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Wednesday 23rd July 2014:
"I had a really great time with you tonight, thank you." Finn said with a smile.
"You're welcome, it was a pleasure." he replied with a grin.
"Listen, I'm sorry, you know if I was...down...at any point." she said as she looked at her hands that were clasped infront of her.
She felt him grip her chin gently between his thumb and forefinger, he then titled her head up so she was looking at him, "Hey, it's okay, I understand why...don't worry about it."
She stared at him for a long moment before she nodded her head and spoke again, "Well...I guess I'd best get inside now."
She stepped back from him and his hand dropped slowly to his side, "Yeah you should...me too."
A smile appeared on her face and he rubbed the back of his neck roughly.
"I meant, at my place...obviously." he said with a nervous laugh.
"I knew what you meant." she replied and bit her lip with a shake of her head to stop herself from laughing with him.
He started to walk backwards with a grin on his face, "Well...I'll see you around then."
She was grateful for him leaving yet at the same time a feeling of disappointment seamed to wash over her at the thought and she was sure it showed on her face but she quickly smiled and agreed, "Yeah."
He nodded at her answer with a wider smile on his own face before he hurried down the porch steps, she then turned around to unlock her front door and as she did her smile faded away.
He had been very touchy feely and flirty with her the whole night, they had sat side by side as they had dinner together and before they had even eaten he'd had his arm around her the whole time, he would gently pull her towards him every so often so he could whisper lovely compliments to her or to make a joke, that was another thing, he had never failed to make her laugh the whole evening.
Now, however, he was just leaving.
She had mixed feelings about it, a part of her hoped that he would make some type of move, at the very least, give her a hug goodbye!
The other part of her though, that part couldn't wait for him to go...today had been a strange day for her.
"Actually Finn!" she heard him call out.
She turned back around to face him once more when she heard her name, "Yeah?"
She found him stood a few feet back from those steps he'd just walked down, he was staring at her whilst chewing on his lip in a way that implied he was deep in thought, "I...I really want to kiss you goodnight."
Her eyes widened a fraction and her lips twitched at his words, "Oh...really?"
"Yeah." he replied as he took a step forward.
"What...uh...what's stopping you?" she asked him after swallowing the lump in her throat, she was very nervous all of a sudden and she wasn't sure why, this is what she had wanted...for him to make a move.
"Well...I'm thinking that, if I kiss you." he said as he continued to move towards her some more, he was now at the bottom of the steps, she decided then to move forward herself.
"Yeah?" she asked when she was at the top of the steps looking down at him.
He walked slowly up them until their faces were almost level and then he spoke in a low voice, "I might not be able to stop."
She immediately blushed and cast her eyes down, she saw him move his hand up and then felt it cup her face, her heart began to beat faster as his skin connected with hers.
"Maybe...I won't want you to stop." she whispered after a beat and then looked at him as she placed both of her hands against his chest.
The words had popped out of her mouth before she realised it and her hands had seamed to move on their own accord, did she?
Did she honestly really want him to?
She wasn't sure.
"Finn." he said and he spoke her name as if he was struggling for breath, right before his lips pressed against hers.
She stared at him and saw that he had his eyes closed, she couldn't close her own though but she did move her hands from his chest up to wrap around his neck and his followed suit, he moved them down so he could wrap his arms tightly around her body.
He began to move her backwards so he was once again infront of her on the porch, she then saw and felt his mouth begin to move against hers and she didn't know how to react to it, she found herself pulling back from him just as her phone rang in her pocke and she stilled, his eyes popped open.
A beat later they pulled apart slowly and the reluctance to do so was visable on his face, her ringing phone was an annoying yet welcome shrill between them as they stared at one another, "Saved by the bell huh?" he said with a short laugh and she smiled at him.
They let go of one another a second later and he cleared his throat whilst she took a step backwards, she blew out a breath and took her phone out of her pocket to look at the screen, "Ah, It's work."
"Go ahead, I should really head out anyway." he told her with a smile as he quickly headed down the steps once more and this time he kept walking until he reached his jeep.
He turned to her just before he climbed in the vehicle and her phone then stopped ringing, she rolled her eyes and held it up as she shrugged.
"You should call back, it could be important." he called out once he was seated behind the wheel and as if on cue her phone started to ring once more, she glanced at the screen then back at him and found he was smiling at her, "Goodnight Finn...that's the best kiss I've ever had."
A quiet gasp left her lips at his statement and then she just stared at him with a smile that instantly began to waver as he started the engine then drove off, he gave her a wave before he did.
She should have probably said to him 'me too' but she couldn't form those words, just aswell though because...it would have been a lie.
