Hey readers! I have no idea how to continue "I love you like a love song" so I give you this little one-shot so that I can think of the right way to continue my other story! ENJOY AND R&R PLEASE…. Or else…LOL jk jk!
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Helpless When She Smiles
"Damn, this sucks. I can't believe we're stranded out here. Do we even have a GPS to tell us where we are?" Detective Mal Fallon asked his girlfriend, Special Agent Natara Williams. The duo had been dating for two weeks now, after what seemed like ages for the others to convince them to confess.
Natara was sitting in the front passenger seat, rubbing her temples, relieving another headache. "Mal, for the umpteenth time, the GPS was the reason why we're here in the first place. Besides, this is your damn fault anyway."
"My fault? How is this my fault?" Mal asked, turning his head in an almost whiplashing speed. Natara turned back to him, clearly annoyed by his lack of reasoning. "The reason we're out here is because YOU decided to find a short cut, as well as manage to get lost, which by the time we found a way out, we ran out of gas!" Natara fumed, further angering him.
Biting his lip in fury, Mal decided not to retaliate and stepped out of the car, in to the pouring rain, and began walking down the road. Shocked by his action, Natara opened her door and yelled, "MALACHI CHARLES FALLON, GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! YOU'RE GONNA CATCH PNEUMONIA!" Much to her chagrin, he kept on walking.
It took him 30 minutes to finally calm down and decide to turn back to his car. "Ugh, we fight all the time. I'm gonna regret that move when I get a nasty cold." Mal thought while walking down the road.
She keeps her secrets
In her eyes
She wraps the truth
Inside her lies
Just when I can't say
What she's done to me
She comes to me
And leads me back to paradise
Thinking back before they became a couple, Mal remembered the fall out they had after he shot Shawn Mallory, Natara's ex-boyfriend.
"How could you, Mal!" Natara started after she gathered the right words to say…although that wasn't much, but it was all she could think of.
"Nat, he was threat to me and you! My orders were: shoot to kill!" Mal retaliated.
After the exchange of a few harsh words, Natara turned on her heels and walked away from Mal.
A couple of weeks later, she was still mad at him, but managed to smile at a few of his jokes, which meant the world to the homicide detective.
She's so hard to hold
But I can't let go
It may seem like hell to have her as a partner and girlfriend at times, but anyone willing to take her away from him is going to have on hell of a fight.
I'm a house of cards
in a hurricane
A reckless fire
In the pouring rain
She cuts me and the pain
Is all I wanna feel
She'll dance away just like a child
She drives me crazy
Drives me wild
But I'm helpless when she smiles
One lazy Friday night, the couple laid on Mal's couch. Mal was reclined on the couch's arm and Natara was reclining against him, his arms around her waist, placing soft kisses on her head from time to time.
"I could get used to this." Natara stated, looking up at Mal. He leaned down and pressed his lips against hers ever so softly.
"I love you, Nat." Mal said, with a sincere smile on his face. "I love you, too, Mally-bear." Natara returned. Usually he wouldn't accept that nick name from anyone, but Natara was an exception.
She smiles
She smiles, and his whole world illuminates in bright colors. 20/20 vision.
Maybe I'd fight if I could
It hurts so bad
But feels so good
She opens up just like
A rose to me
When she's close to me
Anything she'd ask me to
I would
It's out of control
But I can't let go
Outside of Genevieve's House of Horrors, Natara sits on the bumper of an ambulance, absorbing all that had occurred that night.
She smiles when she sees Mal walking up to her.
"Hey, are you alright?" He asks, while sitting on the bumper next to her.
"Y-yeah, a little shaken but, I'm alright." Natara responded, flashing another smile, ,making him smile back.
Mal puts his arm around her. Natara leans over and rests her head on his shoulder.
"I knew you'd come for me."
"Of course I did. I'm your partner."
He looked down at her, she looked up at him. A sudden urge to kiss her came over him…and then it was gone once Shawn showed up in a stretcher.
I'm a house of cards
in a hurricane
A reckless fire
In the pouring rain
She cuts me and the pain
Is all I wanna feel
She'll dance away just like a child
She drives me crazy
Drives me wild
But I'm helpless when she smiles
Maskmaker case. Mr and Mrs. Waldencrest. He loved the ring to that, but he liked it even more when it was Mr and Mrs. Fallon. All he wanted was to marry this woman and start a family.
"Damn Oscar, damn Shawn… and dammit, damn me!" Mal seethed. He began to walk faster and eventually began running.
When she looks at me
I get so weak
Waking up next to Natara was the best feeling Mal's ever had. Her face motivates him, makes him strive in the things he does, gives him something to believe in.
I'm a house of cards
in a hurricane
A reckless fire
In the pouring rain
She cuts me and the pain
Is all I wanna feel
She'll dance away just like a child
She drives me crazy
Drives me wild
But I'm helpless when she smiles
Finally, after half an hour of running after him, and he running back, the two meet, face to face.
"Nat, I-I'm so…" Mal begins but Natara cuts him off.
"No Mal, I'm sorry. It was wrong for me to blame you. Sure, you were trying to find a short cut and we got lost but, it's not your fault." She pauses momentarily. "Forgive me?"
"Yeah, I forgive you." Mal said and Natara smiles from ear to ear, and jumps into his arms , and he wraps his arms around her in a firm hug.
"I love you, Mal."
"I love you, too, Nat."
He's helpless when she smiles.
