*sigh*...

And here I thought I would get this out earlier.

I'll talk more at the end. For now…

I'm sorry that this took this long.

Here's the long, LONG overdue chapter you've wanted. Again, I'll talk about why I've been gone at the end. See you then.

Chapter 32: Shyness Only Makes You Cuter

Andr POV…

"Haah… my face… I'm burning up…"

That was what I weakly said to myself as I flopped onto my bed. How else could I react? Cameron… he just kissed me! Even if it was on the cheek… he KISSED me! How else is an endergirl supposed to react?!

And the worst part was… I liked it.

Well, not the worst. More like… best?

"Gah, get a grip on yourself!" I said aloud to myself. I wasn't speaking very loudly though. The last thing I wanted was for them, especially Cameron, to hear me right now.

I simply laid on my bed, letting my face burn as I gently touched the place where he kissed me. I… if I hadn't been so flustered… I don't know what I would've done. What SHOULD I have done?

Then, five minutes later, a knock rang out on my door. "W-w-who's there?" I called out, stuttering.

"Umm… me?" the voice of Snowy spoke out. "I have something for you."

"O-oh… is… is Cameron there?"

"No, he's still downstairs, cleaning up. I would be helping but… like I said, I have something for you. Can I come in?" Snowy responded.

"O-oh… y-yeah, come in." I muttered loud enough for her to hear. Honestly, I kinda wished to be left alone, but… hey, maybe some company would be good for me.

Anyway, the door slowly creaked open, and in walked Snowy with… a plate of food? "Um… Master said that you didn't eat any breakfast, so… I brought you some. Is that okay?"

"Uh… sure, Snowy." I said, taking the plate from her. She kinda watched me for a second, before I asked her, "Uh… do you want to sit?"

Without saying a word, Snowy sat down in front of me, still watching me with those big eyes. Those eyes… they were one of the reasons I liked her. I mean, how could I NOT stare into those adorable eyes?

I slowly ate my eggs and biscuit, still thinking about Cameron. Snowy looked directly at my bacon with longing in her eyes. Without a word, I held a piece out for her, and she took it. Though, rather than tearing into it, like I thought she would she… gently nibbled at it, as though she was thinking hard about something. You almost never see Snowy eat bacon that slowly.

No, scratch that. You almost never see her eat ANY meat that slowly.

'Whatever she's thinking about, it must be distracting…' I thought as I munched.

Finally, everything was gone from my plate. A good ten minutes had passed since Snowy came in, but… she still somehow only was just now finishing that same bacon piece I gave her. 'What is she thinking? Is it really THAT distracting?'

Then she throws this at me:

"Do… do you like my Master?"

The question hit me like a wall. I blinked once or twice, before a light blush came to my cheeks. "I-I…"

"A-Andr… please, don't be like that." Snowy said, putting the plate behind her on the chest at the end of the bed and touching my hand. I tried to pull away in surprise but she grabbed it and held it close to her. "Please… say the truth. For… for me?"

And that's when it hit me: she's using her Puppy Dog eyes again. Her bottom lip trembled, her eyes shone… it was too much.

"Okay, okay! I… I do… kinda, maybe, sorta… like him… a little bit… maybe…" I said, my voice getting progressively weaker. Snowy didn't look that disappointed in me. In fact… she gently smiled.

The room was quiet for the count of twenty. Snowy looked right into my eyes, with eyes that looked so carefree and innocent, yet so knowing, somehow. She sighed happily at me… and then went in for the hug.

In a matter of about two seconds, suddenly she's bear hugging me, pressed up as tightly as she can against me. She just barely can get her face above my shoulder as she gently hums and squeezes me. I'm thrown off by her quickness. "Sn-Snowy! What are you…"

"Shhh… just relax for a sec…" she Snowy says, her hand rubbing my back and her thighs pressing against my hips. She gently breathes on my neck, a soft, warm breath that made shudder a little bit.

Her small, oh so small lips gently pressed on my neck, just barely. I tensed up instinctively. I tried to pull out of her grip, but if there's one thing Snowy knows best, it's hugs, and how to stay in them. She threw off any attempt I made to free myself, all while still slowly increasing pressure on my neck.