She looked at the person who's name was flashing on her phonescreen, the very person that HAD given her the best kiss she'd ever had, she asnwered the call in a slightly breathless voice, "Hi Owen."
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The regret Finn felt about kissing Dave seamed to get worse and worse the closer her vehicle moved towards the raptor paddock, not regret because it had been bad because, it really hadn't been a bad kiss at all, it just hadn't made her head and heart almost explode like the time Owen had kissed her.
She groaned and instantly shook her head as she thought of Owen.
Dave had been so incredibly sweet to her tonight and that kiss had been their first, it was on their 3rd date too...he had waited until they had their third date...to kiss her.
Even more regret filled her at that thought.
He'd been nothing but nice to her but then again, he always was, she found it extremely easy to get along with him AND he was also very handsome too which was a bonus.
Tall and dark and handsome...although he wasn't AS tall as Owen was and his smile was really a very lovely smile but, it didn't make her tingle like Owen's did who's smile made him even more handsome than he already was.
"No!" She groaned out loud and slapped the steering wheel in annoyance as her thoughts once again drifted to that man and away from Dave, she stared at the road ahead before she shook her hand around a little, "Ouch."
She sighed a long sigh and placed her hand back on the wheel, she felt like such a horrible person comparing the kiss with Owen to the one she'd just had with Dave.
Dave had been nothing but kind and affectionate towards her, with Owen though it was a totally different story, after their kiss it had been awkward at work, he had barely spoken to her after it and then as the days went on he had began ignoring her almost everytime they were near one another.
It was now almost 5 weeks since their kiss together and he had gotten worse, he had been treating her as if she was invisible the whole entire time, working with him was dreadful because he didn't speak with her, he spoke to her through Barry which she found very childish.
He was abrupt and impolite all the time with her, whenever they seamed to be alone together he would quickly disappear and do something that required him to be nowhere near her, at one point she even tried to talk to him about the problem that he seamed to have with her and he replied in a really nasty, very UN-Owen like way.
She really couldn't bear the way he was treating her everyday, he practically bit her head off one night because she hadn't finished a report which had never seamed to be a problem with him before until he started acting the way he had been with her, there was no need for his ridiculous attitude.
The only thing that got her through the days now was being able to interact more and more with the raptors, every day was never the same, it was always different with them and Finn loved it.
She loved helping out with the training them, regardless of Owen's horrible mood around her, she especially loved being with Delta, the animal was a wonder to teach, her sisters however still had some warming up to Finn to do but she didn't mind, Delta was and had always been her favourite.
Even with the way that Owen had been treating her, she still couldn't help but think about that kiss they had shared all those weeks ago, her eyes briefly closed at the memory, she had never been kissed like that before in her life, comparing it to one with another man was difficult, obviously, considering after being treated like a princess by said man since they started dating she couldn't stop thinking about another that had treated her as if she was something foul he had just stepped in.
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June 22nd 2014:
Finn sat on the sofa frozen with her heart pounding so fast and her stomach doing huge somersaults, he was kissing her!
Her eyes widened at that thought, he was kissing her, OWEN her boss/work colleague...was kissing her.
What was even more surprising was, she was LETTING him kiss her.
His lips had touched hers firmly at first but then they softened and his head seamed to slowly push against hers as he leaned forward more.
She could feel her self-control dissolving away with each passing second but she couldn't let it.
She quickly lifted a hand and placed it against his chest with every intention of pushing him back but instead her hand stilled when she felt his own heart beneath her palm and it was beating just as fast as her own was, her brows pulled together and her hand started to drop a little but before it did she felt one of his hands grip her waist and the other moved up to cup her face.
What happened next took her by surprise, he yanked her body towards him so they were chest to chest, her lips parted in a gasp and he took full advantage of her open mouth and deepened the kiss.
Her head was spinning as he literally took her breath away with his kiss, she placed the hand that was against his chest on his shoulder and wrapped the other around the back of his neck.
The intensity was too much yet she craved it, she'd never been kissed so passionately, Ever.
She found that she was pulling herself closer into him yet there was nowhere to go, they were already as close as could be, he didn't seam to mind in the slightest though, he moved his hand from her face to grab onto the other side of her waist.
His strong hands ended up just underneath her tshirt and then he began to run them up and down her back so slowly, they left a trail of what she could only describe as an amorous heat on her bare skin.
That feeling plus the sudden realisation that her body that he had his hands on was sweaty and sticky due to when she was walking in the heat not long before caused her to gasp again but this time she pulled her lips from his and moved her head when he tried to once again latch his mouth back onto hers.
