Chapter 16
"And where have you been?" Amita questioned as Mary walked through the door
"Out" Mary answered hanging up her sweater
"Any where in specific?"
"Nope. I just spent the day driving around, doing a little shopping. I only stopped a few times"
"Ah…have fun?"
"Tons. I got a pair of jeans, a shirt, a new bra, and…" Mary trailed off walking into her bedroom
"And what!" Amita asked impatiently after waiting a minute
"And a note for you" Mary called from her bedroom putting away her clothes (which were not new at all)
"A note? From who?"
"What does it mean to you?" Mary said teasing Amita (payback for stalling last night)
"That depends on who it's from"
"Well it's from a certain calsci professor that has a doctorate of mathematics" Mary told her walking back into the living room
"Charlie!" Amita exclaimed falling off the couch
"Y-es Ch-ar-li-e" Mary choked out between her laughter
"What does it say?" Amita said climbing back onto the couch
"I don't know. I didn't read it" Mary said as she recovered from the laughter and sat next to Amita
"Well give it to me" She said holding out her hand for the note. Mary hesitated. She wanted more payback for last night because what she said before didn't bother Amita "Please Mary"
"You suck you know that I was going to pay you back…here" Mary said relinquishing the note
"Thank you" Mary watched Amita as she read the note. It wasn't a long note but you could see as the note progressed Amita got more and more nervous but happy at the same time
"What did it say?" Mary asked when Amita had finished the note
"He wants to meet me for dinner" Amita said excitedly
"I take it that you're going to go"
"Of course. Even if he doesn't love me-" Amita paused a few seconds realizing why she had used that word. Its because that's what she felt for him- love "-he's still my friend"
"What are going to wear?" Mary said enjoying the action it was going to ensue
"Oh my god I have nothing to wear!" Amita yelled running into bedroom to tear apart her wardrobe looking for something to make Charlie drool. Mary just laughed and followed her to the bedroom. She was going to need help
"That's what you're wearing?" Don asked as Charlie came down the stairs
"Well it was what I was going to wear before you made that comment" Charlie said dropping into the chair across from Don and Terry. (The fraud case was still going on, the team was stationed in the area that Charlie had plotted out for them)
"Oh stop it Don. I think you look cute Charlie" Terry said rolling her eyes at he partner
"Thank you Terry but Don's probably right. I've never been very good at dressing myself. Why do you think I have very basic clothing? With the clothing I have I can come up with one hundred and fifty different outfits, all of them appropriate for school and home. Once it comes to going out anywhere other then food shopping…"
"You go food shopping?" Don couldn't help poking fun at his brother. It was more for Charlie's sanity then his amusement. He knew that it Charlie spent too much time thinking about what he was going to say to Amita and how she might react he might not show up
"I go food shopping…just not very often" Charlie added onto the end before his brother could accuse him of lying
"So are you seriously going to wear that?" Don asked trying to keep a straight face and failing
"Oh be quiet. Now I have to go back through everything I own"
"It's a good thing you started to get ready early" Don added one last jab. What are big brothers for?
"Ignore him Charlie" Terry said as Charlie opened his mouth "I'll help you pick out an outfit"
"Thank you Terry" Charlie said rising from the table. Don smirked
"You're helping too Don seeing as you have such a HUGE problem with his outfit" Terry said pulling Don out of the chair smiling
"Oh now I'll never get out of here in a decent outfit" Charlie quipped running to his room as he saw Don start to chase him planning to get him a headlock
"Men" Terry just mumbled to herself laughing at the Eppes brothers