The Power Of Two. (Joshua Balz Falls In Love)

Confrontation: part 2

"I..I need to sit d..down" I muttered. Seconds later, Balz grabbed a hold of my hand and sat me down on the floor. After a few minutes silence I needed reassurance that he was still there so I reached out to touch him. My hand landed on his cheek; it was so warm. He pressed his hand to mine and entwined his fingers through mine. I pulled my hand away.

"I'll take that as a bad sign" he whispered. 

"Don't take that as any kind of sign. I still don't know what to do" I sighed. 

"Are you serious? I've just spilled my heart out to you. You should know that doesn't happen often" he started to raise his voice to a loud whisper. 

"I'm sorry Balz" I felt a tear run down my cheek.

"Please. Acey. You should know how you feel by now.. You either like me or you don't" he pleaded.

I sighed slowly. Hugging my knees I let out a cry, then I couldn't stop.

"Why're you crying?" Balz asked as I felt his hand touch my knee. 

"I can't do this right now. I'm sorry" I hauled myself up and burst into tears. I was trying to find my way out of the dark room, but before I could get to the door, Balz's arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me tight into his chest. I didn't fight or struggle to get away, I just layed my hand on his bare chest, and continued to let tears fall. 

"Shhh" he comforted, stroking my hair. Moments later - or what felt like it - he placed one of his arms under my legs and carried me bridal style to my bed. He layed me down on my bed, pulled the duvet over me and kissed my forehead. He began to walk away.

"Please stay" I whispered, blinking the last of the tears away as they came to a stop. By now my eyes were adjusting to the darkness and I could make out his figure. He stopped, and sat next to me once again.

"I..can't" he replied. 

"Just until I fall asleep?" I asked.

He paused for a minute, then replied okay quietly. He fell back on the bed, laying across the bottom and sighed. Then, silence...

I took a deep breath, and crawled over to where he was laying and snuggled into his side. He pulled his arm round, under my neck and played with my hair.

"I've never met anybody as nice as you" I told him. 

"Well, what can I say..I'm a catch" he half laughed. 

"You are.." I looked up at him, feeling totally relaxed as he spiralled my hair in between his fingers. 

He turned onto his side and draped his arm across my stomach and pulled me in closer, also turning me onto my side so that my back was curved nicely into his chest. As my eyes began to close, I felt Balz kiss the back of my neck. It made my whole body shiver which he obviously noticed. 

"Sorry" he whispered, and buried his head next to mine. That was the last thing I heard before I fell fast asleep. 

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Balz's Pov

I cannot believe I still don't have an answer. Is she just playing me for a fool? Am I a fool? I feel like it. I fall for her more with every day that comes around, and the more days that come around where she's not mine, the worse I get hurt. 

I knew she felt vunerable in the dark, so that was my shot. A cheap shot, but I thought I would have gotten an answer out of her. When she wanted to get out of room, I wasn't gonna let her just go like that. 

"I..I need to sit d..down" she muttered. I guided her, sitting her down on the floor; I could hear her breathing getting heavier. She put her hand on my face and it shot a spark straight across my cheek, and I gripped her hand. When she pulled her hand away it really got to me.

Well, I didn't get an answer from her at all tonight. She did however, become very vunerable, so I think I may have cracked it. We'll see. 

I stayed for a while until I knew she was asleep, then slowly got myself out the bed and tucked her up and kissed her cheek, then left the room.

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Chris's Pov

After about 2 or 3 hours Balz finally appeared out of well...nowhere. 

"Let's go" he said thumbing to the front door. 

"What happened?"  I questioned. 

"What's it to you?" he stopped and turned. I take it things didn't go so well. 

"Hang on, let me say bye to Dixie" I sprung up and raced to the room she was in. I walked over to the bed and repositioned the duvet so they were over her again, and brushed the hair out of her face.

"Bye love" I whispered and stroked her cheek.

"Where are you going?" she mumbled groggily. 

"...okay, so you're awake. This makes things harder" I looked at my feet. 

She opened her eyes to look at me and swung her legs over the side of the bed. 

"Chris tell me where you're going" she pleaded. She knew what I was gonna say, she knows me better than I thought. 

"We're gonna leave for tour early. This thing between Balz and Acey, it's not working out. I'm really sorry" I said quietly. 

"But you're coming back, right? You'll be back when you've finished tour to say goodbye won't you?" she asked. I paused and there was silence for a minute or so. 

"You're not, are you?" I shook my head slowly, becoming saddened by her reaction. 

"I'm sorry Dixie. I don't think it's a good idea"

"You can't!" she exclaimed, and threw herself at me engulfing me in a hug and throwing me to the floor. I laid there and hugged her back, noticing my shirt becoming considerably wet. As I lifted her chin up, she had tears poring out of her eyes. 

"Hey, hey, don't cry"  I comforted, wiping her tears away. 

"I can't believe you were gonna leave without saying goodbye" she cried, and wrapped her arms around my shoulders. This is so much harder than I thought. I began to get up, and she returned to sitting on the bed as I went to the door. 

"I really am sorry Dixie" I said, not turning around to look at her. Then I walked out, and closed the door behind me. I let my back rest of the door for a second, but I heard Dixie sobbing loudly. It really did make me so upset. 

"Urgh what the hell.." I mumbled to myself, and let myself back into the room.

"Chris?" she asked, wiping the tears away. 

"One thing before I go.." I said quickly as I ran up to her. She looked confused until I reached her and grabbed her waist to pull her small torso into me. I was a considerable amount taller than her, so she really had to lift her head up to look at me. I leaned down slowly, making sure she was okay with this, and pushed my lips onto hers softly. She kissed me back! I pushed back with a force and I couldn't help but smile, to which I felt her return the smile. 

"I can't believe you just did that" she said. 

"Not even sorry.." I pulled away. 

"It's a good job you don't have to be" she grabbed my shirt and pulled me forward. We both landed on the bed as I fell on top of her, but this time, she kissed me. Man, this lady.. I sneaked my hands under her shirt a little and stroked her skin.

"Does this mean you're staying the night?" she smiled. 

"Without a doubt" I replied quickly, whilst lifting her shirt over her head. 

(A/N: ah bet you didn't expect a Chris Pov huh? Oh you did? Screw you :'( Anyways, i was almost crying writing this, so intense to write and it took me like 5 hours O.O tell me if you like it pweeease??? see yous in the next chapter!)