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A/N: I am still writing 'A Look Behind a Female Ranger', but it's on hiatus for now. The next chapter will be up later this week.

Mini Summary of this chapter- Tommy's roommates and Kat are suspicious of Tommy's new behavior.

Chapter 9- Watching

Xxxxx

TJ and Cassie's Place

Cassie came into the pool house, and she saw the cutest sight ever. Tommy's arms were wrapped around Kim in a spooning position. She smiled at them, and she knew their family was truly complete with Tommy's addition.

She hated to wake him up, but she needed to. The two 18 year olds still had class. Cassie was a very serious student, and she acted like den mother when needed. That's why she gave the drinks to Andros and Zhane, or helped other women get dressed, and she was the one that talked to Tommy about the club's beginnings. Outside of the club, she was no different.

"Tommy." She struck his shoulders with her two fingers. He moaned in annoyance. She tapped his shoulders again. "Tommy!" She yelled. No response, so she punched his the left shoulder. "BITCH, WAKE THE FUCK UP!" She demanded in mock seriousness.

Tommy immediately rose out the bed. It was like he was brought to life by electric shock. He, then, grabbed his throbbing head. He blinked his eyes a couple of times to focus them, and he realized it was Cassie who woke him up. "Cassie, what the fuck are you doing?"

The Asian Persuasian, as she's called in the club, gasped. "You just cussed at me." She smiled. "How do you feel?" Tommy's definitely changed in her view.

He shrugged. "It was bound to happen. What time is it?" He could still taste the alcohol, cigarettes, and Kush lingering in his mouth. He burped too. That brought back the aftertaste of the cheesy Doritos.

"It's 5 am." She said.

"Why the fuck are you waking me up so fucking early in the morning for?" Tommy went a little overboard with the cussing, but he felt free, and like a real adult. It also got his point across.

"Come on, I'm sure you have a hangover, I can help you with it." She waited for him to nod his head, and he did. "Meet me in the house." She walked away.

Tommy looked down at Kim, and he gave her a kiss on the cheek. She didn't move. He gently turned her, so she could rest on her back. He placed his hand underneath her neck. He made sure to slightly elevate her head. "Come on, Beautiful, it's time to wake up." He told her.

Kim began to stir, and then she looked into his eyes. "I can't believe it." She began, and he furrowed his brows a bit wondering what the hell she was talking about. "You are a cussing like a sailor." She joked with him, and she got up.

He chuckled heartily at her. She giggled with him. Like magnets, their lips fused together. They were reinforcing their new title with this kiss. They were so comfortable with each other; they didn't seem to mind the different tastes transferring between their mouths. They continued kissing without hesitation. What mattered was they were together.

She stopped the kiss. "Come on, we should get in there, Cassie's hangover cure is the best, but it tastes like shit." She warned him.

"Does that mean you'd rather have my dick in your mouth?" Imprudence was written all over him and heard in that statement. Kim was shocked he would say that to her, but she nodded. He grabbed her for another kiss. "Good girl."

Instantly, her panties got wet. Wait, she wasn't wearing panties as she remembered she took them off last night. "Handsome, you better be careful." She warned him. "Otherwise, I'm going to do something you don't want." She winked.

Do something I don't want? He thought of in his head. He knew what he was saying and doing. Last night, there was a side of him that came out. He could only show that side to Kim and his new family.

His eyes were watching her, and he lifted her dress. Her exposed pussy was dripping wet, and he could see some coming down her leg. Pressing, the small of her back, he brought her closer to him. He sat on the edge of the bed facing her.

"Beautiful." She smiled at his nickname for her. "I'll take it as far as I want." He informed audaciously. "There's nothing you can do about it." He placed two fingers in her hole, and he began to move them in and out of her.

Kim's hands were firmly planted on Tommy's shoulders as he continued to finger her. "Uhm, Uhm." Were the sounds coming from her mouth. He held her to him closely, and he wickedly pounded his fingers into her. "Shit… fuck." She screamed. She moved up and down on his fingers to help them go farther in her.

"Take off your dress." He ordered huskily. She didn't move. "Do it." He inserted another finger and he went faster.

Her movements were unbalanced because of his pleasure strokes that were entering her, but she obeyed. She didn't want to upset him. "Tommy… Tommy." She gasped out, while he kept moving the three fingers at a maddening pace. "Please." She begged for his mercy.

