This is my first fanfiction so it may not be all that great or well put together but you never know unless you try so…

DISCLAIMER: I own no part of Being Human I'm just… borrowing it

Chapter 1

Aidan let the cool air of the basement surround him, letting it drape his body like snow, as tried to make sense of his thoughts. It didn't bother him, and even if it did it couldn't possibly bother him as much as she was in that moment. He growled willing the memory of their hands brushing each other faded into darkness. The feeling of their fingers closing around each other, her soft slender fingers intertwining…

"Ah!" he exclaimed as he stood throwing off the thin covers. These were not healthy thoughts. These were not thoughts that he should be having about his friend. This was a nuisance. 'A very beautiful nuisance' he amended but chided himself at the thought.

A knock came at his door disrupting his thoughts before Josh made his way down the stairs. "Hey Aidan, me and Nora are going out. Do you want to come?" asked Josh gesturing up the stairs.

Aidan rubbed a hand through his dark hair and shook his head. "Uh no you guys go ahead without me."

Josh got ready to turn back toward the stairs but thought better. "Hey, um, are you alright man?"

Aidan lifted his brows and gave a perplexed look. "Uh yea, I'm good."
"You sure? You look a little…off is something on your mind?" Aidan scoffed and shook his head again.

"No. I just, I just don't feel like going out tonight."

"Uh huh,"

"But you and Nora have fun."

"Uh huh, yea we'll do that." Josh began to go up the stairs when he turned and called back. "Oh I almost forgot. Sally's staying in tonight, she wanted me to ask you if you're up for a movie."

"Well I wasn't-"

"Not optional Aidan!" sally shouted down the stairs. "You owe back movie taxes."

"That's not a real thing." He shouted exasperated, just what he needed to spend time with the person haunting his mind.

"Either your coming up or I'm coming down to get you." Aidan looked at Josh for support but he just shrugged his shoulders and proceeded up the stairs. Aidan followed pissed at himself for not being reluctant. As the door closed behind the forms of Josh and Nora the smell of buttered popcorn, cereal and coke drifted to his nose. He looked at Sally as she sat the mound of food on the table.

"Is there anything you won't eat?"

"What?" she said around a mouth full of popcorn. "It's popcorn and cereal, everyone eats popcorn and cereal."

"Yea but not together." She rolled her eyes ignoring him and went to pick a movie.

"What do you want to watch?" she asked bending over. He watched her as she did and groaned. She looked over her shoulder at him an innocent smile on her face. Not the mocking innocence either. The innocence where she was just acting and hadn't noticed what she was doing to him.

'She sees you as friend. Nothing more you idiot gain some self-control'

He moved his eyes to meet hers and sat down on the couch. "Doesn't matter," he replied.

"Good I'm in the mood for some dramatic romance of peoples improbable love stories." She joked and he smirked at her. They watched the movie in silence he on one end of the couch and she on the other. She had at first sat right next to him. The heat of her skin against his slightly cooler flesh sent a shiver down his body and he moved away. She had given him a sideways glance one he did not acknowledge but didn't comment. As the movie drowned on and she got closer trying to lay her head on his shoulders only to have him ease away. She gave up the silence and faced him with irritation.

"Is there something wrong?" He looked at her and shook his head.

"No."

"Then why are you acting so strange?" she asked

"I'm not acting strange."

"Yes you are. Every time I touch you, you move away." Sally said she tried to keep the hurt out of her voice but Aidan could see it in her eyes. He began to feel bad immediately.

"I just, it's not-"he sighed

"It's just weird touching a reanimated body? Right I get it. I understand with the touching and hand holding..." She babbled and

"What?" He questioned and shook his head. "That's not it I just..." He looked at her and the doubt on her face and scolded himself. He thought of some way to reassure her and found her hand on the couch. Slowly he put his hand over hers. "I like touching you." He admitted and when she raised her eye brows he caught what he said. "I mean I don't mind touching you." He stammered. "I don't have an aversion to the past dead I'm dead too remember." He scoffed making his voice playful. She smiled slightly. Her hand drew back from his and he thought it was to remove it but found her hand intertwining with pale fingers.

"It's nice to be able to touch somebody." She admitted. "After the whole death ordeal I don't think I can be around anyone but you, Josh and Nora. What if I'm stuck here for the next 50 years waiting for everyone I might know to die off?"

"Well at least you won't be able to murder their ghost." He said resolutely and she smacked him on his chest.

"That's not funny Aidan." She said as he laughed.

"You are going to be fine." He said mindlessly stroking the back of her hand.

"Really?" She asked "your not saying that just because you were being a jerk two minutes ago?" He rolled his eyes.

Sally looked at their hands and up at Aidan who was starring at her. His eyes intense an unreadable.

She didn't know what had been happening between them over the past few days. It was true their hands brushed, they had hugged and there were some reassuring heart to heart talks. She even enjoyed the connection but she didn't know if it was because she just hadn't been touched in a long time or because she was actually attracted to Adian.

She had always thought he was a hottie but her previous ghostly state made that nothing but a dream. Added he was her friend for Christ sake. Now...

Aidan despite the warning picking at his mind placed his other hand on the side of her face. Their eyes were locked together just like their hands. They stayed like that for a long moment before Sally smiled slightly, nervously and tried to turn away. He stopped her movements by edging closer himself and stopped when their faces were mere centimeters apart.

His breath was cool on her lips and she found herself wishing she hadn't ate all that smelly junk food earlier. She betted her breath didn't smell as good as his did.

"You smell like vanilla." Aidan said their lips lightly brushing each other.

"No, I'm sure what your smelling is popcorn." She replied and he chuckled.

"Not your breath, your hair." He said and gently placed his lips to hers giving into the want he had been denying for too long.