You had to know she was going to pick herself.

The rules were simple: make it through an entire date with the person Lena chose... which had apparently been helped. If you had a good time and would honestly consider them a good match, then she won. If you honestly didn't think you were a good match, she'd concede.

She'd told Tegan that the two of you were going out on a BIL/SIL date, which Tegan was in full support of. She loved the idea of the two of you getting closer, though you would have preferred if she didn't miss the forest for the trees here.

Lena had dressed up quite a bit, though she made sure to show off plenty of cleavage. "Are you ready to go, John?" She asked, taking your arm with her hand. "I'm so excited for our date!" You groaned and led her to the car, opening the door for her and helping her in. "You're such a gentleman."

You rolled your eyes and got in the driver's seat. "Where to?" You turned to her and were met by an immediate kiss. Startled, you froze for a moment before pulling back and pushing her away. "Lena! What the hell? What if Tegan saw?"

Lena had a mischievous twinkle in her eye as her hands rested on your leg, "tonight, I'm your girlfriend. You don't have a wife; you just have the unbelievably sexy girlfriend. Since that's the case, I get to do all of the girlfriend stuff I want to do!"

You grit your teeth, "whatever. Where are we going?"

"We're going on a mall date! We're going to walk around, window shop, maybe shop shop, and then have dinner! And, if you're lucky: dessert?" She stuck out her tongue and winked. This was incredibly risky; the town wasn't that large, so the odds of someone familiar with you seeing you was rather high. And given Lena's... attitude tonight, it didn't fill you with much confidence.

Honestly, you fully expected her to make a move on you in the car, but instead...

"What made you want to be a lawyer?" She asked, looking at you intently.

"W-what?" No one had ever really asked him that before, much to his own surprise. Tegan just kind of accepted that it was what he wanted to do. "That's quite the tonal shift."

"Well, I want to know more about my boyfriend!" She gave an earnest smile, probably the most genuine thing she'd done all night.

Well, it beat whatever the hell else she could be doing.

"Dad was a lawyer. He didn't do anything big, but he liked helping people. 'Defend the defenseless.' It can be a bit difficult. We can't always win and we can't always get the perfect clients, but it's what we do. The pay also doesn't hurt," you laughed, smiling when you heard her laugh with you.

"You've always loved being the big hero," Lena remarked, giving him a wink. "You always protected me from guys who wanted to take advantage of me."

"Well, yeah. You're like my little sister. I didn't want anything to happen to you," you shrugged your shoulders.

Her eyebrow raised, a small smile crossing her face. "So, my big brother wanted to protect his little sister?" She rubbed your arm with a laugh. You don't know why, but it was a bit arousing.

"That sounds so weird," you replied, hoping to dash that line of conversation.

"Does it? I think it sounds cute. But I rather preferred to think of you as a knight in shining armor saving the beautiful princess from dragons!" She seemed to be rather excited about it, so you didn't bother to comment on it.

You got to the mall and headed inside, all the while Lena held your arm, her head leaning against your shoulder. You noticed that plenty of people were catching your public display of affection and it made you a bit nervous. What if someone recognized you?