I woke up around 8:30, which was a sleep in my books, to an awkward feeling in the pit of my stomach. It was like that feeling when you were younger and you were at a sleepover at somebody else's house. You didn't want to wake up before them, so not knowing what to do you just lie there until they wake up too. Well this was just like that but amplified to a thousand. I was in his room, while he was downstairs sleeping. If I go down and wake him up, I would feel bad. But I knew he wouldn't come up here to see if I was awake. I knew it would have to be me who took the first move. I decide to listen out for anything that remotely sounded like civilization. But I could hear nothing. I decide to continue reading, just a few pages.

Within fifteen minutes I heard noises that sounded like they were coming from the kitchen. I guess this was it. We were both up by the sounds of it. I put my book back down on the bed and I headed for the door. I saw Will in the kitchen, he was…shirtless. Memories of last night had flooded my brain while I tried to sleep. Even though I only had a short glimpse of his naked upper half, each time I relived it, it turned to slow motion. My words had interrupted him, and he put his shirt back on, much to my displeasure. But today he didn't know I was there, so I could just stare for a little while longer.

Finally I take a step out from behind the wall I was hiding behind. Will saw me and smiled in my direction. "I didn't wake you up, did I Cher?"

"No, I was already up. Breakfast?" I asked looking down to see what he's cooking.

"Bacon and Eggs, you want any?"

"Sure, do you need any help?"

"You could make us some coffee and toast."

"Easy done."

We worked well in the kitchen together, and I now knew were most of the basic kitchen necessities belonged. Will started to dish up the food after I had buttered the toast. He walked over to the table with both plates and served breakfast.

"How do you like your coffee?" I asked after the pot was done.

"I'll just drink it straight." I poured two cups, but I put a bit of cream in mine and I headed over to the table.

As I sat down, I saw Will had put his shirt back on. I think I cared a little too much about this, to be honest. I passed him his coffee, and took a quick sip of mine. Perfect. I looked down at my plate and couldn't decide where to start. Bacon? Or Eggs?

"Woah," Will stated and I looked up to see him holding his own coffee.

"What's wrong?" I asked confused.

"It's just a bit stronger then I was expecting".

"I'm so sorry; I forget some people aren't used to my strength of coffee. I should have warned you. Did you want some sugar?"

"Nah, its fine. I just wasn't expecting it. I don't mind if it burns a hole in my stomach," I laughed at his joke. Well I hope it was a joke. "But seriously, why so strong?"

"A lot of early mornings and late nights, I guess I built up resistance to it."

"So did you sleep well?"

"Surprisingly I did, I don't usually sleep that great in beds that aren't my own, you know I'm always expecting to get woken up in the middle of the night, by a phone call, or by someone knocking on the hotel room's door. And I knew that couldn't happen, so sleep came easy. How was sleeping down here?"

"I forgot to bring a pillow down with me…but I just used the arm rest as a makeshift one, but other then that I slept fine."

"You should have come up and got one when you realized."

"When I did, you would have been changing, so I didn't want to interrupt you."

"I took me about a minute to change for bed," I said looking down at what I was wearing. I had forgotten I was wearing one of Will's shirts. "Thanks again for letting me borrow your shirt."

"What would you do without me?" Will answered cheekily.

"Well without you…I would be at home in my own pyjamas…So?" I said jokingly by using my hands as scales pretending to weigh the two options.

"Don't deny it, you would rather be here," I smiled letting him know he is right. I didn't think there would be many places that I would rather be. "So do you have any ideas on what we could do today?"

"No, but it's your town, where are the best places to go?"

"Throwing me the tough questions early in the morning. I was thinking they just reopened a mall, that's close by, it has a movie theatre, and some other stuff too."

"A movie theatre? I don't know the last time I saw a new release movie."

"Is that a 'yes'?"

"It's a 'yes'. But are you sure you won't fall asleep again. Cause I do believe that not only me, but the whole cinema, wont be able to enjoy the movie as much," I said with a cheeky smirk.

"Well I'll try my hardest not to again, but if I do I give you permission to hit me."

"And I will."

Once we finished breakfast, I took both plates back into the kitchen to wash them up. "Just leave them in the sink, we'll deal with them later," Will said seeing what I was doing.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah we'll do them when we get back", he was just like me… this probably wasn't a good thing, but I didn't care.

"So I guess I'll get ready to go out then," I said walking up the stairs.

"Wait a minute JJ, I got to get some clothes from my room."

"I'm going to have a quick shower first. Where are the towels?" Will showed me to a cupboard where he kept all his linen. He handed out a large towel for me to use. "Thanks, I'll be out in a few minutes."

