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No turning back
Stephen couldn’t concentrated with Emily sitting this close. He could feel the heat coming of her arm next to his. He had to stop himself from taking her hand. He had started making excuses to touch her. He didn’t know when it started, but he did know he did not want to stop.
They had been friends for almost a year now, and he could not imagine his life without her in it. He still remembered the jolt he felt when he shook her hand on that first day. Something in him recognised what he couldn’t put into words yet. This was the girl he wanted to be with.
Emily leaned over and made some goofy joke about their next episode and he got a whiff of her very Emily scent. A mixture of her shampoo, soap and perfume. He almost kissed her, right there, in front of everyone. She looked him in the eyes:
‘Hey, are you ok? You’re really quiet today.’
Stephen smiled at her, something in him warming to the fact that she could read him so well, but almost afraid that she could somehow hear what he was thinking.
‘Fine’, he said, ‘just thinking through the scene.’
He turned to this week’s director and tried to concentrate on what he was saying.
Stephen was still thinking about Emily as he walked to his trailer at the end of the day. His head was down, deep into his own world. He hardly heard David as he said goodbye. When he looked up, he saw Emily heading towards him in the hallway. Her hair was loose around her shoulders and she had changed into jeans and sweater after her last scene. She smiled when she spotted him.
‘They don’t let her wear her down enough’ Stephen thought before he started wondering what it would feel like to bury his hands into her blonde wavy hair, pulling her towards him and kissing her.
‘Hey you, I’ve been looking for you. You want to catch a movie and pizza?’ Emily smiled up at him, waiting for his answer.
‘I don’t think so, that last fight scene really took it out of me. Rain check?’
Stephen wasn’t sure if he imagined the slightly disappointed look he saw cross her face, and whether he just wanted to see it there.
‘Oh, sure, no problem, see you tomorrow then’ Emily said before she rose onto her tiptoes and kissed him softly on his cheek.
As she started to turn around, Stephen took her wrist in his hand. He looked into her eyes. She looked back at him with a question in hers.
‘Em…’ he whispered, before he did exactly what he had been imagining just a minute ago.
He cupped her cheek with one hand and pulled her close to him with his other. She just had enough time for a startled ‘Wha…’ before he covered her mouth with his. He moved the hand he used to pull Emily close into her hair and held onto her like he was holding onto a lifeline. He poured all his build up need for her into that kiss and after a slight hesitation he felt her beginning to respond to his kiss, pulling him closer to her.
He pulled back like a man coming up for air and looked at the face of the woman he now knew he loved. Her eyes were closed, her cheeks flushed and she was holding onto his shirt with one hand like she was trying to steady herself, her other hand had made its way under his shirt. They were standing against the wall, Stephen pinning her there like he was afraid of letting go.
‘Stephen,’ she breathed, her eyes still closed
‘We can’t, we work together, and it will ruin our friendship. I don’t want to lose you from my life. I don’t think I would survive it’ she rambled, sounding like Felicity.
She finally looked up at him and he saw the same fear he felt, he same fear that was the reason he waited so long. He also saw her love for him. Her kissed her again, softly, sweetly this time and heard her sigh against his mouth.
‘There is no way I am letting you go now that I have found you, Em.’
‘But working together has ruined so many relationships. You are too important to me. What if it doesn’t work? Where will it leave us?’
‘Em, I can’t guarantee this won’t end, I don’t know the future. But I do know that I love you, I think I loved you the day I met you. And I can’t go on any longer not telling you that.’
A smile started breaking on Emily’s face and she leaned up against him, kissing him.
‘I love you too’ she said, barely breaking contact with his mouth. She put her arms around his neck and snuggled into his neck.
‘So, how about we cash in that rain check now and continue this back at my place’ she said into his neck.
Stephen hugged her close to him and said:’ Sounds like a plan to me.’
Stephen couldn’t concentrated with Emily sitting this close. He could feel the heat coming of her arm next to his. He had to stop himself from taking her hand. He had started making excuses to touch her. He didn’t know when it started, but he did know he did not want to stop.
They had been friends for almost a year now, and he could not imagine his life without her in it. He still remembered the jolt he felt when he shook her hand on that first day. Something in him recognised what he couldn’t put into words yet. This was the girl he wanted to be with.
Emily leaned over and made some goofy joke about their next episode and he got a whiff of her very Emily scent. A mixture of her shampoo, soap and perfume. He almost kissed her, right there, in front of everyone. She looked him in the eyes:
‘Hey, are you ok? You’re really quiet today.’
Stephen smiled at her, something in him warming to the fact that she could read him so well, but almost afraid that she could somehow hear what he was thinking.
‘Fine’, he said, ‘just thinking through the scene.’
He turned to this week’s director and tried to concentrate on what he was saying.
Stephen was still thinking about Emily as he walked to his trailer at the end of the day. His head was down, deep into his own world. He hardly heard David as he said goodbye. When he looked up, he saw Emily heading towards him in the hallway. Her hair was loose around her shoulders and she had changed into jeans and sweater after her last scene. She smiled when she spotted him.
‘They don’t let her wear her down enough’ Stephen thought before he started wondering what it would feel like to bury his hands into her blonde wavy hair, pulling her towards him and kissing her.
‘Hey you, I’ve been looking for you. You want to catch a movie and pizza?’ Emily smiled up at him, waiting for his answer.
‘I don’t think so, that last fight scene really took it out of me. Rain check?’
Stephen wasn’t sure if he imagined the slightly disappointed look he saw cross her face, and whether he just wanted to see it there.
‘Oh, sure, no problem, see you tomorrow then’ Emily said before she rose onto her tiptoes and kissed him softly on his cheek.
As she started to turn around, Stephen took her wrist in his hand. He looked into her eyes. She looked back at him with a question in hers.
‘Em…’ he whispered, before he did exactly what he had been imagining just a minute ago.
He cupped her cheek with one hand and pulled her close to him with his other. She just had enough time for a startled ‘Wha…’ before he covered her mouth with his. He moved the hand he used to pull Emily close into her hair and held onto her like he was holding onto a lifeline. He poured all his build up need for her into that kiss and after a slight hesitation he felt her beginning to respond to his kiss, pulling him closer to her.
He pulled back like a man coming up for air and looked at the face of the woman he now knew he loved. Her eyes were closed, her cheeks flushed and she was holding onto his shirt with one hand like she was trying to steady herself, her other hand had made its way under his shirt. They were standing against the wall, Stephen pinning her there like he was afraid of letting go.
‘Stephen,’ she breathed, her eyes still closed
‘We can’t, we work together, and it will ruin our friendship. I don’t want to lose you from my life. I don’t think I would survive it’ she rambled, sounding like Felicity.
She finally looked up at him and he saw the same fear he felt, he same fear that was the reason he waited so long. He also saw her love for him. Her kissed her again, softly, sweetly this time and heard her sigh against his mouth.
‘There is no way I am letting you go now that I have found you, Em.’
‘But working together has ruined so many relationships. You are too important to me. What if it doesn’t work? Where will it leave us?’
‘Em, I can’t guarantee this won’t end, I don’t know the future. But I do know that I love you, I think I loved you the day I met you. And I can’t go on any longer not telling you that.’
A smile started breaking on Emily’s face and she leaned up against him, kissing him.
‘I love you too’ she said, barely breaking contact with his mouth. She put her arms around his neck and snuggled into his neck.
‘So, how about we cash in that rain check now and continue this back at my place’ she said into his neck.
Stephen hugged her close to him and said:’ Sounds like a plan to me.’
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