And just when I think that she's not gonna stop kissing my neck, she does. By now all my blush is back, full force. "Sn-Sn-Snowy… wh-why… why are you… k-kissing me…"

"Shhhhhhh…" is all Snowy said, putting a finger to my lips. "Just… relax. Don't fight it. Let your feelings flow."

"I-I don't…"

"Andr… please. I know that you like things nice and slow, but… you don't have to run from everything. Just… go with what your heart wants every now and then." Snowy whispered.

"I…"

"I mean, look at you. You like him. That much is true. But you don't want to face it." Snowy continued softly, now playing with my hair. "I've seen it in your eyes lately. How you look at him. You want him to see you, to hold you, but you're afraid. Is that right?"

"..."

"Well… I want to tell you… that he likes you as well. He might not say it, but… I can tell. He just wants to make sure that… you're comfortable around him, before he tries anything. Surprise him."

I stayed silent as the small wolf girl looked into my eyes and smiled. A young, carefree smile. It was almost as if she could see exactly what I was feeling.

"I… I'm… I…" I tried to say something. Snowy tilted her head. I paused, took a deep breath, and then tried again. "I… I can't. I'm… I'm afraid…"

"What is there to be afraid about?" Snowy asked.

"Rejection. Awkwardness. Rejection." I said quickly.

"You said rejection twice."

"That's what I'm most afraid of… I don't want to start anything, or try to start something, only to be… shot down. I… I'm already happy where I am. I don't need to change anything…" I said softly.

Snowy shook her head at me. "No no no… don't be like that. That's the denial talking. I know what denial feels like. Denial that someone doesn't care about you. Denial that you aren't happy with how things are."

"But… I really don't want… to have to deal with the pain of… rejection. I… I just want… to be happy. And to not have anyone… hate me… like… like my… my…"

Tears started to well up in my eyes. Memories flashed in my mind, me sitting alone eating lunch, getting beaten up because I looked different, teasing, pointing, laughter… all the children calling me names, the adults encouraging that… the… the...

Tears. Pain. Loss. Fear. White hot fear.

Without me even realizing it, tears started streaming down my face. Soon enough I was clinging to Snowy as if she was my lifeline, gently sobbing as the tears fell. She tensed up at my sudden reaction, but she quickly went into comforting mode. "H-hey… don't cry. What's wrong? Did… did I say something?"

I was too busy crying to answer back. I needed something to hold. Someone to hold. To be there. To help me. To understand me.

I sobbed for several minutes before I was able to pull myself together. The whole time, Snowy kept saying calming words, patting my back, and trying anything else she could think of to help me calm down.

Finally, I loosed my grip on her and pulled away, my face still streaked with my purple tears. I took a deep breath to try and calm down a little more.

Snowy looked a little afraid that she did something wrong. "Did… did I say something? I… I didn't mean to…"

I… I couldn't help but giggle a little bit. Here she was, trying to calm me down, but she thinks she did the exact opposite. I gently ruffled her hair, saying, "N-no. You haven't said anything wrong, Snowy. I… I just let something get to me for a moment."

Snowy visibly relaxed at my words. She heaved a small sigh of relief. "Okay… I thought I might had said something that was hurtful… thank Notch I was wrong…"

"B-but…" I said, looking down at the ground. She looked up at me again. "Y… you're… right. I… I need… to be brave… and face him with… how I really feel… so that I… no, we… can face what's coming ahead."

I really don't think there was ever a time where Snowy smiled as big as she did then. She practically tackled me, saying excitedly, "I know you'll do good, Andr! I just know it!"

I giggled a bit more, and hugged her back. "H-hey… don't give me too much confidence. I don't want… to scare him or anything. Besides… I'm not ready. I have to wait a while before I… before I try."

Snowy stopped hugging me. She sat up at the foot of my bed and thought for a second. "Well… when do you think you'll be ready?"

"Honestly… I don't know. Maybe… a few minutes, maybe a few hours… I don't know." I admitted.

"Well… until then, would you like me to stay? So that I can help? Please?" Snowy asked, her eyes getting slightly bigger again.