…

I exited the bathroom around ten minutes later. I had the towel wrapped around my body and I held my clothes I was wearing and headed to Will's bedroom. I was surprised to see Will still up in his room. He had a tank top on, and was putting on a button up shirt over the top. I was surprised he wasn't ready yet, I thought it was the girls who took forever to get changed. Well I guess stereotypes were wrong a lot. I then remembered all I was wearing was a towel. I placed the clothes I was holding on the bed, and hugged the towel tighter, making sure it didn't fall. And even though a towel that was wrapped tight around my body probably wouldn't fall off, I knew if it ever was to, this would be the exact time.

Will turned around after hearing me enter the room. "Oh sorry JJ, I'll be downstairs", he said picking up his shoes, rounding the bed, and shutting the door behind him. I just stood there not being able to say anything. I could swear for a short second he looked me up and down, it gave me a boost of confidence. I shook off what embarrassment I was feeling and started to get ready.

After almost twenty minutes of choosing what to wear (and then rechoosing), brushing my hair, and putting on a touch of foundation and mascara, I head back downstairs to meet Will.

"So I was looking through the paper for session times and what movies are on, and we got a few choices, it just depends on what you want to see."

"Maybe a comedy…but I'm good with whatever," well that wasn't 100% true, I really wasn't in the mood for a horror.

"Well there's a few sessions around lunchtime, do you want to see Epic Movie, Wild Hogs, Blades of Glory and Because I Said So? Well there the only ones I have heard of."

"Is 'Blades of Glory' the ice-skating one with Will Ferrel?"

"Yeah I think so."

"I saw a preview for that, it looked good. Do you want to see that?"

"Yeah okay," he said looking back down at the paper. "There's two sessions, one before and one after lunch."

"Maybe the one after lunch, we could get something to eat before hand."

"Do you want to leave now, and maybe just look around some shops for a while? I think it's a big mall, has lots of stores."

"You're okay with looking around shops for a few hours." I asked skeptically.

"I'm up for anything."

…

We had just walked out of our forth clothing store; we had been in the mall for about an hour. I couldn't help but laugh at everything he did. In the second store, he found the most ghastly piece of clothing in the store and asked if it would suit him. To most people it probably wouldn't be funny, but the piece was this bright lime green 70's sort of patterned mini skirt. I didn't understand why anyone would buy that, let alone create such a thing. I sometimes didn't understand fashion.

"So where to next?" Will asked.

"You choose, pick something for you." I didn't want to just go to female clothing stores, I mean I was having a great time, but Will was probably more bored then he wanted to mention.

"There's a camping store I wouldn't mind going into."

"Cool, let's head there."

We turned to the direction we just came; he must have seen it while we were heading to this store. Will walked to my right, so I was closer to the windows of the stores. We walked closely together, trying not to separate with the other crowds of people walking in the other direction. Our hands kept hitting each others. I took a deep breath and just took the jump. I took Will's hand the next time ours hit. I waited for him to let go, but he didn't. We continued walking just holding hands. Was this really happening? This wasn't my life. How was I Jennifer Jareau on a weekend holiday in another town, walking around a shopping centre holding a guys hand I actually liked? I couldn't help but keep looking down at my right hand.

…

After another hour of looking around shops, and having lunch in the food court, we headed up to the movie theatre. We waited in line for our tickets. We then headed to the Candy Bar.

"Wow, when did food at the cinemas get so ridiculously high?" I asked completely surprised at the influx of price.

"You weren't lying about not being to the cinemas recently, were you?"

"No, are you sure you want to buy food from here?"

"Yeah I like my popcorn."

"I do to, but at these prices, come on that's ridiculous."

"I don't mind paying for it, that's probably why they hiked the prices up so much…they know people will buy it."

"We could share," I said.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, we only just had lunch; I wouldn't eat a whole box anyway."

"Okay." We both headed up to the counter. "Hey can I Regular Combo- What drink do we want?" Will asked looking at me.

"Coke?"

"With a Coke, please," Will said to the counter attendant.

After giving over the money Will picked up the popcorn and I took the drink. We walked over to the usher and Will took my hand again. Good, it wasn't just a one time thing, and it wasn't because I initiated it. A sense of relief filled my entire body.

…

I couldn't stop thinking about us in the cinema. We didn't stop holding hands. He would rub his thumb on the back of my hand while we watched the screen. It was one of the best movies I had seen, but I wasn't sure if the movie was that good, or it was just the fact that Will and I were there together that made me feel that way. Upon leaving the movie, we decide to go out for dinner. But it was still reasonably early in the evening for dinner, so we decided to head back to the townhouse. I think I'm happy with the pace we are going, we weren't going ridiculously fast like some couples did. And you probably couldn't even classify us as a couple yet, which I was fine with. But I feel like after today we are more than just friends, but I guess I'll just see how it turns out.