Chapter 5: They Know

            Soon, it was time for lunch, and Bruce and Amy made their way back to Amy's office.

            "Shall we order out or try our luck at the cafeteria?" Bruce asked, flipping through Amy's docket. She didn't answer, so he looked up to see her standing by her desk, not moving. "Amy? What is it?"
            She turned to face him and he saw what she was holding in her hands. "They know. They know and we're both going to get fired," she managed to say, tears sliding down her cheeks.

            She was holding a letter from the Administrative Judge, one similar to the letter they had both received a few years earlier, accusing them of impropriety.

            Bruce shook his head and walked over to her, enveloping her in his arms. "They can't. I won't let them."

            Just then, the door opened and Donna walked in, babbling away. "Kyle had to just up and leave so I had to call the babysitter," she was mumbling to herself, then saw Bruce and Amy and froze in her spot. They had already moved away from each other, but Donna knew something was up. "Ooh, I'm sorry. Am I interrupting something?"

 "No," Bruce said at the same time Amy said yes. Amy looked at Bruce, then back at Donna.

            "Donna, close the door," Amy ordered her.

            Donna stumbled to the door and closed it. "What's going on, Judge Gray?" As soon as she said it, she regretted her words. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry."

            "Donna," Bruce said loudly.

            "What?" She looked at Bruce with wide eyes.

            "Shut up and listen to the judge."
            She meekly sat down. "Okay."

            Amy gave Bruce a grateful look. "You have to keep quiet about what you saw."

            "Why? It's not like you two are…" Donna said, slowly realizing what was really going on. "I mean, you're not, are you? I mean, whoa, that's just…whoa."

            "I normally wouldn't ask you to go against protocol, but," Amy continued, turning and looking at Bruce, "this is really important to me."

            "No problemo, Judge Gray," Donna assured her. She suddenly leaned in and asked, "Am I going to have to, like, knock before I come in now? I mean, I wouldn't want to, you know, 'interrupt' you."

            "Donna?" Bruce said to her again.

            "Yeah?" she asked nervously.

            "Go away."

            "Okey dokey," she said, turning to leave. She turned around again when she got to the door. "But about the knocking…"

            "NOW!" both Bruce and Amy shouted at the same time. Donna mumbled something else and finally left.

            "Is she sane enough to be working here?" Bruce joked, pointing after Donna's departing figure. Amy didn't answer him, so he turned around to see her facing the opposite direction, crying.

            He walked up behind her and ran his hands down her arms. "It'll be okay. We'll make it." She turned around and fell against him. And he held her.