Disclaimer: The trend continues, I don't own anything but the ideas and even then I probably pulled these from somewhere so... enjoy :D
A/N: So things are going pretty well, I think as far as the story. I'd like to thank all of you who have been checking back for updates and those of you who've even stopped by to skim. It really means a lot to me and I'm really gracious for all the support :D also... It may end up being a little longer than I had originally planned. It just depends on how the flow goes. We shall see won't we.
A/N(2): So I broke my laptop power cable and I had to buy a replacement and thats why it has taken so long on getting this chapter up. Thanks to all of you who have stuck around :D u inspire me to keep on.
Two days have awkwardly passed since Derek kissed Nora, as of now no one is aware of what had transpired. Derek and Nora have kept it quietly to themselves, but also unintentionally they have alienated themselves from one another.
It is Saturday afternoon at the Venturi-MacDonald residence. Casey and Lizzie had went to visit their father over the weekend and George had volunteered as a chaperon for a field trip Edwin went on and he took Marti with him as she didn't want to be bored at the house over the weekend, leaving Derek and Nora alone for 3 days.
Nora walks up from her bedroom and makes her way to the living room where she sees Derek, once again, flipping through the channels as if something interesting would magically appear before him.
Derek notices Nora and calmly looks to her and smiles.
"uh.. hey Nora", he cautiously says.
She pretends to act surprised as if she didn't realize he was there trying to hide her apparent nervousness.
"Oh... um Hey kiddo. Whats going on?" She says, trying to ignore the awkward atmosphere created between them.
Derek fiddles with his hands a bit, takes a deep breath, sighs and begins to speak.
"I... I wanted to talk to you, do you have some time?"
She wants to walk away but she reluctantly heads towards the couch and sits down putting some distance between her and Derek, but making contact with him visually.
They sit there looking at each other briefly, but they are both too nervous to speak. All the words Derek wanted to voice had suddenly disappeared, but Nora felt obligated to stay, as she also had something she wanted to say...
"...Derek, I... I mean, It... it is probably for the best that if we pretend like the whole thing never happened, I mean... wow... its just too much to take in, you understand?"
He looks up at her, he looks pale as if his heart was torn asunder, but its at this moment that all the things he has wanted to tell her rush back to him.
"Nora. I love you, I want to be with you, I want to hold you, I want to laugh with you, I want you to love me...", Derek boldly said professing his love to Nora.
Nora is trembling, not because of fear, but because Derek has affected her deeply, her lips starts to quiver and her eyes begin to water til she can't hold it in any longer. She begins to sob and she grabs Derek and cries into his chest. He is shocked by all that has happened but he wraps his arms around her and pulls her in closely and runs his hand through her hair, and holds her tightly.
Still crying, "Derek... I love you too! You've been on my mind non-stop, I just can't stop thinking about you! Every time I close my eyes its you! Why? What did you do to me? I love you Derek, I love you!" she starts to clear up, her face is flush red and so is Derek's.
Nora looks up to Derek, tears running down her face and Derek gently takes his hand and wipes the tears from her eyes.
They sit on the couch cuddled up with each other, both slowly regaining their composure after a couple of hours.
Derek looks down at Nora and she smiles at him as she lays there curled up in his arms.
"Do you feel better?" he asks.
"I feel relieved if thats what you mean, Its just... I don't want to think about it" she says as she smiles.
She sits up and looks at Derek and he makes contact with her, she starts to blush and Derek moves in slowly and kisses her on her neck, Nora lets out a pleased sigh and he continues to kiss her slowly making his way to her lips where he begins to kiss her softly, slowly and methodically.
She lays back on her back and he hovers on top of her continuing to kiss her, they trade places and Nora sits on top of him, still necking each other. He runs his hand down the path of her spine and makes his way towards her hips.
Its at this moment that Nora realizes that they are going too far, period. She gently pushes him away.
She starts to laugh, "Its really hot in here, lets head out for some fresh air."
"The fiery passion of a young, handsome teenage lad too much for a refined older lady as yourself?" he comically quips.
"Yeah...yeah... just go get ready" Nora says smiling.
They didn't have the first idea as to what they were going to do about their situation. To what they would do if they were found out. At the time however, nothing mattered. They had each other and that was enough and at least for that day, they were going to make the best of it.
They went there separate ways to prepare themselves for their makeshift date. Nora was giddy like a school girl, she couldn't stop smiling or blushing and the slightest reminder of Derek made her giggle like a child. This effect was reciprocal however, Derek had the smuggest grin you could imagine spread across his face, like he had just won an Olympic Medal, he was ecstatic.