They were both breathless and their bodies were rising and falling fast, he managed to speak still though, "What is it?" he asked through ragged breaths.
"I'm sweating." she blurted out without thinking and closed her eyes in humiliation when she saw him begin to smile, they instantly popped back open again when she felt his lips place tenderly against hers again, he only gave her a peck but it was enough to ignite the burning desire once more that she felt inside her.
"You aren't." he said to her and she shook her head.
"I am and you know it." she replied in a low voice.
"You could always just...take it off." he said after a beat with a smirk and glanced at her tshirt in a seductive way, her mouth dropped open in shock but her inner self was egging her on to do just that.
"What? Anyone could walk in." she said and as soon as the words left her mouth, recognition of that statement hit her hard and the sensual feelings that she had very quickly evaporated.
"You're right, give me a sec, I'll lock the door." he said and detached himself from her, he was over the room at the door in an instant and locked it, "Now noone can get in."
She had stared at him the entire time and continued to do so as he moved back across the room towards her where he knelt back down infront of her, he placed a hand on her face and leaned towards her with a smile but she leaned back before their lips touched and shook her head.
"No." she said to him.
"I wasn't serious...well, not completely but you know if you wanted to, the door is locked." he replied with a wink and a smirk but she continued to stare at him unsmiling and gradually his smile began to falter, "I was joking Finn...I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."
He moved his hand from her face to between her neck and shoulder, she shook her head again and spoke in a soft voice,"You didn't."
"Well, what's wrong?" he asked her after a beat.
"...we can't do this." she replied and shook her head again.
"We can't do this?" he asked with furrowed brows and she nodded, "Why cant we?"
"It can't happen...we WORK together and there is a strict no fraternizing policy between staff members." she said and leaned back from him further, he slowly removed his hand from her and moved to sit down on the sofa beside her.
"So? Do you really think that matters?" he asked with a smile.
"Yes, of course it matters." she replied wide eyed and his smile dissapeared.
"Not to people here it doesn't, there are a lot of couples on this island who work together." he said and she stared at him for a long moment before speaking again.
"We're not a couple." she said.
"...not yet we aren't." he said in a low voice after a moment of silence passed between them.
"What?" she asked him as she looked at a spot on the wall behind his head.
"You heard me." he replied and rolled his eyes.
"We don't know each other Owen." she said quietly after a beat.
"We don't know each other? Finn...how can you say that? We DO know each other, we work together every single day." he replied.
"I haven't even been here a month yet." she whispered.
"And yet you're all that I think about." he said exasperated and then moved closer to her on the sofa, "Day in and day out ever since I met you, you're all I think about...you're always on my mind, you have a charming personality Finn andI love it when you're here because you make everything better. You have this passion for your work that's infectious to everyone around you and when you're working...it's captivating to watch."
She listened intently as he spoke, her heart beat picking up with each word he said, she didn't know what to say back to him.
"You're this smart, kind, beautiful woman...and with each passing day all I've wanted is for you to be here close with me, to touch you...to kiss you." he continued speaking.
She stared at him as his head moved towards her but a thought had invaded her mind and even with all the lovely things he had just said to her she couldn't get rid of it, "Since we met?"
"Yes." he replied a little breathlessly.
"After we met...you were on a date with Claire." she said what she was thinking and he stopped moving forward then leaned back, she wished she hadn't said that woman's name because saying it out loud made her annoyed.
"Why are you bringing that up?" he asked with furrowed brows.
She shrugged and then said, "Well you were, I saw it...you claim to have thought about me since we met yet, you went on a date with her."
He stared at her for a long moment before a smirk appeared on his face, "I claim? It's the truth...are you jealous about I went on a date with her?"
"Ugh." she said as she rolled her own eyes and she then made an attempt to stand up but he held her in place.
"I'm sorry, I'm just kidding." he said with a smile but she shook her head.
"No I'm not jealous I'm just stating a point." she said and folded her arms across her chest, she was a little bit jealous thinking back to that now, Claire Dearing...why on earth would we want to date her.
She wasn't jealous when that happened because she hadn't felt for Owen then what she had been recently.
"I know you are and believe me, I still don't even know how or why that happened but what I do know is that it was planned before I met you and after I had I decided to go along with it because well...it would have been rude to cancel on her on the day it was supposed to be happening right? My feelings weren't quite as...strong...for you then as they are now but I'm not lying when I say you've been on my mind since then." he said to her.
Finn stared at him for a long time before she sighed, "It doesn't change anything, this still can't happen."
"Are you serious? After what I said you're saying that nothing can happen between us." he said with a frown.
She nodded, "It would be too weird."
