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[ryder]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: dddddd; border: #cccccc solid 8px; width: 420px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I'M BACK IN TOWN AND THIS TIME I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU The Words: 689 The Outfit: here The Notes for gerard/kit. Elina’s heart was beating quickly as she joined the collection of students in the lecture theatre, sliding into a seat close to the back row with her head lowered. Her dark hair fell over her eyes and she quickly pushed it back behind her ears, eyes darting around the room in search for the man she was looking for. It’d been over two years since they’d last spoken and she was itching to see him again. Ever since they’d parted ways she’d tried her best to forget him, to find someone better, but it was just the case that there was nobody out there who’d settle the insatiable desire for him. She bit her bottom lip and chewed it as she tried her best to blend in with the other students, though she only felt old and out of place. It had been some time since she’d been in University now and she felt uneasy amongst all the frat boys and sorority girls, though she’d felt that way the first time round too. Ellie had always felt older than her peers and this was definitely the case as the area filled up with psychology students, keen to start the lesson. Elina pulled her bag onto her lap and slouched down in her seat, pulling out her notepad to look as if she fit in. It was hopeless, at least in her opinion; she stuck out like a sore thumb. At that moment she felt a change in the room. The hustle and bustle that had been going on began to calm. Pens were drawn, ready as if swords before a duel, and the students sat up a little straighter. Ellie’s eyes scrambled through the body of students in search for the bright blue eyes she knew so well, flicking from face to face to see him. And there he was, with his air of confidence that got her the first time, his soulful eyes shining as brightly as they’d done before. Ellie felt the wind go out of her and struggled to catch her breath for a moment. Gerard. Her mind began to whirl and she felt herself smiling without being able to stop herself, her fingers pushing her hair back behind her ears once more as she stare hopelessly at the man before her, forgetting about the number of students surrounding her. As he began to speak she bit her bottom lip once more, a soft blush creeping up onto her cheeks as she listened to his oh-so-smooth voice fill the air. For a few minutes she watched, speechless, as she absorbed the man who she’d failed to see for too long, taking in every motion and every syllable. She was, without meaning to, engrossed in everything he said and listening attentively all while her mind was racing impatiently at all the thing she could do. It was only when the boy next to her nudged her and asked her for a pen that she snapped out of it, thrusting her blue biro at him with a swift smile before looking down at her empty pad of paper. Chewing her lip she frowned slightly before tearing a page out and folding it quickly, her fingers moving as if they had a mind of their own. Before she knew it she was paper plane in hand and launching it through the air as hard as she could, watching it glide gracefully towards the front and land at Gerard’s feet. Quickly she let her fingers create another, giving mere seconds before the first’s launch and the second’s, all while the students around her sniggered mischievously and watched her throw paper planes at their lecturer. It was mindless, but she had no idea of any other way to get his attention, and his attention was one thing she’d always wanted and would always want. She stopped herself for a moment, awaiting his reaction, as students began to search the crowd for the culprit, all the while her face twisting her lips into a smirk, her eyes staring through the crowd towards Gerard, waiting eagerly for his blue orbs to find her. created by ADE! Pb-ified by WILL

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[gerard quincy morris]

SHE COULD BE A JOAN OF ARC

in all the years now that he had been at the university of hartford he found himself liking it more and more. of course when he had first come to this far less prestigious school it was an adjustment. the students had a completely different vibe to them. then again, it wasn't an ivy league school. even the students who had gone to yale who didn't have silver spoons stuck up their asses their entire life seemed to lose that sort of laid back nature to them the longer that they were there. most of his students at yale had just been there for the label. to be able to say that they graduated from yale, and they had a degree from one of the top schools in the country, and all of that. at uoh, everyone seemed to be there because they cared. they actually wanted to learn for the sake of learning. he had learned to appreciate the change of pace, the change of students.

he had found that getting out of the rut that he had been in had been far simpler when he wasn't having to get up and get all dressed up every morning. everything was more relaxed, everything was just so much more, he couldn't even put his finger on it. but he was happy to get up and go to the classes he taught. he was happy to get out of bed, to become part of the world again, which really was saying something given that each time he thought he was somewhere good in life the rug got pulled out from under him. he could only hope that this rug would be super glued to the floor and for once in his life he was able to just, enjoy himself without the paranoia.

