If they did this, they'd have to continue the charade - or whatever they wanted to call it - until the mission ended, and there was no way to know how it would affect things between them afterward.

It feels like tiny, jagged shards moving around inside her, and she wonders for a moment if maybe she broke a rib or something and didn't know it... (Alex/Amanda, Alex/Nikita, Amanda/Nikita)

It wasn't really a serious question - Nikita wasn't even going to see actual daylight for several more months yet much less trek out somewhere for dinner - but Amanda just arched an eyebrow. "Michael didn't tell you? We're going out for dinner tonight."