"Why would it be weird?" he asked in a slightly annoyed tone.
"What if it didn't work out? We work together everyday...we would have to see each other every day, it would be awkward." she replied and rubbed the back of her neck.
"You're talking about something what hasn't and might never happen." he said and stood up so he was looking down at her sitting on the sofa.
"I'm saying what we're both thinking...we're better off as friends Owen." she said unable to keep the sadness from her voice.
"No we're not, we're better off both being happy and in my opinion that's being MORE than friends with you and doing something that I love which is working here and I know that you love it here too." he snapped and she cast her eyes down.
He knelt down infront of her once more and took both her hands in his, she looked up at his face and saw that he was watching her intently and when he opened his mouth to speak she cut him off.
"I can't do this...relationships between staff aren't allowed." she said and he sighed in irritation whilst shaking his head.
"I've already told you, noone here cares about that." he said as he looked at her once more.
"Claire cares about it and if she found out that we were together." she began to reply and he cut her off this time.
"Finn, Claire and I mean nothing to one another." he said.
"She hates me Owen." Finn snapped and silenced him, "Even if she doesn't care about you that doesn't matter because she hates me...she would make my life here hell if she found out I was in a relationship with you, my boss."
"I'm not your boss Finn." he replied with a shake of his head.
"You're in charge up here so yes...that makes you my boss. You seen the way she was about the whole Ian situation...she would probably fire me over this." Finn said as she stared off across the room.
"Fire you? Come on Finn, you're supposed to be the brains up here, that's crazy, she wouldn't fire you." he said and gave her a smile but she never returned it.
"I need this job Owen...I can't afford to lose it." she said after a beat and his smile disappeared.
"You wouldn't lose it." he replied.
"I can't." she said and shook her head, "No."
"So...that's it, there's no convincing you at all on this? Because of something that you think MIGHT happen you're not even going to give us a go?" he said after he had let her hands go and stood up slowly.
"...we've know each other like, three weeks." she replied in a quiet voice.
Owen put his hands on his hips and shook his head, "Finn...I'm not proposing to you here or declaring my love for you...I'm telling you that I like you and that I want to be with you, I won't rush you into anything you don't want to do, we would take things slow."
"I know." she whispered and looked down, "But we're here to do a job...mixing our personal lives with that wouldn't work, it would get too complicated...it can't happen."
She could feel him watching her after she had spoke but she didn't look at him and a silence had suddenly filled the room, it was awkward and not nice at all, moments passed by what felt like hours before he said anything.
"Will you not even think about it?" he eventually asked her and she looked up at him.
"...is there any point? The situation is still going to be the same." she said and he shook his head in annoyance.
"There's no situation Finn." he said and then he cut himself off from whatever else he was about to say, "...fine then...if you don't want this then, there's really no point in me standind here and making a fool out of myself any longer."
She began to speak whilst shaking her head but he was already striding towards the office door, "Owen, you're not making a-"
He had unlocked the door and was out of the office before she could even finish her sentence, the door slammed shut loudly behind him and she flinched at the sound.
She wished she hadn't said what she had but it was true, Sue and Henry were together and great together but they both worked at different paddocks, herself and Owen both worked together everyday, if they were to have a fall out it would be awkward for them to work with the girls together and the work would suffer.
Also, jumping into a relationship with someone that she barely knew...it was a bad idea.
She sighed then lay back on the sofa to stare at the ceiling and as she did the kiss that she and Owen had just had was replaying in her head over and over again, she touched her lips with her finertips and realised they were tender but in a good way and a shiver ran down her spine at the thought of his hands on her, again, it was a good feeling.
She sighed again and sat up on the sofa to look at the closed door, she hoped she hadn't hurt his feelings or that it would be awkward between them after what just happened.
She shook her head, of course it would be, he had just given her the best kiss that she'd EVER had in entire life then he proceeded to tell her he wanted to be with her and...she rejected him.
She wanted to hop to the door, open it and shout him back inside with her to finish what he had started but she knew she couldn't do that, instead she sat for a moment then pushed herself up and headed for the computer to do some work, she wasn't sure how she'd get any work done at all in this room after what had just happened but she had to try.
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The memory made her sigh, she really missed having him as her friend, he had kissed her and then he said such lovely things to her in that office on that day and then he just suddenly began treating her like he didn't know her which then eventually lead to him hating her.
She had to hold her breath to stop the cries she felt bubbling in her throat escaping as she thought back to all the horrible things he'd said to her over the weeks, the way he would dismiss her and snap at her for no reason, it was like a switch had be flicked on him over night and gone was the man she used to know and replaced by this new horrible version of him.