He took his fingers out. He planned his next move. Kim was in front of him, naked. Her perfect breasts were in front of him, like they were watching him. He decided to take a nipple in his mouth. He leisurely licked around her right nipple, and he nipped around the skin of her nipple. He continued to carefully suck on her breasts; he didn't want any marks on Kim. She worked tonight.

Kim's eyes shut at the constant licks on her breasts. Her hands were still bracing his shoulders. "Wh-why are you doing th-this?" She asked in a zombie like state. Usually, she was the one asking him to get out of his comfort zone, but he didn't need any coaching. Her body was completely in his trust right now.

He igonored her quesstion. His fingers reentered her pussy. First it was one, and she looked down at him. Tommy's eyes were watching her face, while he made it dance in there. They started to make out, and he put in two more. He didn't want to waste any more time. The fingers moved at a fast pace, he was quick, and straight to the point. He kept moving her fingers in her pussy like there was no tomorrow.

"Fuck. Oh my God!" Kim thrashed around as his fingers kept going. Even though it was rough, she didn't want him to stop. She needed him to do this to her. Her body began trembling, and the wave was coming. "I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm." Nothing else seemed right to say. Her brain registered 'fuck' and 'cum; but it wasn't connecting to her mouth. "I'm." Her breathing increased, and she looked at him.

He bit her nipple while still looking at her. He didn't want to break the eye contact with the woman in front of him, and then he felt her secretions on his three fingers. "Good girl." He repeated the words that turned his girlfriend on. Kim's body shakily stayed on his fingers, and he knew if he let go of her, she would fall straight to the ground. "How are you feeling?" He asked her.

For a little, Kim couldn't say anything. Her body was still recuperating from her orgasm. She kissed him passionately on the lips. "I feel amazing." She moaned.

He smiled at her, and he retracted his index, middle, and ring finger from her pussy. "Come on, we should head in there." He watched as Kim had a little trouble putting on her dress, so he decided to help her. He picked up the dress, and placed it over her head. Kim was able to put her arms in.

Find a towel in one of the cabinets, he used it to clean up his fingers, and Kim was looking for her shoes. She realized they were in the house. She frowned a bit, they must've gotten really blown last night. She didn't even remember taking off her shoes. After a bit, they walked out the pool house.

They walked into the main house hand and hand. The occupants of the house smirked at them.

"Nice of you to join us." Andros chuckled, while he was placing the bacon in the cold pan. He turned on the burner.

"No problem." Kim responded with a smile. She walked up to Cassie and got the two drinks she made. She handed one to Tommy. They clanked their glasses and drank.

Tommy almost gagged on the atrocious concoction. "What the fuck is that?" It got quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Their faces said it all. "Okay, I cussed, we get it." He rolled his eyes. All of them laughed at him.

"It's a Korean hangover recipe." Ashley informed. She was drinking hers. "There's a lot of ingredients in there. Just don't ask what."

"It's not like there is dog in there." Zhane disrespectfully quipped at Adam and Cassie. This was how Zhane was- he joked around, and his comments were crude, but Cassie was his 'little sister' and Adam was his best friend. They could handle his humor.

"Fuck you." Cassie said to her boss. Adam glared at him too. There was still a small smile lingering on their faces.

Zhane winked. "Baby, I think TJ covered that last night." Cassie blushed.

"Like how Karone covered you last night?" TJ quickly snapped back.

Karone blushed. "Shut up." She giggled while rubbing her enlarged belly. She smiled at the people in the kitchen.

"Pregnant pussy is good." Zhane mentioned to his friends. They all looked at him. "What?"

Andros made a disgusted face. "Don't talk about my sister like that." He shook his head at the nasty thought.

"I really hate hearing about my brother and best friend doing the nasty." Ashley shook her head too. She helped to make the eggs.

"Well we would love hearing about sex and stuff, but we have work at 8." Adam motioned between him and Tanya. He finished off his remedy. He looked at his family."I'd say next together we have it at Andros'."

TJ nodded. "I agree, I have a lot of cleaning to do." He looked at the crumbs and the alcohol bottles still lying around. "Ain't this a bitch."

