Author's note: Hey, so everyone, I've found a new obsession! Don't worry it takes nothing away from any of my DS stories because they're all being written as well still. And for the time being, the next twenty four hours the next chapter of RS is on hold! It's all finished though. My beta, and help (Calie) is on a mini vaca so she's not around to go over it. Sorry, bear with me you'll all get it eventually. I promise. In the mean time I have two new things for you. This and the next thing depending on how I spend my time tonight you might just get tonight. Enjoy this! Because I think I love it pretty much so. And before I forget, the song is This Broken Heart by: Something Corporate.

you woke up, in pieces
from making these changes
and holding the ransom, won't write you an anthem
on the outside, I'm trying, cause inside, I'm dying

It was late afternoon and the costumers had all cleared out for the day, normally she would have liked the piece and quiet without the swirl of noise and energy. It wasn't very often anymore that she worked in the café now that the gallery's small shop was open. But for the afternoon she'd taken a shift, a shift to try and get away from all the confusion that misted around in her head. For the first time Vanessa couldn't find a smile in the piece and quiet. Swinging her legs back and forth she listened to the bang and clicks of her boots hitting the aluminum on the counter. None of it would still take her mind off of the thoughts she tried so hard to push from her mind. She reached to pull the elastic out of her hair thinking that if she kept her hands busy maybe they wouldn't crave the feel of his skin and muscle under them. His soft, smooth, tanned feel and look that she'd fallen for once she'd let her guard down. As she pulled at the elastic till it came out the bouncy curls dropped to her shoulders, yet it didn't help either. She could feel him tugging at the spirals away from her face behind her ear before placing a soft and tender kiss to her lips. Putting her finger on her lips she traced the feeling that was prickling them and closed her eyes creating one of many mistakes. As she closed her eyes the deep sapphire blues were look intently back at her. They made her melt even at so much as the thought.

Vanessa wasn't supposed to be that girl, she wasn't ever that girl that melted at the thought of a guy. However, the moment that Nathaniel Archibald proved himself to be more then just some spoiled rich asshole he'd captivated her and turned her into something she hadn't ever been. There was a certain façade between the way he acted to the outside world and the way he acted with her. All summer long she'd wanted it, she'd wanted him to be there and make the butterflies arise in her chest and stomach. She needed him to look at her the way he always did. With his sweet longing smile, his gentle touches. The way he touched her hand and made everything met into the scenery until nothing mattered but the two of them. She couldn't figure out why but for some reason he was all she needed, the only thing that could make her heart speed up and want to explode out of her chest.

As she rubbed her hand she could almost feel his lips on it still, the way they'd pressed into her skin after her hand had slid from his cheek. She knew from the second the words 'tell me everything' had come out of her mouth that she was just going to burry herself deeper under his spell. When the sentence 'No, I wanna be with you' came out of his mouth she lost nearly every bit of control she had in her not to dance around the room. Even with the thing that had come out of his mouth previous to, nothing changed the fact that the heart in her chest was still pulsing for him. His lips warm lips on her palm as he kissed it cemented what she felt for the boy with the crystal sapphire eyes.

Finally Vanessa gave up as she lifted her hands and shifted her head down to lean on them, she let the memory of the night captivate her. The night she'd let herself go and surrendered both her body and her mind to his charm. She'd never taken a risk quite as she had that night, a risk that she couldn't no would she ever re do.

this broken heart was stronger then,
now I cant stand to part with this
this broken heart

"God, this does feel like that door stop moment."

"And what moment would that be?"

"Yea, That's the moment"

The key phrases that had sealed their fate for the night, her hands were on his neck, one of his rested at the nape of her neck and the other wrapped tightly around her waist as the door to the café shut behind them. She hadn't meant to have a good time with him, she hadn't meant to laugh, she hadn't meant to enjoy the company of a stuck up rich boy. He'd genuinely put a smile on her face and made her laugh, damn it, she'd let her guard down enough to be falling for Nate Archibald.

"I thought we were saying goodnight"

Had he not gone back after her mouth again she might have responded to him and kicked him out of the café. As their tongues dueled his hand slipped from the back of her neck to the side of his face again as his thumb brushed slow circles on her cheek bone. He was so gentle and careful she could feel herself giving into him. Slipping to the point of no return.

When he pulled away this time she'd tightened her grip on the back of his neck, she didn't want him to stop, and she couldn't let him stop.

"V, I have to go. If this goes any further I'm not going to be able to…"

Hazel eyes were intently gazing into dark blue, her whole body felt like it was on fire as she just shook her head at him.

"No, I don't want to stop."

She rasped out breathless and wordy as their eyes stayed locked on one another, no words were said, no kisses were granted. Vanessa wasn't even sure if she was feeling anymore. Not one bit of the things that were going was she sure of, the only thing she was sure of was that for the first time she, Vanessa Marigold Abrams wanted to live in the moment.

"Are you sure"

The prince and good boy exterior was one that for once she wanted to melt into the interior she could tell he had. It already seemed to be proven, the fact that he wanted her just as badly as se wanted him. Vanessa nodded her head again and this time Nate finally stopped the gentle circles on her cheek and slid down her side as he backed her up against the counter.

Their kisses got more heated as he lifted her up onto the counter top. His jacket had long ago slipped to the floor and she couldn't even remember it. Next to go was the blazer he'd had on over the button up. Her hands were shaking with nerves, she'd never done this exactly. Sue she'd been on her knees a few times but Nate was the first guy that actually made her want it. As she started on his buttons, her lips never leaving his her shoes fell to the floor with an obnoxious clunk.

