Re-editing and posting a fic sucks, so I'm adding something new to this fic to break up the monotony. The next few chapters will have a new side story line, so please enjoy, and review.
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Anna sits at her desk feeling very proud of herself for doing the right thing about Raven's secret. The phone rings, tearing Anna from her musings. She answers the phone to find Ororo at the end of the line.
"Oh, Hello Ms. Munroe."
"Is James available?"
"Yes, he between meetings at the moment, and his 11:30 is running late. Would you like me to put you through?"
"Yes, that would be great!" Ororo says in an overly excited manner.
Anna puts Ororo on hold, and buzzes James on the intercom. "James, Ororo Munroe on line one."
"Thank you!" James says in the same overly excited manner as Ororo.
Anna sighs, "They're at it again." She says as she sakes her head.
Anna had taken a great deal of precautions to make sure that James and Ororo don't get caught. When they first started their affair several months ago, Anna was tempted to cash in on it, but she realized that if she did leak the story, it wouldn't take long for James and the higher ups to figure out that she was the culprit. Shortly after she figured that out, Anna realized that if anyone leaked that story, she would be the first person to be suspected just based on her proximity to James.
As much as she didn't like the idea of covering up for James, she found that it was in her best interest, which meant that it was "Good for business".
"Hey Jamie." Ororo says seductively.
"Hi Ro, I had a great time last night."
"Me too, but you were an animal last night. Have you been working out?"
"Ro…..Ummm, I think that we need to stop this before it gets out of hand again. We almost got caught last time."
"That's what makes it exciting!" Ororo's tone deepens, "But, you're right. It isn't fare to your wife."
"Thanks for understanding Ro……" James ponders for a second. "Soooooo…..What are you wearing?????" James says suggestively.
Ororo giggles into the phone. "A tan line and a smile, but I could use some help slipping into my new outfit."
"Hmmmm, sounds nice, what color is it?"
Ororo snickers, "Sweat colored."
James moans into the phone. "Ohh, on you, SWEAT is my favorite color. I have just the outfit to match that."
"Really, what is it?"
"My Birthday suit!"
Ororo is quiet on the other end of the line. James sits up in his seat a bit concerned as to what happened. "Ro?????"
"I WANT YOU NOW!" Ororo declares into the phone.
"Meet you at the motel!" James says without missing a beat.
"N-No, I have that Bravo thing remember?!?!"
"Damnit! Can't you get out of it?"
Anna sits at her desk reading a magazine when she catches a whiff of a familiar smell which brings back memories of her college years. Anna looks up to be nose to snout with a large dog. She draws back suddenly, and almost falls out of her seat.
Anna looks at the panting dog. "What the?" Anna looks up to find the source of her collegiate flashback.
"Whoa, Like sorry about that. Blodder has a habit of doing that."
James is standing in the doorway of his office, and sees Lance Alvers with his dog, chatting with Anna. He slams the door, and leans his back against it. "Hold on a sec Ro" He cracks open the door, and peaks through it pondering if there is anyway to sneak by them. He looks over at Lance. He is wearing a green t-shirt, and red bell bottom pants. For some reason, he grew a goatee, but James just figures that he probably hasn't shaved in a few days. James considers his options.
"Well, I could jump out the window….." James Ponders. James holds the phone up to his ear. "Never mind Ro. Alvers is here, but let's definitely meet at the Motel tonight after you finish filming the show." He says disappointedly as he hangs up the phone.
Lance makes his way to the office door, and knocks on it. When there is no answer, he turns to Anna. "Are you like sure that he's in there?"
"Unless he jumped out the window."
On the other side of the door, James hears a knock at the door.
A muffled, "Hello?????" can be heard through the door.
James tenses up. He resolves that the best way to get out of the office is to get Lance's meeting over with as fast as possible.
Lance knocks at the door again. Anna and Lance look at each other quizzically when, suddenly, the door opens, and James pulls Lance and his dog into the office, slamming the door behind them. Anna looks on at what happened, and shakes her head.
