Last one before Climax guys!

Janet's P. O. V

I jerk up and turn towards the window to see a silhouette walking towards me. I'm too shocked to react or move or breathe.

The silhouette walks into the lamp of the light and I see Steven staring back at me.

That's when I feel my breathing again.

"Are you mad! Haven't I told you before not to sneak up on me?" I scream-whisper and he looks away before staring at me again.

"Uh- I thought you knew I was coming," he says and I feign realisation.

"Oh-ya, you did come in my dream last night to tell me about it," I say with my signature sarcastic smile and he rolls his eyes.

"No I thought Jas-forget. Sorry," he says and crosses his arms on his chest.

I get up from my position and stand in front of him, my face half illuminating due to the light of the table lamp.

"So why have you come...now? All the work is done," I say, holding back the harsh words but failing with the tone.

He just stares at me, a weird look in his eyes. He then clears his throat."Uh-I came here to...talk," he says and immediately frowns at himself.

I just raise my eyebrow in disbelief."You came here to talk?" my tone lacing with scepticism.

"Yeah, I realised we've never actually done it...talking normally," he says and I run my hand through my hair.

I'm about to say something when he catches the same hand and intertwines his fingers with mine.

His other hand places itself on my waist. I jump a little at contact before trying to squirm my way out of his hold.

"What are you doing?" I try to scream with anger but comes out as a mere whisper.

"Dancing. I thought since we are doing everything we haven't done yet, might as well dance too. It would be a shame to not dance at least once with a dancer like yourself," he says slowly before he starts to sway side my side.

I'm just staring at him with wide eyes, shaking my head a little.

Am I dreaming or procrastinating? Is this happening for real? Is this really Steven?

"Yeah Janet, it's happening, for real," Steven says and I look away.

Why do I always speak my thoughts out loud near him? I really need to stop.

"Stop talking to yourself. Talk to me instead," he says and I just stare at him and pout in annoyance.

"Why?" I say and mentally slap myself.

Yeah, out of everything that you could have said, you said Why. Great going Janet.

"Because...I want to?" he says and I roll my eyes and he turns me.

"Yeah, I'm to a puppet. Doing what you and Kiara want me to do. You talk to me when you want to, don't talk to me when you don't want to. She wants me to date you at one point and now she's hell bent on keeping me away from you. I have no say in my life," I say and he pulls me.

I turn and now my back is against his front. I can feel his slow breaths on my ear.

"Well she's concerned and her concern is genuine. You know I'm involved in all sorts of creepy activities," he says softly and turns me in his arms.

I don't know why but this time, I place my other hand on his shoulder. I feel his arms tense under his t-shirt.

"I know that. But it's hard for me to believe that you are bad, especially after all these weeks," I say softly and he gulps.

"What if I'm like that only with you? What if I'm actually bad and you're the only one who brings out that side of me?" he asks me and takes a rough breath,"would you still like a bad boy?"

I stare at him, not because I don't have an answer, but because I'm pretty shocked with what I have.

My heart screams yes and my brain is trying to figure out why.

I think you should just say what you're heart is saying. It's a stupid thing to do but today seems to be the day where we do all kinds of unreasonable things.

"Yeah I would," I say and the next few words just roll out my tongue before I can stop them," because if I can bring out that side, that means it exists. And if it exists, you are repairable and there's hope. I'll hold on to that hope," I say and now he places both his hands on my back before continuing the slow sway.

In the dark room where the only source of light is the moon and the table lamp, I can barely see his expressions. It bothers me how I don't know what he's really thinking, how I can't see his expression while I'm saying all these things.

Damn you light.

The only positive point is that whenever his face comes back into the light, it reflects perfectly on the contours of his face.

I wonder if he's also trying to gauge my reaction.

I hope not. Thinking about it now, good the light is not there.

"Back to Earth Janet," Steven says and I shake my head back to reality.

"Uh?" I say and he takes a deep breath before continuing.

"Did you hear what I just said?" he says and I shake my head apologetically.

He looks down and mutters something under his breath before looking up at me again."Well, I said that your courage and optimism surprises me Janet. You knew, on the first day of school, that two creepy people where having a discussion in that abondoned classroom. Still you thought it was better to enter than to just walk away," he says and I give him a half smile.

"Curiosity killed the cat," I saw and he shakes him head slightly.

