Hello…alright, so this fic is actually for the 30kisses community on LiveJournal, but I'm posting it over here, too. This whole series (because that's what this is, a series of drabbles) is an adventure for me, because I'm trying a bunch of new things. For one, I've never really written romance before…so we'll see how this turns out. Anyway, like I said, this is a series of drabbles for ABC's "Pushing Daisies." The pairing is Ned/Chuck, because they make me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pushing Daisies, or any of the characters, settings, etc. The drabbles are rated individually, but I won't go higher than PG-13 (T). For the most part, they'll be pretty harmless. Also, NOTE, these are drabbles. They're supposed to be short.

Theme #1 – look over here

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"Ned?"

Night had long since stolen over the pair of them – if he squints, Ned can just make out her form in the darkness. She's watching him from her bed, so far across the wide expanse of the room. Dessert spoons, he reminds himself, but the thought isn't nearly as comforting as he'd hoped or thought it might be.

"What's the matter?" he asks. Not even he understands this compulsion to assume that someone (most likely himself) has erred in some way, but the words are out there and he can't take them back.

"Nothing," Chuck murmurs. She's silent long enough that Ned wonders if she's drifted back into slumber, but then she speak again. "It's just…"

Ned finds himself sitting up, wondering in earnest now what could possibly be wrong, and wishing those lips were close enough to taste, and wishing even harder that his touch wouldn't take back the one thing he'd given her.

"What is it?" Ned asks, leaning forward as his feet find the ground.

Chuck opens and closes her mouth several times before the query finally slides off her tongue.

"Why pies?"

Please, please, please review. I'd really appreciate the feedback…and I'm not going to bother posting on here if nobody reads it. I feel bad saying that, but you all know what it's like to look at the hit counter and see that 100 people have clicked on your story, but only two took the time to comment.

#2 is already finished, and will be up tomorrow. Until then,

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