"Come on, Babe." Tanya said. She hugged everyone goodbye. "Tommy, we hope to see more of you." She gave him a big, bear hug. Tommy nodded.

Kim smiled. "You will definitely see more of him." She hugged Adam as well. "Thanks." She whispered in his ear.

Adam bent down. "Kim, you know those are really addictive, right?" He muttered. Kim nodded. "You are just swallowing them, not smoking it?" He kept this conversation between them.

Kim and Adam have been really close since they met a few years back. She had confided in him about her drug addiction, and she said she had stopped before moving to Reefside. Recently, Kim's been having depressed moods, and Adam would be the one to give her the Oxycontin. She claimed they would help her sleep. No one knew about her smoking them again, and she wanted that to be her secret. She didn't want anyone, especially Tommy finding out. That is why Saturday night, she didn't ask Tommy for a ride. She was smoking the Oxycontin in her dressing room. Kim was positive she could control her smoking, and she believed she was since she did it once in awhile. Basically, she kept the pills on deck just in case.

"Don't worry Adam." She lied. She smiled at him and Tanya, and she watched as they said goodbye to everyone else again. They left after that.

"We have school in about two hours." Cassie updated. She looked at Tommy and TJ. "Babe, don't you have clothes Tommy can fit in, so he doesn't have to run to his dorm."

TJ looked at Tommy. They were roughly the same build. "Come on, Tommy, you can borrow some."

Tommy downed the awful concoction with force, and he followed TJ.

Karone, Ashley, Andros, Zhane, and Cassie looked at Kim. They were watching as Kim's eyes were looking at the hallway Tommy had disappeared from.

"Are you happy?" Andros asked while he was toasting the toast.

Kim turned back to them and nodded. "Very happy. I don't think I've been this happy in a long time." She smiled, and she knew for now everything was going great. The pill thing, she knew she wasn't craving them.

"That's good." Karone noted. "Alright, I'll be at the club tonight, helping all the girls get ready." She told her big brother.

Andros nodded. "Alright." He saw Tommy enter the room holding some clothes. "Tommy, you haven't worked a week night yet, so we'll let you know how it is." Tommy nodded. "The doors open at 8 pm. Be at work at around 7:30 or so. We are only opened until midnight these days. Same rules apply, and make sure to keep watch on them."

"You got it." Tommy nodded his head once more.

"You will be Kim's personal driver until we figure out about this whole stalker situation." Zhane informed.

Tommy's body tensed up. "Who is this stalker by the way?" He wondered who could be doing that to his woman.

Kim loved the possessiveness he had over her already, and she retreated in his arms. She kissed his cheek. She decided to tell the story. "A couple of months back, there was this guy, and he kept coming to the club. He was nice, but after a while he would stay until last call. That wasn't so bad, but I was driving home one night, and I noticed a car following me. I remembered the car, and it was back at the club the next night. I told TJ, and he confronted the guy."

"The guy is about 5'8" or so. A nigga and he looks fairly young, like a college student. I confronted him, and I told him never to come back. He still kept coming back, and I finally called the cops on him. Somehow he posted bail, and he hasn't been back since, but we're on alert. We always are when it comes to all the girls." TJ finished the story.

Zhane nodded. "So, for now, we just want to make sure Kim has an escort, just in case." He looked at Tommy. "How do you feel about that?"

"Don't worry, she's safe on my watch, always." He kissed Kim's head. He looked at Cassie. "From now on, I'll take you to school too, if that's alright with TJ." His attention turned to his coworker.

"I don't mind, Babe?" TJ asked her.

Cassie smiled. "I don't mind my big brother taking me." She said.

Tommy was honored to be called her big brother. He really was accepted into this family. He looked at all of them with respect. It was comforting because he grew up as an only child.

"Great, we should eat before we leave for the day." Andros ordered as he plated everything.

There were plates of hasbrowns, eggs, bacon, and toast. Karone put a pot of coffee on for everyone. For the non-coffee drinkers, orange juice was served. After breakfast, Tommy and Cassie got ready for school. Kim was going to be taken home by TJ. Andros, Ashley, Zhane, and Karone were going to get more rest before they all headed into work. Tommy kissed his girlfriend goodbye. Cassie did the same to TJ. By 07:30 am, everyone was out of there.