Anna goes back to reading her magazine, when the phone rings. She reaches over to pick up the receiver while drinking from a cup of coffee, the whole time never taking her eyes off of the magazine which she is reading. She puts the phone to her ear, and spits out her coffee when the person on the phone speaks.
"Hi Anna" Kitty says cheerfully.
This causes Anna spits out coffee. "K-Kitty….." Anna blurts out between coughs.
"Are you okay?" Kitty asks.
"Y-Yeah, Coffee just went down the wrong tube." Anna coughs once again, "So what's up?"
Inside the office, James puts his arm around Lance and shakes his hand as he leads him across the room. "Lance, Hi there. How are ya? You look great! Congratulations, you got a raise. Any issues-No? Great, here's your contract."
"Whoa Whoa Whoa, Slow down man! Like chill dude."
"Well, here is your new contract….."
"Come one man, chill a bit. Blodder, go show James some love."
Lance's giant Great Dane jumps onto James' desk, and proceeds to bath James with slobber.
"A-Hey!" James tries to push the huge spotted dog off of him. "Lance if you could just sign the contract….."
"Dude…..I got the munchies, you got anything to eat in here." Lance bends over and looks under his chair.
James finally pushes Lance's dog off of him. "Lance, here use my pen." James looks up to find Lance staring into a pocket strobe light. "LANCE!"
"Whoa!!!!!" Looks around, "Whoa dude….." Starts digging through his pockets. "Dude you want a brownie?" Pulls out a zip lock bag of brownies from his pocket.
James raises an eyebrow at Lance. "You had brownies????? You just asked me if I had anything to eat not even 10 seconds ago."
"Whoa…..I did?????"
"L-Lance if you would just please sign the contract, and we can both be on our way."
"Come on man, have a brownie, I made them myself."
James just wants to get Lance to sign his contract and get the hell out of the office. He snatches the whole bag of brownies and proceeds to shovel them into his mouth.
James speaks with a muffled voice cause by a mouth full of brownie. "There, I'm eating your stupid brownies; will you sign your contract now?" Holds up the contract and a pen.
"Pffft," Lance breaks out into a fit of giggles.
James swallows the last bit of brownie in his mouth. "What is so funny?"
Lance hunches over and grabs his sides as he breaks out into laughter. "DUDE!!!!! THOSE WERE HEMP BROWNIES!!!!! Lance says between gasps for air. "You just ate almost a half pound of weed!" Lance falls out of his seat laughing.
Meanwhile at her desk, Anna is still in shock that Kitty called her at work.
"I was wondering if you were free for lunch."
Anna's pulse quickens. "Twice in one day?" Anna thinks to herself, "And she called me both times…." She smiles at the thought that there might be a slight glimmer of hope of having a relationship with Kitty. "No, I don't have any plans, what do you have in mind?"
"Duh, Lunch silly." Kitty quips.
"Well, James is in a meeting with Lance, after that I can meet ya anytime."
"That Shaggy wannabe? James can handle it himself. Just leave him a note."
"K-Kitty, is there something wrong, you seem awfully eager to see me." Not that Anna was complaining.
"Well, I really wanted to wait until I saw you to tell you, but, I met a guy!"
Anna's heart drops. "Oh.....Uh" Does a bad job of trying not to sound disappointed.
Kitty is oblivious to Anna's distress. "Yeah, I met him in a bookstore after our breakfast this morning. I just had to tell to someone. You won't believe how cute he is….."
"Uh-huh" Anna finds it strange that this giddy schoolgirl on the phone is the same person that put James in the hospital twice. "I wonder if she's possessed by her character." Anna thinks to herself.
Back in the office, James is hunched over coughing up Lance's Hemp brownies that he just scarfed down. "WHAT!!!!!" James coughs out the last few bits of brownie in his mouth. "I'm going to OD!!!!!"
Lance climbs back into his seat. "Hehehe, just chill out dude."
"Chill out! Chill Out! Are you nuts I just a….." James eyes begin to glaze over. "Whoahahahaha…..Marvelous!"
"Right on dude….." Lance says.
James and Lance slouch back into their respective seats, and laugh at each other.
