Chapter: Chickens With Their Heads Cut Off

Shalan's Say: Hey! Weird chapter title huh? OMG XD I laughed soooo hard writing this chapter. (I hope you know that sometimes I actually don't write an author's note at the beginning of the story I write them after I finish the chapter) SPEAKING OF WHAT I DO! Starting from this chapter on at the end of each chapter will be a tidbit from my writing… deleted scenes of sorts that I wrote in but decided instead to keep out because of fluency of the story… just a little fun so you can see what I go through to get you guys your stories…

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"I was sitting by him on a long, long night/ you know one of those nights that last forever?/ I turned to him as he leaned back and asked him this:" she paused as the red light came on. "Yeah Izuru?" She set the headset down and walked through the glass.

"I just… don't feel it… I want more feeling Rukia…" The blonde haired audio boy leaned his elbow on the counter.

"What do you mean feeling?"

"How did you feel when you wrote this song?" He lifted his eyebrows.

"I was feeling awesome… I mean… I couldn't believe how happy I was…" she folded her hands in front of her.

"Then let me feel that… put your heart and soul into this song…" He begged. "Please Rukia!"

"Alright," she took a sip from the caffeinated green tea on the table. It had been three grueling weeks recording this one song. It hadn't taken her too long to get the other songs finished because they were easy enough but this song was special and had only been added to the CD in the past few weeks… not to mention it was going to be the single release.

"Alright… go…" she pushed one of the ear pieces of her headset to her ear and let her lips near the mic before taking in a deep breath.

"I was sitting by him on a long, long night/ You know one of those nights that last forever?/ I turned to him as he leaned back and asked him this/ What is it about me that you love so much?/ What is it that you see that others don't?/ In return he said to me:"

"Look around you and you tell me/ It's all about what you can see/ I see love and devotion/ Pictures of us in motion/ Kisses and moments left to time/ Warmth in your heart and a song in your rhyme…" Ichigo leaned back against the sofa's pillows as Rukia's newest single bounced off the walls of her living room.

"So what do you think?" She turned off the radio with its remote and leaned her head against his shoulder as his long arm tightened around her.

"I love it…" He chuckled and squeezed her shoulder lightly. She sighed heavily. It had been too long since she had been able to just relax. She was always in and out of the recording studio or doing photo shoots for her new record… it was now that she could rest her head and hope that everything turned out alright.

"I worked hard on it…" She smiled as she snuggled against his warm body. December was her favorite month of the year this year. She had spent nearly everyday with Ichigo Kurosaki in his luxurious Kansas City home… only today he had joined her in her apartment in New York. Since he had no games until Christmas he had decided to join her for a change… which for her was a relief.

"I know you did… you didn't even talk to me for a month," he smiled and buried his face into her hair, taking in a deep whiff of her perfume. His free hand found itself on her abdomen, long fingers sliding her tank top towards her neck. She giggled as he pulled down her sweat pants to breach her hips before leaning down and planting a wet sloppy kiss against her navel.

"ICHIGO!" She shrieked, not expecting his actions. "STOP DON'T!" She squealed with laughed as he blew a raspberry on her stomach. It was when he stopped that she became curious. The quarterback was looking at her abdomen curiously, thoughtfully, and devilishly. "What are you-WAH!" He swung her up into his arms and quick stepped towards her bedroom.

"Enough wasted time…" he planted a kiss against her lips, a hot desperate kiss that set her insides on fire. Her back pressed against the wall as her legs involuntarily wrapped around his hips. Their kisses heightened, whipping the flames of hell into shape as his hands did wondrous things to her breasts through her tank top.

"Ichigo…" her head tilted back as his lips met her jaw and trailed down her neck to her collar bone. Rushed, feverish and rough hands yanked her tank over her head as his calloused thumbs found her nipples. The same feeling that had fallen over her in his hotel room in San Diego rose into her abdomen now. He was setting her on fire, her entire body trembled as his tongue did devilish things to her breast.

"God, you are gorgeous…" he swore lightly under his breath as he paused a moment to catch a glance over her body. Her fingers found his hair and fisted there as he plundered. From her teasing mouth to her flat, concave navel he let his instincts lead him towards hell and beyond.

"Ichi-go…" her fogged eyes cleared as her cell phone began to chime in some faraway place from where they were. "Ichigo my phone…" she attempted to calm her heavy breathing as he pressed his forehead to her sternum.

As she disappeared out the door he slammed his fist into the wall. "Fuck…" a number of inventive curses followed as she answered the phone.

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It was a good month before they even saw each other again. And even that was in passing, they saw each other at a charity banquet before she was whisked off to the studio where she was learning her steps for the tour. They really were chickens with their heads cut off.

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Howdy… sorry this was a short chapter again longer ones to come… since I think the lemon is in the next chapter… anyways as promised here is the deleted scene.

Chapter: Winter Days Full Of Love

"There's something that I've been meaning to say…" her fingers pulled her boots off as he helped her tug her heavy sweater off.

"Yes?" He stepped out of his boots and walked towards the kitchen, she smiled softly as he pulled off his second layer, a KC Chiefs sweatshirt to expose his white t-shirt.

"I just…" she paused as she played with the hem of her black shirt. He helped her up and pulled her into the kitchen as she giggled.

"You just what?" His eyes narrowed teasingly as he swung her around in circles.

"You are so weird…" her eyes softened as he put her down. "I think I'm falling for you…"

"You… what?" He stared at her, his amber eyes hardened again.

"I-damn…" she pulled out her phone. "Rukia Kuchiki…"