She took a deep breath and then blew it out as she was a couple of minutes away from the paddock now, she forced all thoughts from her head and focused on the road ahead.
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"What's up?" Finn asked once she had parked her jeep at the paddock and was walking towards Owen and Barry where they were stood near the cages, they both turned to look at her.
Owen looked her way and instead of scowling at her like he would usually do these days he looked her up and down slowly and surprisingly in an appreciative way, she immediately felt her stomach tingle under his gaze, "You're a bit dressed up for work are you not?"
"Work? It's 9:30 at night, work finished hours ago...and I was out." she replied and feeling a blush creep up her neck she cleared her throat.
"You were out? I called you up here to work." he said to her in a chastising way with extra emphasis on the word 'work'.
"You didn't say that on the phone Owen, if you had I would have changed first." she replied.
"No it's alright, I mean, we were just about to call it a night anyway." Barry said with furrowed brows as he looked between them and Owen glared at him, Barry frowned and asked him, "Were we not?"
"I take it something happened?" Finn asked Barry without looking in Owen's direction.
"Yes, they seamed to respond to the routine that we made up." he replied as he turned his attention back to her.
"Really? That's great." she said as she followed him as he moved closer to the cages.
Owen made a sound after she said that and she turned to face him, wobbling on her short heeled shoe as she did, he quickly wrapped an arm around her waist to hold her up and she let out a yelp as he pulled her into his chest.
"Careful." he told her firmly but his voice seamed to be laced with something else.
She felt light headed at them being so close to one another after so long and her heart was pounding in her chest at his touch, she began to move her hand at her side but his own wrapped around her writst and held it in place, "You're so clumsy Finley." he whispered before he let go of her wrist to wrap his hand over hers.
After a beat she sighed and then swallowed, her stomach was tingling uncontrolably at the feel of his hand around hers and also anxiety because she was sure that he hated her...how could he stand to touch her? She was half expecting him to crush her hand in his at any moment.
"Let me go." she whispered to him and made an attempt to shove him away from her but he didn't move, he just smiled in an amused way.
"We should get you a bell to wear, that way we'll hear you coming and know to move things out of your way before you trip over them." he said in a loud voice so Barry could hear and Barry did indeed find that funny, Finn however, did not.
"Shut up." she said through gritted teeth and put all the force she could muster into the next shove she gave him, he wisely let her shove him away from her and took a further step back, she glared at him before turning to look at Barry who had also wisely chosen to stop laughing, "That's good news Barry, do you think they'll do it again for me?"
"Hopefully but I don't think we should push them any further tonight, we'll do it again tomorrow." he told her with a nod, "We'll show you then."
"Okay." she replied and looked at Owen, "I'm assuming that you want me to write this up?"
"You usually do." he replied and folded his arms across his chest.
"And you want me to do it now yes?" she asked.
"Yes." he said immediately in a tone that told her he was getting irritated.
"Can't it wait until tomorrow?" she asked him, matching his tone.
"Why? Have you got somewhere else you need to be right now?" he demanded from her with a glare on his face.
She rolled her eyes at him, "No Owen I haven't, I just don't see the point in writing a report on what the girls did when I didn't see them do it, once I see them do the routine myself I'll be able to write a thorough report on them, we don't want to send a half assed one to the lab now do we?"
"We aren't sending it to the lab." he replied and both Finn and Barry stared at him confused before glancing at each other.
"What do you mean Owen?" Barry asked him.
"If we given them a report on progress they'll only put more pressure on us to have this stupid show up and running." Owen replied.
"The show is happening either way Owen, we know that." Finn said and Barry nodded his head.
"We already have a deadline Finn, do you really think they will stick to it if they know that the girls are starting to cooperate with us?" Owen snapped at her.
"They were very clear about the date they are revealing the new asset, so yes, I think they will stick to it." she snapped back, she was getting annoyed at the way he was speaking to her.
"Wrong." Owen said and stepped towards her, "They'll make us put on this show early so that more and more people will want to come and see it, all they care about is numbers, the more people that are here to see the raptors...the more people will be here when they reveal this new asset."
"They'll have more people prebooking tickets." Barry said in a quiet voice.
"Exactly Barry." Owen said as he stepped back and then he turned his attention back to Finn, "You will write up the report...but you wont be sending it in."
"We could get into trouble if I stop sending in reports." she replied and Owen shook his head.
"I thought that you were with us being against this show Finn." he said.
"My point Owen is this, if we stop sending them in they might send people up here to collect them." she replied and he shook his head again.
