"Cornelia, are you sure you don't want to come with us? It's not too late to change your mind you know." Harold Hale pleaded with his eldest daughter.

All of the Hale's, bar Cornelia had their suitcases packed and were ready to make their way to the airport. There were about to spend 2 weeks in Paris. Sensing an opportunity for 2 weeks of freedom and a free house, Cornelia had decided that she would not go with them, and would prefer to have some private time all to herself.

"I'm sure dad, you three have lots of fun, and remember to bring me something back!" She joked as she hugged her mum and little sister Lillian.

A few minutes later and Cornelia was alone in her house.

Ah finally, some peace and quiet.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Her phone instantly sprang to life

Erghh what now?

"Hello?"

The voice of Hay-Lin came through the phone.

"Cornelia get to the Silver Dragon ASAP!" That was all she said before she hung up.

Brilliant, fighting evil is exactly what I want to be doing right now!

Once at the Silver Dragon with the rest of the group and Caleb, it became clear the reason for the meeting was nothing to do with Meridian, but merely about the fact that Caleb ,it seemed, was once again, without accommodation.

"Mum and Dad are getting a little annoyed with having Caleb here" Hay-Lin said awkwardly, "Sorry Caleb"

"No problem Hay-Lin." He said with a weak smile.

"So anyone willing to take him in for a while, just until Grandma can convince my parents to let him stay?" Hay-Lin asked. All the girls looked at each other knowing that it was very unlikely any of there parents would let a boy they didn't know live in their house. Cornelia chose to keep her head down and say nothing.

"Hey Corny, weren't you boasting the other day about how you had your house all to yourself for two weeks?" Irma chirped up.

Irma I am going to KILL YOU!

Cornelia looked up, a look of guilt and horror on her face.

"Erm, yeah I do, only for two weeks though-" She explained

"Two weeks is fine! That's settled then, Caleb, your moving in with Corny!" Hay-Lin said brightly, not giving Cornelia a say in the matter and not noticing the look of terror on both Cornelia and Caleb's face's.

There was nothing Cornelia could say or do, it made perfect sense that Caleb stayed with her seeing as she was the only one of the girls who didn't have parents to contend with at home. Cornelia was whole heartedly convinced that the last thing she wanted was to have to live alone with Caleb for two weeks, but deep down there was a part of her that was overjoyed with this fact. As for Caleb he felt the same, and thought that this was an even better way to help with his plan to convince her what a dick Andrew Hornby was.

Back at the Hale residence Cornelia was showing Caleb to the spare room, which would now become Caleb's room.

"Well this is certainly a step up from the basement of the silver dragon." Said Caleb as he admired the large room.

"I hope it's comfortable enough." Said Cornelia fluffing the pillows on the bed.

"It's great, thanks" He smiled at her.

"You must miss Meridian a lot." Said Cornelia suddenly. This statement took Caleb by surprise.

"I do miss my friends, and the rebels. I miss them a lot." He said staring into space. Cornelia realized she had triggered deep thoughts within Caleb and immediately regretted what she said.

"I hope you don't mind Cornelia but I need to go out for a while." he said.

"Sure that's fine."

As soon as Caleb was out of the door Cornelia immediately felt his absence, although she first hated the idea of living with Caleb, she had instead grown to enjoy his presence a lot more. It was the late evening by then and Cornelia started to prepare for the party she was about to attend. Andrew's party.

She spent a particularity long time getting ready and chose to wear a rather short and rather tight black dress which didn't leave much to the imagination. After she was satisfied with how she looked she made her way to Andrew's house.

As soon as she got there it was plain to see that this was one hell of a wild party. Cornelia had only arrived half an hour after it started and already she saw people throwing up in the front garden and people downing shot after shot of brightly coloured drink. Cornelia felt very uneasy.

"Hey, you came!" Cried Andrew, running up to her and snaking his arm round her waist.