Xxxxx

Reefside University- Chemistry class

Before walking into class, Tommy made a stop at his dorm. He picked up his chem book and binder. After that, he booked it to class. He didn't want to be late for the review. The elixir Cassie made was really a miracle. His hangover was gone, and he really did feel energized. They made plans to meet later for lunch at the café.

As Tommy walked into class, he noticed Kat was already there. He took his seat next to her. It's been his seat since the beginning of class, and it wouldn't make any sense to sit somewhere else.

She had been going over her notes for the review. "Good morning." She said in a sing song voice. Kat raised her head, so she can see him. "How have you been?"

"I've been good." He said as he took out his notes too.

Kat waited for him to say something, but he didn't. She was wondering if she did something wrong. "Are you upset with me?"

He looked at her, right in the eye. "No, I'm not." He then went back to his notes.

She felt like he was. "Are you sure?" She whispered in a desperate tone. She had been trying to fix things between them.

He rolled his eyes discreetly. You should've fixed this a long time ago. He shook his head once again, and he looked at her. "I'm positive."

"Does that mean we can go out tonight?" She asked. She figured everything was good between her and Tommy. Maybe, they were still together.

"Good morning, class." Dr. Cranston greeted. Justin followed right behind him. "I hope everyone is ready for the review. This Wednesday there is going to be a big exam." He started to get out a few papers.

"Kat, let's talk at lunch." He whispered to her. He planned on telling her the truth.

Kat wasn't on the same wavelength as Tommy. She thought they were going to make some plans. She nodded with a smile.

The rest of the class went on as normal. The test was going to be composed of 50 questions, and they were two points apiece. It was mostly centered on the Periodic Table of Elements. There were going to be questions about the mole, valence electrons, and electron configuration. Calculators will be allowed. This test was worth 30% of the final grade. He expected everyone to pass with a 70% or above.

Class was dismissed. Tommy walked out before Kat. She had to jog a bit to catch up with him. "So, I'll see you at lunch?" She asked.

"Yeah." Tommy said.

"Do you want to walk me to class?" Kat wondered. She knew he had nothing else to do.

Tommy shook his head. "I gotta go. Bye." He continued walking back to his dorm.

Kat stayed there, stunned. She was surprised by his cold demeanor. He never acted like that before. She attributed it to probably a bad morning, and maybe even jitters about Wednesday's test. Yeah, that had to be it. She walked to her class.

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Dorm A102

"I don't know where Tommy could be." Conner shrugged. Jason and Rocky had been deliberating where Tommy was.

"It's weird he didn't come home last night." Jason commented.

Rocky seemed to agree. "Friday night, I didn't question too much. Saturday, he came home really late, and now, he didn't come home at all."

All three of them found Tommy to be their younger brother. He didn't come home last night, and they knew he was with Kim. He wasn't answering their calls or texts. They were beginning to think Kim was being a bad influence on Tommy. Before, he would answer their calls on the first ring, or he would call them back 10 minutes later. Now, it wasn't like that. Yeah, he's changed, and some of it was good. They hoped he wasn't changing to the point he was forgetting about who his 'brothers' were.

Tommy walked into the dorm. He saw his roommates conversing in the living room. "What's up?" He questioned them.

"Where have you been?" Rocky pointed at him. He saw Tommy had on different clothes, and he had his books. He felt stupid, but no one saw him this morning, and they knew he didn't come back last night.

"Class." He answered. "Is there something wrong?"

"What time did you get back here?" Jason inquired. He looked at his 'younger brother'.

Tommy looked at them. "This morning, so I could get my books." He held it up for them.

His friends nodded. They let it go, and maybe Kim wasn't so bad. They got red thinking that Kim could be a bad influence.

"I have a soccer game tonight. You should come." Conner invited. "Rocky is going to be there, and Jason might be able to make it since he works from 2 until 6. Game starts at 7."

"I got plans tonight." Tommy kept the fact he was working at a strip club to himself. He went to drop off his stuff in his room. After that, he came back out. He saw his roommates were watching his every move. He sensed there was another round of interrogations coming at him. He waited for it.

Rocky shook his head. "You went out last night, though." He reminded him.

"I know. That's what 18 year olds do. Anyways, I got a job." He quickly covered himself.

"Where at?" Conner asked. He was still looking for a job himself.

