Chapter 3
The rest of the day went pretty much uneventful. Well that was a small lie. No other major events just that every time Amita looked at Charlie, the thought of waking up in his arms every morning possibly for the rest of her life, filled her head and made her stomach do flips and lose her train of thought. At the end of the day Charlie took her out to dinner, where Charlie received his gift (a one hundred dollar gift card to the bike shop), then Amita dropped Charlie off and drove herself home
"Hola Anna" Amita called to the seemingly empty apartment
"Well, well isn't it my nonexistent roommate" Her friend greeted walking out of her bedroom
"Ha ha" Amita mock laughed, plopping down on the couch
"Its true, I haven't seen you around here much lately" Anna replied taking the seat next to her friend. She leaned her head on Amita's shoulder
"I missed you too sweetheart. How's things with Greg going?"
"Well I'm glad you brought him up" Anna said sitting back up to look at her friend
"Why do I have the feeling that I just walked into a trap?"
"Because you kinda did"
"Uh oh, did you two get into another fight and you need me to talk to him?"
"No, a little bit of the opposite"
"A little bit of the opposite, what does that mean?"
"We decided we want to move in together" Anna replied looking nervous as if expecting Amita to yell at her
"Well then you can use my room as an office"
"What? Why? I was going to move in with him"
"You have the better apartment" Amita answered. She wanted to confuse Anna as much as possible before springing the news about Charlie
"But we don't want to kick you out. We just thought that you'd want the apartment. It is yours. Of course if you don't mind that he moved in, then obviously we could all stay"
"That doesn't matter. The apartment is yours. I won't be here anyway"
"You won't? Where are you going?"
"Well today was mine and Charlie's one year anniversary-"
"Really? That long? Oh congrats sweetie"
"Thank you but as I was saying. It being our one year anniversary we exchanged gifts"
"Oh what did he get you?" Anna asked excitedly
"A key to his house…Anna he asked me to move in with him!"
"That's great!" Anna exclaimed throwing her arms around friend "but wait…"
"What?" Amita asked her smile fading slightly
"How are you going to pull that off? Amita I know you love him but he's still your thesis advisor. If you change your address to his, don't you think the school will notice?"
"Herein lies the favor I need to ask. You keep getting my school mail and I'll pick it up at the end of the week. Open them first, that way if anything is time sensitive you can tell me" At the look Anna gave her, Amita quickly added "I'm going to get my thesis in two months"
"So wait two months. I know you're ready to move now but-"
"Anna please" Amita begged giving her friend the eyes they both knew they couldn't resist "I love him. I waited so long to be with him, three years, and now we're both ready to live together. How will anyone at the school know I moved unless they were told? All my mail keeps coming here. Its not like anyone from the school will visit the house. If, on the complete off chance, they call or even visit say I'm not home. I went food shopping. Please Anna"
Anna regarded her friend. She's right. The odds of her getting caught by the school are low…but still the odds are there. It's a miracle they got this far without anyone finding out. If she got caught her thesis would probably be denied and if it did get accepted and everyone found out, no one in the math community would take her seriously… "I'll do it but only if we talk about ALL the options and consequences first and then you still want to move in with him"
"Thank you for doing this for me!" Amita exclaimed giving Anna the biggest hug she's ever received from Amita
"There's nothing I can say to talk you out of this is there?" Amita just nods "Even if you get caught and lose your thesis?" Amita nods again "So I'm just going to waste my breath listing all the possibilities?"
"Yeah"
"Fine. I'll help you pack"
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"Dad, I'm home!" Charlie called as he shut the front door
"He's outback" Charlie's brother Don answered from the kitchen
"Okay" Charlie replied kicking off his shoes by the door then joining Don in the kitchen
"What's up buddy? Dad said that you might have some big news to tell us"
"Yeah I do. Let me just grab a beer-"
"Really big news" Don teased. Charlie hardly drank alcohol. He said it clouded his mind and he hated not being able to think
"-And then I'll meet you outside" Charlie finished as if Don never interrupted him. Don smiled and walked through the door to the backyard
"Donny was that your brother?" Alan asked watching his eldest son sit next to him and taking one of the two beers Don went in for
"Yeah. He said he'd be out in minute" Don answered after taking a sip of beer, visibly relaxing. Alan and Don sat in silence together for a moment, waiting for Charlie
"It's beautiful out" Charlie commented ignoring the chair and sitting on the soft grass
"So what's this big news?" Don asked cutting to the chase
"Well today was mine and Amita's one year anniversary-"
"Congrats buddy!" Don shouted smiling at his younger brother. I would have never thought
"Thank you but like I said it was out one year anniversary. I thought long and hard about what to get her but after a few days I finally figured it out" Charlie paused just to make Don squirm
"What did you get her?" Don exclaimed giving up. Alan laughed at the look at his older sons face
"A key to the house. Don, dad, I've asked her to move in" Charlie said quietly. Looking up, Charlie saw his father smiling and Don had his mouth open staring in shock
"What did she say?" Don asked recovering. When Charlie didn't answer right away, Don looked close at his brother. His features were clouded "I'm sorry buddy. Maybe she wasn't ready yet"
"What are you talking about?" Charlie said confusion now shining on his face
"You looked sad, and you didn't answer. I thought she had said no"
"That's the thing. She didn't say no but she didn't say ye-" Charlie was interrupted by Mandy Moore's song "Crush"; it was Amita's ringer. Don rasied an eyebrow not knowing why Charlie had a bubble gum pop song for a ringer
"Hey sweetie" Charlie answered. Don suddenly understood it was an assigned ring for Amita. He had one for Terry (not that he was ever going to let anyone know that) "I'm at home, where are you?…Really does that mean!" All of a sudden Charlie was on his feet jumping up and down. Don and Alan exchanged glances, slightly worried "Do you have any clue when you'll be ready?…Don't worry about it, whenever you feel like it…Ok, I'll see you tomorrow…I love you too" Charlie hung up and started jumping up and down again
"May I ask what just happened?" Don asked calmly though he knew what just happened
"She said yes Don! She's moving in!"
"Congrats buddy" Don said standing giving his brother a bug hug "Now we just gotta start cleaning up your room so there is actual room for her"
A/N: I know its not that realistic but I'm a romantic and I think the two of them are just too cute together to let stupid university rules get in the way. There better be more Amita in the new season (September 23rd)
