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CHAPTER 06 , PART 2

Babysitting?

(takes place the same night, only later, as the previous chapter)

"Well, she's out like a light." Zara laughed quietly as she lie Josslyn down in the 'pillow fort' constructed earlier in the night by Morgan and Joss, before looking at Morgan with a raised brow. He was quiet, he seemed to be lost in thought. Her stomach churned. They'd seen Kiki and Michael at the fair tonight, she and Kiki had words of course but nothing out of the norm. Was Morgan changing his mind now, seeing how happy his older brother was with that.. With his former wife?

"Are you okay?" she asked, crawling towards him, sliding into his lap as she looked at him in concern. What she wasn't expecting, of course, was for Morgan to lean her back on the couch, leaning over her as he nodded and started to attack her lips with hungry kisses that left them breathless. "Morgan?"

"Shh." he muttered as his hand slid slowly up her bare leg and his other hand tangled in her long hair. Finally, she got him to stop kissing her long enough to say something, and he picked her up, carrying her into her room, the baby monitor his mom sent over with Joss's things in his free hand. He lie her down and then flopped down beside her as he rolled over onto his side and said "I was thinking."

"About?"

"Seeing you with Joss tonight.. It got me thinking.. About us.. And I just wanted to know if you feel anything for me.. I mean besides us being friends." Morgan asked, taking a few deep breaths as he fixed his eyes on her intently, waiting on an answer. Zara gaped at him and sat up partially as she put her arms around his neck and muttered quietly against his lips, "Morgan Stone Corinthos.. The fact that you even have to ASK me that.. Seriously?"

"What? It's a valid question, Z."

"One that you should already know the answer to, Morgan." Zara said as she looked up at him and realized that maybe it wasn't about him KNOWING the answer.. Maybe it was about his hearing her say it. She took a few deep breaths and said quietly, " I love you.. Even when you're asking me stuff like that.. And since we're being honest.. I've sort of been falling for you since before you left Madison Prep."

He gaped at her a moment and then asked "Really.. I had no.."

"Because, Morgan, I'm good at keeping things to myself.. I thought you'd laugh, considering I lived on the bad side of town, had no money, spent all my time dancing.. Besides, I'm not really all that pretty.."

"Zara, you're being crazy now.. You are the sexiest girl I've ever.." he started as his lips made their way down her neck. She groaned, her head falling back as she licked her lips. "There's no need to rush."

"There isn't, but.. I don't want some other guy coming along and you seeing what a loser I really am." Morgan admitted as she grumbled and straddled his hips, pinning him to the bed, leaning down. "Morgan, you are not a loser. You're not anything you think you are.. And the fact that you think this shit about yourself, babe.. It bugs me."

He looked at her and raked his hands through her long hair, tangling them in it as he managed a smile and said "even with all of my fuck ups?"

"Your fuck ups were put into your life to teach you about yourself. Just like mine were." Zara argued as he nodded solemnly and then leaned up, kissing her. "I want.. " he started, trying to figure out how to put what he wanted to say into words, so as not to rush anything between them.

"What?"

" I want to be with you.. Nobody else.. No lies, no bullshit.. I want this to be serious.. I wanna be the guy who comes back here every night and helps you attempt to make chicken cattitore.. Or the guy who sneaks into the studio on your lunch break, gets his own private lesson.. I don't want to rush this.. I wanna enjoy it.. But I don't want to force you into anything."

"Baby, I thought you already were those things?" she asked, as she looked up at him, biting her lower lip.

The smile on his face was bright, it was the smile she'd missed seeing for a while now. She realized that yes, with them becoming serious, came a whole world of other problems, but for the moment, all she wanted to do was live in the whole moment. They had something, and she wanted more than anything to see where it went.

Maybe he really had been the one for her, all along.

The thought had her giggling at herself as she asked, "What?"

Morgan leaned up and kissed her as he said " I didn't... I wasn't sure if you thought so.."

"Well, I do.. You've been here almost 2 months now, baby.. Believe me.. If I didn't feel anything, you'd have known the night I stopped. I'm not one for lying or playing games."

"me either." he muttered, relieved as his hands trailed slowly over her curves, resting on her hips.

They both laughed a little as Josslyn called out in the darkness, "Can I sleeps in here, Morgan? I scart."

"Yeah, let's get you in here." Morgan said as he picked up his little sister, putting her into bed between himself and Zara, rolling onto his side. When Josslyn fell asleep again, he started to get up, go to the couch but Zara shook her head and leaning over, across Joss, pulling him into a kiss as she whispered, "You know.. Ya don't have to keep sleeping on that damn couch."

"Are you sure?"

"Baby.. Just don't argue." Zara insisted as she nipped at his lower lip and smiled down at him. Normally, she wouldn't just do this, but it felt right with Morgan. And she'd actually wanted her chance to show him how she felt for god only knew how long now, so to her, it wasn't rushing things, really.