"They stopped sending people here for that long before you got here, that's why you're here." Owen said as he placed his hands on his hips.
"That was before they wanted something from us." she replied with a sigh and looked at the cages, the girls were wandering around inside.
"She has a point." Barry said after a beat.
"We aren't letting them know about this." Owen said in a low voice with a deep frown on his face.
Finn spotted Delta as she roamed around inside the cage, their bond had grown over the weeks as she worked with the animals, the thought of that small bit of trust that she had from Delta as small as it was disappearing because the animals were being made to perform for an audience was gut wrenching, she didn't want to lose it.
"Then we won't." she said as Barry and Owen discussed the reports situation, they both looked at her, "I'll write the reports as normal but when it comes to sending them in, I'll cut out the bits about the progress and keep them stored away."
"Lie?" Barry asked her and she nodded.
"To some extent." she added and she found Owen nodding his head.
"Yes...that's what we'll do." he said.
"Harbouring important information from them...that's even worse than not sending in the reports." Barry replied.
"Those are the only options we have." Finn said to Barry.
"Just say they come up here one day and want to see the routine?" Barry asked them both.
"Then we'll say they aren't ready." Owen said with a shrug.
"What if they want to see what they can do so far?" Barry said.
"Then we'll say they can't Barry, don't stress about this, okay?" Owen replied and patted him on the shoulder, "Go on get home and get some sleep, we've been at this for hours, I'll lock up and see you in the morning."
Barry said something in French before heading off, calling out bye as he went, Finn looked at Owen and gave him a nod before she headed towards her jeep.
"Where do you think you're going?" he said from behind her as he followed her.
"I'm going home." she said over her shoulder and then she felt his hand curl around her upper arm and pull, "What? Owen! What are you doing?!"
He ignored her and pulled her towards the office where then he pushed her inside.
"What the HELL do you think you are doing?!" she shouted at him once he had slammed the door closed behind them, "How dare you drag me in here like that!"
"Shut up and sit down." he replied dismissively and pointed at the chair infront of the computer, "I'm going to tell you what happened and you're going to write."
She stared at him for a long moment with her mouth open in disbelief before she spoke, "No."
"No?" he asked with a raised brow and his hands on his hips.
"No." she repeated and folded her arms across her chest.
"Don't screw around with me Finn, sit your ass down and get typing." he replied but his voice was loud and he didn't look happy at all.
"I said no. Write your own damn report." she snapped and walked towards the door, muttering to him as she passed, "Asshole."
She pushed the handle of the door down and pulled but it slammed back shut when Owen's hand flatted against it above her head, she gasped and her body jolted at the sudden movement.
She was about to turn and give him abuse, verbal not physical, but before she had a chance to he had spun her around so her back was against the door and his mouth was on hers.
And just like that, all coherent thoughts quickly left her brain at the feel of his lips on her own.
He wrapped his hands tightly around her waist inside her open jacket and pulled himself against her, he then moved his mouth against hers and she found herself reciprocating.
Everything that had happened with him over the last few weeks was suddenly flying around in her brain but having him kiss her made her ignore them and they started to disappear, all she could do was kiss him back.
Her hands moved up from his forearms to his upper arms, continuing to his shoulders and then they were on his face, she gasped and her eyes popped open when she felt one of his hands roam down to her bottom where he squeezed.
He took advantage of her open mouth and pushed his tongue in and a wave of pleasure washed over her, her eyes began to droop and soon she was kissing him back with equal fever.
She wasn't sure how much time had passed by, it could have been minutes or even hours, she wasn't aware in any way, what she was aware of though was Owen's hands moving painfully but at the same time wonderfully slowly up her body where he then gripped her under the arms and hoisted her up onto his waist, their mouths disconnected for a second as that happened and she let out a whimper, his hand moved to the back of her head underneath her hair and he pressed his lips to hers once more.
She wrapped her legs around him and after she did she felt his free hand caress the underside of her thigh and then she began to trace his jawline with her fingertips as he kissed her.
She felt him start to move with her across the room and she tried to pull her lips from his, she needed a breath, he shook his head with his lips still connected to hers and she nodded then pulled her head back, she had a second, probably even a half of a second to take a quick breath before he attached his mouth to hers again.
He sat down on the sofa with her straddling him and pulled her towards him more so he could kiss her deeper, she needed a proper breath though and kept trying to pull away from him.
He let her this time and she gasped for air, he did too but that didn't stop him from kissing her on the neck, her stomach futtered and her insides felt warm and fuzzy as he did.
He seamed to kiss her slowly at first and then he peppered up her throat with more until he was at her jaw, she felt him briefly lick her there causing her eyes to widen, he began kissing her again until he reached her ear where he whispered, "I want to feel your lips again, it's the best feeling."
