A/N When it's italicized it's a memory. :D Underlined dialogues are the real-time narrations of Mia and Diego :D Dialogues that are enclosed like 'this' means the person is thinking to themselves. :P
Chapter 2
*Knock knock*
"Coming!" Phoenix shouted.
He opened the door which revealed a smug Mr. Armando.
"Oh, Mr. Armando is here!" Maya smiled.
He looked like how he always did. He was wearing his long-sleeved green shirt with his vest on top, black pants and shoes. Of course he was wearing his visor too.
"Well Trite, are you letting me in or what?" He grinned.
"Ah! Right, sorry…"
Diego walked over to the sofa and made himself comfortable.
"Hey, long time no see." Mia sat down next to him and smiled.
Diego just laughed and gave Mia a quick peck on the cheek.
"Well, let's start the story-telling then!" Mia leaned forward to get the album on the table.
Maya and Phoenix took their seats and looked at all the pictures.
"Oh! I remember this!" Mia smiled, pointing at the first picture.
It looked like it was taken at an office. A smug Diego had one arm around Mia's shoulder and the other hand was obviously holding a coffee mug. Mia looked like she was trying to smile but was having a hard time because her face was ferociously red from blushing.
"That was on your first day…" Diego laughed.
"Alright Miss Fey, you will be sharing an office with Mr. Armando" Mr. Grossberg showed her to the room.
Slowly, she opened the door and the smell of coffee immediately wafted out.
'Wow… this guy sure does love his coffee…' Mia inhaled the smell.
"Hey. You must be my new co-worker." Diego turned his chair to the direction of the door.
"Ah! Y..Yes! I'm Mia Fey!"
"Alright Kitten, that desk is yours." He smiled and pointed to a neat little mahogany desk.
'Kitten?' She wondered why he called her that.
"Oh yes! I forgot the picture!" Mr. Grossberg brought out a camera.
"Picture?" Mia asked, confused.
"He takes a picture of all the newbies on their first day." Diego explained.
"Alright, let's take your picture!" Mr. Grossberg motioned for Diego to be in the picture. Diego rolled his chair over and put his arm around Mia, causing her to blush.
*click!*
"Ah youth… Like the scent of fresh lemons…" Mr. Grossberg mumbled as he walked out the door.
"Is he obsessed with lemons or something?" Mia asked.
"Beats me." Diego laughed…
~*~*~
"You were still so shy then Kitten." Diego smirked.
Mia laughed and looked at the next picture.
"Oh! This was the first case I helped you with!" Mia recalled.
~*~*~
"Tell me Mr. Armando, if Mr. Ramsey was indeed at the supermarket at the time of the murder, how do you explain his fingerprints on the knife?!" The prosecutor shouted.
"..."
"It looks like the defense has nothing else to say." The judge looked around the courtroom.
"Alright then, I am ready to declare my verdict." He nodded.
"I declare the defendant, Edward Ramsey, gui—"
"OBJECTION!" Mia shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Does the defense have something to say?" The judge was shocked at the sudden outburst.
"What are you doing Kitten?"
"Trust me."
"If what the prosecution is saying is true, then how do you explain…" Mia pulled out a 2 pieces of evidence.
"…These?" She grinned, proud if her work.
"Err... What are those Ms. Fey?" The judge was confused.
"This first piece is the security camera tape of the supermarket Mr. Ramsey went to. This is proof that he was indeed at the supermarket at the time of the murder." She grinned again.
"My word…" The judge was surprised at what the young woman did.
"And the second piece, is a pair of gloves."
"B..but what do those gloves have to do with anything?!" The prosecutor stuttered.
"I found these at the crime scene. If someone were to wear these gloves, it would be easy not to leave any fingerprints on the knife!" She pointed out.
"B..but then the person wearing these gloves would have wiped off the victim's prints!" The prosecutor tried to cover up.
"Wrong again. I had these checked and there ARE indeed glove marks. And they are nowhere near the defendant's fingerprints!"
