Thanks to both AnonyDream and holderoftheheart for the kind reviews :) and you're both very correct, I must have accidentally missed it when editing. Not that I'm making an excuse, I've always had trouble with that spelling for some reason. :L

And on to the story . . .

Inexplicably Familiar

The first time she saw him was on Monday morning; by first I mean that it was the first time she'd actually paid great attention to who he was. Once again it was a rainy, cold morning; much like the one where she'd first arrived at Grossberg's office.

In the weekend that had just passed Maya had reached Mia's house happy and chirpy, and so clearly ecstatic to be seeing Mia again, after all this time. Mia also had a feeling she was enjoying such an urban area, she had, after all spent so much of her childhood at Kurain up in the mountains.

Feeling a little jealous of Maya (who she was sure was currently tucked up in bed, asleep.), Mia approached the door but got pushed out of the way by a heavy force; a man dressed in a black shirt and navy blue tie. He looked presentable but now seemed a little flustered as he noticed Mia.

Grabbing her as she fell to the side of the porch Mia stabled herself quickly and looked at him and he suddenly stared at her with a rather unsettled look on his face.

"I-I'm so sorry!" he stuttered "I didn't see you there, my mind was somewhere else."

"Um…It's okay, you work here don't you?" she asked trying to make a little small talk as he so clearly felt awkward after pushing her out of the way. At least she felt a little more awake now.

"Y-yes, that's right and you're…new here, are you?" he asked still not breaking any eye contact with her.

Her cheeks flushed, already pink from the cold. She found it difficult not breaking eye contact with people. Anything she'd been planning to say escaped her and instead she just nodded.

"Ah, we never really got introduced properly; Robert Hammond: Attorney at law." He offered her his hand.

She smiled a little attempting to not show him her discomfort as she held shook his hand back "Mia Fey…uh I guess I'm an attorney at law too." Every time Mia said that she couldn't help feel as though she were lying. She'd passed the bar exam but in her heart she felt more like a spirit medium that a defence lawyer; this was largely due to her first case as her confidence seemed to be at rock bottom.

This wasn't helped by the look on Roberts face as she introduced herself, his eyes grew a little wider and Mia now saw his eyes flash down to her chest.

Typical, she thought, struggling to hide her disgust. While she understood the basic male instinct, she always found it pretty insulting when men's eyes would instantly fall south. One thing she'd always admired about Diego was that he'd never acted so shallowly.

Though, that could be just because I'm not his type? I mean, I look nothing like Penny . . . he must like blonde women . . . she thought to herself, before scolding herself for forgetting her company.

She nodded as a way of ending the conversation, now that he'd made her feel uncomfortable, and began to walk away.

"Mia . . . Fey?" he said, as more of a statement than a question. Deciding she had no choice but to turn around she did so.

He looked a little disorientated, and so he should, Mia thought, raising her eyebrows.

Shaking his head, he furrowed his brow, "Forgive me, your name just sounded a little . . . familiar. Sorry."

It was strange that he'd thought that too because in the back of her mind she couldn't help but feel as though she'd heard his name before too.

But where? she asked herself, scouring her mind as she sat down at her desk. She heard the door knock but before she had a chance to confirm they could come in, it suddenly opened.

"Surprise!" Maya yelled as she came in, Penny at her side.

"Sorry, Mia-err Ms. Fey, This is your sister, right?" Penny asked.

"Um yeah…she is." She replied, her brow furrowed.

"Good, just thought I'd check…she just turned up at reception asking to see you so err, here she is!" Penny said, before turning and leaving the room.

"Maya…What the hell? What are you doing here?" Mia asked before Maya had a chance to say anything.

"Err…are you surprised?" Maya asked her cheekily, struggling to hide her excitement.

"Hmm" Mia raised her eyebrows. Honestly? She wasn't. This was just the kind of stunt she'd half expected her sister to pull. "A little…" she said, carefully, "Seriously, what are you doing here?"

More than annoyed that her sister had turned up, she was a little embarrassed; now it looked like she had discipline issues with her own sister.

Maya paused to think for a little while "Well…you left without saying goodbye and I wanted to see where you worked, especially as you wouldn't talk about it which just made me more curious…so here I am!" She said this all very fast and walked over and perched on the end of Mia's desk with a huge grin on her face.

"Yes but- Wait, what do you mean I wouldn't talk about work at all?" Mia asked, knowing the answer before she asked the question.

"What I mean is, every time I asked how things were and what it was like working here you changed the subject."

"No, no I didn't. Look, I don't know if there's much for you to do here-" She stated, deciding it was probably best to just deny it and delay having to tell Maya any of the misfortunes that had occurred since she'd began here, and about Misty.

"Look, you just did it again!" Maya observed. She had a point, subconsciously, she did change the subject a lot. "Really sis, what's going on here?"

"Nothing, I'm just doing paperwork, please drop it." Mia now felt guilt bubbling inside of her as she saw her sisters face fall. "Listen…I'm sorry, tell you what...I'll tell you anything you like about here tonight. I'll even cook you a dinner, okay?"

Her sister's face now perked up considerably, "Okay then…What you up to?"

"I already said Maya, paperwork. I have a lot to do."

"So…You're busy then?"

"Yes, very." Mia lied, in truth Mia had been planning a morning of lurking in her office, hoping no one would see her re-reading the case file for the DL.6 incident. It had been a recent decision as ever since she'd met Robert, earlier, she'd been unable to shake the idea he may have been involved.

"So…What should I do all day then?" Maya asked, sadly "I'll have no one to talk to all day…"

"Maya, this is why you should have stayed at mine all day and watched TV." She answered racking her mind for something Maya could help her with.

"Boring…" her sister replied, stringing the word out so it was several syllables longer.

"Right," Mia said irritably "what would you like to do then?"

"Can I just hang here and chat?" Maya asked, giving Mia the puppy dog eyes look.

"Maya, don't look at me like that! I really have a lot of work to do…but I really can't think of anything for you to do…" She knew Maya could tell she was weakening. "So…I guess you can stay, but remember I have to do my work too."

Mia decided that Maya could be like her assistant for the day, she asked Maya to look through her files and tell her the basics of the cases. She absent-mindedly handed a quarter of the piles off her desk and handed them to Maya to look over before realizing she desperately needed the toilet.

"I'll only be a sec, okay Maya?" she said, getting out of her chair.

"Sure…" Maya said, clearly not listening too hard and obviously engrossed in one particular case file.

This hasn't been so bad. It's actually pretty nice having all this company, she thought, as she walked back to her office after visiting the toilets. It's really taken my mind off everything. She pushed open the door to see Maya; her mouth slightly agape and holding Mia's most important case file; The DL-6 incident.

"Mia . . . what is this?"