They locked eyes, and the electricity came back. She gasped at the intensity, and stepped back. He stepped in and closed the door behind him, still lo...king at her. She managed to look away, and turned to get her shoes and her purse. ‘I need to talk to you.’ She froze. She was sure he could hear her heart slamming in her chest. Inhale. Exhale. He didn’t believe in any deity, but still prayed that he could do this. ‘Sure. What’s up?’ She tried to sound lighthearted. She turned, and looked at him. ”Stutter ... Shift“I’m glad you’ve both decided to be reasonable,” Charles said calmly in that silky voice which always seemed to lessen the tension in any room. Across the table, Gene growled to himself, but he didn’t continue the argument which flared up just moments earlier as he and Tamara saw each other for the first time in weeks in the hallway outside. “Reasonable,” Charles continued, “is how we move forward. Now, I don’t care one bit about your personal life. But I do care when it. .passing by," he said. Interesting, he wasn't trying to explain himself.I nodded, and glanced past him before motioning him toward me."Come in here, in case your sister sees you."He obeyed, not taking his eyes off of me, and entered the bathroom. "Should I close the door?"I smiled. "No, then it would be suspicious. Right now, it's just us talking."I wondered if he would catch that I was suggesting that he was here to do something suspicious. Or that I intended to also. He stood a few feet from. "Good" he said brushing my hair out of my face, he reached down and kissed me on my forehead then left to go sit back on the chair.. we sat there looking into each others eyes. saying nothing.."Y-Y-You don't have to sit so far away" I finally broke out "T-Thats the only way I t-think I can control myself when I'm around you" he laughed to himself "you hungry?" He said trying to change the subject "uhh no. What do you mean control yourself?" I asked "I mean you make me want to do things to you.