[Complicated] I'm Falling Hard For You

[Felicia Nicole Jenkins]

Felicia smiled happily when Dex said he would dance with her, "Oh yay!" Dancing with Dex was better then dancing with some stranger, at least she knew him. She let him pull her back into the crowd, seeing what Dex was probably seeing, which was Dani holding Jake's hand. Through her drunkenness, a light clicked on in her head. She knew Joel and Dani weren't really dating, Joel had told Felicia himself. But that meant Dani was really dating Jake? She would have to asked Kiersten about it later, because surely she would have to know. "Oh," she said to herself aloud, "That makes so much more sense." She let Dex spin her once, before she wrapped her arms around his neck. She liked Dex. He was a great friend, he watched out for her, made her laugh, took her seriously, generally could put her in a better mood whenever he was around. He was funny. She knew she cared about him, bugged the hell out of her when he came home with injuries, and he never let her just patch him back up. Ever since she'd admitted to him that she was a virgin, she wondered what he must think of her. Probably thought she was a tease. He wouldn't want anything to do with her like that anyways, he could pretty much get any girl he wanted. He brought girls home, slept with them, sent them on their way. At least she didn't have to wonder, she was pretty sure that was not how he looked at her. He thanked her for keeping away all the other girls, but Felicia just shook her head, "No, thank you for being so damn sexy." After she'd said it, she gasped mildly, covering her mouth with her own hand, but grinned, "Oops, I wasn't supposed to tell you that. Disregard that." Irregardless of how true it was, because after all it was nice having someone good looking around all the time, she didn't intend on telling him that all. Stupid alcohol.

[Travis Dex Jenkins]

Dex took a long drink from his cup, scanning the group of people for any scummy guys that might be looking at Felicia before he lowered his arm around her waist to dance with her. He wasn’t sure how he had lucked out with having three of the best friends in the world, but it was also sort of a curse. Keeping guys away from Zoe and Felicia was a challenge, and it was sort of annoying the way girls were with Gabe. At least Gabe and Zoe were occupying themselves. Dex laughed as he spotted them making out. Yup. Clock work. He turned Felicia gently, pointing them out to her before he shook his head, putting his hand to the side of his mouth so he could amplify the cheering he did for them. Obviously they weren’t shy. He was still smiling when he turned Felicia back towards him to dance with him. “ I’m going to guess you and I are going to spend a lot more time hanging out alone now,” he said with a lifted eyebrow, knowing there would be more moments where they would probably just walk away. It was only a matter of time now, and.. it would be interesting when Zoe quit bitching about Gabe just ‘laying it on her’. Wouldn’t need to wonder when that was done, her silence would speak volumes. Dex brought the drink back to his lips but coughed on it as he laughed, did Felicia just call him sexy? Cause he definitely wasn’t. The only thing girls ever liked about him was his fighting, and Felicia hated that. He smiled as he looked at her. “ Do you have your beer goggles on?” he questioned with a laugh. He shook his head with an audible sigh. “ Oh I’m not disregarding it. I’m writing it in my diary and everything,” he said, raising his cup in the air as he looked at everyone around them. “ Felicia O’Neil thinks I am sexy,.. you all heard it right here. From this blonde’s mouth,” he said, tilting his cup towards Felicia. “ How about this..” he said, moving closer towards her, “ Next time I get myself a black eye, I’ll let you be my nurse… I mean, I’d say sexy nurse, but that’s already implied,” he said as he slowly smiled at her. He shook his head as he looked over her. Felicia O’Neil. One of the sexiest girls he’d ever met, and one of his best friends. He knew she probably felt embarrassed about releasing that she was a virgin , but so what? It didn’t change the way he viewed her, at all. It wasn’t like her sex life was what made her attractive to him.