Shit, where the fuck do I say I'm working? He had to quickly come up with something. Was it wrong of Tommy to keep this from his friends? Yes, possibly because they were going to question where he was at all hours of the night. Did he want to keep it from them? Yes, because Kim and him didn't want anyone else knowing what they did. Was he going to tell them? Yes, eventually, but for right now, it wasn't anyone else's business.

"The movie theater." He lied.

"Which one?" Jason asked him.

Shit. "Uh, the one on Brockton Ave." Tommy said. He smiled at his friends. "I gotta go. I need to drop off money in my Mom's account." He began to walk out, and he looked back at his friends. "I'll see you guys later?" His roommates nodded at him, and he exited.

Conner, Rocky, and Jason looked at one another. The three didn't know what to say. They felt Tommy was keeping something from them. What? They weren't sure. All of them separated to do their own thing.

Xxxxx

University Café

Tommy had just gotten off the phone with his mom. She was thankful for the $100 he had deposited in her account. Even though she wanted to talk more, Tommy hastily ended their conversation. She didn't question it, and he knew he would have some explaining to do later. Right now, he needed to talk to Kat.

What was there to say to Kat though? There really was nothing between them anymore. He couldn't fully blame her for not talking to him because he was at fault too. He didn't put in the effort to see if there was something between them. However, everything happens for a reason, and he credits Kat and him not talking as the reason for why he was with Kim.

Cassie walked into the café. She saw her 'older brother'. She hugged him. "Hey, how's your hangover?" She whispered.

"It's good." Tommy laughed. "Whatever that stuff was it helped a lot. Thank you."

She nodded. "You're welcome. I need to get something to eat." She put her stuff down, and she went to get food.

The young, hopeful paleontologist waited for his 'little sister'. He just remembered something Kat and Cassie had the same class. He wondered whether or not Kat had disclosed her romantic woes. He needed to ask Cassie about it.

She returned with a tray of food. As if she had been thinking the same thing, she spoke on the matter. "Kat was telling me about how you're going to talk to her." She bit into her pizza, and she chewed it. "I don't get why that girl has to tell me everything, I'm not even that close to her."

"She probably thinks you guys are." Tommy figured. He took a couple of her fries. "I mean-" He swallowed. "-why else would she tell you that stuff?"

"Either way, you made the better choice." She noticed that Tommy was about to speak up. "Shit I'm biased, and?" They laughed.

He saw Kat coming towards them. "Stay with me." He whispered. Cassie nodded.

Kat walked up to the table. She saw Cassie and Tommy all of a sudden acting buddy-buddy. Part of her was curious, part of her was jealous, and part of her was scolding herself for jumping to conclusions. She took a deep breath and tried to muster the best smile she could at the two people in front of her.

"Hey." She said nonchalantly.

Cassie put the effort to give her a smile. It was clear Cassie didn't like Kat anymore. Remember her devotions are towards her family.

"Hey." Tommy said back.

The tall blonde took a seat. "So, fancy seeing you two together." From what she knew, Cassie and Tommy weren't friends. They hardly saw each other at school. Now, they were sitting next to each other? She tried to hide her annoyance with the situation, but she wasn't doing a good job.

Tommy and Cassie saw the discomfort displaying on her face. They didn't think it was a big deal.

"Kat we need to talk." Tommy supposed it was time for them to get to the point of why he wanted them to meet.

She nodded. "Okay." She agreed, but she looked at the other person present. "Does Cassie need to be here?"

"She doesn't have to leave." Tommy stated adamantly. He looked between the two, and then got back to the topic at hand. "I know you wanted us to hang out tonight, but I don't think we should."

"Well, then it doesn't have to be tonight, maybe we can do it some other time…" Kat's voice trailed off as she saw the looks on Tommy and Cassie's face. "You don't want to." Kat said, and she reclined back in her seat. She looked between the two again.

Cassie finished her pizza, and she got up to throw everything else on her tray.

Kat assumed she was leaving. She looked at Tommy seriously. "Are you and Cassie going out?" She hissed at him.

Tommy gave her a look. He was shaking his head. "What the fuck are you talking about?" Kat gasped. She had never heard Tommy use expletives before. Tommy rolled his eyes. "Kat, yes, I can cuss it's not the end of the world." He coldly told her.

