Marian’s blue eyes rolled up to see Robert walking into her office holding a cup of coffee and a small bag. She gave him a confused looked as he held out the products and walked inside. Oh, oh that makes sense. Her confused look turned into a grateful smile as he placed the things down onto her desk. At his response to seeing her email to guy, she laughed softly. “He made mention to wanting to try some places around New York for lunch. Who better to show him around then me? Someone who will pretty much eat anything!” She gave a small laugh as he turned around, she tilted her head to one side and couldn’t help but ask, “Do I hear a hint of jealousy in your voice Locksley? The lack of a ‘not date’ getting to you?”  Her voice was completely teasing and her tongue-in-cheek attitude to show she was just kidding.

When asked about if she was going to be the stenographer for his case she gave a small shrug. “I might, I might not be. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.” She said playfully as she picked up the coffee and brought it to her lips. “Assuming you have changed like you said, it might be enjoyable for me to do my job while you work instead of how it used to be.” It would take her a long time to accept the fact that she was going to have to work on Robert’s case but she’d muscle through her dislike of him and just type away, ignoring his actions and not really retaining any of his comments. But hey, if he’s changed then maybe she could handle it.

The eleven o’clock trail was about to begin and Marian took her seat on the Judge’s left and popped her fingers, ready to document the whole conversation and put on her ‘game face’ to show no emotion to what was said; and that, my dear friends, is the hardest part of her job.