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I guess I'd never really noticed how alive the boardwalk was. People were constantly buying tickets to ride roller coasters, and crappie junk food that looked like diabetes on a stick, and the concerts on the beach we always alive with different types of music that all seemed to mix together in a sort of loud drone.

I guess the truth was that I had finally let my guard down for the first time and it opened my eyes to a new joy I'd never known.

The boys decided a little Chinese was in order and they took us to a little restaurant at the end of the boardwalk called "The White Lotus".

David got the big booth in the corner, secluded from the other customers and we tried to figure out what we wanted.

"Their plates are huge here you might want to plan on sharing on with someone else." Paul said and looked at David suggestively.

I rolled my eyes and replied "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. I don't think I'll need it."

"Suit yourself but I'm telling you I can't even finish a whole plate when I've got the munchies and I'm starving." He said a familiar smile breaking across his face.

I sighed and looked at David. "Do you want to split something?" I asked as nonchalantly as I could manage.

David glance toward me quickly and back down at his menu. "I guess since you'll never to be able to eat that much food on your own. You can pick. I like pretty much everything on the menu." He said placing his menu back on the table.

I finally decided on general toa's chicken and ordered along with the others.

David didn't talk much at all while we waited for our food. He seemed deep in thought and wouldn't acknowledge when I tried to speak to him. Eventually I just stopped trying and sat in silence instead. The boys seemed to notice David's anti-social behavior as well but didn't say anything about it.

When our food came we ate in silence. David's strange mood had seemed to infect everyone at the table. I hated the miserable vibes that everyone was emanating and I decided I'd had enough of David's depression.

"What the hell David? This was supposed to be a fun outing and your fucking it up with your melancholy!" I practically yelled in the middle of the restaurant.

David's head turned to me sharply and his eye's blazed. Oh now I'd done it. He grabbed my wrist roughly and pulled me through the door of the restaurant, and into the next door alleyway.

He turned around to face me as soon as we were far enough. His nostrils were flared and his eyes were intense. I could swear they flashed yellow for a moment.

"David your hurting me." I said looking at my wrist.

He let it go but still glared at me. Man if looks could kill…

"How dare you talk to me like that! In front of them no less!" he yelled stepping closer to me.

"Fuck you David! You accepted me and my sister into your little "family" and that means you have to deal with us." I replied, my hands clenching into fists. "You were ruining everyone's mood because your depressed or something!" I replied angrily.

"I'm not depressed!" he yelled hitting the wall next to him hard enough to take some of the brick off.

"Then what's your problem David?" I retorted throwing my hands in the air.

"You're my problem! Your completely impossible." He said turning around and walking away a bit.

At that point I was about ready to slap him when he did something I really didn't expect. He turned around to face me and walked back quickly to me. He cupped the back of my head and his lips crashed down on mine. I didn't really register what had happened at first, but I found myself kissing him back. His gloved hands, the other on my waist, pulled me closer to him.

My arms wound around his neck as he deepened the kiss. The kiss had never started lustful, but desperate. I knew that this was what he really needed, what he had been trying to keep out of his life for so long.

After what could have been hours or minutes he finally pulled away. I looked at him, breathless due to lack of oxygen. His face remained solemn and he looked down.

"I'm sorry I'm such a dick. It's just that I've spent so much energy and time fighting back emotions like this that it's hard to stop." He said pushing a stray hair out of my face.

"It's ok." I replied stroking his cheek and smiling softly.

He smiled back faintly and grabbed my hand, walking back to the restaurant. The boys had finished eating as w sat back down. The waitress came over and David asked her for the bill and a box for our food. She came back a few minutes later with what we'd asked for and we left soon after.

No one said anything about the ordeal and soon Marko and Paul were shoving each other and goofing off again. Amber held Marko's hand and giggled most of the time.

After a while David leaned down to whisper in my ear. "Do you want to go back to the cave? I think there is something we need to talk about."

I nodded and he grabbed my hand.

"We are going to go back to the cave. We have some things to discuss." He told the rest of the group.

"Alright but no funny business mister." Amber said jokingly.