A.N. I'm officially old, at least I feel old, I know 22 isn't actually old, but I feel it. Anyway hers a little gift of a new chapter! Hope you enjoy.
Lily P.O.V
She had no intention of asking Lottie if she could stay round she had a blanket and her pillow and she made a makeshift bed in the corner of her office, setting an alarm so she could wake up early and make sure no one knew. Especially Eric who would force her to stay with him, and she didn't want that, she couldn't.
o.O.o
Eric P.O.V
It had been a few weeks since Lily and Sam's break up and Eric had been too busy with training to make sure Lily was okay, and to see if she's still okay at Lottie's. It was coming to the end of the first stage of initiation so he went to her office to discuss the final fights.
"So I need to discuss the final fights of stage one" he said as he walked in, she was in the corner where the bags still were and was quickly putting a top on, she was already in shorts, the outfit could only be described as pyjamas. After she'd hastily put the top on she turned around.
"Eric! Why didn't you knock?"
"Well I didn't think I needed too, and I'm glad I didn't" He smirked at her, she rolled her eyes and walked towards her desk.
"You lost that opportunity long ago" he was stood still, watching her the smirk had gone from his face.
"The final fights we need to go over them" they looked on her computer and brought up the initiates information in training so far and they worked on the list, afterwards Eric left wondering why she was in pyjamas.
o.O.o
Once the last fight happened, Eric, Four and Lauren walked to his office where they discussed the ranking of the initiates. This took longer than expected and they finished just before midnight, after Four and Lauren left a few minutes later there was a noise outside the door at the lock and then the door opened and Lily walked in, she looked surprised to see him, she had a pillow and blanket with her. They both looked startled.
"Umm… sorry… I'll just…" She got out before backing out the office.
"Wait!" Eric said and she stopped in her tracks and turned around "Why are you sneaking in here?" Her eyes darted to the sofa and back to Eric.
"No reason, doesn't matter, I'll just go" she tried to leave again.
"Have you been sneaking into my office to sleep on the sofa?"
"Well I don't have one" she said awkwardly and while looking at her feet.
"What happened to Lottie? Weren't you going to stay with her?" He'd stood up from his chair.
"I… didn't ask her, I didn't want to annoy anyone"
"Why didn't you ask me? I offered you my sofa!"
"Yeah and I don't get why! We don't talk for two years and it felt like you went out your way to ignore me. Then you start talking to me and summoning me, you kiss me and you say I can sleep on your sofa for as long as I need? I don't understand!" While talking she'd dropped the blanket and pillow and walked towards his desk.
"I didn't go out of my way, I would never do that to you, but it was easier to pretend you didn't exist" he walked round his desk, Lily was watching him worriedly "but seeing you in that meeting changed everything, and I just needed to see you also Four was right, we always visited each other in the infirmary after our fights and I have no excuse for kissing you but you have been on my mind since the meeting" he had placed his hands on her waist and his face was inches from hers looking down at her, she was looking up at him her lips slightly apart.
He slowly closed the gap between them then his lips were on hers. Her hand went to his hair the other on his back, the kiss deepened and Eric picked her up and sat her on his desk still kissing her, his tongue moved against her lip asking entry which she obliged to their tongues swirling, fighting for control, Eric won. He had her and he wasn't going to let her go anytime soon, one of his hands had moved under her top to the middle of her back the other had moved to her thigh where he moved it up and down slowly, she let out a small quiet moan, he also moved his lips from hers to her neck and trailed down her collarbone her grip on his hair tightened as her nails came out and scratched his back under his shirt.
"Eric" she said which made him give a growl from the back of his throat before reclaiming her lips. Suddenly her hand was on his chest and was slightly pushing away. He stopped kissing her and looked confused. "Eric" she said again "I just don't think this is a good idea, we've taken this path before and it didn't end well" she moved her hands from his hair and back and looked at him innocently.
"Things are different now" he said, trying to kiss her again.
"No they're not" she sighed "you are still the asshole who dumped me for power, glory and to chase a dream you thought I'd hold you back from, you are a dick to everyone you meet, I don't think I know one person who likes you or that you've shown any decent manners and respect to, you made Four throw knives at an initiate" he looked shocked that she knew "everyone knows that happened Eric, you are an unkind, dickhead, asshole of a boy, and I wish I'd never met you at times" Eric didn't know what to say, she'd said everything he wanted her to believe 2 years ago.
"Thing are different, than they were 2 years ago, I promise you, I was a self centered jackass who wanted one thing and knew he couldn't fully give you what you wanted! I knew you wanted a relationship, but that was one thing I couldn't do, I'm not wired that way, it was easy during initiation because I knew it had an expiration date and it was nothing serious" she looked shocked and pushed him out the way and walked to her blanket and pillow "but it's all changed now!"
"Yes one thing has changed, you're where you wanted to be, congrats Leader Eric you made it, so glad I didn't slow down your climb up the ladder" Sarcasm was dripping from her voice as she turned and left leaving Eric alone in his office going over the conversation.
