Our eyes met across the elevator as Eames slipped inside the closing doors. "I'm coming," she said.

"I'm going to the library."

She elbowed me. "I own a library card, you know."

"You usually use the computer."

"What, you have a girlfriend there?" Her smile told me she was teasing.

I smiled, too. "My secret's out." I almost choked when she linked her arm in mine. "Eames?"

Suddenly she was hesitant. "Uhh... Logan and Wheeler are interviewing a hearing-impaired witness."

"So?"

She let go and turned away. "Peter Lyons is interpreting."

I hate that guy.

"And..." She sighed. "I wanted to... stay out of range."

"He's bothering you?" I felt my face go red.

"No. I'd just rather not see him."

She didn't touch me again, but I knew something important had happened between us.