Mysterious Visitors and Boyfriend Stealers
Chapter 3: Another Side of Amy Gray
"Case dismissed," Nikki wrapped the case for the day. She stood up, stretching, about to leave the room, when the state's attorney came up to her.
"Hey, babe," David greeted whom he thought was Amy. "Lunch?"
"Sorry, I can't. I promised a friend."
"Friend? Since when do you have friends? Anyway, how about Friday night at 7:30?"
Nikki thought this over for awhile. "I could go for it, but I don't even know him....but he's cute." She finally decided that it wouldn't hurt going on one small dinner date. "Okay, sure," she told him. Then, saying goodbye, she walked to her office to review the docket.
The real Amy Gray sat at her desk, reading page after page of court files, in between breaks of coffee. Several coffee cups filled the trash can already. There was a knock on the door startling her. She looked up, and guess who was at the door? David. "Hey, hon," she smiled at him, as she stood up. She could read from his face that it was lunch time. "Lunch with you? Sorry, I can't."
"Wow, you can read my mind? Okay, what did I do?"
"Nothing, I just have lunch with a friend. I'd tell you, but it's kind of personal right now."
"Oh, right, you told me. Let me go, before I make another ass of myself." He left, without even giving her a kiss.
"What?" Amy thought. I didn't tell him anything about lunch until now. This was the first time I saw him. "Oh, wait.....David doesn't know about Nikki! Perhaps he ran into her. Amy scooted out from behind her desk, calling David's name. Peeking out in the hall, she noticed that it was completely empty. "Darn, missed him. I guess I can tell him later. Oh well, I can at least tell Nikki. It's lunch time anyway."
Amy walked briskly down the hall, turned a few corners, and was there in front of the new judge's office in what seemed like a flash. She knocked, heard Nikki's "Come in" and opened the door a crack. "Hey, it's me. Ready for lunch?"
"Hey......yeah, just a minute." Nikki gathered up a few of the papers she had been reading, stacked them on her desk, and went in search of her purse.
"What're you looking for?"
"Nothing," Nikki lied. When she couldn't find it, she gave up and told Amy, "My purse. I can't find it. I may sound like a total klutz....," she stopped in mid sentence. Amy held up the purse. "Thanks, Amy," she said, grabbing the purse, "now I'm ready."
"Okay."
"So, where are we going?"
"Ummm.....how about Italian? Cause there's this place down the street that my boyfriend and I love. They serve excellent spaghetti, alfredo, whatever."
"Great. So, who's the lucky guy....if I'm allowed to ask?"
"David McClaren. He's a state's attorney. You might see him around....,"Amy pauses in mid sentence, noticing the weird look on Nikki's face, "you didn't meet him yet, did you?"
"I think I kinda did. He's on a case with me. And....he sort of...hit...on....me."
"Oh my god."
"I think he thought I was you because he asked me to dinner on Friday."
"David, David, David......what am I gonna do with you? I was going to tell him, but I haven't seen him since a few minutes ago."
"Well, you still have the date."
"No, not really. I'm busy Friday. And, David should know that. Every Friday, my family gets together for dinner. I could blow it off, but my brother, Vincent, is home for a visit. We're really close, so I really want to go. But, I want you to go out with David, anyway."
"Why?"
"Because, obviously, it'll play a trick on him.....kinda funny. We share physical similarities, and David doesn't know that we're two people."
"Isn't that kind of childish?"
"Well, yeah, but it's fun."
"I can go along with that." With that, Amy and Nikki high five, walking arm in arm to lunch.