"Yeah, this is one wild party you have going!" She laughed, trying to wriggle free from his grip, he only responded by pulling her in tighter.

"Haha, it's all good fun until the cops get here!" he laughed, then seeing the horrified look on Cornelia's face, he said, "Not that the cops will show up tonight though." He smiled.

"Hey Andrew who's the fit blonde?" Cried a boy in a large group of other guys, all the others let out a laugh.

"This is Cornelia guys." He said, casually placing his arm on her shoulder and leaning on her, Cornelia restrained her urge to shrug him off.

"Well now Cornelia, how about you and me have a little fun tonight?" He slurred, he and the other group of boys were obviously drunk.

"Back off Wayne, she's mine." Said Andrew holding her even more tightly.

"Come on Cornelia lets get you a drink" He led her inside the house and took from his tightly packed fridge a beer and opened it for her.

"Thanks." She said, taking a sip.

For the rest of the night Andrew continued to show Cornelia off to all his friends, most of them Cornelia was sure didn't even go to Sheffield. What Cornelia hadn't realized was that from the moment she had arrived at Andrew's house she was being watched carefully by a boy with brown hair and green eyes. At around One in the morning the party was still in full swing and Cornelia had just finished participating in too many drinking games and had taken far to many shots of vodka. The walls were spinning and she struggled to balance when she walked. She needed the toilet badly but didn't know where it was. Her head was hurting. Her stomach ached. Just as she stumbled her way up the stairs she was met by an equally drunk Andrew.

"Hey babe, I got a surprise for you." He smirked and pulled her in to kiss her roughly on the lips, they held the kiss for a while until Andrew broke away.

"Let's take this somewhere quieter, eh?" He took her hand and pulled her towards his own deserted room. From the distance Cornelia could hear shouting but couldn't make out what was being said.

"Haha, look at Andrew the lad, looks like he's getting laid tonight!"

"Whoo get in there Andrew!"

"phwoor I'd tap that bitch any day, check out the tits on that!"

When the door was closed Andrew and Cornelia once again locked themselves in a long kiss as Andrew pushed her roughly against the wall, pulling leg up to his waist. Cornelia broke away from the kiss.

"Andrew, I don't think-"

"Ah come on baby, don't play hard to get you know you want to." He relied, managing to pick her up and lay her down on the bed where he started to kiss her neck, making his way slowly down to her chest. He also let his hands wander caressing her legs and moving them upwards to the tops of her thighs, where he slipped them inside her underwear and started to rub gently.

The pleasure Cornelia felt was intense. But also very, very wrong. It made her feel sick. She didn't want this.

"Andrew. Stop." She called out.

"Come on baby, I'm just getting started." he said taking off his shirt and then unbuttoning his jeans. Cornelia saw her chance and rose from the bed and made for the door. Before she got there she felt Andrew's hand grip her wrist tightly. It hurt.

"Andrew, get the fuck off me!" She called out, struggling against his hold.

"Don't mess me around you little slut, you know you want to do this!" He said pulling her harder.

"Andrew we're both drunk this is a stupid idea, now let me go!" She said, pulling as hard as she could.

"You fucking bitch, I'll tell everyone at Sheffield what a frigid bitch you really are." He shouted, and not realizing his own strength he pulled her arm hard and then let go by accident causing her to fall onto the ground and hit her head on the hard floor below. It was at this point the door flew open.

Cornelia's vision was blurred and she felt sure that soon she would pass out. Through the door came a tall brown haired figure who took no hesitation in landing a ferocious punch straight into Andrew's face, he was knocked out cold and lay on the floor blood dripping from his nose. There was no doubt it was broken. The tall figure then kneeled down to Cornelia.

"Cornelia, are you ok?" he asked, his voice full of concern and fear.

Caleb. His voice made her heart soar. She was safe with him. No one could hurt her now.

"C- Caleb?" She said, on the verge of tears.

"It's ok Cornelia, I'm here, he can't hurt you anymore." He said trying to pick her up.