Nora frantically searched for a "cute" outfit to put on, she wanted to captivate Derek and drive him wild with her desirability. She finally found a fitting outfit and tested it out in the mirror, she wore a short ruffled white skirt that had golden lace embroidery, that showed a spunky-elegance accompanied by a loose-fabric tan white tube top with beautifully detailed lace patterns covering most of the torso and the upper half accentuating her bust. She unpinned her short hair and let if flow even more brushing up against the sides of her face gently and decorating her shoulders.
Derek had put on some faded jeans and an elaborate blue sweater-vest shirt, also trying to build up a level of appeal. He sprayed on a little cologne for the final touch.
They found themselves rendezvousing where they had originally split. Derek was amazed by how Nora looked and Nora was very much attracted to Derek's boyish charm.
"Your absolutely gorgeous", Derek remarked in awe.
Nora smiled and replied, "Your not so bad yourself handsome. Shall we get going?"
"After you milady", Like a gentleman he gently escorted her out the door and to her car opening her door for her.
They both laughed and felt incredibly silly, and despite all the guilt they also felt, they had never felt better.
Derek sat in the passengers seat looking over at Nora, her looking over at him. They just stared at each other yet again indulging in a moment.
Derek broke the silence, "So fairest beauty of the land, where are we headed to?"
Nora laughed. "Uh.. well... The Planetarium".
Derek raised an eyebrow, "The Planetarium?!?!"
laughing Nora replied, "Yes! The Planetarium, we can't exactly be seen being lovey dovey outside the house and we can't just stay cooped up in the house, for now kid, our choices are limited."
"oOo Uncharacteristically Aggressive, I like it." He purrs playfully
Nora looks at him and laughs again before turning the key in the ignition.
And off they were to the planetarium with nothing but hopes and dreams, They both realized the impossibleness of their situation but they didn't want to face it as it would only end up hurting them.
They finally arrive, the place is pretty empty, only a few cars marked the parking lot. Derek hops out first eagerly running over to Nora's door to let her out. They both stood there for a moment looking at it.
"I wonder how silly we look right now" Derek said sorta finding the whole situation amusing.
"Whatever, whatever." Nora said in a playfully defeated tone.
They made their way inside the planetarium where they were greeted by an awkward looking attendant.
"I guess that'll be two tickets then..." the attendant said looking at Nora and Derek.
They looked back at the attendant not saying anything.
"Ma'am don't you think your sons a little bit old to take to the planetarium..." the awkward attendant said again.
Derek frowned up.
"Just give me two damn tickets... reading his name tag ... Chad!", Derek said with a frustrated look written on his face.
"Alright, Alright.. take it easy why don't you" Chad hands over the tickets, a confused Nora and a frustrated Derek head in.
"Well that was certainly interesting" Nora said.
"Guess so, Derek laughs, so where to first?"
Nora takes Derek's hand and they begin to walk around the pillars in the dark planetarium, It was really a beautiful place that had elaborate diagrams of constellations and information about the universe illuminated in the panels of the walls, They would eventually make their way to an empty auditorium where a movie about the possibility of life on other planets was playing.
"The known universe is so vast, It is very much possible for other planets to sustain life, We've only ventured so far outside of our own galaxy. We have pictures of planets and and cosmos but theres no definite way to tell..." The man on the screen rambled on like this for sometime, Nora and Derek however had become more intimate in the dark confinement of the empty auditorium.
"I've been thinking, this planetarium wasn't such a bad idea." Derek says before locking lips once more with Nora.
"... I told you" she says right before she kisses his neck.
"you've completely changed from the crying mom to an aggressive vixen in a matter of hours, I'm impressed." Derek replies.
With those words Nora felt a bit of discomfort and she stopped what she was doing.
"Derek... we are going to fast, this... this is wrong. I don't know if I love you or I lust for you, but its..." , before she can finish her words, Derek places his hand on her and begins to speak.
"Nora, I understand how you feel, I've thought about this for days now, I contemplated what would happen. I love you, I really do and I hope you can grow to love me, but if you want to take things slow. I... I guess I'll understand."
Nora having completely reverted back to a logical maternal figure, smiled hesitantly and nodded and then she placed her head on Derek's shoulder and began to watch the movie.
He smiled while thinking about her and placed his head on top of hers.
Slowly, they fell asleep in that position. Without regard for the outside world, they had each other and that was enough.