{Emily}

When I entered Toby's office, he gave me a concerned look. "Emily, we need to talk…"

"Okay, about what?" I asked.

"About this," Toby said. He pointed at a vanilla envelope that had the words, 'Project Super Soldier' on it.

My eyes went wide in terror when I saw it because underneath those words were the words, 'Property of A-Circle Labs.'

I composed as best as I could, "Okay how much did they tell you about me?"

He sighed, "Everything…"

"So what are you going to do?" I said, "Does this mean I'm fired?"

Toby shook his head. "No you're not fired. The man who gave me this file told me that you were a threat to society. But what I see is a woman who's scared of going back to A-Circle Labs and I don't blame you. With everything you went through, if I went through the same thing I wouldn't want to go back there either!"

Then I remembered something, since he knows everything he also knows that I can change into a stupid lizard.

"Oh and I saw how you can turn into a lizard!" Toby said with a smile. "Can you still do it?"

I groaned, "Yes I can still do it. Let me guess, you want to see me do it don't you?"

He nodded. I looked at him. "Can we at least make sure the door is closed and no one can see inside here first?"

"Sure!" He said.

Once the door was locked and the blinds were drawn I sat down and focused on changing into a lizard. When I changed into a lizard everything looked ten times bigger than me.

"Aww look at you! You're so cute!" Toby said. He bent down to my level and picked me up in his hand.

"No, I'm not cute!" I snapped.

He tilted his head. "Seriously? I think you need to take a look in a mirror when you're transformed like this."

"Huh?" I said. He brought me over to a nearby mirror and I looked at myself. I scoffed. "Yeah I'm not cute!"

"Yeah keep talking, whatever you say," Toby said.

"Okay can you put me back inside my clothes so I transform back to human?" I said.

He nodded. "Sure." He went back over to my seat and put me underneath my shirt. I transformed back into a human and he gave me a flirting look. "You know, you look even cuter as a human."

I felt my face turn red. "I… Uh…"

He pulled into his arms and kissed me. I could tell he wanted to go further because of his boner, but I didn't feel I was ready for that yet so I pushed him back and he let me go. "What is it?"

"I don't think now is the right time for…" I pointed at the bulge in his pants. "That…"

Toby's face turned red and I tried not to laugh when he sat down at his desk obviously trying to hide it. "Sorry about that, I guess I got caught up in the moment. Although the door is locked and the blinds are drawn so no one can see inside-"

I shook my head. "Nope, I'm not doing that at work. Besides, I'm not ready for it yet."

"That's understandable," Toby said. "We're just starting out so yeah that makes perfect sense if you're not ready for it yet."

There was a little bit of an awkward silence and it was broken when there was a knock on the door. Toby cleared his throat and looked at me. "Can you answer that for me?"

I nodded. "Sure."

When I opened the door a young woman about my age was standing there with an annoyed look on her face. Her black hair went down to her shoulder and her eyes were brown, she had an hourglass figure and wore a tan dress with the skirt ending just above her knees. She was a little bit taller than me and she wore black high heeled shoes on her feet.

"Hello there, I need to speak to Mr. Anakin," the woman said.

I let her in and Toby's went wide for some reason. "Susan! What are you doing here?"

"What? I just came by to say hi, that's all," Susan said.

Toby sighed, "Alright fine." He turned to me. "You may go now Ms. Key. I'll talk to you later."

I nodded and left the room without another word.

***

{Toby}

As soon as I let Susan in my office she immediately came up to me and tried to kiss me. I backed off and pushed her away. She pouted, "Aww come on T!"

I shook my head. "No Susan, I told you it's over between us a year ago! When I said we're finished, I meant it."

She looked down at my pants and I sat down again and crossed my legs. Susan smiled. "Looks like you have a boner T. I can help you with that."

I shook my head rapidly. "No thanks, I can take care of it on my own. Besides, I have a girlfriend now, so I'm good."

"Oh really, you have a girlfriend now?" Susan said, "Who is she? No, no let me guess it was the girl who just left your office wasn't it? What's she got that I don't got?"

"That's none of your business Susan," I said. "Just stay away from her."

"Seriously? What do you think I'm going to do to her?" Susan said.

I narrowed my eyes. "I know how you are so don't play innocent. So-"

I couldn't finish my sentence because Susan sat on my lap and kissed me again. I pushed her away when she started to go for my pants zipper. "I told you no, now get off me and get out of my office!"

"Fine then," Susan snapped. "If you won't take me back then I'll just steal your girlfriend from you. You know that I'm bisexual and I'm pretty good at seducing people."

"You wouldn't dare!" I snarled. As soon as I said I regretted it because every time someone says something like that to Susan she takes it as a challenge.

She smirked. "Oh! Someone's threatened by me now, huh?"

"Don't say it," I said.

"Challenge accepted!" Susan declared.

I groaned. "Fine whatever, just get out of my office! Now!"

