Playing With Fire

Part 11

Everyone was so excited, incuding her, and she'd been bouncing around between groups of people, greeting her friends and heroes in turn, so happy to be right in the middle of it all. When she'd first seen Finn she hadn't hesitated to walk up to him and wrap him in a big hug, and he'd been just as happy to see her. She'd been pulled away but they'd crossed paths again briefly a couple of times.

At some point she'd lost track of him, but didn't think anything of it until someone had said they'd seen her ex. She had not been looking forward to dealing with him, but thought she'd better get it over with. When she'd went to find her ex however, what she'd ran into was Finn and her ex arguing.

She thought she already knew how Finn felt about her, but she was not prepared for what she heard,

"Maybe you should think about someone besides youself for once..."

"We were fine until you started butting your nose in our business again...She shouldn't even be on your radar..."

"How I feel about her has nothing to do with you...to see her and talk to her and be completely head over heels before you knew what hit you...On my fuckin' radar, you're kidding right? She is the radar..."

"...Go home. If you care about her at all you'll let her have her moment without ruining it."

She was stunned. Yeah she'd already known how he felt, but this left nothing to interpretation. He had no idea she was standing there either. Neither had. It wasn't until after her ex left that he turned in her direction. She stepped forward into the light and searched his face. For a moment he looked panicked as he processed what she'd obviously heard, but then he kind of shook his head and looked straight at her. His voice was low and rough as he said,

"It's true." He continued to look at her as he paused for a moment searching her face then he continued, "What I told him. I meant it. Every word."

She didn't know what to say so she just stared at him her mouth gaping open. After a minute he must have confused her silence for displeasure because he started to say,

"It's okay if you don't feel the sa..." he couldn't finish because she finally snapped out of it and found her courage. She stepped forward sliding her hands up his jawline to cup his face and pulled his mouth down to hers.

If she was being honest she'd been thinking about this, what it would be like to kiss him, since that night he'd thought he was dreaming. Actually if she was really being honest the thought had crossed her mind long before that, but it had been a lot harder to push it away after she'd learned how he really felt about her. Still, secret daydreams could hardly compare to the way it felt in real life. His lips were so soft, his body pressed against her so hard, and the combination left her dizzy with a wave of pure want. He deepened the kiss, and took control as his tongue sought hers. When she moaned in approval he continued and hands that had rested lightly on her sides slid down and around to cup her ass and pull her even harder against him.

For a little while they were completely lost in the kiss, in each other, but they weren't exactly in a private place and Nattie had come around the corner and just barely missed running straight into them. Bayley laughed a half laugh dropping her hands from Finn's face to his chest, not knowing quite what to do with them. Nattie cleared her throat, clearly embarrassed for interupting them, and walked away.

After Nattie was gone, Bayley turned her face back to Finn, and was surprised when he immediately claimed her lips again. It would have been so easy to get lost in the kiss again, but they kept it brief knowing they could be interupted again any minute. When he pulled back the second time he did so slowly and when she opened her eyes she met the deep blue of his staring back at her.