it was just another day, another good day where he got out of bed and got his coffee before getting dressed and heading to class. his students were well and filed in when he got there and that smile stayed as he greeted his class and they all got out their pens and paper to prepare for class. they had gotten to freud in their lectures which really was one of his favorite subjects. he never would've thought just how ironic it would be that this would be the subject content given the person who was sitting in his classroom.

the first paper airplane had gone almost unnoticed as it landed on the floor beside his feet and he didn't do much more than just look at it with a raised brow. he figured that they would stop after the first one, but they didn't stop. they continued to fly towards his feet and it didn't take him much longer to turn his attention towards where they were coming from, and the face that caught his eye caused those blues of his to grow wide for a moment. no, it couldn't be her, it just, it couldn't be. how could she be here? there was no way that she was a member of his class again. she would've graduated by now wouldn't she?

after a pause in his speech his eyes moved to look at the class roster and he scanned it once or twice for her name and it wasn't there. brows knit together and a completely baffled expression had taken control of his features. what the hell was she doing here?

"class...you're excused," he spoke in a distant tone before his students look at him with an almost just as confused expression on their features. one by one they filed out before he was left with just the girl who had more or less ruined his life was sitting in the back row. he moved to lean on his desk as he continued to look at her shaking his head slightly.

"elina, what are you doing here?" he asked. so much for that rug not being pulled out from under him.

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[ryder]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: dddddd; border: #cccccc solid 8px; width: 420px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I'M BACK IN TOWN AND THIS TIME I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU The Words: 721 The Outfit: here The Notes TOO EXCITED The look on Gerard’s face as he saw her was not the one she was hoping for. Her mind began to race as she watched the confusion wash over his features, his eyes racing at the papers on the desk while she forced her eyebrows to stay still, stopping them from contorting into a look of confusion herself. She wanted him to beam, to be thrilled, to be absolutely overjoyed with her arrival that he couldn’t contain it. It quickly dawned on her that this was not the case, his voice rippling through the air as he ordered the class out. She bit her bottom lip, trying to force her smirk in place, as she watched student after student file out of the theatre, sitting still with legs crossed in her seat with her eyes locked on Gerard. The silence approached, with every student who left the room filling with tension as she stared boldly from the back row. Her hands rested in her lap as she watched him, hoping that the words that would tumble from his lips would be more positive than his facial expression had been so far. She watched as he leant forward onto the desk, his words not reaching her high expectations. She was hurt, hurt that he wasn’t more excited, but she knew why. “Hello Gerard, I’m great, thanks for asking”, she told him dryly, a sly smirk pulling at the corners of her lips. She had always been a little too forward, a little too outspoken for most people, but Gerard had always handled it well. Still there was a sinking feeling in the pit of Elina’s stomach that this was probably not the right route to go down, but she would be damned if she’d change just for a situation. “I thought it’d be good to take some more classes, you know how much I love freud”, she added with a small smile, standing up from her seat and crossing her arms. Every syllable dripped with sarcasm, and the cheekiness leaked from every feature. She couldn’t help it. Her turning up out of the blue was her all over, though she’d never admit it. She liked to pretend she was calculating and scheduled, though the truth of the matter was she had a reckless streak she just couldn’t kick. She moved from her position on the back row and began to walk towards the front, letting her hands fall to her side as he made her way towards Gerard. She couldn’t take her eyes off him and he hadn’t changed much in the time they’d been apart. It was yet to occur to her that although she’d spent her last few years pining after him it was more than possible that he had in fact moved on. Perhaps it hadn’t occurred to her because she didn’t want to face it, but for whatever reason she was avoiding the thought. “You can’t say you haven’t missed me even just a little bit”, she smiled as she stood in front of his desk, her hands connected at the fingers in front of her. Closer now she could trace every one of his features, every mark and line on his handsome face with her light eyes, biting her bottom lip softly at she did. She couldn’t help the feeling washing over her, having missed him so terribly she felt as if she’d found the missing puzzle piece. In the last few years she’d done her best to move on with her life, find a new guy who’d help her get out of her rut and thrown herself into her career, but none of it helped. Pushing him to the back of her mind hadn’t worked and all she’d learnt was that he just wasn’t the type of guy you could push to the back of your mind. Her face read hopeful, as if she was awaiting exam results, or positive test results, and she couldn’t help but let her mouth bring a smile. “Why d’you think I’m back?” she asked him softly, arching an eyebrow and folding her arms across her chest. To her it was obvious, though given how quickly he’d left Yale and how little contact they’d had over the past few years she expected that he wasn’t as clued in as she was. created by ADE! Pb-ified by WILL