I agreed with her on that. Some company would probably do me some good. So that maybe I could prepare myself, both physically and mentally, for something that I never thought I'd do.

Anyway, Snowy looked happy about that. She scooted back over to me again, and begged me without saying anything to pet her again. I pet her soft hair all over again, letting the smooth and fluffy texture lace between my fingers.

"But… I… I'm still… really nervous… about telling him." I half whispered, my face still blushing slightly. "I… I don't know if… I can do it…"

"Hmm… how about we just roleplay?" Snowy said, sitting down cross-legged in front of me. "Here, pretend I'm Master. Practice."

She cleared her throat gently, and started talking in a much deeper voice, "Oh, hey Andr. What's up?"

I couldn't help but giggle a little bit. "That sounds nothing like him. You should work on your Cameron voice."

"Hey, I'm doing the best with what I have. Stay in character!" Snowy whispered gruffly. She continued in her bad Cameron voice, "What's up?"

I pushed some hair out of my eyes, and thought about what I would want to say to Cameron later. "Well… there's… actually something that… I w-want to say."

"I'm here for you Andr. What is it?" Snowy said. That Cameron impression was really bad, but… somehow, I could almost see him sitting right there, watching me.

"W-well… it's… Notch, this is hard… um…" I said, stuttering.

"Yeah?" Snowy said… but it wasn't her fake voice. Somehow… it was Cameron's voice, speaking right to me.

I choked a little bit. I couldn't find the right words to say. I… I should teleport away, I'm making this awkward, I'm…

N-no… I… I can do this…

"W-well… I… I just want to tell you… that…" I started, slowly warming up. "For… for a while now, I've… I've really, really… liked you… I mean, LIKE like you, Cameron… I… I don't know if it's okay… but… do… do you like me?"

I couldn't look at him. I turned away a bit, positive that I just made everything a million times worse on myself. "I… I'm sorry… I shouldn't have said that. I've made everything awkward, huh? I'll… I'll just go…"

Suddenly Cameron grabbed my arm. I stuttered to a stop, weakly trying to pull my arm back. He kept holding it. He didn't say anything. He just looked gently at me.

I stared into his warm, inviting brown eyes. He gently smiled at me. I… I felt… confidence. Confidence flowed through me. Slowly, the awkwardness drained away.

I couldn't hold myself back anymore. I leaned forward and kissed him squarely on the lips. He didn't offer any resistance. I pulled him closer to me…

He squirmed a little bit. I loosed up just a bit, thinking he was uncomfortable.

"Mm!" he said softly. I didn't understand why. I simply kept kissing him…

"A-ndr… let… me…" he said… but… it was Snowy's voice?

And then it hit me.

I opened my eyes in shock. The image of Cameron wavered, leaving a very frazzled and embarrassed Snowy in place. And I was still kissing her.

Faster than either of us could process, I pulled away and scooted as far back as I could. My face burned purple again. Why me? 'I've… I've done it now. She'll… she'll never forgive me for this…"

"A-A-Andr… y-you just…" Snowy said, shaking a little out of surprise. "K-k-kissed me…"

"I-I-I didn't mean to! I just… got too much into it… I… I thought I was kissing him… I… I didn't mean to kiss you…" I said, trying to find somewhere to hide. Snowy only stared at me, wide eyed.

"I… I really didn't mean to… S-Snowy… I just…" I continued, but whatever else I would've said died in my throat when Snowy started crawling over to me. "Sn-Sn-Snowy?"

She didn't answer. Instead, she continued to crawl closer. Until soon enough she was practically on top of me, looking into my eyes.

Until she drops this on me.

"That's the second time."

I stayed silent, mostly out of confusion. When I didn't say anything, she continued, "The second time you've… kissed me like that."

"O-o-oh…" I said weakly, remembering that that wasn't the first time I've kissed her. I've… I've kissed her another time, haven't I? "S-s-so…?"

"And both times… I'm not ashamed to admit…" Snowy paused. She took a short breath…

And then said this: "I've liked both kisses."

And she quickly plants her soft lips on mine. At first, I'm in total shock. I try to push her back, but she quickly laces her arms around me, keeping her locked in place.

