Disclaimer! Last chapter, and still don't hold the copyright. Damn.

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Well, I'll always have chicken. :|

Fact Ten: When a guy sacrifices his sleep and health just to be with you, he really likes you and wants to be with you as much as possible.

$300 and 4.5% interest later, I had the necklace. I also texted Cissnei (trying to avoid more phone awkwardness, thank you very much) to meet me in front of the water fountain in middle of the park. Knowing Cissnei, she would come, and if she didn't, her curiousity would drive her here eventually.

I was running towards the park, glancing at my watch every so often.

5:57.

T-minus three minutes.

Go go go!

My eyes scanned the park. A couple bratty kids, screaming babies, the hobo that sleeps in the tunnel in the playground—aha! Ginger ahoy!!

"Cissnei!"

She turned around and her eyes met mine. Everything seemed to go into slow motion as I grinded to a halt in front of her. She looked worried.

"Zack, what's all this about?" She started, but I cut her off.

"Here," I said breathlessly as I handed her the blue velvet box. "This is for you to show you how sorry I am."

"Sorry?" Cissnei said as she opened the box. "Why are you—Oh… Zack, this is that necklace I've been wanting!" She looked up at me with confusion. "What's the occasion?"

"You're embarrassed to be seen with me…"

"Embarrassed?" Cissnei said, more surprised than I thought she would be. "Try worried, Zack. I know you better than you think I do." She did? … Crap. She didn't know all that stuff about the "in her pants" business, did she? Because that would take a lot of explaining—

"You're afraid of heights," the ginger continued. "So naturally, I'd be just a little worried when you decide, 'Oh, I'm going to jump off the high dive!'" I breathed a sigh of relief, earning me a weird stare from Cissnei.

"Er, I'm just relieved you know me so well!" I bs'd said. Cissnei raised an eyebrow at me and did something I never expected her to do.

She laughed.

"Did I miss something?" I asked. "Because really, the only funny thing here is that you're laughing and not jumping my bones as thanks for that necklace I toiled to get you—"

And then she kissed me.

And what did I do?

I stood there and blinked like a freaking idiot. Real smooth, Fair.

Real.

Freaking.

Smooth.

"You know," Cissnei said, a sly grin on her face as she put the necklace on around her thin neck. "That whole 'wait for the guy to make the first move' is B.S. I'm definitely feeling the 'just go for it' vibe." I stuttered unintelligibly as the ginger grabbed my hand and led me out of the park.

"Where are we going?"

"Oh, you're just going to treat me to dinner and then maybe get a little dessert later~"

Scooooooore.A/N: Looks like Zack isn't the only perv in this series. |'D. Mini-series officially over! Hope you liked it! 8D