Chapter 5
The haze of waking up with Amita in his arms, and remembering she now lived with him, was still as strong as the first day for a week after she had moved in. The longing glances she gave him were probably apparent to everyone, but hopefully his glances were a lot more discreet. It was Friday and Amita and Charlie were about to head out for lunch before the Charlie's break and Amita's next class
"What do you want?" Charlie asked as they walked across to the campus's cafeteria
"I don't know maybe a sandwich" Amita glancing off into the distance
"Are you okay?" Charlie asked concerned. He quickly went over the past week trying to remember if he had missed any major days. Her birthday? No that's in November. Anniversary? That was last week. First kiss? Same. First date? Two days after our anniversary
"Dr. Harris has been eyeing me strange. I hope I haven't offended her at all"
"I wouldn't see how you could offend anyone" Charlie said smiling making Amita blush for a quick moment
"I can offend but I don't. Not intentionally anyway" Amita the blush gone from her face, brows furrowed in concentration
"Well did someone ask a question and she answered it incorrectly and you corrected her?"
"No, I've barely spoken in her class and that was to answer a question she asked me"
"Are you sure that she's been eyeing you strange?" Charlie asked timidly
"Positive" Amita said looking back at Charlie. Charlie thought for a moment, knowing that sharing his thoughts that maybe she was being paranoid would not end in a good night, so he just settled for trying to comfort her
"I wouldn't worry too much about it" Charlie said giving her a reassuring smile. Amita relaxed instantly wondering if she'd ever be able to resist his smile
The lunch went uneventful. They bought their food and found a spot on the lawn. When there were people, around they talked about work. When there was no one Amita firmly insisted on buying new curtains for the bedroom, new towels for the bathroom, and possibly new carpeting. After the hour of lunch the couple parted agreeing to meet after Amita's class
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"Charlie?" Dr. Cindy Harris knocked on the doorframe, calling out to her colleague
"Hold on one moment" Charlie held up a finger, he was in the middle of grading a paper. When he finished he put his marker down and looked up "Cindy, hi. How are you?"
"I'm good. I wanted to talk to you-"
"About Amita?"
Cindy paused for a moment wondering if Charlie already knew that she knew about their relationship. Then she remembered how oblivious Charlie was to pretty much everything except math "How did you know?" Cindy said smiling
"She mentioned that you had been eyeing her strangely. She was concerned that she had offended you"
"No, nothing like that. I, um, I can close the door?" Cindy asked catching Charlie slightly off guard
"Sure. Please, sit" Charlie said gesturing to the chairs of one side of his desk and sitting in his on the other
"So Amita thought I was mad at her?" Cindy asked stalling figuring how exactly she was going to word her…scheme
"Yeah. I told you she was worried that she had offended you. Out of pure curiosity, why have you been eyeing her strangely?"
Well here goes nothing "I'm trying to find any traces of her new boyfriend"
On the outside Charlie just raised an eyebrow, on the inside however he was panicking "Really? Amita has a boyfriend? You do know that she's engaged to a man in India?"
"Yes, I have heard that. I have also heard that she broke it off quite recently"
Crap, I was hoping she hadn't heard that "Ok, so she has a new boyfriend. I have a feeling that's not why you came to talk to me. To find out if she did indeed have a new boyfriend you should go to her, why talk to me?" Charlie answered praying it wasn't what his mind was screaming at him
"Well, I thought you were the new boyfriend"
Sorry that took SOOO long to post but school is going to take up a lot of my time this year (as you can see)