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[gerard quincy morris]

SHE COULD BE A JOAN OF ARC

his heart was beating so hard in his chest he could've sworn that he could hear it all the way into his ears and the steady thumping of the muscle was taking out the sound of anything else that was around him. his student's faces were becoming a blur as they walked past him, some of them looking at him with concerned faces while the other ones simply looked curious. it wasn't every day that their psychology professor seemed to be baffled beyond belief. usually he didn't have one thing that could get to him. he could stand there analyzing serial killers and not flinch, he could explore the psychology of pedophiles and not bat an eye lash, but something had caused him to be shaken up. he was standing there, just staring, and even though his students were giving him almost concerned looks, none of them were registering in his mind.

that beating of his heart didn't slow after the students instead increased when it was just himself and his once lover. she was just as beautiful as she had been the day that he had met her, if not a bit older, a bit more mature, but still very much so the same girl that he had let ruin his life. because, she was so much more than beautiful, she was so much more than what came to the naked eye, and he was more than aware of this. which was why he had risked everything over her in the first place. she was not, nor had she ever been, just some student. if that was the stipulations for him to put his entire career on the line then he would've had an affair with a student before her.

the first words that left her lips though were like a slap in the face bringing him back to reality that he was standing in his class room leaning on his desk and staring at this girl. this woman more so now, that he had thrown damn near everything away for and willingly so even. gerard's brows shot right up to his hairline when she spoke of taking more classes and he found his eyes pulling towards his roster again if only for a moment. "yes, from what i recall he was one of your favorite lecture subjects," he replied finding his own smirk pulling the corners of his lips. "though, if you really are here for class I'm going to have to ask you to leave. the last time that you were in my classes didn't turn out too well for me. but somehow, i have a feeling that you aren't a student of the university of hartford," he spoke in calm tones.

the closer that she came to him the more out of place he felt. the more he felt like he should be darting for the door, not because he didn't want to be close to her, because lord knew that he always had. and not because there weren't still lingering feelings for the girl that was supposed to be nothing more than a fling, but because he didn't know why exactly she was here. or if it was for any good reason. in the time that he had known her he had never thought her to be the sort of person to mess with peoples lives just to mess with them, she wasn't some sort of woman who loved having someone all kinds of bent out of shape. still, though, it was confusing, having her here in a classroom with him again.

his brow rose again at her question and he had to resist the urge to reach out and touch her as if to prove to himself that she was really there. that she was really right in front of him. just so close that he could reach out and touch her just because he wanted to. and lord did he want to. but he had long since come to the conclusion that giving into his wants was not the best decision. so instead, a smile pulled onto his lips, something sweet as his blues move to scan over her. "of course i missed you, if only a little bit," he replied that sweet smile turning into a smirk once again.

a soft chuckle left the man as he looked around the room. "i'm going to assume that it isn't to have an affair with me and then have it result in me losing my job?"

