At this point, I've chosen to ignore Neal running away. All mistakes are my own and I do not own White Collar.

The beautiful man walked through the door. "Hi, Elizabeth" said the man with a smile. Then he turned to me, flashed the most charming smile I had ever seen, and offered me his outstretched hand. "Hi, I'm Neal Caffrey. And you are?"

"I'm..."

"She's no one you need to be concerned with" growled my brother from the stairs. "Caffrey, I told you to wait for me outside!"

Neal gave my brother an innocent shrug. "I got bored. Oh, and usually I'm not so good with listening to directions. So you're really not going to let me know who the lovely woman sitting on the couch is?"

"That's none of your-" my brother started to say.

"Peter!" I said as I rolled my eyes. If the very attractive Neal Caffrey was so curious as to whom I was, why deny him the information? "

"I'm Peter's sister, Christina Burke" I said, flashing him the biggest smile I could. "So you're the Neal Caffrey my brother spent three years chasing?"

"The one and only" he said, taking his adorable fedora off and giving a dramatic bow. I raised my eyebrow at him, and started clapping my hands in the most sarcastic way I could.

"That's enough you two. Caffrey, let's go, we have a case to work on"

"Bye Elizabeth, bye Christina. I hope to see you again soon" With that, he flipped his fedora onto his head and walked out, but not before throwing a flirtatious wink in my direction.

Peter was still grumbling under his breath when he came over to give El a kiss goodbye.

He looked at me and said, "Christina, I know he's good looking and charming, but I don't want you to get to know him, ohkay?"

"Peter, I'm a big girl and I am perfectly capable of handling myself. A little harmless flirting doesn't mean anything, so calm down".

"Christina, please, we can talk more when I get home. Just, please."

I saw how concerned my brother was and I decided to humor him.

"Peter, relax, ohkay? I just can't believe I just got here and you're already ditching me for work" I said with a smile. "Go and catch the bad guys"

My brother finally relaxed and gave me a hug.

"I'll see you two when I get home. El, make sure she behaves, ohkay?"

"I will, Hon. Now go, it's girl time!"

Peter laughed and walked out the door.

As soon as Peter was out of earshot, I turn to my sister in law.

"OHMYGOD El. How could you not tell me that Neal Caffrey was so insanely gorgeous!? Did you see his face? His eyes..I can't even..."

"Sweetie! Yes, ohkay, I'll admit it. Neal is very attractive. But remember, he is a con man."

"Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact the he is the hottest man I have ever laid eyes on."

"Christina, there are more important things in a relationship than looks, like trust-"

"Woah Woah WOAH El! Slow down, I never said anything about a relationship! I just was pointing out how unbelievably attractive he was. Oh, and why didn't Peter want him to know who I was?"

"Really, Christina? Have you seen yourself? The fact that you're gorgeous combined with the fact that you're Peter's little sister... Neal always wants what he knows he can't have. And right now, I guarantee Peter is lecturing him about how you're off limits, and that will make him want you even more."

"Back up, when did we establish that Neal wanted me? Ohkay, we flirted a bit, but come on El, why would Neal Caffrey, want me of all people? Can we please just drop this and talk about something else? How excited are you to be a mom?"

I knew Peter would want to bring Neal up again tonight, so I might as well hold that off for as long as I could.

"You should have seen Peter's face when I told him!" El started. "He turned white, like bright white. He was so nervous! He still is. I mean I am too. But I can't tell Peter that! Then he'll get even more nervous. I don't know the first thing about raising a kid. What if-"

"El. If there is one thing I know for sure, it's that you and Peter will be excellent parents. No new parents know exactly how to raise a baby. You and Peter are two of the most loving people I have ever met, and if you love that baby with half of the love I know you're both capable of, you can't go wrong."

"You always know just what to say" El said while giving me a giant hug.

Just then, El's phone rang. It was Peter.

"Hey Hon! What? Really? You want to? Ohkaaaay... Well, we'll be over around six then. Love you too. Bye."

"What was that about?" I asked her.

"It's your lucky day. Your little boytoy has invited all of us to dinner."