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rolled her eyes. “Let it go James, I'm not that used to going up against potentially hostile government agencies.”
    “Yeah, that much is clear.”
    As the two passed the first hall, and made their way up the stairs, Mia noticed a stapler lying on the ground. She looked at the stapler and then at James and smiled.
    “Don't even think about it,” James said in a deep voice.
    “I have no idea what you are talking about.”  
    Mia batted her eyes playfully and pretended to look all innocent. It was an act she intended James not to fall for.
    “There.” James pointed to the room with the red door on the right-hand side of the hall. “This must be it.”
    Mia concurred. She fought back the smile that formed on the edge of her mouth, took a deep breath and walked inside. James followed closely behind her.
    So I walk down to the elementary side of the building and I head on over to Ms. Marquette's room. Jimmy sees me and immediately runs up to me. He looks at me, smiles and says I like you, you're a good man. So I smile back and I say thanks Jimmy you're a good boy. He laughs and says yeah I know,” Lucas Morgan said to his fellow coworker Samantha Meyers.
    Samantha laughed emphatically. “These kids are absolutely adorable.” Her laughter quickly turned to curiosity when she realized that Lucas was no longer laughing with her.
    “Mia, James, what are you doing here?” Lucas asked. His reception for the two was less than warm.
    “Hey Lucas,” Mia said with a wide smile.
    “Well hello there,” Samantha said. She completely disregarded Mia and focused all her attention on James. She gave her best seductive smile as she stared at the handsome man. “Lucas, aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?”
    Lucas did his best to hide his anger, but Mia and James could see pass the facade.
    “Hi, my name is Mia, Lucas' sister, and this is James, Lucas' best friend.” Mia extended her hand for Samantha to shake. Samantha had a perplex look on her face. She had come to know Lucas pretty well and not once had he mentioned a sister or a best friend in any of their conversations.
    “Hi, I'm Samantha Meyer. Fifth grade science teacher.” Samantha gave Mia a respectful smile before moving passed her to greet James. Samantha extended her hand to James which he politely shook. She wore a big smile on her face as she stared into James' dark brown eyes. She let her hand linger in his just a tad bit longer than most do on greetings. James could sense her attraction to him, and had it been any other day, he probably would've explored the possibilities.
    “Hi Samantha, it's nice to meet you,” Mia said before turning back to Lucas. “Surprise.”
    Lucas was less than amused. “Mia, what are you doing here?”
    “Lucas, you've been holding out on me. You never told me you had a sister, and you definitely didn't tell me you were friends with such a handsome man.”
    James smiled and thanked Samantha for the compliment. Mia, who had witnessed a similar stare from a number of women directed towards James rolled her eyes. Sure, she couldn't deny herself that James was quite pleasing to look at, but the way some of these women threw themselves at him made her sick.
    “Yeah, somehow throughout all the conversations we've had, it must have slipped my mind,” Lucas said.
    Due to the secret life he lived, he had no choice but to go along with Mia's lie.
    Samantha looked up at the clock and frowned. Her break was over and she needed to get back to her class, but she found herself wanting to stick around James just a bit longer.
    “Well it was really nice meeting you,” Samantha said to Mia.
    “Yeah, you too,” Mia replied.
    Samantha moved closer to James and shook his hand again. “Don't be a stranger, come by more often!”
    “Yeah, I'll definitely try,” James said.
    Hesitantly, Samantha headed for the door and left the three Post Humans alone.
    “Are you two out of your mind?” Lucas hissed quietly. His face was