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: dddddd; border: #cccccc solid 8px; width: 420px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I'M BACK IN TOWN AND THIS TIME I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU The Words: 887 The Outfit: here The Notes ilthem. With each smile that tugged at Gerard’s lips a mirror image appeared on Elina’s, unable to stop herself smiling at the man in front of her. It had always been that way, but before she’d been able to control it. Now his happiness, or at least the happiness apparent his face, forced the same feeling on her. Her stomach flipped, feeling like a ship in a particularly vicious storm, and she could do nothing but let it happen. She was helpless to the reaction. It took all her strength not to throw herself into the arms of the man in front of her, to stop herself from running her hands through his hair as they were locked in an embrace. But she knew better than to do that, she had to be delicate. “I think you know as well as I do that your feelings are generally right”, she replied with a small smile, “I’m not a student at the University of Hartford”. She knew better than to put herself in a position as his student again, and she’d been doing so well as a journalist. Sadly it wasn’t enough to keep her happy – something Gerard shaped, or so it seemed. She’d spent her years convincing herself that it was better off that they weren’t together but standing closer to him now she could feel that this was not the case. All the tension and chemistry that had been there a few years ago was still evident and she could tell Gerard felt it too. His eyebrow arched and she smiled, biting her bottom lip to hold in her grin. Every movement of his face just reinforced her feelings and she couldn’t help but smile. “I thought as much”, she smirked back at Gerard, her bright eyes boring into his before she let her gaze drop to her feet briefly, wiggling her toes in her shoes. She lifted her gaze just in time to see him look around the room, smiling broadly as he did, the corners of her eyes crinkling. She laughed and shook her head, unfolding her arms and letting them hang down by her sides, her fingers unsure of what to do. “No, not quite. I mean, very close, but not quite”, she teased with a grin. Her grin waned slightly, all of her features softening in turn, “I.. well, I came back to.. to see you”, she told him calmly, her eyes watching to see how his features would react. She didn’t want to bore him with the whole story and wasn’t planning on mentioning that it’d taken her almost two weeks to pluck up the courage to come and see him. Elina let the words sink in for a few moments, pressing her lips together tightly as she watched Gerard’s response. “I don’t know about you, but I think we had something.. special.”, she added as she moved closer to his position behind the desk, stopping to rest her fingertips against the wood. Much closer now Ellie could breathe in his scent, her mind whirring with past experience. “I mean, before the whole messy ending”, she added with a small smile, her slender shoulders involuntarily shrugging. Biting the inside of her cheek she stood silently for a moment, her eyes darting across his features to try and decode how he was feeling, doing her best to read his body language while her mind whirred incessantly, images of their time together in the past flickering behind her eyes as she did her best to concentrate. “Just hear me out before you say no, at least”, she tilted her head slightly, her face hoping he’d agree to at least hear her argument for it. She knew if she could just talk to him about it she could persuade him, though she assumed he’d be a little wary. And why shouldn’t he have been? The last time they’d been together he’d lost his job, but so much had changed since then. So much, except the feelings Elina had for him. “The only reason we didn’t work before was because I was still at college”, she started, staring at Gerard as she made her point, “and now I am not at college, I have a stable career in a field I’m pretty highly regarded in and have my own place. In Hartford. I’m not going back to McClusky, I’m not your student, and the way I feel about you hasn’t changed.”, she told him breathlessly, feeling herself getting ever so slightly worked up over the situation. She couldn’t help it, Gerard was one aspect of her life where she had absolutely zero control and it was the one aspect of her life that made her feel so much more alive than anything else. It was important, and Ellie knew it. “So if the way you feel about me hasn’t changed, why not?”, she asked him with a sad smile, her hand moving further towards the centre of the desk. She had spent the last few years of her life planning this moment, planning her words meticulously, as well as how she’d say them, but when it came down to it everything went out the window, because with Gerard, she knew her life would never be planned. He screwed her up in a way she absolutely loved. created by ADE! Pb-ified by WILL

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[gerard quincy morris]

SHE COULD BE A JOAN OF ARC

life seemed to be always throwing curve balls his way. that was just the path that had been laid before him and for most of his life he just, let it happen. swung for those curve balls even though he had no hope of actually hitting them and doing anything but striking out. for a man who had been dealt so many shitty hands in his life it was a wonder that he even tried anymore. that he really did much of anything in an attempt to keep on keepin on. but he did. every day he got up in the morning and went to work. he tried to find happiness in the little things, not to dwell on what had happened in his life because when it well and came down to it there wasn't a whole hell of a lot that the man had to be happy about. he had a job, that he loved, and that was about it. unless you counted the small handful of friends that had stuck by him through everything. which for a man of his age, really wasn't a lot. most of his friends had wives, children, the whole nine. and gerard, he was still just going through life with only a career to write home about.

and here was life again throwing him another curve ball. this time in the form of a woman who had already caused so much bad to happen in his life. it wasn't her fault though. it had been just as much his fault that what had happened before with them had happened. he had been the older one, the one that should've made the decisions. the one that should've told her that they couldn't be together the first time that she had kissed him. instead he had kissed her back, he had let himself fall into the arms of this woman, or well, pull her into his arms. for those months that they had their affair, it was some of the happiest months of his life. he had truly found himself having some sort of love for this woman, a love that he had never felt before. the end that it had come to was so much more than just losing his job. he lost her too. and he never really realized how much that had hurt, not until she was standing right there in front of him again.