"Then again the next day evening, you hear whispers and you eavesdrop. You could have walked away then or never entered the washroom the next day. But you being Janet, you did," he says again and I stare into space thinking about the incident.

"Yeah, I heard Jason's helpless rant. Couldn't let anyone else suffer for what I did," I say and I can feel his stare on me.

"Then you didn't bother locking the door while dancing, something you protect so fiercely, something beyond my understanding by the way," he says and I sigh.

"I have my reasons. Besides, you took good advantage of it," I say and he twirls me again.

"I had to. Because I was trying to fiercely protect something too," he says and I turn away from him.

"It was a bad deal on your path. I mean, I just knew part of your secret and you knew the whole thing. Still you kept your part of the bargain, which was more," I muse and he smiles.

"I didn't really care back then," he says while pulling me back towards him, again my back towards his front.

"But, what did you hear that day?" he asks and I stare at the wall to remember.

He will come after you soon...something along those lines.

"Someone, who was wearing a very tacky jacket by the way, was telling you that some 'he' is coming after you," I say and his eyes widen slightly.

"You know since then that someone is after my life?" he asks, surprise evident in his voice.

I just shrug."Didn't really get time to think about it alot. That night it kept me awake but the next day so many things happened so quickly I kind of forgot and you kept me so puzzled with your behaviour I didn't think about it," I rant and he looks down before he chews on his bottom lip and his jaw hardens.

"I was a jerk to you," he says softly, guilt evident in his...everything actually.

"Not always," I say before thinking about it too much and I regret it.

Way to make him feel better.

I immediately explain myself."What I mean is that you used to bring my lunch for me when I got to busy, you got my chair for me, you made people listen to me when I was talking, you agreed to help Kiara as well, you helped me that day at the park, you kept me company in school whenever I was alone, then even at the costume shop you were nice to me and then at the beach you helped me divert my mind..." I rant and I stop when his head jerks up at the beach.

"The beach," he says slowly with a little strain in his voice.

And just like the tension in the air returns. Suddenly I become conscious of just how close we're standing, how his hand is on my waist, how my hands are on his shoulders and how we're both not breathing normally.

"Yeah that day-" he cuts me off.

"You know how I said I came here to talk?" he says slowly and I feel him inch closer but I'm not too sure because I'm not really thinking straight.

"Yeah..." I whisper and gulp when I feel his breaths on my face.

Okay so he was really coming closer. Focus Janet.

"What I really meant was..." he says and before I can say anything my mind is thrown into a frenzy when I feel his lips on mine.

There's nothing fast or hard about it. It's slow, it's gentle and it's amazing. I can feel his arms tighten around my waist. He tightens at my waist because of which I bend backwards. I feel his smile but I don't take his dominance personally.

His other hand is on my upper back now. We stay like that for a few seconds, moments of complete bliss before he slowly brings me up and turns me, lifting me off my feet in the process. My face is higher than his and that's when he pulls back.

I'm left there breathing heavily, with my eyes shut, feelings the blood in my veins faster than a bullet train. My heart is pounding in happiness and I'm absolutely not disappointed about my first kiss.

"This," he completes his previous sentence and I open my eyes.

He's looking up at me, his eyes so happy and his expression so tender, I wanted to melt.

He slowly brings me to his level."Well, your courage, your optimism, your love for your friends and respect for everyone one, even for a person like me, is what draws me towards you Janet. It surprises me, makes me feel all kinds of ways. Never change Janet, the world need people like you mainly for people like me. And your dancing ability along with your smile is just a cherry on the cake," he says and I feel his hand slipping something in the pocket of my jeans.

He takes a deep breath and he's about to continue when we're disturbed my heavy pounding on the door.

I remove my hands from his shoulder and turn slightly.

"Who's it?" I ask and a very concerned Kiara replies."Janet open the door quickly."

I move towards the door and move two steps ahead. When I turn back to Steven, he's gone.

What is this guy?

I switch the lights on and open the door. Kiara is standing there, panic evident in her stance." Janet common with me, quick," she whispers and I narrow my eyes at her weird behaviour.

"Okay," I agree nonetheless and turn towards the switch again to switch off the lights.

That's when I see it.

Hanging in all its glory, is the Tiger print Jacket. In Andrew's room.

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Real long this one. I hope you guys like it :)