The four of them sat at the table, ate and conversed. The evening was very informative for all persons present. It was far after midnight, as the company disparted. Lee and Amanda drove back to the hotel, where they continued where they had stopped previously.
At the next morning Amanda woke up as first. It was a wonderful feeling, to feel somebody beside her especially after what had happened in the night before. Amanda couldn't believe her luck. Final her great dream had come true. Carefully she got up, not to wake Lee. She ordered breakfast at room service, that she had let arrange on the balcony. Then she went to shower.
When she came back from the bath Lee was awake. He sat on the balcony and breakfasted.
„What has happened with you? It's the first time, I see you having breakfast."Amanda asked him laughing.
„I'm in love and you have worn me out last night. I must gain my strength again so I can spend the day with my fiancée. Do you think it was wise to dress?" Lee asked.
„Unfortunately I must disappoint you, but I'm meeting with Laura. You must wait a little longer for your fiancée. And now I must hurry because I'm already too late."With these words she left back a confused Lee.
As Amanda arrived in the restaurant, Laura had already begun to eat.
„Amanda, I have already thought you wouldn't come."
„Excuse me, but I overslept. And then have I still hurried, so that I wouldn't come even later. Of course Lee didn't liked it, but he got me for his whole life."
Laura looked confuses at her. She didn't understand, what Amanda had meant with it.
„You don't know about it. You are the first I tell about it, but you must keep it a secret. Lee asked me yesterday if I will marry him and I accepted. I don't know yet, how we are going to do that but sometime we will marry. It has lasted long enough, until he told me about his feelings. Can you imagine that we have met three years ago and just told me yesterday that he is in love with me?"
„Congratulations, Amanda. I hope I can tell something like that sometimes, too. I love Remington. And he loves me. But each time we want to go a step further, something comes between it. It's liked hexed. If it travels with this speed we will first marry when we are 90, if ever!"
„Don't worry about it. Look at me. We work together since three years now and he had God knows enough chances to say something. With time Remington and you will be a happy couple, too. I think you fit together well."
„Thanks Amanda that has given me some hope."
Shortly after three o'clock Amanda came back to the hotel however she didn't trust her eyes. Lee stood in the lobby with packed suitcases.
„What's going on here?"Amanda asked.
„I'm sorry but Billy wants me back immediately. Apparently there has been a decisive turn in our case. I have packed your suitcase also and leave behind you news, because I didn't know, when you would come. You can come with me or stay here longer, just what you like."
„If you wait a moment, I quickly get my things. You won't get me away now, my Dear."Amanda said on her way to the elevator.
The flight back proceeded better, than the flight there. Now that they were fully aware over their feelings, they could talk open about it.
„Lee, how should it go on with us now? You know the rules in the Agency."
„I haven't thought about it. But I think, we should tell then nothing in the beginning. I believe Billy would be more than pleased, but the instructions are like this. But they have broken the rules already once."
„With your parents? Aren't you afraid that they are going to separate us?"
„Sure, I'm afraid of it. You are the best partner I can think of. But even if they separate us, I'm still the happiest person on earth."He smiled at her.
After they had landed, Lee drove Amanda home. She asked him in. In this night they didn't get much sleep...
At the next morning they drove to the Agency together. Billy was astonished over the good mood of Lee. He had assumed that he would be mad , because he had gotten him out of his 'short-trip'.
„Lee not mad with me? Everything run well in San Francisco?"Billy was curious.
„Everything is fine. And I'm not mad with you. Nothing can destroy this day."
„Oh, I don't know this side of you. Has something happened I should know about?"
„No, it isn't work related. It's a private matter and has nothing to do with the Agency. Now tell me what had happened in my case."Lee tried to change the topic. This made Billy only more curiously.
„He was active again. Like ever there are no tracks, no fingerprints, nobody has seen him. This time it was a valuable picture."
„Okay, I ask Amanda, to read the police report and we have now the documents of the private investigators. Perhaps we find there a reference. There must be a way to stop this guy."