"Whoa….I'm hungry."
"Me too….." says James.
"Dude, you just ate all my brownies."
"So….." James snorts.
"Dude, let's order out for Pizza."
James sits up in his seat. "Awesome Idea!" James reaches for the telephone. He picks up the receiver, and then gets a blank expression on his face.
"What?" Asks Lance.
"Dude, I can't remember how to dial out."
"Doh!"
Out in the waiting room, Anna is sitting at her desk talking to Kitty on the phone when Todd walks into the office. After the bombshell that Kitty just dropped on her, she really isn't in much of a mood to deal with anyone, let alone that little pervert.
"Kitty, I gotta go, someone just came into the office. I'll see you at lunch."
Anna hangs up the phone and gives a very disgruntled look at Todd. "What do you want Todd!"
"Errr um, I was wondering if I could Ummm….."
Anna reaches into her bag and pulls out three cassette tapes. "HERE!!!!!"
"Ummm, Thanks….." Todd says meekly.
"And if you tell anyone that you talked to me about this, I'll string you up the lot flag pole by your tongue.
Todd winces at the graphic image, and slowly backs out of the waiting room. As Todd closes the door behind him, a giggling James buzzes over the intercom. "Pfghh, Anna????? Hey Anna, you there."
Anna sighs and reaches over to the intercom. "Yes James?"
"Hey, Anna, can-can you order us a pizza?"
Lance pushes James out of the way, and speaks into the intercom. "And sodas!"
"No Dude, we should get Hamburgers!" James adds.
"Yeah, and Hamburgers too!"
A puzzled Anna shakes her head, and heads into James' office. "Hey, what is going on in here?"
James and Lance burst into laughter.
"Uh, James, are you alright?"
James sits up straight as if he were his normal self. "Fine, Never felt better…..You?????" Breaks down into laughter again.
Anna finds the empty zip lock bag with brownie crumbs in it on the floor. She sniffs the bag, and jerks her head to the side. Her jaw drops and looks at James in shock.
"James, you didn't?"
"Yup he did, he ate the whooooooooole bag." Lance says whimsically.
Anna shakes her head. "Lance, please sign the contract." Anna picks up a pen and hands it to Lance.
Lance takes the pen, and looks at the paper in front of him. He leans forward, then stops and looks up at Anna. "Hey, James pretty much killed my stash. Are you like William HOLDEN?"
"No, now sign."
James is sitting in his chair cracking up laughing.
"Are you HOLDEN Caughfield?"
"Lance……" Anna says starting to get very frustrated.
"Are you like Holden the Magic Dragon by the tail?"
"LANCE!!!!!"
"Alright, Alright, don't be such a kill joy!" Lance leans forward and signs the contract.
"Thank you Lance, now please leave, I have to take care of James."
Lance giggles to himself as he gets up to leave the room. He grabs Blodder's leash, and walks out of the office. A few seconds pass, then Lance pops his head back into the office. "Hey James, you owe me big time for kill'n my stash man!"
James' only reply is to slouch into his seat, and chuckle.
Anna stands over a thoroughly plastered James. She leans over and holds James by the shoulders. She looks over a giggling James and determines that he is no worse for wear, and the best thing for him is to just let the drugs work its way through his system.
"James….."
James looks up at her with his glassy eyes. Anna reaches over to the phone on his desk, and dials a number. The phone rings once, and Kitty answers the phone. "Hi it's me."
"Hey Anna, Are you still going to be able to make it for lunch?"
"Yeah, I'm just calling to let you know that I'll be a little late."
"Okay, see you soon." Kitty hangs up the phone.
Anna leans over, and helps James to his feet. "Come on, I'm going to take you home."
James looks up at Anna "I love you….." James passes out, and falls to the floor taking Anna down with him.
"Oh Hell! I'll just get one of the Grips to haul his ass home." Anna gets up from the floor, and walks back to her desk. She grabs her bag, and heads out to meet Kitty.
Sorry, no Stranger in this one again. I promise that the Stranger will make an appearance in the next chapter. Hope you liked it, and please don't forget to review.