Part 6: Just Because
Lee woke up with the sun shining on his face, at first
he was confused, but then he felt Amanda stir in his arms and he relaxed.
"Morning Scarecrow."
"Morning Mrs. King." He replied teasingly, and
giving her a quick kiss, which didn't last and soon turned into a full fledged
passionate moment, he was on top of her with one of his hands making its way up
to her breast and his lips pressed against hers.
Just then, when they were caught up in the moment, the
phone rang. Lee said to himself, 'It never fails!' He picked up the phone and
handed it to Amanda. (he was still on top of her)
"Hello?...this morning...7:30?...okay sir, we'll be
there...is Lee here? (Amanda looked at Lee for an answer, Lee motioned that he
would take the call) hold on...(Lee shifted off of Amanda so he could have
better access to the phone)
On the other line Billy thought he could hear sheets
ruffling, he smiled at the thought of Scarecrow and Amanda, leave it to her to
make him settle down and be tame.
"Billy?"
Billy decided to have a little fun with Lee to see if he
could get anything out of him. "Sorry to wake you up but..."
Lee cut him off. "You didn't wake me up." Lee
thought to himself, 'he didn't wake me up, he interrupted me, but I know where
his mind is heading.'
"Oh I didn't...(Billy smiled) then why are you at
Amanda's at 5:47 in the morning?"
"We were having coffee, I ran out at home and
figured if I came here I wouldn't have to pay for it." Making it up as he
went along.
"Whatever you say Scarecrow, I think we'll just
leave it at that for now."
"Leave it at what Billy?! What are you presuming,
there is nothing between me and Amanda!" Lee was getting steamed, Billy
couldn't know he just couldn't, he wanted to have Amanda all to himself and no
one else could know about it, yet.
"Nothing Scarecrow, just drop it, you're the one
who said it not me. Can we talk about work now?"
"Said what? (Lee caught himself) Never mind Billy,
what is it you wanted to tell me?"
The truth was that Billy just wanted to see if Lee was
there, he had a feeling he was since he had called his apartment first and had
gotten the machine, so he made something up quick. "Uummm, I wanted to
tell you that...I'm giving you next weekend off." Billy was hoping that
Lee would use it to his advantage and take Amanda somewhere. "Oh, and tell
Amanda that she can also take a long weekend."
Lee smiled he knew Billy was trying to set them up and
that he better end the conversation soon. "Is that it? Couldn't you have
told me that at work?"
"Yeah I could have, but I thought you might like to
know now."
"All right Billy, see you later then."
" Enjoy that coffee." He said sarcastically.
"Oh I will, don't worry, bye."
"Bye."
Lee hung up the phone.
"What was that all about?" Said Amanda.
"Oh nothing in particular." And at that he
quieted her with a kiss.
Amanda smiled and pulled him closer to deepen the kiss.
Lee did so with no hesitation and gave himself up to the moment.
After they were each satisfied enough with the amount of
lovin they got, Lee dressed, gave Amanda one last kiss goodbye, told her that
he loved her, and went home to shower and change. Once Lee was out of sight
Amanda laid down on her bed and took in the scent of him that still remained on
her sheets and pillows. She was so happy that she couldn't remember the last
time that she felt so wonderful, it was a whole new world that Lee had opened
up to her. Even though she felt so good, a part of her was thinking about all
the challenges this new step with Lee brought into her life. Well at least she
wouldn't have to lie to her mother, she could tell her the truth...that Lee was
her boyfriend and he wasn't going anywhere. But there was the matter of whether
or not she could see Lee and then there was the boys, what would they think of
him? Her mind was racing with questions, but she pushed them all aside and
decided to just deal with it as it came.
Amanda knew she was never going to get back to sleep so
she got up, had some coffee and breakfast, showered, and changed. She did an
extra good job on her make-up because she knew Lee would be looking at her and
she wanted to look nice for him. It was funny how she felt like a teenager with
her first boyfriend. She left a note on the counter for her mother about why
she left so early and drove to IFF.
She walked in the door smiling, overjoyed about her new
found love with Lee. Mrs. Marsten noticed she was much happier than yesterday
and figured that whatever had been going on with Lee was now resolved.
"Good Morning, Mrs. Marsten."
"Good Morning, Mrs. King."
She handed Amanda the security tag. "Mr. Stetson is
upstairs."
"He is." Amanda's eye's lit up and her eyes traveled
up the stairs.
"Thank you." Amanda quickly went upstairs to
see Lee.
When Amanda came in she noticed the lovely bouquet of
flowers on her desk, there was a note attached. It read:
Just because I love you~Lee
Amanda smiled at his thoughtfulness, just then he came
from behind and wrapped his arms around her, he had been in the vault waiting
for her to come in, see the flowers, and read the note. He started placing hot
kisses along her neck, and worked his way up to her ear, when he got there he whispered,
"Just because I love you."
Amanda turned in his arms so that she was facing him,
"I love you, too." She placed a gentle kiss on his lips. "But
right now we have a meeting to get to."
"If you insist." He said in a playful voice.
They held hands all the way to the conference room and
stole a sweet moment in the elevator, although Amanda was sure to wipe the
lipstick off his lips. When they got there Billy and Francine were waiting
for them. Billy nodded for them to sit
down. They took the two chairs opposite them that were right next to each
other. Once they got there Lee shot into agent mode.
"Well Billy what is it, must be important since you
got us here at 7:30." Lee exaggerated the 7:30.
"You're right, let's get down to business.
During the meeting Lee slid his hand under the table and
clasped it with Amanda's, as Billy continued he was running his fingers through
hers and gave it tight squeezes every now and then, which she returned.
When Billy finished his speech about the latest threat
to the President and everyone was standing to leave, he pulled Lee aside for a
little 'man to man talk.' "Lee, I want you to tell me the truth…did you spend
the night at Amanda's?"
TBC soon…