"N-no C-Caleb, I think I'm going to be sick…" Before she even had time to think or move, her mouth opened of its own accord, and she was sick, all over Andrew as he lay unconscious.

Rubbing her comfortingly on the back, Caleb laughed.

"Nice shot."

After a few more times of throwing up, this time in the toilet, Caleb led Cornelia home, however after only a minute of walking, he began to get frustrated at Cornelia, she was still staggering and off balance. Then suddenly she felt Caleb's strong arms pick her up from beneath as he started to carry her. Her first thought was to protest and tell him to put her down, but once she felt how nice it was to be in his arms she rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes. Despite the buzzing in her head and ears, she felt comfortable like this. Once they were home he put her down on her bed and pulled the covers over her. For a minute he said nothing and stroked her head, staring at her. Even in the drunken state she was, she was still breathtakingly beautiful.

"I told you Andrew was a bastard."

This was the very last thing that Cornelia wanted to here, Caleb gloating that he was right and she was wrong.

"I guess your gunna give me a massive lecture now aren't you?"

"No, I'm just saying you should trust me more often, I told you he was a dick, and guess what? He turned out to be a dick."

"I know he's a fucking dick, alright!" She shouted.

"Then why start hanging around with him then?" Caleb pleaded.

"I'll tell you fucking why!" She screamed leaping from her bed, causing Caleb to rise too, they stared at each other, Cornelia couldn't stop what she was saying, the alcohol had somewhat loosened her tongue, but everything she said was the complete truth.

"Because I'm a freak Caleb! A freak! I can control plants, I can fly! And I hate it! I just want to be normal! I want a normal life with a normal family and normal friends! But I can't and it makes me sick! I can't do the things I used to, my best friend hates me because I can't tell her the truth about who I am! I got with Andrew because that's what normal girls do, they have boyfriends!" She screamed at the top of her voice.

"But why Andrew, when you said he was a dick?" Shouted Caleb.

"BECAUSE I CAN'T HAVE YOU!"

Caleb's heart did a double take.

"What?"

"There I said it! I've already made a big enough fool out of myself tonight, so why stop now! I have feelings for you Caleb, and I thought you had them for me too, but clearly not!"

Caleb couldn't believe it. Cornelia had feelings for him? And she had told him, straight out. The feeling of relief that it was all finally coming out was unreal.

"Cornelia, I didn't know you felt that way! I have feelings for you too, I have ever since we met, ever since Meridian!" He yelled, a bright smile growing on his face.

"Ha! Can't be that strong can they? You clearly loved having Elyon, Alchemy and Courtney drool all over you at Will's party!"

"Cornelia that was nothing, I don't even know any of those girls, you're the only girl on earth and on Meridian I have ever been interested in." he said gently.

Cornelia was loosing the will to shout and fight, she was so overwhelmed by the revelation that Caleb did, after all, share her feelings.

"I've wanted to tell you that for so long." She whispered, tears pouring from her eyes. He approached her slowly and gently put her arms around her.

"Me too Cornelia, me too."

Then he pulled away from their soft embrace and they looked at each other each admiring each others beauty. And then they were kissing. Not like Andrew and Cornelia's kiss. It was soft yet firm. It sent electricity shooting down them both. It was perfect. Neither of them wanted it to end ,after all, they had waited so long for this moment. Then sleep crept over them both and they fell on Cornelia's bed and fell into a peaceful sleep, wrapped in each others arms.

I really hope you enjoyed this chapter it took me bloody ages to write. And finally i've given you what you've all been waiting for, Cornelia and Caleb's first kiss YAAY! I know it's not the fairytale kind of kiss, but who can honestly say there first kiss was perfect and like what you see in the movies? I know mine wasn't! Poor Caleb having to kiss Cornelia after she'd just vomited multiple times, oh yes i am evil! And Andrew certainly got what was coming to him, a broken nose and a shower of Corny's puke! Anyway review and have a lovely day!