Dialogue

Miles stepped into the office and looked around, a look of disgust on his face. It was filthy, though he should've expected it to be so. There were piles of miscellaneous junk spread out throughout the room, most of it to do with magic, thanks to Trucy. The rest was just folders and papers from all the cases that Apollo and Athena were taking on. He sighed and stepped carefully around the mess, making his way over to the thankfully clean couch.

Nick stepped into the office a few seconds later and walked over to the couch as well. He sat down next to Miles and grinned.

"It's kind of weird to see you here, y'know?" Nick said, leaning back. "I'm used to seeing you either in that fancy office of yours or at the court house."

"Yes, well I had something I wanted to discuss with you," Miles replied, glaring around at the messy office.

"Oh?"

Miles took one last look at the office before facing Nick and saying, "I want you to retake the bar exam."

Nick's eyes widened for a moment. He then laughed and said, "That's ridiculous. Why would I do that?"

"To become a lawyer, of course."

"But why?"

"Why not? Your name's been cleared after all."

"There's not really any reason for me to."

"On the contrary, there's no reason not to retake the exam."

"I don't want to."

"That's preposterous. It was your dream to become a lawyer."

"Not anymore."

"I don't believe you."

"Well it's true."

Miles glared at Nick. He knew that convincing Nick to retake the exam was going to take some effort but it was outrageous to hear that he had given up on his dream that easily.

"I won't take no for an answer," Miles said.

"There's really no need for me to retake the exam."

"And what makes you say that?"

"Well, Apollo and Athena are doing fine without me around."

"That doesn't mean you can't become a lawyer again."

"The agency's holding up fine with them and Trucy."

"The money you could bring in from cases could go a long a way around here."

"And I already have a job at the bar. My piano gig isn't the best paying but that doesn't matter."

"Becoming a lawyer again would help improve other's opinions of you."

"I don't care what others think."

"Of course you do. Everyone does."

"I'm serious, Edgeworth. I don't care what others think and I don't want to become a lawyer again. Apollo and Athena would probably think that I'm trying to overshadow them or something like that."

Despite all the reasons that Nick was giving, Miles didn't believe any of them. He definitely didn't. To him, it sounded as if Nick was avoiding the truth of why he didn't want to retake the exam. Miles would drag the truth out of him though, it if was the last thing he did. Because, despite what Nick thought, he needed to become a lawyer again.

"Wright," Miles said, making sure he was directly staring at the other man. "Tell me exactly why you don't want to retake the exam."

"I told you already."

"And I don't believe that was the truth. They are reasons but not why you are truly against it."

Nick stared at Miles for a few moments before sighing and saying, "You really want the truth?"

"Yes."

There was another moment of silence before Nick smiled sadly and said, "I'm scared."

Miles didn't react to this statement. He remained silent and waited for Nick to continue.

"What happened eight years ago isn't something that I can just get over. Becoming a lawyer was my dream for so long and to have it all ripped away from me in a moment because of a piece of paper…"

"I… understand. However, that's exactly why you should retake the exam."

"Do you really think so?"

"Yes. Please, just think over it."

Nick looked down to his hands before smiling and saying, "I think I will. Thanks, Edgeworth."

Miles nodded and stood up.

"I'll leave you to it then," he said before walking out of the office. He hoped that Nick would make the right decision.

Slytherin - Fanatic 911: Well, here's the third piece I had to write. In this one we had to write a conversation between two people, where one person wanted something from the other and the other person resisted giving it. I actually got a really good mark on this one.

Anyway, let me know what you think of it and I'll see you next week.