Short chapter. Not that great, but it's necessary.

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Chapter 19 - Turnabout Filler (Couldn't come up with a better name. Sorry!)

"Girls. I thought you'd given up all of this already."

"Not a chance, Mr. Edgeworth! We won't rest until you've gone on at least one successful date!" Kay declared.

The Chief Prosecutor sighed heavily. The three young girls had come to his office, begging him to go out on yet another date.

"You'll like her, Mr. Edgeworth! She's just like you!" Trucy explained, trying to entice him.

"Just like me?" Does such a human being even exist?

Athena nodded before responding. "Yup! It took us a long time to find her, but we did it!"

"So pretty, pretty, pretty please with a cute little cherry on top, please come with us and go on this date?!"

Edgeworth desperately wanted to decline the offer, but seeing Trucy beg him so much, and the other two nodding their heads with her, he knew it would be awful of him to refuse.

Goodness. I'm becoming rather soft.

Clearing his throat, he sighed a little. "Alright. I suppose…one more date…can fit into my schedule."

He grimaced as all three squealed in delight. "Yes! Thanks Mr. Edgeworth! Now come on! Let's get going! Can't keep your date waiting!"

Her name was Tammy Keene, and she was a professor at Ivy University. An English professor with blue eyes and light brown hair.

"My name is Miles Edgeworth. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Hm, yes. Charmed," her uninterested voice replied.

The least you could do is look up at me. He sat across from her.

"What is your profession?" She glanced up from her paper to give him a look over. "Judging from your attire, you appear to be…" She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "A butler?"

Edgeworth was indignant. A…a butler?! Certainly I do not look like a butler! "I'm a prosecutor. Chief Prosecutor of Los Angeles, actually." He usually didn't like bringing up his title, but he felt the situation warranted it. Hmph. Surely you didn't see that coming.

Indeed she didn't. Putting her papers down, she looked at him with interest. "Chief Prosecutor? I'm impressed. I've misjudged you."

"It's fine." I've been mistaken for many things, but nothing like a butler! "And you…you're an English professor, yes? At Ivy University?"

"Indeed I am."

"How do you know the girls?"

"You mean those ladies who came here with you? A friend of mine referred me to them. She said they wanted to set up a blind date for someone."

"I see. So…you're actually interested in dating then?"

She shrugged. "Aren't you?"

"Not particularly, no."

"Then why are you here? Did those girls force you on this date?"

"…Yes, they did. They can be…quite convincing."

She smirked. "Convincing, huh?" She snorted. "A real man can say no to anyone, including little girls."

He shot a glare at her. And to his surprise, she glared right back.

Hmph. Does she really think she can beat me at glaring? Not a chance. His glare strengthened.

"Look, look!" Trucy exclaimed. "They're gazing into each other's eyes!"

"Yeah! They are! How sweet!"

Kay knew better though. "Actually, I think they're having a glaring contest. She better be ready to lose. No one beats Mr. Edgeworth at a glaring contest."

She did lose.

"Hmph." He crossed his arms. As if anyone could beat me…well, there is one who beat me…

"Well, this is great. They aren't even talking to each other!" Athena sighed.

They had ordered drinks already, him a cup of tea and her, an iced coffee. They sat there silently for a while, until Tammy spoke up. "Do you watch TV?"

That's a rather random question. "Not often. Do you?"

"Not much." A song began playing in the café. "Oh! This is the A Ninja Marked for Death's Lullaby. From the Jammin' Ninja!" She seemed quite pleased at hearing the song.

Edgeworth's eyebrows popped up. "You watch The Jammin' Ninja then?" She nodded and asked him if he did. "Hmph. No. I don't really see what the appeal is for that show."

She frowned. "Well, you must admit it's much better than that the Stale Samurai show or whatever it's called."

Stale Samurai?! "That's the Steel Samurai," he corrected her. "And I beg to differ. The Jammin' Ninja uses music to attack his enemies, while the Steel Samurai depends on his own skills to take down his enemies." (AN: I don't know if it is true that the Jammin' Ninja uses music to attack enemies, but for the sake of the story, let's assume that's true!)

"I beg your pardon! It takes real skill to use music as an attack! I can't imagine that top knot being able to embrace music and utilize it like the Jammin' Ninja can! All he does is wave around that weapon."

Top knot?! How dare she?! I cannot allow the Steel Samurai to be insulted in my presence! "He doesn't wave it around. It's an art!" He stated firmly.