for the longest moments he just stood there with complete confusion on his features. part of him trying to process that she was indeed standing right in front of him, and then another part focusing on her words. words, that really, he had never expected to have to deal with. he did a good job at just, moving on. enough bad had happened for him to do that as simply as he would flip a light switch. but seemed his past was wanting to do a little catching up with him. "came to see me huh?" he said with a bit of a chuckle before letting that soft smile take over his features. he moved to run fingers through his hair as his eyes searched hers. "we had something alright," he said in amused tones letting his mind wander back to those months for a moment.

brows pulled together as her next words fell and he tilted his head to the side slightly. was he hearing, what he thought that he was hearing. he nodded in an almost disconnected way urging her to go on. the words that kept coming from her though, he almost couldn't believe this. he was this wonderful, beautiful damn near flawless girl. a girl that he had been shocked was interested in him in the first place and part of him had been sure that it was because of some underlying daddy issues that she would grow out of. and yet, here they were, two years later when she would've been almost completely certain that she would've moved on and maybe been married at this point. she wasn't though, she was here, telling him that she wanted to try things between the two of them again.

for a few moments after she was done speaking he just stood there in silence. some sort of shock over it all. should he take a swing at this curve ball, should he try again to hit it out of the park when he had failed so many times before. was this going to just be some sort of set up for disappointment.

"elina..." he started out searching for the words. they weren't coming though. part of him was screaming to go for it, screaming that this was what he wanted, what he deserved. his tongue moved to wet his pout as his mind worked and he moved so that he was standing on the same side of the table as her. being so close to her wasn't helping his thought process. he nodded almost mindlessly as his hand moved to lay over hers. "okay...yeah....lets try this again." he didn't know if it was the right decision, but, he was too old to be changing his ways of taking chances now.

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: dddddd; border: #cccccc solid 8px; width: 420px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I'M BACK IN TOWN AND THIS TIME I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU The Words: 797 The Outfit: here The Notes il writing them D;. Elina watched breathless, her words having spilled from her mind without consideration. She mentally chastised herself, telling herself that it was the wrong thing to do, that she should’ve thought more deeply about what to say. But the truth was she’d thought about what she’d say from the moment he left her the first time round. She’d spend every waking out going over and over everything she’d done, thinking about whether she could’ve done something differently to make him stick around. But at the end of the day it wasn’t her fault, though accepting that had been so hard. Her fingertips barely moved on the wooden desk as she watched him, waiting for his response so eagerly. She was worried, her stomach was sinking, and she felt like at that very moment she could feel her pulse all over her body. It was tense, every second he took making the situation more tense, and she could barely stop herself bursting into tears right there. The way he said her name made her stomach drop, as if she was stood in an elevator that would fall and fall, never to reach the ground. It was horrific, the feeling of forever falling. At that moment she began to prepare herself for the pain, clenching her hand that hung at her side, her nails digging into her palm as if the physical would distract from the emotional trauma that was coming. It was an impending doom, the black cloud that’d be waiting to rain on her parade. Her lips opened as if words should form, but there were none. She wanted to reassure him that it was okay, she wouldn’t bother him, and to let her walk out of that room and get on with her life. But she couldn’t. She just opened and closed her mouth like a guppy, her bright eyes not moving from their focus point of Gerard. But then he nodded. That tiny movement of his head sent Elina’s heart fluttering and her feeling of forever falling suddenly became this feeling of exquisite joy, washing over her entire body. His hand covered hers and it’s warmth comforted her, making her believe that this wasn’t a dream. So often had she dreamt of this moment, but the touch of his hand secured it’s truth. “Really?”, she begged for confirmation, her face splitting to a small smile before letting a grin beam across her face, her hand taking his and gripping it firmly. She didn’t want this feeling to change, this feeling of insatiable happiness. “It’ll be better this time.. last time was just.. bad timing”, she smiled broadly at Gerard, taking a moment to bite her bottom lip to suppress her laughter. It was true, it was just bad timing. She was so ready to be in a proper relationship with him then but her position at Yale was something that got in the way. It was something she both loved and hated. Had she never gone she’d have never met Gerard, but if she hadn’t been a student there perhaps they’d have continued to be together for longer than a few months. More than anything, Elina was convinced they were meant to be together. Whether it was for the long haul or another short period of time, she felt like Charlie’s roommate getting married and him having a space for her here in Hartford was nothing but a call for her to get off her ass and go after what she’d always wanted, which was Gerard. “So, how is this going to work..”, she started as she began to make her way around the table, her fingertips lightly grazing the wood as she did. “I mean, are we.. dating?”, she asked with a mischievous smile, her eyes narrowed slightly as she reached the other side, standing in front of him. Her fingertips came together in front of her, playing slowly with each other as she tilted her head at him, her teeth biting her bottom lip softly, suppressing a small smile. “Because.. as I recall..” she spoke softly, her hand moving forward to touch his shift, her hands resting gently on his chest, “I really enjoyed kissing you”, she smiled, looking up and directly into his blue eyes. She was so content just to be with Gerard, and to feel her hands on his chest she felt so at home. “But then again, if we’re not necessarily dating, I don’t want to be too forward”, she teased, inching just a touch closer to the man now, mere inches from being pressed against him. She couldn’t help herself. She’d waited years to kiss his lips again, and being so close to them it was taking all her strength not to kiss him until her lips were sore. created by ADE! Pb-ified by WILL

