MAKING MEMORIES-CHAPTER 2
BY
MELINDA G. LIGHT
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DISCLAIMER: The lucky owners of Lee and Amanda are WB and Shoot the Moon Productions. I just asked if they would like to come help with this tale. It's just for entertainment.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: You might want to have a tissue handy just in case. This will be off canon.
WARNING: Need to have some tissues nearby. This might make you laugh and then it just might make you cry.
RATING: PG.
SUMMARY AND TIMEFRAME: Amanda and Lee make some memories. This was before they started dating. Before Amanda moved up to the Q-bureau.
ARCHIVE: Yes, just let me know where.
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PART three:
Saturday, early afternoon, Amanda's house:
While hanging out the laundry, Amanda was thinking about the night to come. She was looking forward to going out with Lee, and was trying to decide what she should wear. Joe had picked up the boys last night, and her mother left this morning for a two-day trip with Kurt, so she was taking the time to enjoy the peace and quiet that rarely came her way.
All of a sudden, she heard a loud bang come from inside the house. Quickly she set the clothes in her hand down, then quietly crept to the kitchen window. Inside, she saw two men, both dressed in black. One of the guys she recognized from a case she and Lee had worked on. The Dodger was very familiar to Amanda, because of how he had used her to get information when she had first started working for the agency.
Watching them, she noticed that they appeared to be looking for something. It also looked like they were trying to bug her house. This really was making her mad, but she knew she couldn't or shouldn't do anything without backup. Therefore, she quietly walked over to her next door neighbor's house.
When Buck answered the door, she asked if she could use his telephone. She made the excuse that her telephone didn't seem to be working and that she had to make several important calls.
Therefore, Buck led her into his den where she could use the telephone in private.
As soon as Buck left the room, Amanda called the agency and asked for Lee. She found out that he wasn't in at the time, so she asked for Mr. Melrose.
"Melrose, here. Can I help you?"
"Sir, its Amanda. I need some help. Two men have broken into my house, and I recognize one of them as The Dodger. Luckily I wasn't inside and was able to sneak over to my neighbor's house. I tried to contact Lee and discovered he wasn't at the office so I thought I would tell you." Amanda paused to take a deep breath.
"Okay, Amanda, you stay where you are. You try to get a hold of Lee at his apartment. I'm sending some people out there. I'm ordering you to stay hidden until Lee or I come and get you. Which one of your neighbors are you at?" Billy said all this as he wrote everything down.
"I'm at Buck McConnell's house. I'll try to get a hold of Lee from here." Amanda answered. Hanging up, she noticed that Buck had not come back into the room, so she called Lee.
"Hello. Lee? Sorry to wake you up but there's trouble." Amanda said when Lee answered.
"That's alright, Amanda. Just tell me what's going on." Lee was now fully awake.
"Well, I was outside hanging up my laundry when I heard a sound from inside the house. I knew it couldn't be Mother or the boys because they had all left for the weekend. So I looked through the kitchen window, and saw two men searching my house. Neither one of them had a mask on, so I was able to recognize one of them. It was The Dodger. They were also putting bugs throughout my house. Luckily, I was outside, so I was able to sneak over to Buck's house. I called the agency and talked to Mr. Melrose. He's sending a team over but told me that I should get a hold of you and let you know." Taking a deep breath, she paused to hear what Lee said.
"Listen, stay where you are at. I'm on my way." Lee hung up, got dressed, and grabbed his keys, wallet, and gun. He ran out the door and headed over to Amanda's. "How did the Dodger get loose? He was supposed to be in prison for at least 15 years. What does he have up his sleeve this time?"
Forty-five minutes later, Amanda heard a lot of noise coming from her house. She had told Buck that she was expecting her boss to call her back and that she needed to stay near the telephone. Buck told her that was fine, that he had to leave for a meeting and to make herself at home.
She went to the window nearest her house, and watched. Then she saw Lee. He was standing at the back door with his gun in hand.
All of a sudden, she saw the two guys she'd seen earlier try to run out the back door. Lee was there to apprehend them. Keeping his gun pointed at them, he waited while two of the other agents put handcuffs on them and headed to the front.
Mr. Melrose showed up at the back door, and said something to Lee. He just nodded and started walking over to the neighbor's house. Before he even got three steps in that direction, Amanda was out the door, and heading toward him.
He smiled as he came to stand in front of her.
"Well, it was the Dodger, it turned out he'd escaped about three weeks ago. The other guy ended up being another escape convict that he'd recruited to help him." Lee answered the question that he'd seen in Amanda's eyes.
Smiling, Amanda nodded and asked, "Why did he come here?"
"It turned out that during that the case when he used you, to gather information, he'd hidden some papers here for safe keeping. He thought at the time that he could retrieve them later, but it turned out that where he'd hid them, was rearranged so he ended up having to search for them. Plus he thought he could re-use you to get some more information, that was the reason for the bugs." Lee stated as they both started walking towards the house.
