A/N: Thanks so much! A lot of you guys reviewed this and asked for another chapter, and although it was supposed to be a one-shot, I'll make it a two or three parter. Enjoy!

Cress woke up tossing and turning, which was expected after the night before with Thorne, and she faintly saw Cinder peek through the door, in which after she ran to her room and locked the door, trying to sleep even if she still yearned the Captains kisses.

She hoped Cinder wouldn't bother her too much this morning, and sighed before opening the door to head down to the kitchen.

Great, She was still wearing Thornes shirt. She turned back around to finally put on pants before going down the stairs. She reached her hand to open the knob to the kitchen, but stopped for a moment when she heard voices.

"You better not hurt her, Thorne or I will smack your eyes out again-"

Cress abruptly opened the door to find Cinder, Wolf, Thorne, Iko, and Kai sitting at the table with mugs of hot drinks in their hands.

She bit her cheek embarrassed, seeing Iko's waggling eyebrows and Wolf and Kai's shocked expressions.

"Thank you, Cinder, for trusting me. Because I can't take care of myself." Cress somehow remarkably said confidently.

"Nothing!" Thorne yelped.

Maybe Cress was right. He probably just wanted someone to sleep with- he was charming and Cress was short, strange, and didn't look at all what he would seem to actually find in a woman.

She didn't know what to think of Thorne, and thought it might be a bit of her own insecurities plaguing her thoughts.

Cress tried to set her expression tame, and quietly asked Cinder if she could have something to drink.

Cinder nodded and went over to the coffee before pouring a cup for Cress.

She sipped on it slowly, watching the others gazes as they talked for plans to get to Luna.

When they were finally down with breakfast, she swept out the door, Wolf following, before he stopped her.

"Cress- you've got to stop. We don't have time for romance right now, we have to get Scarlet."

She bit her cheek to avoid spitting at Wolf that if we weren't supposed to focus on love he probably wouldn't be as set on saving Scarlet anyways, but she knew that wasn't true. Cress was just frustrated.

"It was the first-i'm sorry wolf. I-I won't do it again. Promise."

With that, she left back to her room, laying on the bed with a sigh.

And of course it wasn't long before she heard a knock at the door and opened it, finding Thorne.

"Cress- what's going on?"

Her eyes darted across the room.

"Nothing- you don't want anything to do with me."

She almost closed the door on him, but he held his hand in the doorway, and burst in.

The concerned look on his face was genuine, and she finally gave up, sitting on her bed.

"I'm sorry. I guess I'm just worried. You had said yourself, we're just friends. That I don't really love you, but I do! Then Wolf said that I shouldn't be worried about love right now, we have to get to Luna to save Scarlet, and I'm worried that now your eyesight is back you won't like the way I look and-"

He cut her off with a kiss.

"Aces, aren't you worried?"

It wasn't mean, it sounded exhausted like he just wanted Cress to stop.

"Cress, stop worrying. Wolf said that? Goodness, Cress, why would you ever think that you're ugly? You are so beautiful, and brave and I can't tell you how much I've fallen in love with you since we dragged across that desert. My statement then would be a lie now."

She let out a breath. "Okay."

"And Scarlet and Wolf, they got separated. What about us? What if we lose each other? I know I won't let that happen. And I also know you won't either."

This kiss was better, Thorne pulling up Cress to match his height, the both of them moving their lips in rhythm with sighs.

"To Luna with Wolf, I can't help it Cress. I love you so much that I cannot just stop kissing you because we're saving Scarlet, and I can't stop loving you either if we get separated." Thorne said softly, tucking hair behind Cress's ear.

She couldn't protest anymore. She wanted Thorne yet again, and this time she needed to convince herself that love wasn't a bad thing. Sure she had literally just made a promise to Wolf she wouldn't do this again, but obliviously he'll do whatever for love. Why not her?

"Do you think I could borrow another shirt? I don't have anymore clean-"