[Felicia Nicole Jenkins]

Stupid, stupid, stupid. What one earth was she thinking when she said that? Yes she absolutely meant it but she did not intend for Dex to know that. She shook her head at her self when he asked if she had her beer goggles on. She laughed, blushing slightly, "Well maybe I do." She gasped, laughing when he went and told everyone around them too, placing her finger over his lips and shushing him, "Shhh, Travis! Don't tell, it's a secret!" She had no idea why it even mattered, but she just didn't want him to know for some reason. There was no need for him to know, it wasn't like he would be interested in her so why not just save him the trouble. Felicia rolled her eyes when Dex said next time he got hurt he was going to let her be his nurse. "Oh okay, now you'll let me help you. Of course." She shook her head at him, but smiling none the less. She looked over at Gabe and Zoe. They were just one of those couples. Made people like Felicia wish she had someone who looked at her the way Gabe looked at Zoe. Or the way her brother looked at Madeline. Or any guy who was so clearly in love with someone. Felicia wasn't ugly. She knew that. And she thought she was nice enough. She'd always been independent. Her mom use to tell her it was intimidating to young guys. She'd had a few boyfriends, but none of them were serious. She'd been the one to break all of them off. At least back then guys showed interest. She thought maybe she just scared guys off. She did work a lot. Maybe that was part of it. Felicia sighed, tearing her eyes away from her best friend. "I'm happy for them. It's nice the way he looks at her." Felicia vaguely thought to herself that she would never just blatantly say such a thing when she was sober, but Dex was right. Beer goggles for sure. She wasn't usually so vulnerable. Alcohol always softened her up a bit. Made her much more honest.

[Gabriel Dylan Atherton]

Gabe let out a hearty laugh when Zoe thought he was making it up. "No, there's no need to make my life a living hell, I'm totally serious." Gabe picked her up, wrapping his arms around Zoe's waist and watched as she told some dude nearby what was going on. Gabe was drunk, he didn't even care. He looked at the guy who was looking at him life he was crazy for not having slept with her already and Gabe just said, "Yeah true story man." Gabe grinned when she told him he was hot but before he could even tell her right back at ya, she was kissing him. Honestly, he just didn't know how they got so unlucky to have not slept together yet, but they were in need of some uninterrupted private time. "Okay," he said, setting her down but took her hand to lead her to the kitchen to look for something, anything they could sober up with. He pulled her to the kitchen, opening the fridge. "Dammit people don't put coffee in the fridge." He looked at Zoe, wanting nothing more then to just go find somewhere away from the party. "Wanna just go find somewhere quiet? Or just hang out at the party?" He really didn't want her to regret anything later on, but it really was very very difficult to not just jump her. But it was more then that, had always been more then that. He really really liked her. Like, on the road to loving her probably. He'd never met a girl quite like her, she was different then any other girl he'd ever hooked up with for sure. She meant more to him then a hook up. He actually wanted to be with this girl. Gabe looked at her expectantly, knowing whatever their next move was was going to be totally her call.

[Travis Dex Jenkins]

Dex laughed as Felicia placed her finger against his lips and gently moved her hand away from his mouth. “ Yeah, I’m saying that because you’re drunk as shit and won’t remember,” he said, watching with her and shook his head slightly. He watched her as she looked away, probably looking at Gabe and Zoe but honestly he couldn’t look away to see what she was looking at. Instead he just looked at the way her hair fell against her features, how her lips formed into the perfect smile and how her eyes sort of sparkled every time the corner of her lips turned up. He grinned to himself, bringing his cup back to his lips to cover the smile as she turned back to face him. Dex took a drink from the cup, giving a small nod at what Felicia had said, though honestly to him it made no sense. “ The way he looks at her?” he asked out of confusion. “ Alright Felicia, story time” he said, growing tired of trying to have a conversation while they were in the middle of everyone dancing around them. Dex took her drink from her hand and kneeled down, wrapping his arms around the back of her legs before he picked her up, heading over to the couch before he looked at one of the kids sitting on it and tilted his head, gesturing for him to beat it.

