A/N: Oh my goodness! Fourth Chapter in the same day... wow! I'm really impressed with myself. Here's 4!
Bickering Strangers
Chapter 4
kateandharvey
The bouquet flew into the air, landing right into the hands of another woman in the wedding party, Martha. DD's best friend. CC sighed, trying to be a good sport, but... Martha had it out for CC. She hated her because she was the maid of honor, and thought that she deserved to be DD's maid of honor. Martha was pretty, young, funny,... and single. Across the room from the screaming Martha, CC spotted Niles. He looked as sad as she did. Looking at Martha pointedly, he then made a disgusted face at CC, twisting his finger around his head as if to say Martha was not pretty, and was crazy. CC laughed despite her sadness.
Niles, knowing how upset CC was, silently looked at the young man standing next to him. Holding out the garter for him to take. "Would you like this?" Niles asked the man, "I don't want to upset the old lady."
The young man smiled, "No thanks, man. Or I'd be in a world of hurt."
Niles sighed, he'd tried. Walking over to the center of the dance floor, Niles knelt down in front of the chair Martha was sitting in. Carefully, as the music started, he slipped the garter on her leg, barely going past her knee. He smiled politely at her as he stood up. Almost randomly, Martha grabbed Niles' face, pulling him into a kiss. CC has to see this... I could see her standing by the sidelines, watching. He thought as he tried to free himself from the lip lock. She'll see, and know that Martha pulled me forcefully into it.
But, Niles was wrong. As the garter was being put on, CC was talking to DD, trying to distract herself. She was standing on the sidelines, but trying not to pay attention to where Niles' hands were. However, when she heard the DJ announcing "What a lip lock!" She immediately turned to the dance floor, where Niles had his hands wrapped around Martha's arms, seeming to be pulling her closer and closer to him. Sighing, CC exited the hall hastily, trying to stop the tears in her eyes from falling.
Finally escaping the kiss, Niles searched for CC. Not finding her, he stopped DD. "Where's CC?"
DD shrugged, "I'm not sure where she ran off to. I'm assuming she had to go, go, go right now."
Niles immediately turned without a word, heading towards the bathroom. Banging on the locked women's room door, Niles yelled out to her, "CC! Open this door!"
He heard from the closed door across the hall, "Wrong door."
"CC?" He questioned, pounding on that door.
Suddenly, he heard the lock unclick. Opening the door, he found CC in a utility closet the size of a bathroom stall. "I'm sorry." He told her first thing, reaching out for her arm.
"Don't touch me." She told him coldly, pulling away. "I saw what you did in there."
"CC..."
She laughed bitterly, "You know, the funny thing is that I actually thought I had reason to be angry with you."
Confused, he responded, "You do."
She shook her head sadly, "But I don't." She sighed, "I'm not your wife or your girlfriend... I'm your date."
"But you're not just my date."
She shrugged, "We met twenty four hours ago, I'm not sure what else you can classify me as." She went on, not waiting for his answer. "I knew this was a bad idea." She shook her head, looking down at her feet. "You aren't supposed to get so involved, CC." She reminded herself, closing her eyes and tilting her head back.
Without a word, Niles leaned in, placing kisses on her neck.
"Niles, this is hardly the time..."
"Shh." He mumbled against her skin, "Don't talk, just feel."
"Niles, I don't want to-"
"-I'm not going to force you. That isn't where I'm going with this, trust me... Just feel."
As he continued to place kisses on her neck, Niles could feel her relaxing. Trailing his kisses up to her face, Niles placed a tender kiss on her lips. "Open your eyes." He whispered.
Opening her eyes, CC had a confused look on her face.
"You know what you felt just now?"
She nodded.
"That's how I feel every time I'm with you. Even just thinking about you, or hearing your name... I feel just like that." He paused, watching her reaction. "Now you can't tell me that that is just 'strangers'. That's way more than strangers, and you know it."
She nodded, smiling. Leaning forward, she kissed him passionately. Pulling away, she whispered, "I have something very important to tell you."
"Okay..." He whispered, their foreheads resting against each other.
"But I can't tell you right now."
"Why not?"
She sighed, "Because. It's important, I don't want to ruin it."
"Tell me, please? You'll kill me with the suspense."
"Alright..." She smirked, "I think I'm falling in-"
Suddenly, Niles clutched his chest. "CC?" He questioned. "9-1-1."
As he fell to the ground, she knelt down beside him, opening the closet door and screaming, "Someone call 9-1-1! He's having a heart attack!"