It was just as he had described it. Warm. Radiant. Beautiful. His words echoed in her head as she felt the light and the warmth of the sun on her skin. She clung on to him as they sped over a bridge on a motorcycle. Sam was driving as fast as he could, but it still wasn't near as fast as the lightcycles can go. Quorra had her head rested on Sam's back with her eyes wide open. She was taking in this new world, the world she had heard so much about. Of course, it was more beautiful than she had ever imagined when Flynn was describing it to her. Everything was bright, and there were more colors then she had seen on The Grid. But more importantly, there was the sun. It kind of reminded her of Sam, especially the way he told her about it. Sam was warm, and radiant, and (in her eyes) beautiful. Being in this new world with him felt amazing to her. She had never been this happy in all of the cycles she had lived. Especially after The Purge, nothing really made her feel this way after that. But now, she was happy and, for once, she didn't feel lonely.
Before they had gotten on the bike, Sam had told her that he was bringing her back to his place. She wanted to meet Marvin, the small Boston Terrier Sam had told her about. Quorra was more excited than ever. She already loved this new world, and she had only been there for a couple hours. Sam sped through the huge city, and before Quorra has realized, they had pulled into a garage-like house.
"Wow," Quorra said with a grin on her face as she got off of the motorcycle. Her short, black hair was ruffled from the wind and her eyes were wide with excitement. Sam gave her a one sided smile after getting off the bike himself.
"I knew you'd like that," he answered with a chuckle. At that moment, Marvin had woken up from his dog bed and ran over to Quorra. He started barking with excitement and she took a step back from him. Sam leaned down and scooped him up in his arms. "That's no way to say hello to a lady, Marv." He ruffled the top of the tiny dog's head and he stopped barking. Quorra was looking at the dog timidly. Sam noticed and let out a small chuckle. "It's okay, " he said. "His bark is bigger than his bite." She took a step closer to both Sam and the dog, reaching her arm out slowly to pat his head. She grinned again as Marvin cocked his head and licked her fingers.
"He's such an interesting creature!" Quorra said enthusiastically as she slid her hand down his back.
"That's Marvin," Sam chuckled then kissed his head. She leant her head in the side in curiosity.
"What was that?" she asked him as she let Marvin lick her fingers and hands.
"What was what?" He looked up from the dog and to her; she had a slightly puzzled look on her face.
"That," she nodded her head towards the dog. "What you did to his head." Sam arched a brow at her then looked down at Marvin.
"Oh, I kissed his head," he smiled and did it again. "See?" Quorra cocked her head to the side again.
"What's a kiss?" she asked; Kevin had never explained to her what exactly a kiss was.
"Uhm…" Sam chuckled as he thought. "Just like the sun, I've never really had to explain it before."
"Try?" Quorra asked with a cute and curious smile on her face. He nodded and continued thinking.
"Well, I guess you could say that it's a display of affection. Like a hug," he shrugged and looked up at her. "Marvin licking your hands is his way to kissing. People use their lips instead. People kiss lips, checks, hands, neck," he chuckled again. "Anything, really." She nodded as she listened to him.
"I have never been kissed," Quorra stated. "Nor have I ever kissed someone… or something." Sam chuckled while smiling.
"That's no surprise, considering where you come from." She nodded then looked at Marvin, who was still in his arms.
"Can I kiss the dog?" she asked with a smiled.
"Of course! Marvin would love a kiss from a pretty lady." He held the dog out to her and she leaned down and only pressed her lips against his head, not puckering them or anything.
"Like that?" Quorra ask him as she stood up straight again.
"Uh, maybe not quite like that," he said with a shrug.
"Can you show me then?" She smiled widely again and looked at him. He raised his eyebrows.
"Uhmm…" he hesitated then looked down at the dog in his arms, which was beginning to squirm. He leaned down and placed Marvin on the floor. He ran around and jumped on to the couch.
"Please?" Quorra asked hopefully she took a step closer to him; there was now only a few inches between both of them.
"Do you really want me too…?" Sam asked. He didn't mind kissing her, he just didn't want to feel like he was taking advantage of her. She nodded her head quickly.
"Yes! I want to learn everything about your world," she said adamantly. He thought it was cute how excited she was about everything new.
"I guess it couldn't hurt then," he chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. She stood perfectly still, waiting for him to make him move. "Ready?" he asked as he let his hand drop to his side. She nodded quickly then relaxed her face so that she wasn't smiling. He slowly leaned forward and placed his lips on hers. She stood there quietly, with her eyes open, as Sam softly kissed her lips. Once Sam pulled back, she grinned at him.
"That was… nice," Quorra said. She quickly leaned forward and placed a kiss on his cheek. He chuckled lightly then picked up Marvin off of the couch.
"Don't forget him! He wants a proper kiss, now that you know." She placed a quick kiss on his head then scratched behind his ear and smiled. Sam put the dog down again and when he looked up, Quorra was walking around his tiny garage-house and lightly running her fingers over everything. He watched her silently. He was intrigued in the way she moved through this world. All her movements looked slow, fluid, and well thought out. Like she was afraid one wrong step would bring the world down. And she did think that if she made one wrong step, or touched the wrong thing, this world would fall away and she would be back on The Grid. She felt like this whole thing was a dream, and that she would wake up soon, back in her bed in Flynn's hideaway. She made her way over to the corner that had a motorcycle leaned on its side and some tools hanging on the wall there. She picked up a book from the work area and scanned the cover.
"You are reading on how to fix motorcycles?" Quorra asked as she looked up to him. Sam nodded.
"Yeah, that bike there is my dad's from back in the day," he smiled, but it quickly faded from his face. He had just gotten his father back, only to lose him within a few hours of having him. He let out a slow sigh then ran his fingers through his hair. "I've been working on it to get it running again. Twenty years in a shed really did some damage," Sam chuckled and shrugged slightly. He pushed any negative thoughts from his head and told himself that he should be used to not having his father. Quorra nodded slight then set the book back down in its original spot.
"Your father was a great man," she said as she walked back over to him. He nodded slowly then sat down on the couch and rested his elbows on his legs and his head in his hands. She silently and carefully moved to sit down next to him. "He saved me when no one else would. He took me in and kept me safe. He taught me many things of this world. He lived in secret for many cycles while trying to figure out how he could get back to you." Sam nodded again.
"Yeah, yeah. I know," he said then lifted his head to look up at him. "It's just hard to have him back then loose him again so suddenly." Quorra nodded in understanding then lightly placed one of her hands on one of his.
"We will never forget him," she said softly with a small smile. He smiled back then took her hand.
"No, we won't." Sam slowly stood up while holding her hand in his. "Come on," he said as he gave her one of his half smiles. "I'll take you out to eat and show you what else in great in my world." Quorra smiled up at him then slowly stood up after him. He gently pulled her by the hand to his motorcycle then let go and climbed on. She got on after him and wrapped her arms around his torso. Same pushed the button to open the garage then turned on his bike and sped out of the small building with Quorra clinging to his back.