Lee took the documents and went to the Q-Bureau, where Amanda already waited for him.
„What has Billy said? Is there something new?"
„I will tell you on the way."He took Amanda´s hand and led her out of the building to his car. He drove to his apartment.
„Does Billy know where we are?"
„No, we can tell him later. Now I would like to enjoy some free time with my fiancée. You know that today is the last time we are undisturbed."
„Yes, tomorrow mother and the boys will be back. Then it will be harder for us to meet. But we will find a solution. And sometime you must meet my family officially."
Two weeks later it came to the meeting between Lee and Amanda´s family. She had told her mother that Lee was only a co-worker and good friend. They thought it was too dangerous, if her family knew something about the relationship between them. Amanda had taken a free day, so she could cook something special. The evening should be perfect.
Lee came exactly on seven o'clock. For each of the ladies he had a bouquet of flowers thereby, red roses for Amanda and yellow roses for Dotty. Dotty was immediately enthusiastically by Lee. The meal proceeded great. The boys seemed to like Lee. They conversed about everything possible. Of course the boys wanted to know everything about the work for IFF. They had to tell their cover-story again. It was after midnight, as Lee drove to his apartment again. Amanda brought him to the door.
„It has run completely well. Perhaps it will be now more easily to spend some time together. I don't have to lie when I will spend some time with you. Mother doesn't buy the editing-room story any longer."
Since this day Lee and Amanda spent most of their time together. Often Dotty and the boys were thereby. However life claimed Amanda. At the Agency she still had to prove, that she was a good agent and not only a housewife. At home she had to divide her time so that neither Lee nor the boys or her mother got too little. There remained no time for her personally. Lee observed this and planned a particular surprise.
„Amanda, have you something planned for the boys on Saturday. I have three tickets for the end game."
„Oh Lee, that's wonderful. I have tried everything to get some tickets. They wanted absolutely to go there. Thank you Lee."
„If you have nothing against it, I will go with the boys. You need also some time for you. And in the evening I invite you to a romantic meal. A whole evening without family and Agency. Doesn't this sound good?"
„Lee, you are great."
With this invitation Amanda went shopping. She wanted to buy something particular for Lee. She passed by a noble boutique. There she saw a dress she like immediately. She went in and tried it on. It was as light-blue satin, with a tight upper part and long skirt. It was backless. The saleswoman persuaded Amanda to buy the dress. She went home with anticipation and told the boys, that they could go now to the game. They were also overjoyed. Dotty noticed that Amanda was shining over the whole face.
„With your Lee you have made really a good capture. Final are you happy again."
„He is not my Lee! Only a good friend with whom I together work." Amanda tried to convince her mother.
„Amanda, I'm not blind. I see how your eyes shine when he phones and you can't tell me, that you work always if you phone late in the evening. I see that you love him. And he loves you too. So do something before it is too late."grinning Dotty went to her room.
Later in the evening Amanda phoned Lee. „I believe mother suspects something. She has made today allusion."
„You can tell her that I'm too cowardly to confess my feelings for you. This won't even be a lie. How have the boys reacted to the news?"
„They were enthusiastic. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Finally an undisturbed evening with you. We hadn't had this in a long time. I miss you, Lee."
„I know, I feel the same. I couldn't imagine something better than to be with you now. Only a few hours and we are together. I can await it. I love you, Amanda."
„I love you, too Lee. Now sleep so you are rested for tomorrow. I can wait for it. I have a surprise for you."Without saying more Amanda hung up.
At the next day Lee picked up the boys at 10 o'clock. He had rent extra for this day a car. It was still a sports car but it had four seats. The three of them spent the time until the game together and enjoyed the game. They looked like a happy family. After the game Lee invited the boys for a Hot Dog, then drove them to his apartment, where he showered and changed for dinner with Amanda.
