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A/N The story was supposed to be written in first person but I forgot to do that on the first part so I'm switching over. Sorry!
Inherent Absence of Light
A few days had gone by and it was clear that my team was begging to worship me. Any time I was about to say something they all hung on my every word. Arlene and I still had lunch together every day. And sometimes we would sneak off and go shopping. One day I had been waiting for her while she was on the phone. I sat down on the edge of her desk and skimmed the romance novel she was reading. Romance novel's weren't really my style. I would rather read a mystery or a drama (with some sort of romance in them of course.)
So, anyway I was sitting on her desk when Skinner came out of his office. I waved. I didn't want to make noise to distract her. "Come here." He mouthed. I stood up and followed him into his office. "You two going to lunch?" He asked. "Yeah." I said. "How's your team?" He asked. Ok, this was just becoming more awkward as time passed. Would he just ask me out already! "There good." I said. "Well things seem to be running more smoothly. You're a better boss than Edwards was." He said. I smiled. "Thank you." There was a moment of silence. "I'm gonna go see if Arlene is off the phone." I said. I started to walk towards the door. He blocked the door and grabbed my arm. "Wait. Please." He said. I backed away from the door. "Alright." I said. He nervously cleared his throat. "I was wondering if you would be interested in going to dinner with me." He asked. "I'm very interested. How about tomorrow?" He nodded. "We can leave from work." He said. I leaned onto my toes and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and I left.
"Hey, are we going to lunch?" She asked. "Yeah. I have some gossip for you." I said.
The following day I sat in my office. Skinner, sorry Walter, would be picking me in a few minutes. I took of my suit jacket and un-buttoned one of the buttons on my blouse to reveal a bit of cleavage. Am not easy but I'm not a nun either. I touched up my make-up and then my cell phone rang. I had recently set Take Me or Leave Me from RENT for whenever she calls me. "Hello, Arlene." I said, "Hey, he just left his office." She said. "Alright thanks. I'll call you tonight." I hung up my phone seconds before he knocked on my office door. "Come in." I said. He opened the door. I could see that my team had all left for the day. He closed the door behind him. "You ready to go?" he asked. "Yeah, let me just get my coat." He lifted my coat off the coat rack and held it out so that I could easily slip it on. "Thank You." I said. I got my purse. He opened the door for me and put his hand on my upper back. He was being such a gentleman. He even opened the car door for me. For once I was blushing. Usually I could have a man wrapped around my finger with a smile and a strut. Walter was different. And my not sure how that makes me feel.
"Are you a vegetarian?" He asked. "No, why?" I asked. "There's this restaurant. It's burger but its upper scale, there really good." He told me. He kept his eyes on the road. I blushed for some reason. What is wrong with me? I thought. We can't I be my normal charming self? My cell rang Back in Black. "Your niece?" He asked. "Yeah." I said silencing it. "How old is she?" He asked. "14 next month. I'm going to surprise by showing up on her door step. My brothers even letting her take the day off from school." I told him. "Well, aren't you nice." He glanced down at me for the first time.
"I guess. But I've always been close with my brother and one of my sisters." I said. "How many siblings do you have?" He asked. "3, I'm the youngest. My brother is the oldest, like I said his name is Macbeth. He's 3 years older than me. Then two of my sisters are twins, there a year older than me. Their names are Hermia and Titania; actually I think she goes by Michelle now. I haven't spoken to her in like 5 years and she threw out of her apartment." I told him. "Your own sister threw you out of her apartment?" he asked. "Yeah, it's weird because I'm really close with Hermia. She's Chief of Staff at St. Francis Hospital." I said. I enjoy gloating about her. She's twice as smart as me and just as pretty. Somehow she's still single. "In D.C?" He asked. "Yep. My brother is head of Day Shift at the New York City Crime Lab." I also enjoy gloating about him. "And your other sister?" He asked. "She's a nurse in Massachusetts. She actually caused an X-File. She claims that she was raped by ghost" I laughed. That idea was just so insane. She always did things for attention. "Ok that's a little crazy." He said. "That's Titania." I said.
He pulled into the parking lot. The second I got out of the car I wrapped my jacket tighter around me. It was cold. Walter took my side. He wrapped and arm around my shoulders and pulled me against him to keep my warm. I was very thankful.
The restaurant was very good. I ordered a veggie burger. "I thought you said that you weren't a vegetarian. " He commented. "I'm not, but my niece is. We have deal. I told her that I would eat a veggie burger 3 times a month if she would stop trying to convert me. She once e-mailed me pictures of a slaughter house. I couldn't eat meat for a week." I said. "You poor thing." He said sarcastically. "Hey, veggie burgers aren't that bad." I took a bite. This veggie burger was actually very good. The two of skimmed the desert menu. I told him that I was fine but he insisted that we share a slice of chocolate cake. The second he said chocolate I was sold. The cake was also very good.
When we walked out to the car he held me against him again. I leaned my head against him. He seemed less tense than he did in the office. But then again he was the assistant director and I don't even want to know about all the b.s that he has to deal with. Even at my last job I had to deal with so much politics it made my head spin. Thankfully my team ran so smoothly that they could probably work without me. He drove back to the office, and pulled up to my car. "Um do you wanna go back to my place for a cup of coffee?" He nodded. "I'll follow you." He said.
I got out of the car and got into mine as fast as I could. He could see him smiling at me. He followed closely behind me. About half way threw the trip he called me. "Yes?" I asked. "You drive slow." He said. I looked at him in my rearview mirror. He laughed. "Hey, I'm doing the speed limit."I told him. "yeah, yeah, yeah. Can't you speed a little?" He was joking of course. "Not gonna happen." I said. I pulled into my driveway a few minutes later. He pulled in behind me. I unlocked my door and my puppy jumped up from the couch. She was a small Labrador Retriever named Lily. "Lily!" I said lifting her up. She was only 3 months old, so she was very small. "Hold on I gotta take her out." I walked into the kitchen and out the side door into my backyard. I put her down, she did her business and we went back inside. Walter was sitting on my couch. I starts brewing the coffee and then I joined him. "Is this your family?" He asked lifting a picture off my end table. "Yes." I said. "You're the only red head?" It was true. "Yeah it's the only thing I get from my dad." I told him.
"I think it's pretty." He ran one of his hands threw my hair. I let him kiss me. In fact I kissed him back. I slid my hands up his chest, over his shoulder, and around his neck. He wrapped his hands around my waist pulling us closer together. It grew to the point that we were making out. We broke apart and I put my head on his chest. He pulled me onto his lap. "Some coffee." He said. I laughed. Lily curled up beside us. "Cute dog." He said. He reached out to pet her head. She wagged her tai. "I think she likes me." He said. "She's not the only one." I told him. He kissed me again. "I should go." He said. He lifted me off his lap. Instead of hugging good bye we once again kissed. "Good night." He said. "Good night." I said. I closed the door behind him and locked it. I leaned back against the door and squealed like a 13 year old girl. I sat back down and started petting Lily. "Do you like Walter?" I asked. Her ears perked up and she started wagging her tail. "Yeah, me too." I reached for my phone to call Arlene.
