Another hour went by as Bette took her time to take a shower and compose herself and so did Tina, trying her very best to look somewhat pretty by her standards truly oblivious to the fact that she didn’t really need to make that much of an effort.

As the blonde emerged from the corridor Bette was patiently sitting down at the couch, not really prepared for what she saw.

Oh.my.god… The agent was barely able to think those three words and remember to breathe at the same time.

Right at that moment Tina saw again a change in the agent’s face, but this time it was different and she inwardly smiled, aware for the first time ever of the affect she was having on the taller brunette.

Wait… does this mean that she likes me?

I’m quite positive that she’s never put this much effort on an outfit before… well, try to be less obvious Porter or she is going to notice the pool of drooling that you’re leaving on the floor…

“Shall we… ah go?” Bette tried her best to compose herself and almost succeeded at it, almost being the key word.

Tina simply smiled happy to realize that, even for a split second, she had managed to elicit some kind of response from the always composed agent.

Half an hour later they were walking through the doors of the FBI’s central offices playfully smiling to one another, talking about nothing and everything at the same time, as they had done throughout the entire ride there.

Bette opened the door of the briefing room, where the lawyers would be working until the new modifications to their building would be ready, and held it open for Tina to go through first.

“I’m telling you, you cannot trust an FBI Agent… trust me” Bette said playfully, which elicited a small giggle from the lawyer.

“Well, in that case we’ll have to give it a try one day…” Tina replied mischievously as she held the intensity of the brunette’s stare.

“Fair enough” Bette simply commented.

“Who cannot trust who and why?” Alice almost immediately asked as she approached them.

“Good morning nosy” Tina greeted her friend cheerfully, maybe too cheerfully.

“It’s nice to know that grumpy hasn’t shown up this morning… I wonder why that may be” Alice replied quickly and sarcastically, staring intensely into her friend’s eyes.