There were nights that Calvin just watched Liz.

He wasn't even paying attention to the movie.

He only focused on Liz.

"Whose your favorite character so far?" Her question made him snap out of his gaze — he stuttered out a response, "Um...the one...the..boyfriend.." He answered and he knew Liz was going to catch onto the fact he wasn't paying attention. "Which one? Billy or Stu."

Fuck.

"Umm, Billy.." Calvin answered — hoping that his answer would suffice and when he heard Liz laugh he couldn't help but smile, "I really thought you'd like Stu more — never pegged you for a Billy fan." She teased as she poked her finger into his side. Calvin laughed softly at her actions as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer than she was before. This was the life.

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He couldn't sleep — but, Calvin rarely slept these nights, scared that Liz would disappear so whenever he couldn't sleep, he went into his office and wrote. Sitting at his desk, he unlocked the top drawer that once held Ruby — he pulled out Liz. He never added anything that would change her a lot, he learned his lesson with Ruby, so he just added more things to her background, childhood pets, core memories, and maybe how much kinkier she'd get in bed.

Liz knew to never come into his office — especially if she heard his type writer going off — it was a good thing he made her loyal to him. There was something about letting her think that she had all the control she wanted when in reality, he was the one who was the puppet master. "Calvin..?"

Shit.

Calvin couldn't help but freeze when he heard Liz's voice come from the hallway, he quickly put his "story" away and locked the top drawer. He stood up and quickly walked into the hall, only to see that Liz was standing there in one of his shirts — her hair a mess as she rubbed her eyes — "What're you doing?" Calvin asked as he walked over to her, Liz mumbled stuff under her breath and Calvin didn't bother to ask what she said as he guided her back to the bedroom. "Cal.." Liz whispered as she laid back onto the bed, Calvin looked at her, "Yes Liz, what is it?"

She giggled before grabbing his hand and pulling him on top of her. Calvin gulped as Liz pecked his lips, "The Exorcist was on, it made me think of you."

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Calvin was so glad he wrote what he did last night.

He didn't know someone could be that flexible.

Liz slept soundly next to him — well, more like under him as he was laying his head on her bare chest. He remembered when Ruby was like this for the first few days of their relationship before she quickly changed, he knew Liz would never do that to him though.

The hickies on his neck proved that he was hers.

He couldn't help but let his mind drift to Ruby though — she was his first real relationship, even if she herself wasn't real. He hated himself for missing her, he knew he did her wrong but at the same time — she left him, she became distant, she became a bitch. Calvin pulled Liz closer to him, if only Ruby could see him now, he liked to think that she'd beg for him to take her back and for him to say no and walk off with Liz — hand in hand.

Writing up women came naturally to Calvin at this point, it was just second nature, he really didn't know how but it was a strange talent — and the fact he could also manifest women into being real and into him. "Good morning Cal.." Liz mumbled making Calvin look up at her before placing a kiss on her lips — it quickly escalated into them making out before Liz pulled away, "Woah there, is something up?"

Calvin just laughed, "No...I just..missed you..." Liz pecked his lips before smiling at him, "I love you Calvin." He smiled back at her, he never got sick of hearing that, "I love you too."

More than you could ever know.

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When Calvin and Liz went out, it was rare. They usually went out for special occasions but today they just wanted to eat out somewhere instead of eating cereal for dinner again. They decided to head out to a little diner close to the house, and Calvin made sure to keep Liz close. Calvin wore a shirt, jacket, and jeans while Liz wore a sweater and jeans — "You look beautiful." Calvin had complimented as they walked down to the diner and Liz blushed, "Thank you...you look more beautiful though.."

Calvin blushed this time before he held the door open for Liz to enter into the diner. They sat at a booth in the corner, sitting across from each other, soon enough — a waitress came by, "Hello, my name is Eddie, I'll be serving you tonight — can I start you off with drinks?" Calvin hated ordering for himself and the fact that Liz happily did it for him made him love her even more.

He was obsessed.

"Hi, um, yes please — can I get a lemonade and he would like a water." Now, Calvin never really liked soda and he hated drinking coffee this late so water was fine. Eddie wrote on her notepad before speaking again, "Do you guys need more time to look over the menu or are you ready to order?" Liz looked at Calvin and he looked back at her.

Anything you want, I want.

Liz looked at Eddie, "No, we're ready to order." She said with a smile and the waitress nodded, "We'll get two pumpkin pies." Eddie wrote down the order, "That's it?" She asked and Liz nodded before handing her the two menus on the table. She took them before walking away. Calvin cleared his throat, "So...are we watching a movie tonight?" Liz smiled at him, "You have one in mind?" Calvin huffed out a laugh, "Well, I just — you usually have one picked."

"Hmm, yeah actually, how about Her — that Spike Jonze film with Joaquin Phoenix?" Liz suggested and Calvin nodded with a smile, "Okay." Out of the corner of his eye, Calvin noticed the color purple — purple tights — he gulped. He knew it couldn't be her, why would it be? She's not real.

She's not real.

Ruby isn't real.

But...Liz is...

Liz is real — Ruby isn't. Looking over fully he let out a sigh of relief, it wasn't her....cause Ruby wasn't real...and he'd never see her again.

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