She smiled and blushed at his words but then realisation hit her and she shot upright on his lap and stared at the wall behind him, his lips were pouted indicating he had just been about to kiss her some more and he was staring at her confused.
"What's wrong?" he asked her as he placed his hands on her waist.
"...this is wrong." she replied.
"What?" he asked in an angry tone.
She tried to climb off of him but her held her firmly in place, "I have to go."
"You're going nowhere." he replied firmly and wrapped his arms around her body so she could barely move.
"I can't be here with you, this isn't right." she said with a shake of her head.
"That's bullshit." he snapped with a frown and she stared at him and moved her hands from his shoulders to his neck.
"I'm...I'm cheating on Dave." she whispered horrified.
Owen rolled his eyes and made a sound, "You can't cheat on someone that you aren't with Finn."
"I'm dating him." she replied.
"But you're not in a relationship with him." he countered.
"And you you think that's okay? For me to be dating him yet here with you making out?" she asked with her own frown.
"No, that's why you're going to text him and tell him you won't be seeing him anymore." he said and he reached into her pocket and took her phone out to hold it up infront of her.
"What? No." she said and took her phone from him, she held it against her chest.
"I'll do it for you if you want?" he asked and he was serious.
"No you won't, god Owen." she replied and began to put her phone away.
"Don't put it away Finn, text him now." he snapped.
"Stop speaking to me like that." she snapped back and folded her arms across her chest.
He stared at her for a moment and then he moved his hands up to cup her face and said in a tender voice, "I'm sorry."
She stared back at him then eventually nodded, he then moved his head quickly and kissed her again, it was a long and very nice peck that made her lean back until their lips were once again disconnected, "You can't do that."
"Don't do this to me Finn...you already did once before, I'm not letting you again." he replied as he gently moved her head back towards him with his hands on her face and neck until they were almost nose to nose.
"Why are you doing this?" she whispered after a beat and pressed her forehead against his, "You hate me."
"I do NOT hate you." he said immediately in an almost angry voice.
"You do, look at the way you have been towards me...for weeks." she replied sadly.
He sighed, "I have my reasons."
"You have your reasons? Let's hear them then." she said feeling annoyed, she moved her head back so she was looking down at him.
"...you told me that we couldn't be together because we work together and work relationships aren't allowed, because we hardly knew each other...you started dating Dave...two weeks after we kissed you started dating him." he replied, his voice got angrier and angrier as he spoke.
"I...I agreed to date him because of the way you started to treat me...I couldn't bear it, it was horrible." she said.
"I started acting that way because I knew that he would eventually ask you out, you were always hanging out with him and it happened more and more and I just knew that he would ask you but that's not the reason I was so pissed...the reason for that is...you said yes to him." he replied and shook his head, he was clearly irritated.
"Because...because I went on a date with him?" she asked in a quiet voice.
"Yes...because you went on a date with him...you told me we hardly knew each other, you knew HIM less time than me!" he replied and moved his hands from her, he fisted them at his sides and she began to move from his lap, "Don't move. Stay where you are."
She didn't argue with him, she stayed where she was and stared at him, he had his head back and was looking at the ceiling, she felt terrible because now she understood.
She had been a major hypocrite, she told him they couldn't be together because she hardly knew him and he was right, she knew Dave less time than she knew him, he had said they could take their relationship slow which would essentially mean dating for a while like she had done with Dave, Dave worked at the park too, not exactly with her but he worked there and he asked her on a date...she hadn't hesitated, she agreed.
"I'm so sorry." she whispered and put her hands over her mouth, his head slowly came up and he looked at her, "I'm such a horrible person...you're right, I knew him less time and he works at the park too...Owen, it makes sense now why you've been acting the way you have...I'm so sorry."
She placed both her hands on his face and leaned forward until their lips touched, Owen was still for a beat and then his hands came up and softly wiped away the tears that she hadn't realised had fallen from her eyes with his fingers, he then wrapped his arms around her body and sat up.
He kissed her back whist rubbing his hands up and down her back, she pulled back from him to speak and said, "Can you forgive me for being such a stupid bitch?"
"You're not a stupid bitch." he replied and kissed the corner of her mouth.
"I am, I hurt you." she said and sniffed.
"Give us a go...please." he said as he gave her a quick peck on the lips again, ignoring what she said, "We'll work, I know we will."