"Ack!"
"Which means the real murderer knew that the defendant held the knife in a specific way so he held it somewhere where he was sure he wouldn't disturb the fingerprints!"
"Wow kitten, you are good!" Diego whispered.
"Thanks." Mia winked.
"This calls for another witness!" The judge exclaimed
~After the trial~
"Kitten you did it!" Diego lightly hit Mia's back.
"Ah, it was nothing…" Mia winked.
"But…where did you get those?"
"I did my own little investigation." She stuck her tongue out a bit.
"I'm impressed Kitten. This calls for celebration!" Diego put his hand on her head.
Diego brought out his camera and they took a picture at the defendant lobby.
Mia looked so happy in the picture, and so did Diego…
"That day was definitely special." Diego smiled.
~*~*~
"Wow! How did you do it sis?" Maya looked up at her sister with sparkling eyes.
"Oh it was simple really." Mia laughed.
"That must have given you a good reputation at the office…" Phoenix was still amazed.
"Well, yeah, a bit…" Mia tried to be humble.
"A bit? Kitten, everyone was praising you!" Diego laughed.
"Okay, fine you win." She laughed with him.
"Hey sis, what's this one?" Maya pointed to a picture of Mia and Diego at a restaurant at night.
"Oh that was…" She blushed.
"Our first date." Diego finished her sentence.
"Ooh! Tell me about it, please???" Maya begged.
"Oh alright…" Mia laughed at her little sister.
"This was a little after the trial of Mr. Ramsey." She explained.
"We stayed late at the office trying to finish a few things." Diego remembered.
"It was quite late by the time we finished, and everyone already went home." Mia added.
"Ah, I'm sorry for keeping you here so long… Hey, how about I buy you dinner to make up for it?" Diego asked.
"What, you mean…like a…" Mia turned red.
"Well, yes you could say that I am asking you out." He winked.
"Ah… I… Oh alright." Mia agreed.
They went to a nice restaurant near the office for dinner. It was nothing very fancy, but it was still kind of sweet of Diego.
"So, what do you want to order?" He asked from behind his menu.
"Um… I think I'll go for the carbonara." Mia replied.
"Anything to drink?"
"Café au lait would be nice." She answered.
"Ah, I prefer my coffee black." He said.
"Oh? Well, I guess that makes sense, the smell in the office is too bitter to be coffee with milk." She thought out loud.
"Good evening, what would you like to order?" A waitress came over to get their orders.
"A medium-well rib eye steak and black coffee for me, and carbonara and café au lait for the little lady." He smiled at Mia.
"Right away sir!" The waitress scribbled down their orders and left.
After awhile, the waitress came back with their orders.
"Here you go!" She smiled and set the plates in front of them.
"Thank you." Mia smiled back.
After their meal, Mia decided to speak up.
"You know, we should do this kind of stuff more often. I enjoyed this." She smiled at Diego.
"Me too. But I think I know something that will make it more memorable." He smirked.
He leaned towards her and held her face near his. Slowly, he came closer until his lips met hers.
She was in shock at first, but then she decided to close her eyes and return the kiss.
They came apart, and as they looked into each other's eyes, they both knew that what they felt was indeed love.
~*~*~
"That's so sweet!" Maya admired the couple.
'So he has a soft side after all…' Phoenix thought.
"Hey Trite, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'He has a soft side after all.' But know that I'm never… going easy… on you." He suddenly paused, shook his head and looked the other way.
'What's with the hesitation?' He wondered.
"None of your business." He looked away again.
'Dang, am I that readable?!'
"YES." They all answered.
…
"Uhm, w… why don't we move on to the next picture?" Mia said trying to break the tension.
"Y..yeah!" Maya tried to help her.
"Oh hey, sis why are you crying here?" Maya noticed the next picture.
"Ah… That… Was my first case…" Mia recalled.
"The Terry Fawles case?" Phoenix asked.
"Exactly…" Mia sighed.
~ To be continued. ~