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Patricia and Eddie swam in the little lake for a while, their feet skimming the rocks at the bottom as they bickered back and forth and splashed each other playfully. They had gotten used to the cold water, but now that the sun was edging it's way behind the trees it was becoming almost unbearably so.

"It's getting cold." Patricia remarked, treading in the middle of the lake beside Eddie. He nodded, looking down at the darkening water and suppressing a yawn.

"Let's try to dry off a bit before we head back to the camp, then." Eddie said, taking the hint and swimming towards the rocky bank. Patricia followed, watching as he tried to scramble up the steep bank. She smirked and quietly drifted over to him, raising her hand and pulling him back down by the collar of his soaked shirt. He squinted in confusion, turning around to meet her eyes. Patricia smiled mischievously and leaned forward, giving him a swift, yet sweet, kiss before pulling away.

"There's an easier way to get up over there." She breathed onto his cheek, resting her head against the side of his, wrapping her arms around his neck in a moment of rare affection. Eddie smiled; he secretly relished in these rare moments, and reached up to twirl a strand of her damp auburn hair, which looked almost black in the fading light.

"Race you." He challenged, but made no move to go. Instead he snaked an arm around her submerged waist and pulled her closer. She let out a content sigh and Eddie took the opportunity to capture her lips in his once more. This kiss lasted for a few blissful seconds before Patricia pulled away again. Before Eddie could register what she was doing, Patricia was quickly swimming to a spot a short way away where they could climb easily back onto land.

"Keep up, weasel!" She laughed gleefully, sending a splash of water behind her and streaking towards the 'finish line'. Eddie rolled his eyes and eagerly threw his body back into the water to swim after her.


"Loser." Patricia smiled as they leaned against the mossy rock that she had earlier put her shoes on.

"You're a sore winner, you know." Eddie remarked as he wrung out the hem of his shirt. Patricia shrugged, doing the same to one of her pant legs. They sat in silence for a while, and Eddie glanced over at Patricia curiously. She was just going to let him get away with that comment? She looked far away, off in her own world, and with a troubled expression as she absentmindedly wrung her pant leg.

"What's wrong, Yacker?" He asked, elbowing her side gently to get her attention. She jumped slightly, shifting her gaze across the lake.

"Nothing." Patricia muttered in a would-be casual tone, but, after spending so much time with her, Eddie could easily tell she was lying. He raised his eyebrows and gave her a questioning look – one Patricia didn't have to turn to see to know he was giving. She sighed, knowing he wasn't going to stop now.

"I get like – flashbacks, sometimes." Patricia admitted weakly, seizing her other pant leg suddenly and wringing it mercilessly. Eddie's eyebrows knotted in confusion.

"Of what?" He asked softly, pausing his wringing and focusing his attention solely on the auburn-haired girl beside him.

"Of what the sinner – of what I did, when I was a sinner." Patricia choked out, refusing to meet Eddie's eyes.

"Patricia," Eddie began, putting a hand on near her elbow. She shrugged him off angrily.

"I tried to take you guys to Denby and Robert! I didn't even care!" Patricia protested. Obviously, she had given the issue some thought. None of them really discussed the entire 'sinner' issue – it was quickly explained, as was the rescue, and then everyone put their best foot forward to get things back to normal. Eddie felt guilty as he thought about this now; he should have been there to talk to her.

"You weren't you; you didn't have control over yourself –" Eddie tried again, completely forgetting both of them were out, at night, in soaking wet clothes for the time being.

"I was horrible to you! I called you names and called you worthless!" Patricia said, her voice getting a bit shrill. Eddie grabbed her cheek with his hand, making her face him. She fought against this, of course, and kept her eyes on her lap.

"Stop. That wasn't you, that was Robert, Ammut. Don't beat yourself up over it, Yacker. Everything's okay." Eddie comforted, brushing his thumb against her cheek. She kept her eyes down still, and looked like she was fighting with herself to say something.

"But it wasn't all Ammut. I told you I hated you, when I was still myself." Patricia said in a small voice and squeezed her eyes shut, and a single tear ran down from one of her eyes and onto Eddie's hand. Eddie almost broke down himself – he could stand a lot of things, but seeing Patricia cry wasn't one of them.

"You didn't mean to, you were upset, it was Denby's fault." Eddie excused her quickly once again, running his thumb over the wet trail the tear had left on her cheek.

"Eddie," Patricia began again, snapping her eyes open. Why wouldn't he fight back? She was terrible to him; he couldn't just let it go!

"I don't care, Patricia. I love you." Eddie said simply, and Patricia froze. Her eyes finally met his, her mouth moving wordlessly. "Finally, the Yacker stops yacking." Eddie gave her a breathy smile, silently praying he didn't just screw up – again.

"I – uhm, I –" Patricia stammered, feeling like Fabian. She rolled her eyes at herself and suddenly leaned forward, kissing the blonde American deeply. Eddie willingly obliged, pulling her closer. Finally she pulled away, looking at him – uncharacteristically bashful. "- you too." She muttered, hoping that would work in response. Eddie's large smile told her it did.


I decided it might be a bit easier if I kinda broke up the activities/characters into different chapters. That way it gets to be more detailed, and you guys get more chapters to read~

So here's a sweet little Peddie chapter, I actually really like this one – I wrote the majority of it on an iPhone notepad after I finished up some state tests today. I was really hoping to see these two discuss this in the finale, but that obviously didn't happen xD I'm not too sure about the ending, butttt, I'm not going to mess with it. xXAquaMangoXx, I hope these Peddie kisses worked for you!

Can we get this to 25 reviews before tomorrows update? :D

Also, I'd like to thank you guys. I'd love to message each and everyone of you individually, but that would take a lot of time that I don't have ): So here's a shout-out to all of you wonderful reviewers, reading your responses brightens up my day, you guys are all great!

xGaloshes