Once the kid left, Dex sat down, stretching out his sore legs and gave a physically drained sigh before he pulled Felicia into his lap so that she was sitting sideways. He offered her the drink again before he held his own loosely in the hand around her waist and dropped his other arm over her legs. “ Alright, Miss O’Neil. You have my absolute full attention. How does Gabe look at Zoe, and why did you say it like it’s something you want?” he asked lifting his eyebrow slightly. “ Don’t you see that you’re the most beautiful girl in this room? “ he asked before looking back at the crowd as though to re-make his point about how stunning she was compared to everyone else.

[Zoe Lauren Pierson]

Zoe frowned as Gabe set her down but then held his hand and followed him into the kitchen as he looked for things to sober up with, while she lifted a few cups that were left in the kitchen and sniffed at what was left inside. After pushing a few away she looked back at Gabe, seeing he had no luck finding any type of coffee. Zoe leaned down,looking through the fridge. “ Bread? Hot dogs? Bagels? Anything?” she asked, pushing a few things around before she put her hands on her knees and sighed, standing up with a bit of defeat before she turned to Gabe. She listened as he asked if she wanted to go somewhere quiet, sounding like a great option, before he followed up with giving her an option to go back to hanging out at the party. Zoe gave a small shake of her head, knowing that she had grown tired of being surrounded by everyone else. Sometimes you were in a party mood, sometimes you just wanted to spend time with someone you cared about. It was sort of an amazing thing when couples could be best friends and lovers, and so what if Zoe liked to make out with Gabe all the time. They’d established the best friend part, she absolutely had no problem going to his apartment, sitting on his couch, not making out with him constantly, but just getting to know him. Watching him as he marveled over ‘ How It’s Made’ and ‘Mythbusters’ , the look of concentration he’d get when he was working on dance moves, or how he ran his hand over the back of his neck when he was at a loss of words.

Zoe stepped away from the fridge and shook her head at the last option, no she definitely did not want to go back to the party. It was loud, and she’d shared all of those experiences with Gabe. Parties. Bonfires. Hanging out on a couch. Making out like highschoolers, which she was. Supporting each other. Holding hands. Sitting in his lap. Lounging. Doing homework together and studying. Telling secrets and dreams, and there was only one piece of herself left that she felt she needed to share with him. And she was sick of being told to wait. “ No, you know what I want,” she said quietly before she slipped her hand down into his and squeezed her fingers around his own. She wanted everything that they had back in Malibu, to get back on track. She knew she was driving him crazy about sleeping with her, but that was because she was already so sure about everything else. She was sure about how she felt about him, and what it would mean to her. She was sure of how she would feel afterwards and in what direction she wanted to take things. So yeah, she drove him nuts. She pushed the subject, but it’s because it’s the only card she felt she had left to show him how much she cared about him.

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

Jake shook his head when Dani said Joel would stop calling her his girlfriend when he was calling her his wife. "In his dreams." Jake smiled, he couldn't stay mad about it. He was drunk and she was far to good looking to hold a grudge over some boy band clone. Don't get him wrong, he liked Joel as much as the next guy, just not when he was kissing his feisty senorita. Dani told Jake that basically he'd probably pay more attention to her if she was an xbox but Jake disagreed. "No, I don't think it takes much to turn you on, it would be much easier if we weren't both Disney stars." he laughed. She was right, he did want to be able to kiss her freely and they really couldn't at the moment, which only made him want to more. So really now he was totally itching to kiss her and it was tugging at him. Instead Dani said they could dance, which she was right, was completely acceptable. But when she dragged him out to dance Jake knew he was in for it. She probably didn't realize how much she was teasing him, but she was. "I think the key to making dancing acceptable is keeping it PG..." he trailed off looking at the space that had magically disappeared between then. This wasn't acceptable dancing this was like, bumping and grinding. "Jesus Dani," he said, pulling her hips against his, "You don't make this easy." Nope. Because now he was watching her dance and the way she moved was too sexy to be called acceptable. He loved her body, how could he not? Nope, now he was just really turned on. Damn her. "Ugh." he said, wrapping his arm around her waist and steered her out of the room and into the empty hallway, checking to see that no one was there before he pressed her against the wall. Jake held onto her hips and leaned down to kiss her before he went completely nuts, "Ay caramba senorita, one of these days i'm gonna blow it," he laughed before kissing her again.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