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[gerard quincy morris]

SHE COULD BE A JOAN OF ARC

it occurred to him as he watched her face turn into a subtle panic that maybe he shouldn't have waited so long to give her an answer. after all, here was this woman who he knew was so much more than just prideful. she had waited years before speaking to him, and the last thing that she needed was for him to turn her down. and hell, he didn't want to, which was why he hadn't. they had the option of being something real. something so much more than they had been the first time that they had been together. before though, it had been so much more of a fling than an actual relationship. he couldn't take her out on dates. he wasn't able to be out in public with her. everything that they had shared had been behind closed doors.

it wouldn't be like that this time. this time, they would be an actual couple. the thought of this caused that soft smile of his to grow if only fractionally. the feel of his hand on hers, it was electric. touching her again, even if it was just a simple touch of his hand over hers. hell, it held more emotion and connection than he had shared with anyone since...well...since her. sure, he'd had sex, he was a man after all, but that didn't mean that it was satisfying sex. there was fucking, then there was making love, and when they had been whatever they had been before it most certainly had been making love. no matter if it was a taboo relationship.

"yeah, really," he reassured her before chuckling and squeezing her hand slightly. he didn't know why he was taking this plunge, why he was going down a path that he long thought he'd been cut off from. if someone had told him months before this that he would be dating elina franck again, he would've told them not to place bets on it. he never thought that he was even going to see her again, sure she'd be on to bigger and better things, she yet here she was. "i know it will. for one, my job won't be at risk," he teased with a bit of a chuckle. the look on her face though, it warmed his heart and made him smile all the wider at the girl. she really was beautiful. what the hell did she want with him? though, that didn't matter. he was never the sort to look a gift horse in the mouth.

his body straightened as he watched her make her way over to the same side of the desk as him. having that over sized hunk of wood between them was in a weird way keeping this from being completely real. like she wasn't really there. the closer that she got, though, the more he realized that she was indeed real. and she was there. and real. and coming closer to him. the words that fell from those perfect lips of hers caused his smile to turn into more of a smirk. that forward quality about her really had always been something about her that he had always loved.

one of his brows arched when she pressed a hand to his chest and one of his hands moved to rest lightly on her hip. yes, she was there, right in front of him. and lord knew that he wanted to grab her and kiss her in a way of not giving a damn who saw that he hadn't been able to do before with her. "well..." he started out his other hand moving to push some hair out of her face and behind her ear. "the way that i see it, is yes, we are dating. i mean, we didn't do that before, so i figure that should be the first thing that changes," he expressed with a bit of a chuckle before locking his blues on her own eyes of a similar but so different shade.

there was no way that she wasn't going to kiss her, not having her this close. a chuckle left his lips, soft and easy going, before he brought his face as close to hers as possible without touching. "so yes, i think that kissing is okay. but please, let me make the first move this time," he teased before closing the gap between their lips dipping down and capturing his pout with her own. now this, this had to be as close to heaven as he would ever get. he was sure of it.

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