A/N: I hope you all enjoy it!

Gannon's Pov:

"Fuck yes!", I threw my hands in the air, a sign of my victory over finally getting the world's quietest vibrator to finally work.

I spun the small purple vibrator on the desk as I chuckled with glee. It still needed to go through some tests of course, but this is still a win.

I stared at the vibrator as my mind started to wonder to Nia. What would she say if I asked her to test drive my newest toy for me?

Would she agree and come to my office wearing nothing but a long coat and heels? Would she lay on my desk, spread her legs and give me permission to test my new product?

Or would she be more timid, asking me to take off her clothes layer by layer? Would she blush, gasp and squirm as I use the vibrator on her?

I groaned in sexual frustration and hunger when was the last time I had a proper feeding? After I grabbed the newly made vibrator and cleaned it properly, I put it in a little baggie and stuffing it in my pocket.

A walk would do me some good, maybe going to that pizza place would be nice, it is lunchtime now. With that thought in mind, I left my shop making sure my manager knew they were in charge until I returned.

The fresh air felt nice even with the warmth that still clung to it from summer. Taking in my surroundings I ended up going past my destination, it was simply too nice of a day to go indoors just yet.

Not knowing where I was going was fine, especially when I spotted Nia wearing a large hoodie that said university, dark purple jeans, black sneakers and headphones in her ears. The sight of her made everything else seem brighter somehow, it's horrifying how at this moment, I realized the depth of my missing her.

Raising a hand to get her attention was done with little thought behind it, aside from wanting her brown eyes on me. A hand grabbed at the back of my shirt and started to pull back.

At the same time, the person's other arm swung around aiming to wrap around my neck. Again I reacted without much thought behind it, I pushed the arm away and gripped the wrist of the hand on my shirt.

With a good amount of pressure and a quick twist of my wrist, I pulled the person's arm straight up. Then I grabbed their forearm, forcing the person in front of me and bending them over with my elbow against their spine.

"Sharp as ever aren't you?", The teasing tone of the person that I can see is a female, with short red hair, a plaid red shirt, leather pants, and boots, made my eyes roll.

"You won't get the best of me yet, Azaria", I teased her back as I released her from the simple hold.

Azaria quickly stood up and turned to face me with a slight scowl rolling her shoulders back, "Yet is the keyword."

"Gannon", Nia called out my name with concern that immediately grabbed my attention.

"Nia", I greeted with a warm smile as I let go of Azaria and offered my hand to Nia.

She stood in front of us, her eyes trailing over Azaria before ending up back on me, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine", I told her honestly while looking at her relax slightly before taking in the way she massages her own shoulder, "Are you ok?"

"Honestly", Nia started as her hand slowly dragged down to her forearm where she squeezed the sleeve of her hoodie, "I'm torn."

My eyebrows pulled together, I reached out to touch her only to hesitate. I am about to speak when she waved her hand dismissively, "But I don't want to burden you"

Her eyes shot between myself and Azaria before Nia bit her lower lip, "I'm sorry I should go."

Nia started to walk around us to continue down the street, I reached out, grabbing her upper arm. She turned giving me a look of surprise before she settled in her stance.

"Don't", I spoke again without thinking, "You won't be a burden to me, ever."

Nia's eyes widened and watered a bit before she looked away. At that moment, Azaria stepped closer with a wide smile on her face.

"Hi, I'm Azaria, Gannon's sister. It's nice to meet his girlfriend, he's always so tight-lipped about his life" Azaria said with a smile before she patted my back a bit too hard.

"Azaria", My tone came out patronizing before I continued, "Nia isn't my girlfriend, we're friends."

My sister looked between Nia and me before she spoke with certainty, "Not yet she isn't. Which makes this meeting even better."

I closed my eyes in slight irritation at the thought of her bragging to our siblings about this, "Can you just give us a minute, Ria?"

Azaria giggled as she started to take a few steps away from us. Opening my eyes again as I faced Nia, stepping a bit closer to her now.

"Talk to me, Ms. Jones, please" I pleaded in a smooth tone trying to coax the words from her.

After a few seconds, her brown eyes met my own green ones. The warring emotions in her eyes were as clear as glass.

So it didn't really surprise me when she said, "I don't want to drag you into my problems. I'm fine."

"It's not dragging if I go of my own free will" I explained as I lifted a hand pausing inches from touching her skin.

"And why would you do such a foolish thing for someone you don't know?" Nia tilted her head slightly as she tried to wrap her head about the concept.

"What can I say I'm a gentleman, and as I said before we are friends" I smirked as I tried to ease her confusion.

"Oh, so you decide we're friends and I'm just supposed to automatically agree?" She demanded with an arched eyebrow and playfulness dancing on the edge of her lips, where she fought a smile.

"You can say no if that's what you want, it won't change my desire to help you" I answered as I lifted a hand lightly grazing the warm skin over her cheekbone.

Her eyes fluttered from the feeling of warmth that spread through us. She leaned back for a moment collecting herself thoughts before she spoke.

My hand stayed close, unwilling to move back into my side. I held my breath wondering if I went too fast.

"Are you always so persistent?", She requested as she closed the distance, placing her cheek in my palm.

"Are you always so stubborn?", I countered as I stroked her soft, warm skin with my thumb, enjoying the butterflies from her touch.

A/N: Thank you for reading! Please leave a comment! The  next chapter should be up on March 2, 2020 ( which is my mom's Birthday)

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