When Jake steered Dani into the hallway she knew one of two things was coming; either a fight, or she finally was going to win for the evening and he would kiss her. He just made it difficult to not kiss him, she didn’t want to wait until they were home. Honestly, she was sick of having to hide. She got the opportunity of a life time and was cast on a show, where she met someone who completely changed her life and gave her a chance to be happy. And what, because of the role he was playing she had to lie to everyone else and make her life more tricky by hiding? It didn’t seem fair, you shouldn’t have to hide the things that make you happy and quite honestly Disney.. if you’re worried about kids being confused that actors that portray siblings on television are dating, then maybe you should be a little bit more concerned that they might thing the ‘wizard’ part of the show was real, too. It’s not like any of the viewers actually believed Lance was a werewolf. If their parents found it suitable for them to watch a show about wizardry, then they should be able to understand the concept of characters, acting, …dating. But when he pressed her against the wall, she knew there’d be no arguments here, not this time. She smiled as his hands found her hips and brought her own hands to the back of his hair and eagerly kissed him back.

Dani held her arms around his neck and smiled instantaneously as he called her senorita. It was one of the little things he did that could place a smile on her face almost always no matter the situation. “Well the show ends January sixth,” she said, looking forward to when neither of them were bound by Disney contracts. Dani kissed him again, this time more softly, wanting to appreciate more than just kissing him, but just how it felt to be close to him. Dani lowered her arms from around his neck before she brought them down to his waist and wrapped them around him tightly as she rested her head against his chest. “ Can we go home? Watch some horrible movie and eat popcorn? Or I can re-heat some lasagna up for you,” she said before she lifted her head and kissed the edge of his collar bone before she kissed a trail along his neck to the edge of his ear before leaning away from him and back against the wall. “ I’ll even stop touching you until we’re in the car, scouts honor” she said, holding up her hand like she was taking an oath. She needed to get out and see her friends, and she knew Jake needed it too. With all of the stress that the case was causing, it was important that they let off a bit of steam. But they’d been out for a while, and now she just wanted to go home. To their home. Relax on the couch, wear pajama pants and slippers, curl up to the one man who was keeping her strong through everything.

[Felicia Nicole Jenkins]

Felicia thought it was funny that Dex never hesitated to just man handle her most of the time, picking her up and carrying her across the room to the nearest couch. He didn't know what she was talking about, and maybe it was because she was drunk, or he was, or a combination of the two of them being drunk off their asses, but surely he had to have seen the way Gabe looked at Zoe. Surely he knew what she meant and was just confused. But she would humor him, explain it to him so he was less confused. He wanted to know how exactly Gabe looked at Zoe, but before Felicia even answered he pointed out to her that she was the most beautiful girl in the room and couldn't she see it? Felicia stopped, glad it was dark in there because it was the second time in one night Dex had her blushing. She collected her thoughts, shaking her head, "Well I could be the most beautiful girl on the planet, but it wouldn't matter much unless.. never mind I'm getting off track." It wouldn't matter unless there was someone who truly appreciated it and then some. She laughed poking a finger into his chest, "don't distract me." She sighed thinking, "Okay, you know what I mean. He looks at her like... like..." she thought to herself, trying to find a way to describe it, "Like there is no one else in the room. Like she's the last girl he'll ever look at like that. Like... her hair could fall out of place and somehow fall into the exact right place. He probably thinks she looks beautiful when she's sleeping. Like looking at someone and you can easily see that same person fifty years from now with out thinking twice about it." She sighed, shaking her head, "Who wouldn't want that? I mean, don't you think it'd be nice to have someone that you just trust completely? Like a best friend, but more than that..." she felt like she was just rambling whatever thoughts came to mind. She was quiet for a moment, thinking before she said wistfully. "I remember I use to be so jealous of them. Back in Malibu. I'd never tell either of them, but I think I called it, I thought to myself, yup they'll fall in love. I had that third wheel thing going on. Not anymore though." she smiled at him softly, finishing what little of her drink was left and dropped it to the floor before leaning into him.