Mr. Melrose turned around to face them, as they came through the door. "Well, I think we got everything cleaned up and back in order. Are you alright Amanda?"
"Yes, sir. I'm just fine. Do you need me to come down to the agency?" Amanda asked.
"I'm afraid so. But it shouldn't take to long." Billy said. He turned and headed out the door.
"I'll be right there." She turned to Lee, and said only loud enough for him to hear, "Well, there's another memory to the file."
Lee whispered near her ear. "Amanda, why don't you get your clothes that you're going to wear tonight, and bring them along? You can change at my apartment." He had a feeling that she didn't really want to be alone in this house right now.
Amanda just looked up at him and nodded. She realized what Lee was trying to do. He knew that she would have trouble being alone tonight. So, he was trying to offer her a choice, letting her know that she didn't need to be alone. Times like this made her love him even more.
Quietly, Lee watched as she headed upstairs. Looking at his watch, Lee picked up the telephone and called to confirm their reservations for Randy's. He'd made them for 8:00 but decided it would be best to change it to 9:00. It was going on 5:00, and he wanted to leave time to spare.
Lee sat down on the couch to wait for Amanda. He leaned his head back against the couch. The past week had been long and tiresome. He'd had probably about 24 hours of sleep in seven days.
Amanda came down thirty minutes later. She had changed her clothes and packed her overnight bag. Looking in the living room, she saw that Lee had fallen asleep. Quietly she moved to where she could watch him for a few minutes. Thinking that it would be best if he got some sleep she took the afghan off the back of the chair and covered him with it. Then she went and wrote him a note, telling him that she didn't want to wake him and that she had gone on ahead, and went to the agency. Laying the note on the table in front of the couch, she quietly left. She knew that he hadn't gotten much sleep this week.
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6:00 p.m., Amanda's house:
"Hmm." Lee started to wake up. He sat up and looked at his watch. Then he quickly stood up. "Amanda!"
Looking down on the table, he saw the note she had left him. Smiling to himself, he thought, "Only Amanda would put my welfare above her fear. God, what that woman does for me."
He headed to the agency.
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PART four:
At the agency, 7:00p.m:
Amanda had just finished her debriefing, when she saw Lee, coming out of the debriefing room next door.
Smiling she went up to him, "Hi, Lee."
"Hi, partner. Thanks for the nap earlier. I needed it." Lee drew in a deep breath when he saw her smile.
"I figured you probably did. Are you sure you don't need to stay in tonight and get some more rest? I would understand." She looked up at him with concern showing in her eyes.
"No, what I need is to spend some time with my best friend. Besides I'm not going to miss out on making a great memory." Lee grabbed her hand and started pulling her to the door. "Let's head to my place so we can get changed."
Amanda just started laughing as she followed Lee out the door.
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Lee's apartment, 7:30 p.m.:
"Okay, we don't need to be at the restaurant until 9:00, so we can just take our time getting ready." Lee said as they were coming through the door. "You can take the bathroom. Would you like something to drink?"
"Thanks anyway, but I think I should go and get ready." Amanda said as she headed to the bedroom.
Lee heard her go into the bathroom. He headed into his bedroom, and started getting dressed.
Thirty minutes later:
Lee was in the living room making himself a drink when he heard the bathroom door open.
"Lee, could you help me for a second?" Amanda asked as she poked her head through the bedroom door.
"What's wrong, Amanda?" Lee went into the bedroom, and saw Amanda standing there holding her dress up.
"My zipper has gotten stuck on some material. Could you help me zip the dress up?" Amanda started to blush as she told Lee what was wrong.
Lee slowly moved toward her. "Turn around. Let's see if we can solve this problem."
All of a sudden, Lee realized that he'd made a mistake, smelling Amanda's perfume made him realize what effect she had on him. What he really wanted to do was take the dress off her, and make love to her. Slowly, he took a deep breath, and reached out his hands to the zipper. He was able to get the zipper unstuck, but decided to try to prolong the moment. During this time, he'd been able to touch her smooth back, and it made him want more. Her skin was like silk. Slowly he pulled the zipper up, allowing part of his hand to move across her skin.
Amanda was trying very hard not to moan. What this man's touch made her feel was about to drive her over the edge. She loved feeling his hands on her back. In addition, she was starting to imagine what his strong hands would feel like on the rest of her body. After Lee was able to get the zipper zipped, she quickly stepped away.
Quietly, she moved to put her high heels on as she stated that she was about ready.
Lee quickly regained his composure, and headed out the bedroom door. At the door, "Uh, Amanda? You look beautiful tonight." He didn't wait for her to comment as he was starting to get nervous.
Amanda waited just a few minutes and followed him out the door. "Lee, I'm ready to go make that memory."
Smiling Lee picked up her wrap and placed it on her shoulders. "As I said earlier, you look beautiful." He quietly picked up her hand and kissed it.
Then they headed out the door.
TBC
