Hey sorry I left it like that...it wasn't supposed 2 happen like that...but I'm stuck...truly stuck.....sorry!! it looks so much better in my mind than it does written down....well here goes the next one...enjoy

Disclaimer: I guess i shouldn't have told Howard Gordon and Joel Surnow my brillant idea for a tv show with a real time aspect using the actor Kiefer Sutherland as the main character....darn i would have been rich...lol

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"Is this the right room?"

"Sure is." Tony couldn't see who was talking but he really didn't care anymore...

Michelle opened the door a little more and came in. She looked over at the man on the right. He was older; she was guessing he was George Mason the boss. She than looked over to the left. She knew that he was Tony Almeida.

"Hello, I'm George Mason"

"Michelle Dessler, nice to meet you"

Michelle shook George's hand but didn't look at him. She was still looking at Tony. He is so hot, she thought to herself.

Tony looked up. Whoa – he was speechless – she was so beautiful, she was smiling now which made her look even more beautiful. No! I can't think of her like that...just think Nina....NINA NINA NINA!

He smiled and stood up "Tony Almeida" He shook her hand and sat back down.

"Please sit down"

He tried to focus on the interview and he kept his head down as much as possible but it was hard she was just too beautiful...

Mason looked over and could tell that Tony liked Michelle. She is a good looking girl he thought...he laughed at Tony. He was trying so hard not to look at her. It was funny watching them both.

Mason watched them some more - Tony was looking down but stealing glances every little while and Michelle was looking only at Tony, she barely even noticed George's presence.

"So uh Michelle.....uh....." Come on Tony spit out the question – its just a girl...think about what Nina did to you.... "What type of training have you done to become qualified, do you think you're qualified enough for this job?

Michelle looked into Tony's chocolate brown eyes, she couldn't look away. She named all the training she had gone through. As she talked Tony looked straight into her eyes. He knew there was something special about her – she didn't seem anything like Nina...

"Well you seem pretty qualified, but do YOU think you're qualified enough for this job?"

"Yes I do – I've used some of my skills in the field and this is really what I want to do..."

"Uh huh – go on...."

"That's all..."

"Oh...right... ok so you have experience in the field than?"

"Sure do..."

"Uh huh - go on...."

"That's all..."

"Oh...right... ok so now you have to take this computer and cross reference my name with everybody I've worked with in the past 5 years. Find out who was in charge of CTU before George here. We're going to time you...do you think you can do that?"

"Sure..."

"Ok time starts NOW"

Tony watched as Michelle started typing on the keyboard. She was completely focused. She really seemed to know what she was doing, but only time would tell... If she could do it in about 5 minutes that would be pretty good. He had a feeling that they would be hiring her anyways...

(A/N – I know that they probably wouldn't give her access to this type of stuff...but you'll see why in a moment...so yeah)

"Done"

Tony looked down at his watch 2 minutes and 20 seconds..."You're what???"

(A/N - I know that you could find out these things easier that this...but it works for me...)

"I'm done...I've cross referenced your name with everybody that you've worked with in the past 5 years and is says that the person in charge of CTU before George Mason was an agent named Jack Bauer. Says here that he lost his wife when a different agent named Nina Myers turned out to be a mole and shot her. I looked up this Nina Myers woman...says here that both you and Jack went out with her..."

"That's enough" George said from the side

Tony stood up and walked out. Well so much for covering that up with new agents if she could find out that within minutes...

He went upstairs to his new office. It was next to Mason's. He sat down in his chair and covered his face with his hands.

"What? What's up with him?"

"Well you see Tony was going out with her just last week – he was still going out with her when they discovered she was a mole – he's still devastated and embarrassed..."

"Why? It's not really his fault that she was a mole..."

"Yeah i know... He's just mad at himself for not seeing that she was a mole. He told himself that that relationship wouldn't affect his work – but it ended up doing just that..."

(A/N – I know that George isn't really a close friend of Tony's – just pretend he and Tony had been talking all week about it between interviews and stuff...)

"Do you think it would be ok for me to go to his office and apologize?"

"Yeah – I think that'd be ok."

George walked her to the stairs and directed her to Tony's office. Michelle walked up the stairs slowly because she was practicing what she was going to say to him...
Knock Knock

Tony sat up straight and opened some interview files on his computer to pretend he had been working.

"Come in"

Michelle opened the door and poked her head in.

"Come in, take a seat, make yourself comfortable" He rambled out.

"Uh yeah ok uh sure uh um thanks" Michelle was tongue tied. She didn't know what to say.

Tony continued to type away at his computer. "Do you need something?"

"I just wanted to say sorry about before – I didn't know..." He looked up at her – he was surprised – most people laughed at him or talked about it behind his back...but she....she was sorry....

"Thanks...that means a lot to me..."

"I understand where you're coming from... I don't think I'd ever come back if it was me..."

"Thought about never coming back...but you can't run away from your problems forever..."

"At first it's hard...but it gets easier..."

"Yeah it does..." Tony was glad that Michelle understood him because these days it seemed like no one else did.

Michelle and Tony sat and talked for about 20 minutes until he realized he had another interview to go to.

"Uh oh – I have another interview...just wait here...I'll be back in about 10 minutes...if you have the time that is..."

"All the time in the world" she grinned at him as she said this.

Tony smiled as he walked down the stairs. He knew this was the start of a beautiful friendship. They understood each other and got along wonderfully! He saw her as potential to be more than a friend...but he kept thinking about what happened with Nina. A friendship with a beautiful woman was more than he deserved anyways...

15 minutes later

"Sorry about that...went longer than I expected..."

"No worries..."

"So I've got a few more interviews to do...but do you want to grab something to eat after?"

"Sure...I don't live that far away so I'll go home...give me a call when you're ready..."

"Sure...sounds great"

Michelle wrote her number down on a piece of paper, handed it to Tony, gave him a quick smile and left his office.

Yup this is just the beginning of a beautiful friendship...
Ok so that's all for that's it for this chapter....what do you think? Review please!! I accept anonymous reviews...you don't have to say anything...just want to know how many peeps r reading this!! Oh yeah just so u know...he didn't ask her out on a date...its friends going out 4 dinner k? good glad u understand!! I'll update once I get enough reviews...

Chapter 4: Dinner