Amanda enjoyed the day without the boys. Finally she had time to do something for herself. Her mother and she made a beauty - day. In the evening before Lee should come, she got dressed in her new dress, put her hair up and put some make-up on. She was very happy with the result. Sharp seven o'clock Lee stood with his rental car in front of her door. He brought in the boys and gave Amanda a kiss on the cheek. Amanda dismissed and got into the car.
Lee had reserved a table in a noble restaurant. He selected the wine and consulted Amanda with the meal.
„Amanda, I have waited long for this moment. Finally alone with you. Have I said you tonight that you are breathtakingly beautiful? Is this a new dress? It fits you excellently."
„Yes, I have bought it yesterday. It was my surprise for you. I have hoped you would like it."
„Amanda, you could were old rag and you were still the most beautiful woman in the world. Nothing can change my love for you."
„I know today is perhaps not the right moment, but have you thought how it should go on with us? What do we say in the Agency? When do we say it? When will we marry exactly? And how to tell my family? Mother would be surely overjoyed. She likes you."
„I like her also. I think that we marry first, before we tell somebody about us. Billy will have nothing against it, but we know the Agency. If we have told it in the Agency, we can also dedicate your family. Perhaps we can talk with Billy´s consent also about IFF. I think the boys are old enough for it. If we had the chance we could marry tomorrow. However I have a better idea. What do think if we go on vacation together and marry there? Then the danger is more less that the Agency find out about it."
„Lee, that's a great idea. Do you have already an idea?"Amanda asked curiously.
„Yes I have but I won't tell you. What do you think about mid or end of May? The perfect month for a wedding. And we have still two months left to know each other better and time to plan the whole matter."
„Lee, May is perfect. Whereby it wouldn't disturb me to marry you earlier."
They enjoyed the remainder of the meal. After that they made a walk at the Potomac, before they drove to Lee´s apartment. There they had the evening faded away on a special way.
Amanda awakened the next day about noon through the smell of coffee. She got up and went to the kitchen, where Lee prepared breakfast.
„Have I woken you, Mandy?"she had never liked this nickname but if Lee used it she loved it. „You haven't. As I see, you make breakfast."
„Actually I was going to bring to the bed for you but now we must eat in the kitchen."Amanda laughed at him, took his hand and drew him back into the bedroom. There they ate. As they were finished, she went to shower and Lee drove Amanda home.
„Thanks for the very beautiful day and the still better night. Let us hope, that we don't have to wait so long again until we have some time for us."
„We will find a way. In 7 weeks we go on vacation and nobody can take us this time. Not even the Agency. Alike what comes, we will go on vacation these two weeks. I promise you that."
„I know Lee. I love you. Until tomorrow at the Agency."she gave Lee a long romantic kiss, before she climbed from the car and went in her house.
Her mother was completely incensed, as she came in. „Amanda finally you are here. I was worried!"
„Mother, you have known that I was with Lee."
„Yes, but I have thought, that you eat only. I have expected you back earlier. Where have you been?"
„We were at dinner. We have spoken about work and noticed that we have to finish a movie until tomorrow. When we were finished, it was almost four o'clock in the morning. Lee offered me to stay overnight. And don't be afraid, nothing happened."
„Amanda, you are enough to know what you do. You don't need to tell me everything. And if I may give you an advice. Carry a scarf in the next few days. Your love bite betrays you."Amanda blushed and Dotty laughed. She was glad, that her daughter was happy.
The next weeks passed like nothing. Lee spent much time with Amanda and her family. In the Agency there were many difficult cases again. Amanda had to do so much that she didn't notice at all, that she forgot many matters. The most only thing she noticed was that she was overjoyed the whole time. She assumed that Lee and their relationship was the reason. Also Dotty noticed it however she said nothing, because Amanda acted always funny since she was working for IFF.
At the beginning of April it was quiet again in the Agency. Lee and Amanda got the order by Billy to clean up the Q-Bureau. Lee hated this task however with the help of Amanda he would survive it. A part of this task was to sort out old files. Both took a stack and sat at the desks. Lee told Amanda something about the cases he had solved before she had worked for the Agency. He knew that she loved this. Amanda worked on her files. She didn't notice how tired she was until she was asleep.
