*Deep breath* Okay this is my first ever fanfiction story and it might suck but please review, whether it's good or bad..No such thing as bad criticism right? I do add my own details to the character, but I don't change it to much. I'm sorry if its not to your liking. Oh and also, I'm really sorry if I confuse you with the tenses. I change between present and past. But I assure you that it's all in the present. Okay with that said...here we go. And please review!

I don't want to leave him, thinks Ariadne, the architect of the Dream Team.

They are on the plane back to Paris, everyone awake, shaken maybe, but awake. They had succeeded their mission: Inception. She turned to look at each team member and Robert Fischer, their Mark a.k.a. target. Eames, looked as smug as always, with a smirk on his face and a mischievous twinkle in his eyes that never disappeared. She received a polite wink from him, as he caught her watching him. She smiled slightly in turn. She next looks to Arthur, who fights often with Eames. He waved and in return she gave him the smile she had given Eames. Yusef and Saito sat blankly in their seats, staring out the window of the plane. And Fischer, sat with a thoughtful look swallowing his face. And then...she turns to steal a glance at the man that she, for some reason, can't get out of her mind. The man with the blue eyes that seem to make her melt on the inside. The man of mystery. The man who has captured her heart. She sighed, wishing she could somehow stop him from hurting himself...because of mal, his dead wife.

He needs to let her go, she thinks. She continues to look at him, Dominic Cobb a.k.a. Cobb, as he stares at nothing. She reluctantly tears her eyes away, knowing that he would never turn back to look at her. Not even if he knew she was looking.

"Helloooooooo...Earth to Ari..." She starts when she feels someone pinch her nose, swatting at the offending hand. She jumps up out of her seat and snaps at...

"Jesus Christ, Arthur! Don't scare me like that! What the hell are you doing?" He raises his hands in mock-surrender with his eyebrows raised.

"Seatbelt sign," he said as he pointed upwards towards the ceiling. She sighed, sitting back down and buckling my seatbelt. She could everyone's eyes on her. Eames with pure curiosity and mild amusement, that mischievous glint still there; Yusef with his confused, worried eyes; Saito looked concerned and he asked if she was okay, to which she just nodded; Arthur was looking at her with curiosity, worry, and confusion. Fischer was just...blank. Wanting for them to leave her alone, she leaned back in her seat, turning her head slightly to see Cobb. She wanted to take him in as much as she could while she ad the chance. In about 20 minutes, she would be saying her final goodbye to Cobb. Thinking that Cobb wasn't looking at her anymore, she gave him a once-over. He looked so...perfect, from his black dress shoes to his gray suit pants, held in place with a brown belt, to his tucked in blue and white horizontally striped dress shirt, to his gray tie, to his-

Blue

At that instant, all she saw was blue. She felt herself mentally falling into them, swimming in a beautiful shade of ocean, reluctant to get out. But she did eventually because the plane stopped. She blinked back into reality, leaving the comfort of his eyes. They were still looking at one another, neither wanting to tear away. But as everyone got up to grab their luggage, so did Ari and Cobb. She moved as fast as she could because she felt like crying. Now ariadne wasn't usually a crybaby, but that changed after she met Dominic Cobb. Actually, a lot of things changed for Ari ever since she met Cobb. She learned so much. He expanded her mental capacity as well as her emotional. She had never felt for someone like he did for Cobb...

As she exits the plane, she keeps a grip on her totem, a chess piece she created herself, while her other hand holds her duffel bag.

"Whoa, slow down there. You training for a marathon or something?" asks Arthur. Ariadne shakes hers head. "You know," he continues as if she made no movement at all, "this could be your last chance to talk to him..." She stops in her tracks to look at her soon-to-be roommate, and he does the same.

"What? Who?" He smirks.

"If you don't want to, then I suggest you start walking. Speak of the devil and the devil shall come..although that doesn't make sense since he has to walk this way..." Ari turns to see who he's looking at, and she sees Cobb, with Eames trailing behind him talking about having drinks and going out to clubs. He sees her looking and his blue eyes meet her brown ones. She smiles at him lightly, as a farewell.

