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I gave her the
smile that did make the girls swoon but it never seemed to work on
her.

    "No you don't. You can have, and
probably have had, any other girl on campus that you want." Almost,
I thought. I hadn't had Claire.

    "I don't –have- anyone. I date
women, we enjoy each other's company. There's nothing about it
worthy of contempt. It is natural to connect with people while we
can." I flashed her another Neil-special.

    "You 'enjoy each other's company,'
that's all?" She gave me a knowing look, alluding to sex. I
chuckled.

    "Depends on the woman and our
relationship, but there's nothing wrong with that either." She
looked back to her hands again.

    "I'm no one to judge your
lifestyle. I just wondered if you'd found someone to love yet,
that's all."

    "No, I haven't." I shook my head
slowly. And I didn't think I ever would. Love was stupid and it
crippled you.

    "If you don't love anything there
is nothing to fight for, ...or something." She smiled softly and
shrugged again.

    "I'll go have a look and see where
the nurse is." As I walked towards the nurses station I clenched my
jaw tightly. This plan was never going to work. Claire wasn't going
to let me fuck her unless she thought I was in love with her. And I
was not the kind of guy to deceive a woman that way.
     
    Claire's voice stopped me,
"...Neil?"

    I turned around and pasted my smile
back on, "Yeah?" I noticed her clenching her fists tightly as she
stood up and quickly approached me. I didn't have time to think or
react before her hands were on my cheeks, her luscious chest
imprinting itself against me, her lips were pressed against mine. I
kissed her back properly and nuzzled her nose with mine when she
pulled away a few seconds later. "I was coming right back," I said
with a soft, gravelly voice.

    She took another step back, putting
distance between us. It was a good thing, I was seconds away from
kissing her again. She gently scratched at the back of her head and
shrugged her shoulders, "Sorry."

    "You should never be sorry for a
kiss." I stepped in closer and put a hand on her hip. "I'll be
back. Don't go anywhere." I turned away before I did something
inappropriate.

    The nurse bandaged Claire up while
I was in the bathroom wiping Claire's blood from my cheek. My lips
still felt heated from hers. There was something about her that
made me want more, so much more. She came out from the exam room
and I stood up and met her halfway. "Thanks," she said softly, "for
bringing me here and keeping me company. I hope you h-have a good
run."
     
    I stepped closer to her and gently
brushed a stray lock of her hair off her shoulder. "Going to kiss
and run then?"

    Her pink tongue came out to lick
her lips and I restrained a groan. I wanted to do that. "What else
should I do? I really jumped the gun, didn't I? The first kiss
should be a goodbye kiss...like after dinner or something?" I
smiled, so she was asking me out. I wasn't one to pass by an
opportunity.

    "Dinner tonight then. I'll pick you
up at seven." I brushed her cheek with my thumb, it was as soft as
it looked and walked away.

    "Wh...wait, what?" She was
flabbergasted, still dazed from our kiss, no doubt. I winked at her
over my shoulder.

    "Can't wait." As I pushed open the
door of the exit I heard her call out to me.

    "It's not a date!!"

Chapter 7
    Claire

    I exhaled nervously as I slipped my
arms into my black cardigan sweater. Neil would be here any minute
and I was not doing a great job at holding myself together. I know
I told him that it wasn't a date but in truth... I was starting to
think it was. Kind of.
     
    I had to test my theory, I had to
see if Neil reacted the same way Will did. I had already kissed
Neil and he let me go so there was something different between him
and Will. I had a theory that the either the purple aura is toxic
to me or Will was just magically inclined to not hear the word no.
After I let Neil kiss me and saw how he reacted I was going to test
it on another guy, a purple