"Oh my good! What happened then?" Amita was now very interested in hearing about Charlie's eventful morning with his family. Charlie had just finished a lecture when he got a call from his brother who needed his help on a new case. Charlie went back to his classroom to wait for Don and that's where Amita found him two minutes ago.

"Well, after Don's unnecessary and embarrassing interrogation dad started to talk about finally getting those grandchildren he always wanted." Amita started to laugh.

"Yeah, you are laughing now but just wait before they get their hands on you too." Charlie said and couldn't help laughing at the funny situation. But he was still a little uncomfortable about the whole thing. Charlie always knew that they were going to have to tell them sometime but it never occurred to him that it could be this soon.

"They are not going to question me like they did to you." Amita responded.

"Oh yeah? Why is that?"

"Because I'm not as interesting as a certain professor who hasn't had a girlfriend in…"

"Don't finish that sentence." She smiled at him where he stood on the other side of the lecture's desk leaning his back against the blackboard.

"What I'm trying to say is that when they are getting used to this…" she gestured to show him she meant the two of them. "…they will leave us alone."

"So…I should just let them have their fun?"

"Exactly," Amita said and walked around the desk to meet him on the other side. She put her arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss.

"I thought we were going to be more careful." Charlie whispered.

"True, but that was before everybody knew about us." Charlie thought about what she said for a couple of seconds before he pulled his head back to be able to look her in the eyes.

"Everybody? What do you mean by everybody?" He asked.

"Larry." She said.

"Larry?" Amita nodded and waited for him to catch on. She watched him when he realized what she meant.

"You don't think he…?"

"Told anyone else? Sorry honey but yes I do." If there was anything Larry couldn't do it was to keep secrets.

"Great," he muttered and began to trail kisses along her jaw line. Amita's hands found their way underneath his shirt and she started to make patterns on his bare stomach with her fingernails. Charlie shivered at the sensation and tangled his hands in her long dark hair while he kissed her passionately. She let out a small moan, so quiet that he almost couldn't hear it.

Suddenly they heard someone clear his voice in the background. Actually it sounded like it came from the doorway and it sounded a lot like Don. Charlie and Amita realized then where they were and what they were doing. Once again they let their feeling take over their judgment and the little make out session was over in an instant. When they both turned around Don and Megan stood in the doorway waiting to get their attention.

"You know, we can come back later if you two are busy," Don started with a grin on his face.

"No, that's okay," Charlie said. Don and Megan exchanged an amusing look and joined the two lovebirds in the classroom.

"Well, I should get going. I have a class to teach," Amita said and lifted her bag from the floor. She tossed it over her shoulder and headed for the door.

"Amita wait," Charlie said and caught up with her before she left. He lifted his hand and stroked her cheek with his thumb. She looked at him curiously when he pulled his hand away.

"Chalk," Charlie stated.

"Thanks," she said and blushed. "Lunch later?"

"Absolutely," Charlie answered. "I call you."

Amita nodded and just like that she was gone. Charlie turned around only to find out that the two agents were looking at him.

"What?"

"Nothing," Don and Megan said simultaneously and looked the other way. Charlie raised one eyebrow before he went over to them and took the file from Don.

"It didn't take a long time for you guys to get here," Charlie stated.

"I guess I should have told you I was in the neighborhood when I called you."

"That would have been great."

An hour and thirty minutes later he was waiting for Amita at the diner across the street from CalSci. He heard the door open and looked up to see who it was. An old man in a grey business suit entered and took a place at the counter before he ordered a cup of black coffee. Charlie's gaze went from the man and back down to the table and all the papers that needed to be graded before tomorrow's class. He sighted and continued to read through them. If there was something he didn't like with his job it was the grading part. It took forever to do.

The door opened again and a woman with a child entered and took a table on the other side of the entrance close to the bathroom.

"More coffee sir?"

Charlie looked up at the waitress with the pot in her hand.

"Yes please," Charlie answered and she poured some of the warm beverage into his cup. He thanked her and the woman whose name, according to her nametag, was Anne smiled at him before she left him alone again. He continued going through the thick pile of papers in front of him. Charlie wanted to finish as much of it as possible to be able to spend the night with Amita without thinking too much about work.

"Sorry I'm late." Charlie, who was deep into his thoughts, jumped at the sound of her voice. He met her curious look and smiled.

"Sorry I didn't hear you come in," He answered her silent question. She took a seat in front of him and gestured at the waitress she also wanted a cup of coffee.

"Yeah you looked pretty concentrated. Grading papers?"

"Have to do it sometime. I have to be done by tomorrow."

"Oh, I didn't know. Why didn't you say anything? We could have skipped lunch today."

"But I love having lunch with you." And he really did. And the smile she gave him when he told her almost made his heart melt.

Amita let him continue with his work. She really loved having lunch with him too and she didn't need to sit down and chat about meaningless things that had happened during the day. His presence was more than enough. They sat in a comfortable silence, drinking their coffee and eating their pancakes. Amita sat and played with her food and admired the man on the other side of the table while he was working.

Lately she had been noticing things about him she never really thought about before. How sexy he looked in that red shirt he was wearing today, the way he holds a pen when he writes or how excited he sounded when he found a solution to a problem.

Amita slowly stroked his leg with her foot under the table. She could tell how much he wanted her by the look he gave her when he lifted his gaze from the papers. She knew she made it harder for him to work but she kind of liked the affect she had on him.

Twenty-five minutes later they walked back to the school hand in hand. Amita had no other classes to teach but she still left Charlie alone. If there was anything she didn't want it was to distract Charlie from doing his job.

"Amita before you go I need to tell you something."

"Sure what is it?"

"Ehh…when Don was here before he said that dad wanted to gather everybody tonight…you know over dinner. Are you up for it? You can say no if you want to. I mean, he probably just want to know more about us and they are going to ask questions and…"

"Charlie," she interrupted him. "I'll be there." She said calmly.

"Really?"

Amita leaned in and kissed him.

"Really. And don't worry about it."

"I'm not worried," he lied.

"I know you don't like when people ask too many questions about your personal life and I also know that you sometimes feel a little uncomfortable about sharing it."

"It's just that…that I wanted it to be just the two of us for a while longer. You know?"

"I know. But it can still be the two of us. I'll tell you what; if you finish up here now I'll promise you that I'll show you that tonight after dinner. Deal?"

"Deal."


I know a lot didn't happen in this chapter but I promise next one will be better.

TBC