She already knew she wanted that, he didn't have to ask her, after him being so distant with her for so long and now being his old self again and having just almost kissed the life out of her, again, she realised now how much she missed him and she didn't want to go through that again, she began nodding without realising it and suddenly she was up in the air, Owen had stood up with her attached to him still, he had his head burried in her neck as he was spinning her around whilst fiercely hugging and she could hear and feel him laughing, she couldn't help but smile at his reaction as she hugged him back.
"You're serious right?" he asked in a demanding voice as he abrupty stopped spinning, she felt a tiny bit dizzy but he was smilling at her, genuinly smiling and she nodded her head.
"Yes, I'm serio-" she began to speak but was cut off when his lips were on hers again, he kissed her long and hard and then began to peck all over her face which caused her to giggle.
"I'm sorry for the way I've been." he said through the kisses he was planting on her, "The thought of him with you just made me mad and I took it out on you."
Finn's smile disappeared at the mention of 'him', Dave, Lovely Dave...she had to end it with him, she couldn't be with Owen until things were finished with him or she would feel guilty, "Owen I have to go, I have to speak to Dave."
Owen stopped kissing her and stared at her for the longest moment before he spoke, "Text him."
"I am NOT texting him to break up with him...he's too nice for that." she replied.
"You're not breaking up if you aren't actually with him." Owen said in an annoyed tone.
"You know what I mean." she said and he nodded.
"Yeah, I do...because me, you're with me, like we're in a relationship, a COUPLE...if you were to break up with me which you won't." he replied and spoke in a matter of fact tone with extra emphasis on the word 'won't', "Then that would be a break up but you were only dating...him...so all you have to say is you won't be seeing him anymore, you can do it now, I'll go with you."
"No you can't, seriously Owen...I have to do this alone...you can't be there, that would just a major slap in the face if I took my new boyfriend with me to finish with him." she replied quickly and he opened his mouth to speak before he closed it again and smiled, "What?"
"I was going to make a pissy comment again that you're not finishing with someone that you were only dating." he said and she rolled her eyes, "But...you called me your boyfriend."
He finished his sentence with a grin, she blushed and bit her lip before she replied, "I guess I did."
He nodded his head and leaned forward to kiss her again but she pulled back from him, "What?"
"No kissing until this thing with Dave is cleared up." she said and tried to get down from him but he kept her attached to him firmly.
"Come on, you're not serious." he moaned at her.
"I am, I can't kiss you with Dave still thinking he and I are dating, it's wrong." she said with a sigh.
"Nothing that we do together is wrong Finley...understand?" he almost growled at her and she swallowed under his intense gaze but nodded anyway.
"Can I...get down?" she asked him after a beat.
"I like the feel of you in my arms." he said with a sigh and she smiled at him.
"I do too." she replied and again he made a move towards her but she placed her fingers against his lips, "No kissing yet."
He stared at her for a long moment then exhaled before he kissed her fingers and gently put her on her feet so she was infront of him, he instantly wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her into his chest, she went willingly and hugged him back around the waist where she snuggled into him for a brief moment.
"Get going then before I don't let you." he told her once they seperated from one another, she nodded with a smile and reached for his hand which she gave a gentle squeeze.
"I'll tell him before I come to work tomorrow." she said and began to walk away from him but his hand tightened around hers and he pulled her back towards him.
"Tomorrow? I can't kiss you again until tomorrow?" he asked.
"That's right." she said and backed away again, he walked with her and didn't let her hand go.
"Really? Can't I kiss you on the cheek at least?" he asked.
"No." she said as she reached for the door and opened it.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because...I don't trust us." she whispered to him and he stared at her.
"I don't either." he replied in a strangled sounding voice, she nodded and backed away from him out the door, this time he let go of her hand and she walked towards her jeep where she quickly jumped in.
"I'll see you tomorrow." she said before she started the engine.
"Wait." he said and walked towards her jeep, he leaned on her open window, "I really am sorry...for the way I've treated you."
She smiled at him, "It's okay."
He took a hold of the hand closest to him and brought it to his lips, he kissed the back of it softly and she felt herself blush.
Once he had let go of her hand he began to back away and said with a wink, "Until tomorrow...Miss McKenzie."
She nodded her head after biting her lip and reversed from the space she was parked, he gave her a wave which she returned before she drove off out of the paddock yard, she glanced at him in her rearview mirror and saw that he was still stood watching her drive away and right before she was about to disappear he blew her a kiss, she gasped and looked back at the road.
"Whoa." she said and turned the wheel quickly before she drove into the bushes, once she was straight on the road again she huffed out a laugh but it quickly disappeared as the raptor paddock disappeared behind her.
She was now with Owen and she was going to have to tell Dave they couldn't see each other anymore, she just didn't know how to do it.