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I highly recommend you read all of Who Likes Short Shorts before you read these. If you've already read Who Likes Short Shorts I still recommend you go back and read Winter Walking After a Storm, The Flood, Car Trouble, Steamed and Steamy, The Carnival and Late Night in the Laundry Room.

So after doing Who Likes Short Shorts last year and the wonderful response there were some that I thought could use 2nd chapters.

All the following are shorts, 3 smut and 3 fluff so enjoy!

Starts right where Winter Walking After a Storm left off.

Winter Dating after a Storm

(OWEN)

Drew called and told me I needed to come over so I was just pulling up to his house. With the storm last night Dad was having me shovel the driveway so I was happy to have an excuse not to. I get out and go to the basement, I see the Torres brothers and Clare, wasn't expecting Clare but she is Adam's best friend.

"Okay I'm here what's the…" I'm cut off when Clare throws a pillow at me and it hits me in the face. "What did I do?" I ask sitting down with the pillow.

"You've been spying on me for three years!" She snaps at me.

"What?!" Adam and Drew exclaim together.

"You can't be mad at me for that, it was for a noble cause we were keeping you safe," I comment.

"Uh you want to tell us what's going on?" Adam requests.

"Jay had Owen spy for him and keep him updated on my life," Clare responds crossing her arms and huffing slightly.

"Okay what? I'm still confused," Drew says.

"Jay's known Clare since she was like twelve and he was sort of looking out for her while her sister was having a hard time. So when he moved back to town some time ago he approached me and asked me to keep an eye on her but without Clare knowing. So I have been," I explain and then look at Clare, "How did you find out?"

"I spent the night at Jay's last night and he told me, we're dating now by the way. How could you not bother to tell me to tell me you were spying on me?" Clare questions.

"I wouldn't have been much of a spy if you knew, how'd you end up at Jay's place anyway?" I inquire.

"Got caught in the storm, so you've known about Asher this whole time?" She asks.

"Yeah that pig, I'm happy to go beat the crap out of him too," I respond with gritted teeth.

"If you kill him then we want to come but first who is Jay, I mean besides some guy you've known since twelve and how old is he?" Adam asks.

"He's eight years older than me, he's a mechanic and he's sweet," Clare grins blushing a little.

"He also used to be a huge hood, worse than me but he's good now. He's been protecting Clare for three years from the shadows," I tell them.

"Oh yeah that makes me feel much better," Adam comments sardonically.

"Adam Jay's really a good guy," Clare argues.

"He was a hood but he's changed, he grew up and he's got a steady job. His girlfriend cheated on him and he moved back to Toronto, approached me to keep an eye on Clare. He cares about her," I tell them and Clare smiles at me.

"I told you and you can meet him and see that he's actually a good guy," Clare says.

"Seriously he's a good guy don't worry he's protected Clare in the last three years more times than you two can count, well at least Drew," I comment and he glares at me. "So am I forgiven for spying on you?" I ask Clare.

"Yeah I guess so, you were doing it for a good cause, besides you won't need to anymore now that we're a couple," Clare says.

"Good 'cause keeping an eye on you is exhausting and it's about damn time Jay said something to you he's been crushing on you longer than Fitz did," I remark as I get a text from Dad that I need to come back and finish shoveling the snow. "Hey I gotta run, I'll see you guys later," I tell them getting up. They say goodbye and I walk to my car sending a text to Jay before I drive home.

Owen: Saw Clare it's about time you made your move!

(CLARE)

"You look gorgeous," Jay smiles when he picks me up from my house for the New Year's party.

"Thanks," I smile grabbing my black velvet blazer and thick winter coat before I lock up the house.

Jay is wearing black jeans and a thick coat so I can't tell what he has on under it. I have black ankle boots, black stockings, and an ice blue dress with thick strap sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. Blue crystal earrings and along with a matching necklace are the only jewelry I wear. Jay takes my hand and we walk to the car, the party is at Tony's house, he has a fairly nice one on the north side of Riverdale. I get out of the car and Jay puts his arm around me and we walk to the front door, Jay simply opens it without knocking and we go inside.

"Jay good to see you and this must be Clare, you're even hotter than Jay said. I'm Tony Jay's boss," he tells me hugging Jay and then me before looking me over.

"It's nice to meet you," I smile.

"Honey Jay is here," Tony calls into the party. A few seconds later a woman with wheat blonde hair and green eyes approaches with a smile. "This is Jay's girl Clare, this is my wife Eve," Tony introduces us.

I smile and greet her as does Jay, Eve takes our coats putting them in a hall closet, and then we stand there talking with them for a few moments until more guests arrive and Tony and Eve greet them. Jay takes my hand and we walk into the party, going to the refreshments first. There's warm apple cider, mulled wine, beer and lots of alcohol. Jay takes a beer and I take some apple cider.

"It's about time you two got here," Owen says appearing from the crowd with Drew, Bianca, Adam and Dallas.

"What are you guys doing here?" I question.

"Jay invited us," Owen informs me.

"You know I would have been secretly spying on you too if I'd known about it. I didn't think Owen could even keep a secret," Bianca comments and I giggle.

"I already like him better than Eli," Dallas says taking a swig of some sort of alcohol.

Adam has been fairly quiet but he seems to be sizing Jay up more than anything, watching him with me and the others. We talk with them, migrating from the refreshments to another part of the house. Occasionally Jay will say hi to someone he works with or leave to talk to someone but he always comes back. A few times he offers to get people more drinks or food but he stops after one beer since he's driving. By a quarter to midnight, and after a lot of talking to Jay and watching his every move, Adam has warmed up to him and seems to have no more qualms about our dating, even with our age difference. Just before midnight Jay takes me away from everyone, he takes me outside and under the stars waiting for the stroke of midnight. We can hear a collective countdown from the party, "…three…two…one happy New Year!"

Jay puts one arm around my lower back, the other gently cups my chin tilting it up and seizing my lips. My arms go around him, my hands interlinking at the back of his neck, my lips parting for him as I melt into the kiss. A new year has begun, I have a new boyfriend, I feel myself falling in love again and I have new hope for the year ahead!