Lee didn't notice this at first. First as he asked her a question and she didn't answer it, he looked up. He saw, that Amanda sat in her chair with her head on her arms. Anxiously he went over and noticed that she was sleeping. Softly he shook at the shoulder, whereby she woke up.
„Lee, what has happened?"she asked weary.
„You should have told me if I was boring you with my stories, Mandy."
„Lee, you weren't boring. I don't know what is wrong with me in the last time. There are days I just want to stay in bed and sleep the whole day. Perhaps I have worked too much in the last time. Or I don't get enough sleep at night."
„Perhaps you get flu. Billy has told me, that already half of the section has called in sick. It would be better, if you go home and lay down. We want to risk nothing."Lee looked anxiously.
„Lee, it's really moving but I'm not sick. Only wearily."Amanda tried to convince him. It didn't help much.
„Okay, but if you begin to cough or feel worse I will bring you personally to bed."
„Is this a promise?"Amanda asked grinning and coughed. Lee looked at her in a warning.
Out of consideration for Amanda Lee ended work earlier and brought her to her house. He had still the feeling, that something was wrong with her.
„You go immediately to bed and recover. And if you don't feel better in the morning you stay at home. Understood?"
„Yes Daddy. I have already told you that I'm not sick but if you are pleased. I love you. See you tomorrow."She gave him a kiss and left. When she was at home she went to the kitchen to help her mother with dinner. However Dotty couldn't use her so Amanda went to the den to read a book. But after a few minutes she was asleep.
When she had finished the meal, Dotty called for Amanda. But she didn't come. Dotty went to the den and saw Amanda asleep with her book. Softly she woke her.
„Was I asleep again, Mother?"
„Again? Does this happen more than once lately?"she inquired.
„I have fallen asleep at the work today. Lee wanted to send me home, because he thinks I get summer flu. But I don't feel sick."
„I don't think that you get flu. But do you know what it reminds me of? At both of your pregnancies. There you could also sleep for days."
„Mother, please! I'm not pregnant. I think it's the whole stress at work. I go to bed early today and tomorrow I my old self again."Amanda thought about what her mother had just said. Deep in her subconscious she knew, that this possibility was given. In her mind she checked and noticed that she was already three weeks late. She concluded to get a home test when she had the chance for it to refute her first suspicion.
This chance was already at the next day. Amanda was shopping without her family. She got a test and did it at home. It was positive.
„Oh my God, that can't be true. I can't be pregnant. What will Lee say about it? We have never spoken about this topic. I don't even know whether he wants to have children. Please let the test be wrong."Amanda thought. To be completely sure she made an appointment with her doctor. How should she tell Lee about it? And her family? What would she do if Lee didn't want a baby? Still it's a great change to his life. And she wasn't sure, if Lee wanted to have this change. Not this fast. However if he would abandon her, she would raise the baby alone. Therein she had already some exercise and it should be easier each time.
She could see neither her mother nor Lee for some time. First she had to know if it was true. She told Lee that she had the flu and would stay at home the next days. She told Lee that he needn't to visit her, even if this was a difficult task.
She told her mother, that a colleague of her has died in an accident and she needed some time to recover from this shock. But she couldn't hide longer than a few days. Besides that there was much to plan since it was already May and soon they would be on vacation.
Lee had to work on a case a few days before they would go on holiday from which he hoped, that it would be settled quickly. However it turned out to be more difficult as on first sight. There were a burglar-series in Washington and environment. Always the proofs were missing. However through Lee´s family he got a hint for the thief. It was Steven Masters from whom Lee had assumed, that he had drawn back from the business, because in last time no valuable paintings had been stolen. But he had selected only a differently area. He was now specialized on jewellery and jewels.
The case should be finished one day before their holiday but Masters escaped.
He was not very enthusiastic over it because he afraid that Billy would cancel him his vacation.
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