When his lips left hers right after she didn't even have a moment to look at him confused as he soon began to kiss her neck and down her collar bone she knew there wasn't any changing her mind. He had her entranced. His hands began to pull up the yellow pattered dress as her legs wrapped around his waist. As the yellow fabric was pulled carefully over her head his lips found hers again as he picked her up off of the counter. Vanessa pulled away from the kiss and she saw his sapphire blue eyes suddenly pool in perplexity.

"This, this is the reason my parents won't adopt a seventeen year old boy, because, then I couldn't do this. That's not something I'm willing to accept."

She mumbled into his mouth and caused him to laugh for a moment as he carried her to the floor behind the counters. It may not have been surrounded by candles, and it may have been a little bit dirty but being with him and knowing that he could put all of his rich over rides aside to show her things she'd never experienced even if it was on a dirty old floor of a café she found in her own Vanessa way romantic. She'd enjoyed his company so much, so much more then she'd expected.

"I'm sorry, I should have taken you somewhere nicer then th…"

Cut off by her putting her finger to his lips she shook her head signifying him not to talk. Apologies and wasted wants would break the moment she was so transfixed in. pulling him back on top of her his right hand traveled up her side, over the black lace and back to the side of her neck. That's when he paused for a second as sapphire stayed captivated by hazel. They both knew right then that it was a moment that would never dim.

you took me for granted
now I'm changed, you haven't
it wont be so easy to sell me this feeling
this broken heart, was stronger than, the words I wish you never meant
this broken heart

The chiming bells above the door broke Vanessa from her train of thought, she still had goosebumps running up and down her arms however. There wasn't a moment during the day that she didn't crave his touch or kiss. With Catharine holding so much over his head and there being so much at risk that he could lose if that horrid women opened her mouth Nate had to much to lose. To much that Vanessa would never forgive herself for if he did lose. It was quite clear that Nathaniel Archibald had no idea how to be a normal teenage boy, a few of the things Vanessa was quite thankful for.

She probably should have been paying attention to the costumer that had walked in the door but the chiming of the bell above the door had gotten her out of her memory and not out of the captive state she was in thinking about Nate. She did that a lot lately, getting completely in the distant memories she had of him. It just made her despise and hate Catharine more then she already did.

can't make this right, you see on my face,
that I'm not gonna be alright, not tonight,
you can read all my letters, but that won't mean things are fine,
not this time, cause you gave away all the secrets of you and I

It was the soft lips on her neck that made her hazel eyes open immediately. She knew them without even turning, the way his soft lips found all of the right spots on her neck. She tilted her head to the side involuntary as his arms wrapped around her from behind. She knew she should have stopped it right away but she couldn't. As he pulled her back closer into his chest, arms tightly holding around her, head bowed and leaning forehead down on her shoulder she just wanted to stay like that for as long as she could. Even if it would just all be a distant memory also.

"Nate, what are you doing here?"

Enjoying him holding her so tightly and the feel of his warm breath on the side of her neck she didn't want to move. She didn't have the energy to be defensive or ask many questions. The only thing she wanted was him. As her mind flicked back to the breakup and back to Catherine it took all of her strength to push him away, to hop off of the counter and stand on her own away from him. She couldn't be so close to him with wanting to repeat the actions that had once taken place on the floor so many months prier to the date.

"Vanessa please don't do this."

His voice was pleading, begging even and it made her just want to melt into him. She couldn't do it, she couldn't risk him losing everything. Vanessa shook her head and turned away from him moving to the other end of the counters in order not to be so close to him.

"We can't do this Nate, she's the one that wants you. It's not me, go back to Catherine."

She had to turn her back to him again, she couldn't look at him because then he'd see right through her. He'd see all of her lies of how she was the one that wanted him; she was the one that needed him to be there. He made her feel more alive then she'd ever felt before.

"I told you V, I don't want her."

He was in back of her again, even after she'd pulled away from him. His hands were sliding up her arms and she felt her body quiver under his touch as he touched her so gently and caringly. She couldn't resist it as she leaned back against his chest and closed her eyes as he wrapped one arm around her waist and used the other to stroke her face.

"I told you Nate, we can't do this. I can't be a part of…"

Words came up short as he put his finger on her lips silencing her from talking anymore to run it. It wasn't that he didn't love hearing her talk it was that he hated her turning him down. He didn't want her to turn him down anymore, he just wanted to be with her. Moving his head to her ear he placed a soft kiss to the skin behind her earlobe.

"Come away with me"

Out of no where the words came out of his mouth and it took everything for her not to turn and laugh in his face. this time she moved away from him, out of his grasp and turned to look at him fact to face.

"Nate please, please don't do this to me."

She whispered at him as he took a persistent step closer this time putting both of his arms around her, his hands on her hips as he pulled her closer to him. Leaning his head in puzzle piece match to hers he pressed their lips together in a soft yet meaningful kiss. One that was light yet passionate and full of fire even as it was gentle. Just the simple kiss spoke of all the words they weren't ready to say to one another or trust just yet.

When the kiss ended she realized just how tight she'd been holding onto his shirt and she let go and moved away from him in a mad dash. She couldn't be that close to him, she couldn't let his silly words or forgetful promises go to her head anymore.

"I'm closing up and going home. Get out."

She said harshly getting her Vanessa tone back to her as she shut off the lights and grabbed her coat walking quick strides to the door and holding it open. She watched as in a dejected mirror he followed her to the door, every step he took seeming as broken as she was.

"I'm going home."

Repeating the words again his bright eyes lit up in spark and looked at her but by the time they had she'd already locked the door and headed down the Brooklyn street.

this broken heart, was stronger then
now I cant stand to part with this
this broken heart, was stronger than,
the words I wish you never meant
this broken heart