"What are they doing?" Kay asked.

"They seem to be having a very deep discussion! Look at them! They're leaning closer and closer to each other!"

"Oh! I wish we could hear their voices," Athena stated, wanting to hear their emotions.

"I think it's working you guys! Just think! Tammy Edgeworth. Oh, what a perfect name!" Trucy had looked away for a moment, and turning back to the couple, she squealed. "Oh! Maybe they're going to kiss now!"

Oh, there was a kiss alright. The three of them watched as Tammy's cup filled with iced coffee 'kissed' the prosecutor's head and went dripping all over his suit.

"That…"

"Went…"

"Well."

Tammy gathered her belongings and stood up. "Whatever you may say, the Jammin' Ninja is so much better than the Steel Samurai. And for the record, I never was impressed with you being a prosecutor! Given your obvious lack of good taste, you might as well have been a butler!" With that, she marched out of the café.

What an arrogant woman. To say I have no taste. It's obvious she is the one with no taste.

Trucy, Athena and Kay watched as the Chief Prosecutor left some money on the table and came over to them. "Girls. This is the third date I've gone on. Obviously, as you can surely tell, this whole dating thing isn't working out."

"But Mr. Edgeworth," Kay interjected, but he continued.

"Kay, please. I really, truly do appreciate the concern all of you have for me, but it seems to me that maybe I'm not…destined to be with anyone."

The girls frowned. "But like I said, I am very thankful for the effort you've put into doing all of this for me. I know for a fact that what you've been doing wasn't easy. And I'll admit I didn't make things easy on you either." He bowed. "Thank you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must get going and see what I can do about this…mess."

"I cannot believe I just went to the mall. I never go to the mall."

"Come on! It can't have been that bad!"

"Bad? A place filled with clothing stores, unhealthy food and loads of people?! It was like a living nightmare!"

"You need to appreciate what you have here! Back home, our mall is a quarter of the size of this one!"

"I'm sorry, but I don't think I will ever appreciate the mall, Sabrina."

"You seriously need to get out more, Rena! There's so much going on in the world, and with you staying all cooped up in your apartment, you're letting everything go right past you!"

"Hey. I don't stay cooped up in my apartment all of the time."

"Work doesn't count, Rena. You should be more like me! Be adventurous and fun!"

Serena sighed. "I don't think I'm capable of that Sabrina." Serena and her best friend were walking down the street after having gone to the mall. Her eyes searching the streets aimlessly, Serena noticed someone quite familiar heading towards them.

Edgeworth had used a whole bunch of napkins to try and clean himself up, but there was still a large stain from the iced coffee. Now he was walking back to the Prosecutor's Office when he saw the two of them.

Upon seeing him, Sabrina snorted, and soon she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Sabrina! Don't be rude!" Serena shook her head. "Are you okay, Mr. Edgeworth? What happened?!"

"Ahem. Ms. Sterling. Ms. Reece. I…was…on a date."

Sabrina had finally controlled her laughter. "Oh. It seems like you and dating don't really get along with each other, do you?"

Edgeworth crossed his arms, looking to his side. "Hmph. So it would seem."

Sabrina sighed wistfully. "I guess not all of us are lucky enough to have someone pining after them like Ms. Doctor here does."

Serena rolled her eyes. "Seriously. Can you please just drop it already?" One of her hands went to hold her head. "Just thinking about it is giving me a headache."

"People would kill to have someone love them like that guy loves you, Rena."

"I wouldn't really call what he feels for me love, Sabrina. It's more like an infatuation." Now she crossed her arms and pressed her lips together to form a thin line. "An annoying infatuation, I might add."

She must be referring to that odd doctor who she works with. He took a look at his watch. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to the office and…attempt to clean this up."

Serena smiled sympathetically. "See you, Mr. Edgeworth." They walked away.

"Good luck getting those stains out of your cravat!"

"Sabrina!" Serena reprimanded.

"Soon. My desire for revenge shall be fulfilled soon."

Looks like the girls failed at getting Edgeworth a decent date. Again…oh well. Kind of a short chapter. A filler, really. I needed to put in this chapter before the next one because the next chapter…is a little…upsetting, to say the very least. I'll try to get it up here soon, but it might take me a while…Writing it is going to be hard. But anyway, feel free to leave a review or private message me! Thanks! (I promise half the mystery will be cleared up with the next chapter! And two people's secrets will be revealed. I'm sure you know who I mean!)