[Travis Dex Jenkins]

Dex rested his arm against Felicia’s legs as he looked up at her as she started talking. He smirked as she cut herself short, “ You are the most gorgeous girl in the world,” he said, as though that was blatantly obvious. He didn’t need to be dating her to know that much was true. Come on, look at her. It wasn’t even how amazing her body was, it was the way she lit up and the smile and laughter seemed to spread throughout her, it was everything. He chuckled when she poked him in his chest and brought his cup to his lips, taking a quick drink so that he could listen to the rest of what she had to say. Unlike most guys might be, Dex actually gave a shit what Felicia had to say, when she spoke he wanted to make sure he was listening. He smiled as he listened to her talk, describing the way Gabe looked at Zoe. Well hell, he looked at her like that a lot of the time. Her hair falling out of place and perfectly into her eyes, looking down at her when she was curled up on his chest and sleeping the afternoon away. Dex shook his head, “ Felicia, people do look at you like that. I’m sure there are a lot more than just the person whose lap you’re sitting in that does that,” he said, setting his now empty cup down on the ground as he reached his long arm down to the side. Just because he wasn’t dating her didn’t mean he didn’t appreciate everything about her. She was one of his best friends, obviously he found all of her qualities to be totally redeeming.

“ Jealous of Gabe and Zoe? They’re bickering half the time, while holding hands. They’re a paradox” he said, laying his head back against the couch. Maybe they were in love, he didn’t know. Zoe was young, how could she know that she felt that strongly about someone, and Gabe cared about the girl. Dex just wasn’t entirely sure as to just how much, Gabe probably wasn’t sure himself. “No you will never be the third wheel again as long as I am around,” he said, patting his hand against her knee. “ Alright, gorgeous. It’s time for me to make sure you get home. Maybe we’ll order a pizza,” he said, picking her up as he stood up. “ Should we say goodbye to Joel?” he questioned, knowing how close the O’Neils were with the Fosters. “ Excuse me,” he said, holding Felicia up as high as he could against his body as he made his way through the crowd. “ Excuse me,… excuse me… I’m holding the most gorgeous girl in the world right now. If everyone could please just turn their attention and look at her, I’m looking for a specific look…” he said, though when he looked up at her, he watched as her hair fell out of place and smiled faintly to himself. Yeah, he definitely had the look.

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

Jake didn't want to hide their relationship anymore, but Dani was right. Wizards was going to be over soon, and then after that they just had Joel to deal with. But Dani was an actress surely she could put on some act and 'break up' with Joel or something, though Jake doubted it because she was a nice person and was doing him a favor. Jake nodded. January sixth. So close. Jake was kind of sad that Wizards was going to be over, but only because it was the reason he met Dani. And Lance. With out it he would be with out his two best friends in the world. Everything else he didn't think he'd miss. He definitely wouldn't miss ten year old girls asking to marry him. He was just ready to be done with Disney. He was an adult, that phase he was ready to close the door on. Dani asked if they could go home, and Jake nodded. He liked the sound of it, home. Not your place, or my place, just our place was implied. "Yeah, that sounds like a good plan to me," he smiled. He had every intention of going home and cuddling up on the couch with Dani. Maybe they'd have nothing silly to argue about tonight. Maybe Dani would actually have a good nights sleep tonight with no nightmares. He liked those rare nights. He liked knowing when she slept soundly. Jake gave her one more kiss, grinning when she promised she wouldn't touch him again, "Okay I can work with that." He led her out, no one probably noticing that they had gone, or that they had stolen away for a moment. Or that they would go home together, like they did every day. No one knew anything. And for once, Jake didn;t want it to stay that way.

