"You ready to go?" Gray looked at me with a grin on his face, stretching his hand out to me. Biting my lip, I felt my nerves over this rushing up my spine. My stomach was in knots, and I felt everything but ready, yet I still let him take my hand in his. His smile became even bigger, as if I had offered him the moon and the stars, which melted my angst ever so slightly.

"Where are we going anyway?" I asked, trying to force my mind to forget about this being our first date.

"I already told you, it's a surprise."

"Aw, come on." Nudging his shoulder with my own, I felt my heart skip a beat. I didn't feel prepared for something to go wrong and for him to decide to leave. First dates were supposed to be magical, what if I couldn't offer him that? There were so many things we hadn't done yet that I wanted us to experience together, and yet all those opportunities of wonderful moments could be ruined in the next couple of hours.

"Nope, you're just gonna have to wait." He kissed my cheek and then towed me down the path beside his house. This gave me the indication that we'd be going somewhere in the forest, which helped ease the tension in my heart. Nature was my territory, so far nothing bad had happened to me whilst I was there.

"Damn." I said this, but I think we could both tell that I wasn't really upset over it. The worry consuming me didn't allow me to feel anything other than fear.

"By the way, have I said already that you look beautiful?"

"Several times, yes." Laughing at his antics, a little more of my worry ebbed away. He wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me tightly to him. I'd never felt more at home, with his heartbeat thudding underneath my ear, his chest rumbling as he spoke about one thing or another, and the smell that was just Gray surrounding me. More fear faded, and I finally allowed myself to relax against his side.

"Oh, hey, we're here." Looking up from his chest, I found we'd made our way up a small hill. From here all that we could see were trees, and deep oranges that were fading to red from the sunset in front of us. The tip of his house was visible, along with a few others, but I ignored them, pretending we were on top of the world where nothing exists apart from nature and us. "Do you like it?"

Unable to answer his question, my mouth just gaped open like a fish. It was a breath taking sight, the sunset making it all the more magical. The snow reflected in orange hues and trees seemed to glow. And in our small clearing where nothing was real, a picnic blanket lay, with two tubs of ice cream. Mint choc chip for me, and chocolate for him.

"I used to come here a lot to see the sunset, when everything got a little too much. I thought you might like it. But if you want to go someplace else that's cool too."

"What, no, I… I love it. This is all so beautiful."

"Sorry it doesn't seem overly prepared, but I wanted to make a reference to our attempt at a first date with the ice cream." Slapping his arm lightly, I turned my eyes away from the beautiful sight and instead on my amazing soulfinder.

"Don't you dare apologise for doing something as great as this for me." Without either one of us noticing, we'd moved our heads closer, and were now standing together. Our noses touched and then he was crashing his lips onto mine. No more worries, nor fears over this date. Because we were Petal and Gray, and we were meant to be. I couldn't screw this up, nothing could.

"I am pretty great, aren't I?"

"Modest too." I slapped him again on the arm, but he just held tighter onto my waist, making butterflies explode in my stomach. "Come on, let's go enjoy our ice cream." Sitting down, each wrapped up in the other, we looked up at the beautiful sunset, basking in it together. I'd never felt as content as I did then, as if the world could be ripped out from under me and I'd still be ok.

"Hey Pet, I've been thinking."

"Yeah?"

"How've you been feeling lately?" And then he lowered his volume, almost as if he was afraid to say the words at all. "Do you… Do you still think you're worthless?" Taking in a shuddering breath, I felt his question wash over me, the feeling of calm being taken out from my chest as if it had never existed.

"I—No. Sometimes? I don't know Gray, it isn't something that simply goes away." I hadn't thought about myself in that way for an incredibly long time now, but it wasn't like the underlying thought wasn't still there. It was just not actively influencing my decisions anymore, but the whisper would always be there.

"How can I make it go away?"

"Gray…"

"No, tell me. Don't 'Gray' me, just tell me what I can do to make it go away."

"You can't."

"There's always something." My chest tightened, all of those feelings I hadn't had to revisit in so long making a comeback in my mind. I didn't want any of them there, in the forefront, stuck on repeat.

"There isn't. Just you being here is enough." Spinning me around, I went from sitting on his lap to straddling him, so he could take a better look at my glistening eyes and tight lips.

"What do you mean?"

"There's never just one action that you can do to fix something like this. It's just… It's always going to be there, but you being by my side helps. You drive all the awful thoughts away with your kind words." Without allowing him a chance to respond, I brought our lips together in a chaste kiss. "The longer we spend together, the closer I feel we're getting to spending forever together."

"We're already there." And with no other words needed, He flipped us over so I was lying down and he was over me, and we looked into each other's eyes. So many emotions were whizzing between us that it was hard to tell one apart from the other. And suddenly they were materialised in a soft embrace that didn't need a kiss or words to speak volumes. We'd always be there for the other.

Gray and Petal. Petal and Gray. It was hard, but we'd work it out in the end.

Hi :)

I am so so so sorry that this is a week late. I've been a little overwhelmed lately by exam pressure and stuff (can you believe they've moved the exams to earlier because of Ramadan? I'm kind of dying), and have just not been able to write this chapter up. I know it's ridiculously overdue, and that it isn't that long, but I hope you guys liked it. It's their first date! *Squee*

Thanks so much to my reviewers :) Guys we made the target again! Can I get a whoop whoop? Ok, maybe not xD Do you think we can make 91? Which btw, I've organised the Finding Sky archive by reviews and we're almost on the first page guys! Just a little bit more :) Oh and I thought I would tell you that I think this story is going to be around 40 chapters long, hopefully we'll make it that far! Thank you all so much for supporting me so far, I really wouldn't have gotten here without you all :)

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