I'm not sure if I like how this chapter turned out. Does Cecile sound a little too out of character?

Update: After getting some advice on how to make this chapter better, I put Mouse and the surfer at the end. I think this sounds like something they would do.

Disclaimer: I don't own Reboot

"So, how was your routine?" Dot asked before Megabyte could even land in front of the diner.

"I didn't see anything to worry about." the fake Bob told her "I think we can relax today- unless another game cube drops in."

"We should still keep up our guard." Dot reminded him. Megabyte listened to every word she said, taking in her perfect reasonableness "Megabyte is still out there somewhere, and he could show back up at any second. Who knows what he's planning on doing this time?"

"I'd rather not think about it." It was the truth. Megabyte knew he would be caught eventually, and it was not something he was looking forward to. "We'll just have to deal with it when it happens."

"You'll never change, will you?" Dot asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Megabyte hesitated "I guess that's what I like about you so much. You were always the one who jumped into action as soon as we needed someone too. I used to get so irritated with you for being reckless, but when I lost yo-" Dot was tearing up.

"You'll never lose me again." The virus held her now. Megabyte had told lies before, but it had always been for his own purposes. Telling Dot what she wanted to hear felt so strange, yet it came out so naturally. "We're going to stay together forever."

"But what if something happens again?"

Dot was so perfect. She was being so reasonable, and even as a virus, Megabyte felt the need to have someone to care for. Yet as a virus, he felt a strange sense of amusement as she poured her heart out to a copy. Her crying was amusing. The fact that he had tricked the clever girl into thinking he was Bob was hilarious. Even when he was trying to comfort her, her pain brought him a sense of pleasure.

"I need you to be prepared when Megabyte comes back." The fake Bob told her "Mainframe has to be ready for whatever that virus has up his sleeves. I'm going to go patrol again. I know I can count on you to come up with anything better than I could."

"You've had plenty of good ideas." Dot reminded him as she took him by the hand and lead him into the diner "I need you to help me."

"Sure." The Bob copy smiled mischievously as he checked her out.

Working with Miss Matrix was something he hadn't done in a long time, and even then it wasn't under such pleasant circumstances. He didn't have to stay long. He knew that once the truth was revealed that they would be enemies again and that she would have to change everything and that if she anything slip, he could use it against her. Megabyte wasn't completely sure how much he really wanted to know. He wanted to win, but he didn't want to lose her in the process. Yet how could he say 'No' to making plans with her when she was holding his hand? A genuine interest in making plans was something they could bond over if they weren't enemies, and he needed to enjoy his time as her fiancé.

He tried not to listen as she went over her ideas once he realized how much danger this could put her in. He knew himself well enough to know that if he knew too much then would end up using it on her once they had to be enemies again. He was stronger than her, and if she tried to personally correct any of her mistakes, he could easily lose his future queen. Megabyte tried his best to focus on her physical features once he found that simply acting like he was listening was enough to keep her too focused on her own thoughts to pay attention to him.

"So should we put it here," Dot was asking as she pointed to different places on a map of Mainframe "or here?"

"Uh huh."

"Excuse me?" Bob looked at her with a face of surprise and nervousness. He was adorable, but he was not about to get any with that. "What did you just say?"

"I said I agree with you." Megabyte had told better lies, but he had never been in this situation before.

"On what part of what I said?" Dot was irritated and had him cornered

"All of it." Megabyte was struggling to think of a way out of this

"Then what did I say?"

"That we should find a way to protect the Principal Office." Megabyte took his best guess, still giving an adorable, nervous stare.

"I was talking about downtown!"

"Madamiossel, please." Cecile said as he put a large energy smoothie in front of them. Megabyte stared at the fact that it had two straws while Cecile advised his boss. "The lunch crowd will be in soon and I highly doubt that seeing the two of you arguing again will encourage them to stay, not that the crowds make this job any less stressful for me."

"You're right Cecile." Dot's sudden calmness got the fake Bob's attention, but as soon as she started talking to him again, her rose. "I guess I'll just have to lecture you later."

"Oh great!" Megabyte got sarcastic with her, and Dot knew it was something Bob would do "Now you get to plan out an entire speech!"

"You've earned it!" Dot lectured. Cecile went to the back to get as far away from them as possible. "You know how important this is! What could be more important than protecting Mainframe?"

"I was checking you out!" Megabyte admitted, sounding a bit angry.

Dot saw Bob's face getting red as he looked out the window. She blushed back, smiling at his confession. "Oh, Bob, am I that distracting?"

"Yes." Bob sounded annoyed, but he still wasn't looking at her.

"Well, I guess now that we're engaged it's okay to get a little distracted."

Megabyte got up. "I'm going to go patrol again."

Dot watched him as he returned to the sky. She continued to focus on the guardian while Mouse snuck up on her from seemingly nowhere.

"I can tell you two are going to last a long time."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Dot questioned angrily

"With as much bickering as you two put up with from each other, you must both care a lot about each other. Making each other such a high priority is not something everybody is capable of doing. You two got nothing in common, yet you always find some way to get attached to each other all over again."

"What do you mean?"

"You remember when the two of you stopped talking to each other over Bob not making plans? Enzo only told me about that a hundred times.

"We were practically kids." Dot tried to excuse her behavior

"And you pulled through. And when he was sent into th-"

"Mouse, if this is going where I think it is, I don't want to hear anymore."

"Yet, in all the time Bob was gone, you returned his feelings for you."

"I thought I lost him." Dot admitted "Even when he came back, I still felt as though a part of him was gone. Bob was just so different. But now this copy is here, and I'm sure it's a copy- Glitch couldn't be wrong- but I still feel more attracted to this Bob. Am I doing the right thing?"

"Dot, even if you weren't, there is nothing you can do at this point." Regret could be heard from the hacker's voice. Dot knew where she was going with this and wanted to interrupt her, but they both knew she needed to hear it. "If this is the copy, then real Bob is in a terrible condition. There is nothing anyone but the guardians can do for him. Make yourself happy. Bob would want it."

"Thanks, Mouse. You're right " Dot said sadly before curiousity got the better of her. "By the way, how long have you been in here? I didn't hear you come in."

"Sugar, if I told everyone how I manage to sneak around, I wouldn't be the only one doing it."

Just as she finished saying that, the surfer crashed through the ceiling. He seemed as stunned as the ladies, but quickly got up with a casual explanation for just happened.

"I'm sorry about that, Miss Matrix. I don't usually make my way through air vents."

"By the way," Mouse sounded just a casual as her web surfer "some of those vents are bit smaller than some others."

"I'll be sure to have someone look into that." Dot tried to remain as calm as they were, although she was still looking at the hole in her ceiling.