Today's mash-up is... [Spins invisible wheel] 59 – Interrupted Declaration of Love and... [Spins wheel again] 82 – Second Love! [Suddenly a bird flies in with two more prompts] Hmmm... "I want to be more than friends with you" and... "Whenever we're together, I feel at home." Let's see what happens!
Cameron never believed in love at first. He believed that love took time and trust but then again, he had believed that first love could be lasting. By first love, he meant what he thought he had with Lexi. Now, he wasn't sure if love, especially true love was something attainable, let alone lasting.
That is until he met Kay, since the moment they met, he felt this pull towards her, and he wanted to know her. He wanted to be in her life, he wanted to keep her trust. When he realized that she didn't trust him anymore after the incident at the auction house, he knew he had to make things right.
When her life was threatened, that's when he knew that his feelings for her ran deep. When he going off of his "fake" declaration of love, that's when he realized that there may have been some truth in his words, that is, of course, until his declaration of love had been interrupted by a gunshot.
Now it had been almost a month since she had rescued him from prison after Jonathan left him there. He still didn't understand why his own brother would betray him like that but that would be something he would deal with later. Right now he had to deal with the weird yet wonderful sensation he had whenever he saw Kay. He was noticing more things about her, from how walked to how she would push her hair behind her ear sometimes to how the she smiled at him seemed to be different than the way smiled at others. He was a good observer but even he had to admit that he was... observing more than he initially did. That doesn't make me sound like a creepy stalker at all, he sarcastically thought to himself.
"Cameron?" Dina spoke up as she entered the room.
He lifted his head, "Hmm?"
"You've just been silent for a good while. Is something wrong?"
"How do you know?" He asked.
Dina became confused, "What?"
"How do you know... when you've found someone you care for?"
Dina raised an eyebrow and sat across from him, "This is about Kay."
"How'd you-"
Dina shook her head, "Darling, it's been painfully obvious lately."
Cameron furrowed his eyebrows, "It has?"
"The way you light up whenever she enters a room. The way you smile when she smiles at you, you think we don't notice but we do... you two are not very subtle."
Cameron sighed, "So what do I do about it? I want more with Kay but if she doesn't want me... I'd still be perfectly happy being her friend and being her partner."
Dina raised her eyebrows, "Perfectly happy?"
"Okay, not perfectly happy but happy enough. Dina... I love Kay."
"How are you so sure it's love?" She knew it was but she wanted him to admit it to himself.
Cameron gulped, "Because nothing makes sense without her."
Dina smiled at the man she had come to regard as a brother, "Then tell her."
"But what if-"
"What if the sky turned to fire and your nose fell off?"
Cameron raised an eyebrow, "What?"
She let out a chuckle, "I'm saying don't spend time on 'what if' and focus on what could be. I know that whatever Kay feels in return, you will respect her choice because that is just who you are."
Cameron smiled at the woman he regarded as a sister, "Thanks Dina."
"Anytime." She took a look at her watch, "You know... it's not really late, why not go tell her now?"
"Now?"
"Why put off something you could do tonight to tomorrow?"
Cameron nodded, "You're right. I'll go tell her now." He got up from his chair and grabbed his coat. As he opened the door of the archive, Kay was standing behind the door looking ready to knock, "Kay?"
Kay gave a slight smile, "Cameron."
Dina realized what was going on and grabbed her own coat, "You know what? We're out of milk; I'll just go get some."
"Milk?" Kay questioned.
"Yes darling, Gunter gets cranky when he doesn't have milk for his morning coffee. I'll see you two later." Dina said as she walked out the door.
Cameron let Kay in as she appeared to be nervous, "Everything alright Kay?"
"Um..." Kay started taking her coat off, "I-I don't know. I just... need to talk to you."
"Yeah, of course." Cameron gestured to the couch, "Wanna sit?"
"Uh, no. I-I have a feeling I might be leaving soon anyway."
"What are you talking about?"
"Cameron... I-I don't think it's a good idea for us to work together anymore."
Cameron felt his heart break, "W-what? Is it something I did? Something I said?" He said, stepping closer to her.
Kay shook her head, "No, no, it's nothing you did." Well, it was. He made her fall in love with him. She couldn't risk their partnership and their friendship because she had feelings for him so she was going to do the only thing that made sense to her; keep her distance.
"Then... what? I don't get it. Kay, why would you want to... to end our partnership?"
"I don't... I don't want to... but it's for the best. I have... not been as much help as you needed. Maybe if you worked with someone else, you'd get the results you needed."
Cameron raised an eyebrow, "No... That's not it. Kay, you've been more help to me than you could possibly imagine. What's going on Kay? What aren't you telling me?" Kay didn't respond, he gently took her hands in his, "If you tell me, you never have to see me again if you don't want to. Please tell me... why?"
Kay looked in his eyes as he tried to understand what was going on in her mind. She removed her hands from his and cupped his face, dropping her coat. She then placed a soft kiss on his lips as a tiny tear slid down her cheek, it was barely noticeable. Cameron's eyes widened for a moment before they shut in a moment of bliss. He gently gripped her upper arms and kissed her back before they parted, "That's why. I'm sorry."
She tried to leave but Cameron spoke up, "W-wait. Kay, why is that the reason we can't work together anymore?" He said as a sweet smile started to form on his face. He couldn't help it.
"Cameron I- we work together, it's unethical for me to... to even be attracted to you. I'm just supposed to... just supposed to be an FBI agent to you." Kay said. She shook her head and picked up her coat off the ground, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have even come."
"But Kay-"
"I'll talk to Deakins in the morning about you working with someone else." She said as she left to go to the door.
"Kay!" Cameron grabbed her by the arm, pulled her close, making her drop her coat again and kissed her once more. One hand rested on her back as the other cupped her neck. Kay's hands gripped the back of his sweater as she kissed him back. When they parted, Cameron stroked her cheek with his thumb, "I'm sorry but you wouldn't listen."
"Cameron-"
"Kay, you are not just another FBI agent to me."He kissed her again, "You never were. I want to be more than friends with you."
Kay looks at him with shining eyes, "I want that too."
He grinned as the two of them walked over to the couch and sat down, "You know I was actually coming over to talk to you."
"You were?"
"Yeah, only I had a slightly different plan."
Kay raised a playful eyebrow, "You did?"
"Oh yeah. When you answered the door, I planned to..." He wrapped his arms around her, "Take you in my arms and..."
Kay looked at him expectedly, "And...?"
Cameron took a deep breath, "And tell you that I love you."
Kay's eyes widened, "You love me?"
"I know that it might seem crazy but... Kay, with you, suddenly everything makes sense. Whenever we're together, I feel at home." When she didn't say anything, he got worried, "Kay?"
Kay smiled as wrapped her arms around his neck and knocked him on his back. She looked into his eyes and whispered, finally admitting it to not only him but to herself, "I love you too." Cameron placed his hands on her back as they kissed again... and again... and again... and again. Needless to say... they ended up leaving the archive and going back to Kay's place for a little more... privacy. Maybe if someone had been supervising them, their lives wouldn't have changed as quickly as they would... but was that really a bad thing?
Okay! So when I first started writing this, it was meant to be a one-shot and nothing more... but now... I may have an idea for a new story. I am not by any means abandoning 'A Bundle of Secrets' or 'A Coffee Connection'. The general ending ideas of those two are already locked and loaded in my head but now... there might be a third story that might see regular updates.
What do you guys think?