A/N: Well howdy! This is just a small one shot. I thought of it while reading Seizure. Fabulous book by the way.

Disclaimer: Kathy Reichs is a boss. She owns the Virals not me.


Ben kicked a wall.

'Why is this so difficult?' he whined, failing to flare for the fifth time today. We decided to practise flaring without aggravating Ben, a task proving to be very difficult. Shelton, Ben and I meet in our bunker, Hi still being grounded, and were trying to advise Ben on ways to flare.

No luck. Obviously.

'Try calming yourself. Focus on your heart beat and try to lower it.' Shelton suggested. Ben closed his eyes and took some slow deep breaths. Shelton and I waited, hoping that this will work. Time passed. Ben opened his eyes and seeing our disappointed faces, yelled out in frustration.

'WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY!' he cried hitting his head repeatedly against the same wall he kicked earlier. He turned to glare at Shelton and opened his mouth, no doubt about to say something that could start a fight. 'You...' he started.

'WHY don't we try and think of other ways to get Ben to flare without making him angry?' I suggested, trying to prevented WW3, which Shelton would definitely lose.

'Fine.'

'Fine.'

Still glaring at each other, the two brainstormed. The emotions that trigger the flares have to be strong, powerful hormonal reactions. Something popped into my head. It was an option, the only one I could currently think of. Why couldn't I think anything else?

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I hadn't realised that Ben and Shelton were arguing again.

'GUYS! Stop fighting!' I yelled over the top of them. 'I have an idea as to something that could work but both of you might not like it.'

Shelton looked at her in interest. 'It doesn't involve hurting me does it?' Ben asked cautiously. He looked a little scared. 'No...' I replied, not sure if I should tell them. As if hearing my thoughts, the two pressed, poking and prodding to find out what it was.

'FINE! I'll show you.' I agreed, the looks of triumph evident on their faces. Smug Bastards. I told Shelton to sit down and Ben to stand up.

'Right. Now don't hate me for this.' I said standing in front of him. 'What are you going to do?' He said, confused. 'Close your eyes.' I told him.

I leant in and kissed him. I felt myself flare. I heard Shelton gasp and say 'Damn, Blue!' Ben eyes were still closed when I pulled away.

'Well?' I asked, hoping it wasn't for nothing. He opened his eyes.

Golden eyes looked into mine. Success!

We Hi-fived.


A/N: I enjoyed that.