"Farewell.." she whispers as she turns to face Arthur once again. The smirk is gone, now replaced by a sad, sympathetic smile. He puts his arm around her shoulders and ushers her to the baggage check.

"Come on, it'll be fine, Ari. Let's go home," he says with a smile. She laughs lightly. Arthur managed to convince her to stay with him, saying that his food is better and so is the entertainment. And an added bonus: Eames was going to stay there as well! Now who could possibly pass that up?

Everyone, not including Fischer, watched as Cobb went through security, worried that he would get stopped. But instead, he was welcomed back home with a smile. Ariadne let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding and she smiled, glad that he could go home and be with his kids again. After security cleared her, she found Arthur standing with Eames, Yusef, and Saito. No Cobb. She approached them with a smile, or what she hoped looked like a smile. It's not like she was exactly a ray of sunshine at the moment. She shook Saito's hand, as he thanked her and the 3 others for helping him. Ari just nodded, that "smile" still plastered on her face. As she, Arthur, and Eames parted ways with the 2 other men, she let the smile fade away. They grabbed a taxi, stuffing their bags in the trunk. Eames sat up front while Arthur and Ari sat in the back. She stared out at the pinkish-purplish sky. It was about 5:00, and she loved the way the sky looked when it had a purple tint to it. It made her peaceful, but for some reason, it wasn't helping her much today.

Arthur knew that she was hurting.

That son of a bitch didn't even say goodbye, he thought. Ari was like his little sister, and he hated seeing her get hurt. And right now? She looked like a wounded puppy. And there was nothing he could do to help her... They reached their destination, the three of them exiting the taxi, Eames paying the bill. They grabbed their bags from the trunk and entered Arthur's loft which was surrounded by little stores and vendors. Ari and Eames's jaws dropped, seeing the luxury of his humble home. Arthur set his bags down on the couch as did the 2 others.

"So you live alone in a fancy home like this and you won't even buy me a beer?" says typical Eames. Ari rolls her eyes as she roams around the 2 story house. The kitchen was covered in marble, the rest of the floor hardwood. There was a flat screen Tv placed above a fireplace. There were no photos on the mantle, which was unusual. There were 2 red love seats and 2 dark blue couches placed on top of a huge carpet.

"Come on and bring your stuff," Arthur said as he began to walk up the spiraling white carpet covered stairs. Eames and Ari grabbed their bags(Ari would have to go back to her dorm and get her clothes, while Eames would buy new clothes) and followed him up the stairs. There were 4 rooms, two on each side of hallway at the left of the stairs. The 2nd door on the left, he told Ari, was hers. The room across from it would be Eames's and the room next to hers was Arthur's himself. The 4th door was a bathroom, which apparently would belong to Ari. To the right of the hallway were 2 more rooms: another bathroom, which Eames and Arthur would have to share, and a "surprise door" as Arthur called it. He wouldn't tell either of them what the surprise was, but they planned on finding out sooner or later.

Arthur went back downstairs after telling the two of them to settle in. They both went to open their doors, their hands on the doorknobs. They opened their doors and entered. Ariadne looks around the room and places her bag on her large king sized bed. Across from the bed is a large wooden desk, that seemed to be polished. The room was painted a beautiful shade of purple, her favorite. Across from the entrance of the room was a guitar stand. Ari smiled, wanting to go back to her dorm right away to get her guitar. It brought her comfort, her guitar, as well as music, as well as the ocean...just like Cobb's eyes. Tears began to form at her eyes but she wiped at them fiercely. She knew Arthur wanted her to be happy, which is why he did all this. The decorating of the room, the guitar stand..She wouldn't cry, knowing it would hurt him.

I won't cry. I won't cry. That's what she kept telling herself. And for now, it would get through her thick skull. But then again, tomorrow's another day.

Okay so did it suck? Did it rock? Please let me know what you think! And I'm having trouble with what to put in my next chapter, so f you have any ideas please let me know! Thanks!