Loker was walking through the office with Lottie during Gillian and Ria's conversation. Loker was on cloud 9, being around Lottie again. He knew he was a part of what helped Lottie get through that part in her life when her parents died and they had been best friends. He knew he felt much more, and now that she was older, that might be able to come out in the open…
"I can't believe Uncle Cal, I mean Aunt Gil's got all these books out and it takes him all this time to write this one." Lottie said, holding up Dr Lightman's new book. "I read it cover to cover twice" Loker laughed at that. "You would, Lottie." She punched him in the arm playfully. "Hey, I'm not the only one sucking up to him. Is he still giving you a hard time?" Loker looked down. "Eli, what happened?" She said, reading his face. "Eli, tell me." She said, putting her hand on his hand. He shivered, yet reveled at her touch of concern. She smiled, seeing his reaction.
"We, had a case, 6 months or so back, and I thought the way we were going about it wrong, so I leaked some information to the SCC, and Lightman found out, set up this whole test, pretending the firm got sued, to see if Ria would tell him I told her, because I had to tell someone, it was killing me to lie. It really was. But she didn't, so she got away clean, but Lightman demoted me to "unpaid intern", or I had to leave." Loker said, sighing because he'd hoped that could be avoided, he was afraid Lottie would be upset he did that to her aunt, and her "Uncle Cal".
"So, what did you do?" Lottie asked. "I'm still here aren't I?" He replied, not taking his eyes off her. She put her hand on his shoulder. "I'll find a way to get you your full pay back. Uncle Cal knows your special Eli, or he wouldn't keep you here, or give you the choice to stay. Sure, you made a mistake, but you did it because you thought it was right, we all do that sometimes. I know I-". She stopped, taking her hand away.
"What?" Eli said. Lottie looked away, tears forming in her eyes. "Lottie, are you ok?" He said, walking over to her. "It's nothing Eli, really I'm just upset, don't worry about me." Lottie responded, not turning to look at him. "Come on Lottie, you can talk to me. Please?" Loker said, putting his hand on her shoulder, as she had done to him. "I want to tell you Eli, I really do, but I'm scared he'll-" She ran into his arms unexpectedly, tears coming down her face at full speed.
"Who? What happened Lottie?" Loker said, suddenly getting worried it was really serious. "Remember when I came here, when my parents died? I didn't tell you everything, Eli. My parents didn't just die, they were killed."
AN- OK, i'm aware this was an unacceptably short chapter, but i didn't want anyone to freak out at me for only having one chapter up, especially on break, because i know how mad i get when i find a new story and theres only one chapter, and i immediately give up on it when nothing happens for a few days. I hope this isnt a killer cliffhanger, but i will say that the next chapter will be ALL Lottie and Loker, and the next chapter will affect the entirety of the plot, (i am JUST saying... hehe)...Please comment and tell me what you want to see, and if you guys are pro Cal and Gillian... I mean, i'm not against it or anything, but i love it when theyre just really good friends like brother and sister, but for the sake of my readers, i'll do some Callian if wanted... But i wont know unless you tell me :) xoxo - Thella