[Felicia Nicole Jenkins]

Felicia shook her head, "Ohhh, you do not..." she smiled. He was funny, being nice and flattering her like that. But she knew there was nothing but friendship behind it. Felicia looked back at Gabe and Zoe, "Bickering or not, they're still something. Something that matters, means something..." she trailed off. Even if they did bicker, so did all good couples. It's not always rainbows and butterflies is it? Says Adam Levine. Felicia laughed as Dex picked her up to find Joel, yelling at everyone they walked past in the crowd and telling them he was looking for someone with the look. "Dex..." she laughed, covering her face, "I doubt you or I is gonna find what we're looking for here." she smiled, spotting Joel. "That way!" she pointed and they headed in his direction where he was on his segway. "Joel!" she called out, keeping one arm wrapped around Dex's shoulders, "We're heading out, I'll text you tomorrow, we can grab lunch between school and the studio or something." She leaned over hugging him with both arms, still being held up by Dex and kissed Joel on the cheek, "See you tomorrow bruthuh, love you." With that, she knew whatever else she did for the evening would be cool by her. She'd had a good time, but she was ready to go home, curl up on the couch and eat pizza with Dex and they could be third wheels together which by default made neither of them third wheels and in fact made them a pair. Which was much more appealing then a third wheel.

[Gabriel Dylan Atherton]

Gabe nodded, taking a deep breath when Zoe stated that he knew what she wanted. "I do," he replied, pulling her toward himself and wrapped his arms around her. "Zoe," he said quietly, looking at her thoughtfully, "Do you remember when we met?" Gabe did. He'd only known Mack for a few weeks, she been doing some drop in classes at his dance studio in LA in between filming scenes for Glee. They had partnered a few times, became friends. She was a nice girl, friends enough to invite hi out to a party or two. Gabe hadn't been looking to meet anyone. But he'd ended up at some infamous Logan Renner party. That's when he saw her. He'd seen Zoe across the room with Felicia, laughing about something. He remembered thinking she had a beautiful smile. Every bit of her lit up when she laughed. She was tiny and cute, full of life. She was approachable, nothing like the snobby girls out in LA and somewhat there in Malibu. Maybe he'd taken a chance going to talk to her, but it had been well worth it. He'd approached them, said his name was Gabe, and asked for hers. He remembered laughing when she introduced her friend. Felicia had walked away and Gabe stayed. He remembered telling her, "That's funny, I didn't even notice you're friend, kind of hard to with you around." They'd been inseparable for a month. She was funny, kind, smart. She was sweet, and pure. She was one of those girls that deserved to be treated like a princess, and he had. Definitely not like half the whores in California. He couldn't help feeling like he was making the biggest mistake of his life when he moved to New York. But it was a career move for him, one he had already planned. And Zoe had another year of high school left, surely she didn't want a long distance relationship. She'd want to have fun her senior year.

Gabe regretted breaking things off every day after that. And no matter how many girls he took out on dates, tried to be serious with, had one night stands, hook ups... he never found what he was looking for. Never found anyone like Zoe. She was really just the only on out there like herself. Irreplaceable. The only one he saw himself with long term. He smiled, "I do. I remember that whole summer. The first time we hung out, and we told people we were together. You yelled at me for burning your marshmallow." He'd told her it was rotten on the outside like him, but the inside was still good, so it was worth not tossing into the fire and getting a knew one. "I regretted moving to New York every day i was here. I wondered about you all the time. I knew I was missing out. You can't imagine what I was thinking when you moved in downstairs. Look," he said, "I gave you up once and it was a really stupid thing to do so I'm not going to do it again. I'll do whatever just to keep you around." He smiled, raising his eyebrows. If sleeping together was what she wanted, then that's what they were going to do.

