Temptations

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"How was Arkansas?" Sabrina asks.

"It's sucks that I was so close to the record." I say.

"You were like 0.01 away from it, right?" She asks.

"Yeah."

"You'll get there." She says.

"Enough about me... y'all killed it in Connecticut!"

"Ahhhh... I guess." She says while blushing.

"Come on! You guys beat UCONN! The UCONN."

"Fine. I guess we did okay. How about we go out to dinner? We deserve it after this long week." Sabrina offers.

"Smooth." I say with a smirk. "But I'm hungry... can we go right now?" I ask.

"Where do you want to go?" She asks.

"Can we go to the pizza place but get salads?"

"That sounds perfect."

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"Is this like a date?" I ask.

"If you want it to be." Sabrina says.

"Ilikeyou." I blurt out really fast.

"What? Could you slow down?" Sabrina asks.

"Nothing. Don't worry about it."

"You've never done that, so I'm a little worried about it." She says.

"I'm fine."

"Okay... weirdo."

We finish up our food and pay for it.

"So, what now?" I ask.

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"Kiss you."

"What?" She asks.

"Kiss you. I really want to kiss you right now." I say.

"Well then do it."

I grab her hand and rub my thumb over her knuckles. I look into her eyes. She starts to lean down to my height.

Her lips are just an inch from mine. I feel my heart beating like crazy.

I pull away at the last second.

"I'm so sorry." I say.

"Stop playing with my feelings. I can't take this anymore. I want you so bad but you keep pulling away at the last second because you're scared."

"I don't want to be hurt like I was when Olivia was killed."

"You won't be. I promise." Sabrina says.

"You can't promise anything when you're around me. I'm dangerous! You seriously should not be near me! I'm a threat!"

"I'm willing to take that risk." She says. I look into her eyes and see that she means it.

I place my hands on the back of her neck. I tangle my fingers in the baby hairs that have fallen out of her ponytail.

I get up on my toes and pull her down the last few inches to my height. I lean in and brush my lips against her's. She leans in further and deepens the kiss.

I lightly pull her bottom lip with my teeth as I pull away.

"Woah."

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"That was the best date ever." I say.

"What would make it better?" Sabrina asks.

"Hmmm... kissing you underneath the Eiffel Tower or in Venice or Amsterdam." I tell her.

"That would be awesome."

"We should go on a European tour someday. We could start in England and end in Romania. I've always wanted to do that."

"I'm down for that."

"Really?" I ask.

"I want to travel the world with you."

I turn around in her arms and softly kiss her.

I pull away with a smile on my face.

"That will never get old." Sabrina says.

"You know, I fell for you the moment I ran into you." I say.

"Figuratively and literally." Sabrina says, making me laugh.

"Yep."

I look into her eyes and smile for the millionth time today. I tuck a piece of hair behind her ear and kiss her again. Her hands find the small of my back and she pulls me closer.

I tug at the bottom of her shirt and she breaks the kiss for the smallest amount of time to get her shirt off.

I pull away and pull my shirt over my head.

I pull away, "Sab, can we slow down?" I ask.

"Yeah, yeah. Of course."

I put my head in her neck and let my body relax. She wraps her arms around me and let's her hands rest on the small of my back.

"I wish we could stay like this forever."