(ON HOLD) The Lunar Chronicles: Cress Afterwards

I'm Sorry For Taking Forever

Cress's POV

I hear a knock on the door. I think Thorne may have heard it too because I feel a slight twitch of his arms. I want to pull away and yell, "We're busy! Leave us alone!" but I fell into the kiss like the one at the Eastern Commonwealth's palace. I practically melt every time Thorne kisses me.

Despite the sound of the door opening, I get more desperate for more of the kiss, hungrier for it.

"Ahem," a voice says. It's Cinder. Thorne pulls away from me and lifts me back onto my feet.

"Haven't you heard of the words 'come in'?" He asks with annoyance. I cling to his shirt for dear life. I don't want to fall on the smooth, hard ground.

"Yes, but--"

"Why don't you use it then?" She pauses. "What if we were in a situation that would want someone to reply that way?"

"I'm not going to go there," she says.

"Uh, guys?" I say faintly.

"Oh, I will," Thorne says.

"Guys," I say louder. They snap their heads towards me. "Cinder's right. We don't need to go there. Anyways. Cinder, why did you want us?"

"Oh. Well, I was kind of bored, and I may have been flipping through the cameras and--"

"What?" Thorne says. "You were spying on us!"

"Not exactly."

"Not exactly? Then what were you doing?"

"I was... I was... Fine. I was bored and I was flipping through the cameras and then I saw you making out."

Still clinging onto him, I turn to Thorne. "It might have been an accident, Thorne," I say. "She was probably wondering what people were doing without her."

"Meaning spying," he says.

"I mean, we could have been playing something fun or something. Like the second-era game chess. It is good for strategizing."

Thorne pauses. "Fine. I'll let it slide just this once. Once more, and I'll figure out what I'll do to her when I cross that bridge."

"Fair enough," Cinder sighs. "I guess I'll go train with Wolf then."

She walks out and closes the door completely. Eventually, I realize I'm not holding onto Thorne anymore. I'm standing. I'm actually standing.

"Carswell! Look! I'm standing! I'm actually standing!" I exclaim. He turns around. His eyes widen and he comes over and pulls me close to him. I cup my hands to his face and touch my forehead to his.

Almost immediately, he move his forehead off of mine and pushes his lips against mine. As usual, I melt in his arms. I kiss him back and it's almost like Cinder's appearance never happened.

I'd like to thank Stella Xiao for this chapter. But I've got important news, I'm discontinuing the story. I've been trying to write more for it but I can't, I've lost interest in the story and overall wasn't thinking when writing the first chapter and automatically uploading, I just won't be able to keep writing. But if any of you want to continue on the story feel free to do so.