Then I try again. But it's much weaker. And one more time, without even trying. My eyes gently close. I softly place my hands on Snowy's back and push her closer. She hugs me back tighter in response.

I don't know how long with stayed like that. My heart was pounding out of my chest at first, mostly out of fear of being caught like this. But no one barged in on us at all.

Soon enough my heart was swelling with joy. After all… I did like Snowy. How could I not be happy about this?

We didn't do anything big yet. I think Snowy understood that I wouldn't be ready to do anything huge. Not yet at least. So we just softly kissed.

Snowy parted from me only to breath. And each time she did, two seconds later she'd come right back to me.

Finally, after Notch knows how long, Snowy pulled away and flopped onto her back, gasping gently for breath. I was hardly any better off.

Weakly, she pulled herself up and hugged me again. I hugged and pet her head wholeheartedly. She looked so happy with my touch.

"Mmm… that feels good…" Snowy said softly, finally catching her breath enough to speak. "I… I love getting pet…"

"Correction… you just love any attention you get… Puppy." I said, cracking a smile. Snowy seemed to like the little pet name I gave her. Hey, I never said I'd stop calling her that, now did I?

"Adorable, small, cute Puppy…" I cooed, snuggling close to her. She gently hummed in my arms. She was so warm, yet so small… I would never be able to stay mad at this girl, even if I tried. She was just so innocent and nice…

And then Cameron called out for her. "Snowy? Where are you?"

Snowy looked up and at the door. She didn't look happy at all to have to leave my arms. But she would, after about two minutes of delaying to hug me one more time, stand up, give me one last encouraging smile, and then dash off to wherever Cameron was.

I curled up into a ball and thought carefully about my next move. I… I knew I had to do it today. I'd never try any other time if I waited. The problem was, I didn't know when was a good time to talk about it. It was about eight in the morning by now, still plenty of time in the day.

'S-so… should I tell him in, maybe an hour, or wait until it starts getting late?' was the question I asked myself. Honestly, I couldn't decide. Each seemed to be about equal in terms of difficulty, pros, and cons.

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts, I never heard the door opening, or the pair of legs walking over to me. Only when the person cleared their throat did I hear them.

The person was… Susie? "Hey… Snowy just told me something interesting."

I blushed hard. "Oh no… don't tell me…"

"You seem to have a certain fondness for Cameron, no?" Susie said, giving me a gentle smile. I blushed again.

"I… I… I don't…" I started. "I don't want…"

"Hey hey hey… it's alright. I understand." Susie said, putting a finger to my lips. "Honestly, I'm surprised it took as long as it did. I mean, I know you're shy and all, but… Cameron's so nice and sweet, I don't know how you didn't love him earlier."

"I-I… I just…" I said, my voice shaking a little. "W-will… will he accept me? A-after all, he has you two… and I'm just… a visitor."

"Well…" Susie said, smiling. "I don't think Cameron will be able to resist you, honestly. I think he likes it when a girl is a little shy. He was a bit shy himself, you know? As for the visitor thing… well, I've been thinking… of letting you stay here, if you want."

I blinked. Was… was she being honest?

"Y-y-you… you want… to let me… stay here? In-instead of… going back to my old h-home?" I asked, hardly daring to believe it.

"Of course." Susie said gently. "I'd never want someone to go back to a place where… they didn't feel welcome. Where they never felt cared for. I speak for everyone in this house I believe when I say… you are perfectly welcome to stay and live with us for as long as you want. Okay?"

I couldn't help but stare in amazement at Susie. She… she just promised me a place where… I can be happy. I can… have an actual family. I…

I… I didn't know what to say.

Susie wrapped her arms around me and squeezed me, whispering, "Welcome to the family, Andr. Welcome."

"I-I-I-I… I c-can't say anything… o-other than… th-thank you… so much… S-Susie." I stuttered out. I loosely hug her back, softly sputtering my thanks to her. It was all I could do to keep from crying in joy.

Somewhere deep inside me… something changed. Now… I felt… happy. Truly happy. I mean, I was happy before, but this… this was a whole new level. I… I felt like I could do anything. Climb a mountain, teleport a million blocks, just about anything!

And I knew exactly who was going to see that feeling first.

