I Put A Spell On You

3: Meetings

Amelia walked into the tall grey building with her co workers. "House of Lincoln" the building stood tall. The glass doors opened by women in pencil skirts for them.

Amelia had chosen to wear a navy pantsuit, not to formal but better than scrubs or jeans. They all sat in the waiting room, waiting to be called to present their arguments to Atticus.

"Dr. Shepherd." A woman with her hair in a bun and a grey skirt called her as she walked up to where Amelia was sitting.

"That's me." Amelia smiled turning to the woman.

"Mr. Lincoln will see you now." The woman gestured as Amelia followed her to the elevator.

They stood in silence as the doors opened and she lead her to a fogged glass door with the company logo on it.

"Through that door." The woman instructed as Amelia pushed the heavy door open.

"Good morning Ms. Shepherd." Atticus said as he stared out the floor to ceiling windows.

"Okay. Umm I'm here on behalf of the department of neurosurgery." Amelia said suddenly feeling shy, and intimidated as she stood in his line of sight.

"I know exactly why you're here. Take a seat." Atticus gestured to the white chair in front of his desk.

Amelia smoothed her pantsuit before sitting down and taking out the papers she had prepared, success rate, types of surgery, etc.

"Oh um sorry. Okay. Well starting I do, we as a uh- department do lots of experimental surgeries but we have a high success rate with those especially pediatric surgery. So my first question for you is do you lean towards typical investments or are you willing to go outside of the barriers?" Amelia said glancing from her paper into his eyes.

As soon as their eyes met Amelia would have sworn all her breath left her body. Her heart sped up, her breath quickened. Her knuckles wrapped around the pen she was beginning to write with.

Atticus walked around and leaned on the front of his desk as he contemplated his answers.

"Outside the barriers. Not much about me is typical." Atticus said calmly.

"Why would say that?" Amelia asked before clearing her throat realizing she had overstepped.

"I just would. Ms. Shepherd. What about you? Would you say you are typical?" Atticus asked as he adjusted the cuff of his sleeve.

Amelia's eyes wandered to his hands and his arms until she was met with his eyes again. Damn it Amelia focus.

"I-I wouldn't say so. Um after that is recovery time. We tend to let the patient have a say in the control of their recovery. So the question after that is are you one to step back or do you like to be in control?" Amelia asked biting her lower lip like she did the first time they met.

"I prefer to exercise control in all cases. That's why I want to be my own boss." Atticus smiled at Amelia watching a blush overcome her cheeks and she breathing became shallow.

Atticus carefully walked to the chair beside the one Amelia was sitting in, he sat and looked at her calmly. Admiring the blue eyes she had, she rose tint that covered her cheeks, the dimple that showed as she was in thought writing.

"Oh." Amelia looked up being startled by how close he was to her.

"What about you Ms. Shepherd? Not the tumors, I want to know more about you." Atticus smiled brushing a piece of hair out of her eyes.

Amelia felt her nerves get lit on fire with his touch. Every part of her body was now awake. Amelia's heart beat faster, her chest tighten, her breathing shallow and she began to shift in her chair.

"Okay well. I will certainly consider your department." Atticus smiled as he grabbed her hand to stand her up.

"I only like 2 of my oh god 18 questions." Amelia stuttered as he touched her hand gently.

"I got all the information I needed to make a decision." Atticus smiled as he walked out of the door with her.

Atticus stepped into the the elevator with her and as the door closed, Atticus turned and abruptly placed a kiss on Amelia's lips.

Being caught by surprise but not fighting against the kiss Amelia leaned into. She and Atticus stumbled back as her back met the wall of the elevator.

Atticus carefully grabbed her wrists and used his hands to pin her arms above her head. Amelia began to gasp for air as her heart beat faster than she ever thought possible.

The more Amelia let the kiss happen the more Atticus was able to press his body to hers. The loud ding of the elevator stopped them mid kiss as Atticus softly stepped back.

The doors opened on the first floor and as Amelia began to fix her suit and her hair. Atticus picked up the papers they had dropped. Grabbing the one with Amelia's questions on it.

Atticus and Amelia stepped off and as they went their separate ways, Atticus flashed Amelia a look with his light blue eyes.

"Thank you for joining me Ms. Shepherd. I hope you enjoy your day." Atticus smirked as he walked to get the next doctor.

What the fuck just happened. But why did she enjoy it so much?