[Zoe Lauren Pierson]

Zoe pushed some of her hair behind her ear as she looked up at Gabe and smiled upon him questioning her if she remembered how they met. Duh, how often did your sense of gravity shift? She’d come to one of Renner’s parties and she’d noticed him when they first got there. He was the most handsome guy she’d ever seen in her entire life, forget just at that party. But she’d kept her arm wound tightly around Felicia’s keeping to her side the entire night the way they usually did. He had made his way over to them, and how couldn’t he? Felicia looked fucking amazing tonight, per usual. So when he introduced himself she had nodded eagerly, gesturing to her best friend as she shouted her name. ’ Felicia O’Neil’ she said, before he complimented her, causing a severe blush to come to her cheeks. At least it sounded like a compliment, but his accent. She remembered how she had tilted her head, narrowing her eyebrows in confusion. ‘What are you?’ she’d asked him, unable to place what it was. But eventually she had found out. He was everything she had no idea she had always wanted, and the next month was a complete blur of utter happiness. Meeting him after his dance rehearsals, going out for ice cream, taking dinner out to the beach, him trying to teach her how to dance, her trying to teach him the small amount of playing drums that she knew. There hadn’t been anything dramatic, or any pressure. It was honestly light hearted, and she was surprised that he hadn’t tried to push things with her. Sex was the last thing on her mind, but she’d been so smitten with him that if he had pursued it, she wouldn’t have stopped him. Zoe licked her lips as she ran her hand through her hair and bit the inside of her cheek. But there was pressure now, and it was her own fault.

Zoe smiled faintly as she listened to him say that he would do whatever it took to keep her around this time. She remembered how she hated him, slamming the car door as hard as she could when he had ended things so he could move to New York. But how could she be mad at him for following his dream, it’d been his dream for far longer than she’d been in his life, and she was just a girl. Nothing important in the grand scheme of things. “ I do remember,” she said with a slight nod, “ Do you remember.. when that girl you had a crush on made the huge mistake of being selfish?” she asked, slightly wincing as she looked at him. She cleared her throat quickly before she placed her hands on his chest and bit the edge of her lip. “ I’m so sorry, Gabe. I was putting this pressure on you.. and I wasn’t really thinking about you at all. I was so wrapped up in it being what I want because it was my first time, that I sort of neglected that you might have feelings about it too… So no, you don’t need to sleep with me here to get me to stay with you. That’s not fair to you, either,” she said before she stood on her toes and gave him a quick kiss. “ Will you take me out on a date? Maybe burn a few marshmallows on a makeshift bonfire on some roof? Or.. dance lessons? ” she said, letting a smile spread across her lips slowly. “ Can I call you mine?”

[Gabriel Dylan Atherton]

Gabe smiled, but looked at Zoe in confusion. Selfish? What was she talking about. But he understood as she explained. Yeah, she was right. She hadn't asked him about he felt about it. But he had just figured, it was important to her, not worth arguing about it with her. He wanted it to be special for her, that was more important than making it special for himself. Gabe let out a sigh of relief, tightening his arms around her, "Good. I mean, you're right I really don't want do it ... here." He shrugged, "Look I know it's important to you, and it should be and i want it to be special for you. And I know it's not my first time, but it's my first time with you. It still means something to me." Gabe smiled, shaking his head, hearing her ask about taking her on a date, "Are you free tomorrow?" Gabe looked at her and stopped, she had kissed him, asking if she could call him hers. Gabe grinned, kissing her back, "Always." He leaned down, pulling her closer to himself and kissed her again softly before pulling away, holding her chin in his hand. "What do you say we round up who ever's left and go get burgers or something?Who's still here, Kiersten and Lance... Joel?" Gabe took her hand and went back out to the party, making eye contact with Joel and whistled at him and pointed towards the door, indicating they were going and he should join. Gabe spotted Kiersten and lance who had returned to the dance floor, "Hey you guys want to go get burgers with us?" After rounding everyone up, they left for burgers, Gabe relieved and feeling much less pressure to do the deed with Zoe. They'd get there, it'd happen. But Gabe wasn't in a rush, he didn't intend to be going anywhere anytime soon.