It's only a short one, but next up we'll have a case! I didn't mean to make Charlie sound stupid in the last chapter, it just sort of came out that way, but i'll explain about the case he couldn't do in the next chapter too! Glad some people are liking it! Don't forget to R&R

Anja

It was a few days later and Charlie looked disappointed when he returned to his office after class, "What's wrong?"Amita asked.

He pointed at the board, "I was hoping to see some of that girl's work again. But I guess she's scared now..."

Amita looked around and noticed on his desk a notepad, "Maybe not," She said holding it up for him to inspect.

He looked at it and smiled, "Yeah! That's her hand writing. Look at this," He started pointing out facts to Amita. He was like an excited school boy with his 'show and tell.'

"That's impressive."

The heard someone enter with a cleaning cart, "Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were here Professors."

Charlie grinned, "Don't worry about it. You're the girl from the other day right?"

She nodded nervously, "Yes."

He glanced at her bandaged hand. Don had old him about the mirror, "It's Rachel right?"

She nodded again, "I can come back later," She said hurriedly and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Charlie held up the notepad. She looked back at Charlie, "This is your work? Like all the others?"

Rachel nodded, "Yes. Agent Eppes said I shouldn't use the board. Paper was annoying, but it worked."

Amita finally spoke up, "It's amazing work. How old are you?"

"Eighteen."

Charlie's eyes lit up, "You could get a scholarship!"

Rachel shook her head, "No... School isn't my thing. I should really get back to work."

Charlie had one last chance to get her to talk, "You can't be happy in that job. Not when you're so good at this. Since Amita graduated and became a Professor, I'm lacking an assistant."

Rachel looked skeptically at him, "You're kidding right? Like a TA?" He nodded, "You have to be a student to do that."

"No you don't," Charlie said, "You've been helping anyway. Only difference would be people would actually know."

Amita grinned, "Pay's better too!"

Rachel smiled, "I guess... But I'm really not that good."

"How about this. You try it out for a week, you don't like it, you can go back to what you're doing. Does that sound fair?" Charlie asked.

Rachel nodded, "Ok, but one week."

Alan had cooked dinner and he was sitting with Don, Charlie and Amita. They were idly discussing various topics when Amita decided to change the subject, "Charlie hired a new Teaching Assistant today."

"Really?" Alan asked, "That's great."

"Who?" Don asked.

Charlie looked at his brother, "That girl, Rachel."

"Really?"

"Well, she only agreed to try it out for a week. She honestly believes that she's not good at what she does."

Don shook his head, "She's different."

"She's very unsure of herself," Amita said.

"So, when does she start?" Alan asked.

"Monday," Charlie said.

The mention of Rachel made Don go quiet, remembering what Megan had said about her reaction, "Are you going to let her help on cases?"

"She has been already. I don't see why not," Charlie said.

Don nodded, "Ok."