The Asian returned and sat down. "What did I miss?" She obliviously questioned.

Kat turned to her. "Are you and Tommy going out? Have you guys been going out behind my back? I can't believe you." She kept tossing accusations at them.

Cassie was pissed at the thought. She looked at Kat with fury in her eyes. "What the hell are you talking about?" She snapped at the Blonde.

"All of a sudden Tommy is breaking up with me, I should know why." Kat prodded them. She knew something was going on. "Come on, tell me."

"Kat, I'm not going out with Tommy." Cassie assured. She sighed. "I knew this was going to happen."

Tommy nodded the same sentiments. "We haven't been together for a week as far as I know." Kat was trying to defend herself, but Tommy stopped her. "No, Kat it was pretty obvious our relationship wasn't going anywhere."

"How do you know that?" Kat's accent was getting thicker by the minute. She still wasn't convinced there was nothing between them. "Wow, Cassie, you just had to take him beneath me, didn't you?"

Cassie's face contorted into an annoyed expression. "I'm about to clock a bitch if she don't calm down." She murmured and glared at Kat. Tommy placed his hands on Cassie, and he shook his head. Cassie relaxed.

"She's been in a relationship for a while now, there's no way me and her could be doing something like that. She's my little sister, and that's like committing incest." Tommy was surprised by Kat's confrontational side.

"I don't know her though. I don't know if introducing you two, it would make her want to be with you." Kat rationalized as she her eyes bounced between Cassie and Tommy. She was disgusted with both of them.

"I have a girlfriend." Tommy confessed. Kat gasped for the second time, while Cassie smirked in approval. "When we stopped talking, I figured we were done. I met someone else, and I'm very happy with her."

Kat was beside herself. She couldn't believe it. There was no hint that their relationship was done. She blamed their failed relationship on Tommy. "You're the fakest guy, I've ever met."

Cassie and Tommy looked at Kat like she had grown two heads. Her statement was bold, and rather stupid in their opinion.

"How am I fake?" He asked her earnestly.

"You come off that you are some shy guy, but in all reality you're a fucking player. You hop from girl to girl, and you aren't innocent." Kat answered rudely. "I bet your new girlfriend is a slut, and she let you fuck her the first night. That's why you are willing to end things so quickly with me."

It took all of Cassie's willpower not to lunge at the girl, but Tommy held her back. He was upset too, beyond upset, he was furious. He looked at Kat, and he got up. Cassie followed his lead. "If I ever hear you accuse me of being fake, or thinking Cassie and I are together." His voice was filled with venom. "Or if I ever hear you call my girlfriend a slut… you don't want to know what will happen." Like in the club, he let Cassie go in front of him, and he followed her.

Cassie looked behind her at Kat. "You should see Kat's face." The blonde sat stunned, shocked, and it looked like she had tears in her eyes.

"I don't want to. Come on let's smoke a cigarette." He stomped out to the quad angrily.

"Hey, don't be mad, she's just mad because you didn't want to be with her anymore. You were in line for what you said. She doesn't know Kim at all." Cassie comforted him. They sat down, and she took out her pack of cigarettes. She took out two, and placed both of them in her mouth. She struck them both with her lighter, and she inhaled. She handed one to Tommy. She exhaled.

The sensation of the cigarette filter entering and exiting his mouth helped him to calm down. "How could she be so mean?"

Cassie exhaled again. "Don't worry about it. She was probably surprised. Like it came out of left field you wanted to break up."

"She didn't talk to me for a week." Tommy reasoned. He knew he didn't attempt to talk to her either, but it would've never worked.

"It's water under the bridge or whatever those white people say." Cassie breathed out smoke.

That caused Tommy to laugh. "Are you done for the rest of the day?"

"I have history and that's it. What about you" She tossed her cigarette out.

"Class at 5, but I might not go, and we can head out at the same time." Tommy offered.

She looked at him. "Are you sure?" She wondered if this double life was getting to him.

"Skipping one day, isn't going to ruin my transcripts." He signaled for another cigarette. Cassie gave him one. He used his lighter to fire it up.

"Alright, what dorm are you in? I'll meet you there after class." Cassie gave in.

He told her, and she would meet him there at around 3:00 pm. She gave him a hug goodbye and left.

They were unaware of two pairs of eyes that had been watching the exchange.