Thanks thecardboardunicorn :') and urgh, I've somehow not updated in ages. Hope you enjoy the next chapter.

Further, but very different, regrets

Mia sat awkwardly against the bottom of the door, her head in her hands listening to Diego through the door; wishing that he'd go away. At the back of her mind this feeling mingled with guilt, after all Diego was the one who'd been there for her after what had happened; the one who'd taken her home; helped her to bed; made her breakfast and been nice to her. He seemed to understand, so why couldn't he understand she needed to be alone right now?

Eventually his voice disappeared; Mia assumed he'd given up and she heard his footsteps trail off down the hallway.

Why do I feel so bad? It's totally understandable to want to be alone isn't it…Which would be okay…but why am I angry? Diego actually admitted he was wrong not to take the case for the reason he said Masses of questions stormed through Mia's mind as she sat slumped there before she finally feel into a deep sleep.

She was stood by Maya in a field full of large reindeer that she could see were steadily trotting towards them. Mia had always been frightened of reindeer and so began to creep quickly towards a forest on the other side of the field. She recognized it from long ago as a forest Maya had not wanted to go into when she had been younger. When they reached it they were met by Diego Armando who was wearing his usual clothes but instead of his dark hair was powder white.

"Maya, if I were you I wouldn't go in there. It could be dangerous and I don't want to lose my win record. It's perfect, like me." He said smugly with his arms folded.

"That makes no sense and I'm going in there anyway." Mia replied, taking a step into the lush greenery. Maya followed her closely as the forest grew darker and darker as they went further in. Before long Mia felt unsure of where she was as she looked around desperately trying to find and opening in the dense leaves and trees.

"Mia, where are we? I'm scared!" Maya said despairingly.

"I-I don't know…" she said slowly wondering if they'd be able to re-trace their steps.

Maya began to cry as she asked "Why didn't you listen to that nice man and not come here; why did you take the case? It's dangerous here! You're supposed to protect me but you only ever think of yourself! You're selfish Mia Fey and stubborn!"

Suddenly huge reindeer began to close in around the creeping from behind trees with legs as long as Mia was tall; she could hear Maya screaming as she yelled "No, go away! You're too big, I'm not a good enough lawyer!" Just as the largest reindeer began to nudge her face aggressively she awoke suddenly.

Running her hand across her face groggily, she sat up realizing she was still slumped at the end of her bed. She shakily got up and sat down on the duvet smoothing it out with her hand distractedly.

What the hell was that dream about? It made no sense at all; huge reindeers and creepy forests with Diego Armando standing at the head of them. What inspired me to dream something like that? Dredding to think what Frued would say, she yawned, got up and walked out of the room to go and freshen herself up.

Though still a little tired Mia brushed her clean, but slightly damp, hair from her face and walked down the stairs slightly dragging her feet on her cream carpet. There were only 3 all the way up as her room and the bathroom was only slightly elevated above the rest of the small bungalow.

She had been surprised she'd even been able to afford the small, one bedroomed bungalow and yet her Aunt Morgan had happily agreed to pay for it. She walked over to the coffee table where she had spied a small note.

"Dear Kitten, Gone back to work. PLEASE call me if you need ANYTHING at all."

She smiled to herself. She really had got the wrong side of him when she'd first met him, but now he was showing himself to be a true friend who seemed to genuinely care about her. She put on her coat because it was raining again and left the house; getting a taxi to the Grossberg Criminal law and defence firm.

As she stepped inside it was strange to think she'd only been working there for two days. Two days and I'm traumatized…possibly for the rest of my life? It was such bad luck seeing that case and becoming so obsessed with taking it. If I hadn't seen in I wouldn't feel like this or be such a mess…

She saw there was no one at reception and so proceeded to her room to drop off her bag to go and see Diego to apologize for shouting at him. Why did I shout anyway? Just because he said he wished she didn't care at all about this which was because he doesn't want me to be sad. After all to some lawyers learn to completely separate their social life from work. Is it possible that the prodigy Miles Edgeworth is completely un-affected but the whole incident yesterday? She thought all this as she walked up the stairs and into Diego's office.

There would be times in the future where Mia would wish that she had knocked or remembered she forgot to turn off her oven and ran home, not disturbing Diego Armando for perhaps another twenty minutes when she had returned. This was because of the image that met her eyes as she casually entered; Diego; perched in the edge of his desk, locked in a passionate embrace with none other than Penny the secretary.