"Fine then, once I steal your girlfriend from you, you're going to regret not taking me back!" Susan said.

After she stormed out of the office I closed the door again and locked it. I put my head down on my desk and groaned. Could things get any worse? About the only good thing that's happened lately is that I have a girlfriend now and it's Emily. Looks like Susan's going to be a pain in my ass now! Although she's been a pain in my ass even after I broke up with her. At least I have all of my social media accounts private now so she can't stalk me on those anymore.

I sighed and looked up at my computer. I went from sighing and groaning to smiling when I saw the USB stick that I still had plugged into the computer. Emily was adorable as a child and she grew up into a gorgeous young woman! I'm glad I met her and I'm going to protect her no matter what.

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{Emily}

I sat at my desk working on the file that Toby had emailed me to work on. I finished tweaking the designs for the advertisement from the project we've been working on for weeks now. I couldn't stop thinking about wanting to hold and kiss Toby again and it's safe to say that I was in la la land while doing my work on autopilot. Someone cleared their throat to get my attention, "Ahem!"

I looked up surprised to see the same young woman who went into Toby's office recently. "Um, hi?"

"Hello there, my name is Susan!" The woman said. She held out her hand and I shook it.

"Okay… My name is Emily," I said. "Nice to meet you."

"So I hear you're Toby's new girlfriend!" Susan said, "I'm Toby's ex-girlfriend and I can tell why he likes you!"

I blinked. "Okay, why?"

"It's all in the butt!" Susan exclaimed. She turned around and I laughed because she shook her butt at me.

I snorted. "So does he have a specific size of butt he looks at?"

She chuckled, "Nah I'm just messing with you. But seriously, you're adorable you know."

"Uh, thanks?" I said. At this point I was kind of annoyed with Susan because she was interrupting my work. "So what do you want from me? I mean because an ex-girlfriend doesn't just approach the current girlfriend just to say hi you know."

Susan giggled, "Wow, you're pretty smart. Of course I want something from you and I want to be friends with you."

I gave her a wary look. "Yeah I don't think that's a good idea. Thanks for the offer but-"

Susan reached over and kissed me before I could finish what I was trying to say. I pushed her away. Me pushing her away didn't stop her. She came around and sat on my desk and looked at me. "I want to be friends with you Emily! And in case you didn't notice, I don't take no for an answer!"

I blinked. "Seriously? You just want to get back together with Toby don't you? Is that why you're playing this game? If Toby doesn't want you then he doesn't want you!"

"Hmm, you're right Toby doesn't want me anymore and I'm going to make him regret not taking me back," Susan said. She leaned and got right in my face. "But that doesn't mean that I can't have fun with you."

"And I do believe I said no," I said. "So you can't have fun with me. Now if you'll excuse-"

I couldn't finish my sentence again because yet again Susan reached over and kissed me. I pushed her away and growled, "Listen to me Susan, I don't want to be your friend and I have to finish my work, leave me alone!"

When she reached over to kiss me again I stopped her. "Okay that's it! I said-"

"Susan! What the hell are you doing harassing people at work? And sexually harassing them on top of that!" I heard Toby shout.

I looked over and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw him standing there glaring at Susan.

"That's it, get out of this building and I don't want to see you here again!" Toby roared.

Susan rolled her eyes. "Fine then, I'm going but this isn't over you two! I know where you live Toby!" She looked at me. "And sooner or later I will find out where you live, Emily!"

I was about to get up from my seat and punch her but I decided against it because I didn't feel like going to jail any time soon. Before Susan could say anything else, Toby grabbed her hand and dragged her away.

***

{Toby}

I was so pissed when I saw Susan making advances on Emily that Emily clearly didn't want. I dragged her down to security and they escorted her out of the building. Of course Susan wouldn't stop declaring that she would get me back and steal Emily away from me as she was escorted out the door.

On my way back to my office I saw Emily sitting at her desk and she didn't look happy. I went over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder to get her attention. She looked up at me and frowned. "What the hell is wrong with her?"

I shrugged. "I have no idea. But what I can say is that she's nuts. And she's nuts in a bad way, not in a good way."

Emily chuckled, "Yeah no kidding. She shook her butt at me joking that you go after women with big butts."

I snorted. "That's not the main reason I fall for someone. I mean if they have a big butt that's a bonus but it's mostly about personality to me not so much looks."

"I see," Emily said.

"Don't worry about Susan," I said. "I'll make sure she stays away from you at least while you're at work. I don't think I can do anything outside of work."

"It's okay, I can take care of myself. But thanks anyway," Emily said. "I swear if she kisses me again I will have no problem punching her in self defense!"

I laughed, "Well of course it would be in self defense silly! She would be doing something to you that you don't want."

"Mhm…" Emily nodded. I looked at her and judging by the look on her face she was in la la land. I tapped her on the shoulder and seemed to snap her out of her daydream. "Huh?"

"What are you thinking about?" I asked.

"How much I want to kiss you right now," Emily said.

I grinned. "So why don't you?"

She pulled me closer to her and kissed me. We broke the kiss when we heard someone cleared their throat to get our attention. I turned around and saw Jason standing there grinning at us. "Wow Toby! You sure picked out a looker for your new girlfriend! Now wonder why Susan wants her!"

I saw Emily blush and I felt my face turn red and Jason doubled over in laughter. "Aww you two look so cute like that!"

I grabbed Jason's hand and pulled him away from Emily and into my office as fast as I could. When I closed the door I looked at him. "Are you nuts?"

Jason snorted. "What do you think that answer to that question is?"

I facepalmed. "Why is everyone around me going crazy?"

"Well Emily's from a crazy place, and your ex-girlfriend is crazy so I figured that I should join in on the fun!" Jason said.

I felt my right eye twitch from annoyance. "Would you knock it off! This isn't funny, Emily's in danger not just from A-Circle Labs, but now my crazy ex-girlfriend will be a danger to her also!"

Jason blinked. "A-Circle Labs? What the hell is that?"

I sighed, "A-Circle Labs is where Emily used to work. Look, it's hard to explain so I'll show you."

I pulled out the information that I had on Emily and showed Jason everything. He gasped, "What the hell? What kind of parent just drops their kid at a lab and signs over her parental rights to them? Not to mention the lab changing the child's name to a fucking number?"

"Yeah I know, it's not right but please don't tell anyone else about this," I said. "I'm putting my trust in you on this."

He nodded. "You can trust me! That's what best friends are for! Question is how do we keep Emily away from A-Circle Labs and how do we keep her away from your crazy ex-girlfriend? You know the one that you stalked and then dated for a year?"

I looked away. "Yeah that's why I said that I didn't want to stalk Emily because of Susan. I had no idea how insane that was until I found out the girl I liked was stalking me. But with Emily…"

"Yeah I know," said Jason. "I have an idea about Susan."

"What? You just asked how to deal with her earlier, so what's your plan?" I asked.

"Well, if I can get her to be interested in me…" Jason said.

I gave a sarcastic snort. "Yeah good luck with that! Susan's a little bit unpredictable."

He shook his head. "On second thought, I don't need a crazy girlfriend! No thanks, I'm good!"

That statement had me doubled over in laughter because I agreed with him on that. That was one of the reasons I broke up with Susan. "Well, looks like we're going to have to figure something out and it's going to take a while."

Jason nodded. "No kidding!"

There was a knock on the door and I opened it to see another coworker named Evan standing there with a panicked look on his face.

I frowned. "What's wrong?"

"Um, Mr. Anakin," Evan said, "We have a situation."

I followed Evan out the door and paused when I saw Emily shouting at Susan. Wait how the fuck did she get back in here?

"I said don't touch me!" Emily snarled.

"Aww come on, I was complimenting how cute you are!" Susan pouted.

"Thanks for the compliment but you didn't have to-" Emily started. Susan cut her off by kissing her. Emily pushed her away and balled her hands into fists. Emily swung her fist at Susan but before the punch could land on Susan's jaw I managed to catch it in time. Emily glared at me as she struggled to land her punch regardless if my hand was blocking her from doing so. "Let go of me Mr. Anakin!"

I shook my head and at this point it felt like Emily was going to overpower me at any moment. I needed to talk her down from being angry. "Look I know you're pissed and honestly I have no idea how Susan got back in here. I told her to leave."

"Oh please Toby dear!" Susan said, "I can come back here anytime I want. I don't have to listen to you!"

"Of course because-" I started but I was interrupted when Emily punched me in the stomach and grabbed Susan after I let go of her. She stomped on Susan's foot and grabbed her face making Susan look at her.

"Listen to me Susan," Emily hissed. "Touch me again and I'll do more than just stomp on your foot in retaliation. Got it?"

As I stood there in shock because of what Emily just did, Susan didn't shrink back in fear of Emily. Susan gave Emily a crazy look and smirked. "Oh honey, do you think this is going to stop me from making advances on you? From the way I see it, you're crazy and I'm also crazy, I say we make the perfect match! So bring it on bitch! You'll be mine sooner or later!"

Emily let go of Susan and after Susan fixed her clothes she laughed like a psycho and walked off.

Once Susan walked off, I stared at Emily in shock. "Damn I knew you were strong but I didn't think you were that strong!"

"I told you the next time she touched me I was going to punch her!" Emily said, "Why'd you get in the way of that?"

"I wanted to protect you," I said.

She rolled her eyes. "I think I can protect myself, thank you very much! I've been doing it on my own for five freaking years, I think I can still do it now!"

I knew at this point I had to at least stop Emily from making a spectacle of things even more. I grabbed Emily's hand and started dragging her towards my office.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Emily snapped.

"You are coming to my office now! Because you need to calm down," I said. I let go of her hand. "I need you in my office now."

"Fine," Emily said.

Without another word I marched her into my office and closed the door.