Time skip to around 6:30 pm.

Cameron POV…

So the day for me was about normal. I did small things, made some food, the usual.

Then Susie tells me that she can't find Andr because she's not in her room. So I of course went ahead to try and find her.

Turns out that it would be easier than I thought. I simply guessed that if she wasn't in her room, then she'd be up on the roof again, and lo and behold, there she was. A quick trip riding the wind up was all it took.

Andr was sitting in more or less the exact same place she was in this morning. I approached her slowly, but made sure that she was able to hear me, so that I wouldn't accidentally scare her away.

She glanced back at me, so I smiled a little bit. She blushed, but I could see in her eyes that she was happy to see me.

I sat down next to her, just looking out at the slowly descending sun. It wasn't sunset just yet, that wouldn't be for a least another half hour or so, but the sky was turning bright red in color.

"*sigh*... really nice view. Wish I could've found it first." I muttered softly.

"Well… at least you know about it now, right?" Andr said, scooting closer to me. But only a small bit. I guessed that she still didn't trust me fully just yet.

I sighed again. "Look, Andr, I… I'm sorry that I never told you about… you know what, sooner."

She stayed silent, so I went on. "I mean… things just started happening out of nowhere. One thing led to the next, and then… now I pay the price."

"Susie already told me that you could stay, but… I… I understand if you don't want to stay here." I wrapped up, hanging my head a little bit. "I understand…"

"..." Andr's breathing changed.

"Mm?" I said sadly, looking up at her again.

"I…" she started, before giving up. She grabbed my hand and held it close to her heart. "I… I don't hate you."

"You… you don't?"

"Of course I don't! I mean… you've been really busy lately, right? You've been running around everywhere, knocked out, everything! So… I think it's very understandable that you'd have forgotten to tell me something like that. I don't blame you in the slightest for not telling me sooner about your… 'other' friends. Don't beat yourself up. For my sake?"

"Andr…" I said softly, looking up at her. Even when sitting down, she somehow was taller than me. Though this was only by about an inch, maybe less, so it wasn't that bad. Anyway, I… I didn't know what to really say.

"Just… please don't try to do that again. You know, like telling me AFTER we fall of a building." Andr said.

I couldn't help but smirk. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say."

Andr looked back at the slowly descending sun. She seemed… happy. Truly happy about something. If I had to guess, it'd probably be that she's able to stay here at the house now, but… there feels like something else. Something else I'm not picking up at just yet.

As I'm thinking this, I raise my hand to get the hair out of my eyes, and put it back down. But I didn't realize that the landing zone had Andr's hand on it.

We both pulled away in surprise, before relaxing and continue looking out.

Without my knowledge, Andr scooted a bit closer to me. Then a little closer.

I only realize this when her hand lightly touches mine. My first instinct is to pull it away, but Andr laces her fingers between mine before I can. I glance over at her to see a light blush forming, but she still has a soft smile on her lips.

So I decide to test her. I gently squeeze her hand, just enough to get her attention. She flinches a little, but doesn't move otherwise.

I try a different tactic. I scoot a little bit over, so we're almost shoulder to shoulder. She almost turns her head over to look at me, but she resists.

I look back out to the horizon. I trying to piece this together in my head. Normally by now, she'd be blushing harder than stone and excuse herself. But now… all she's done so far is lightly blush and flinch a little.

Before I could think about anything else, though, Andr speaks again. "Hey, Cameron?"

"Yeah, Andr?"

"I… I have a question."

"Go… go ahead."

"What… I mean, in your opinion, what… what is love, to you?"

I caught off guard. "Wha-?"

"Don't ask me why." she interrupts. "Just… what is love, in your eyes?"

I blink a few times at her, before turning back to the sun to think about it. 'What is love…'

"I… I guess… if I had to say something…" I start. Andr seems captivated by what I'm going to say.

"I guess to me… love is more than just a feeling. Love is finding a few people who actually care about you. They don't care what you look like, who you are, what you are… they simply care about you as a person. Sure, you may have your flaws, your weaknesses. But… the people or things that love you… they can look past those. To me… love is in all of us. No matter what happens… love can bring out the good in someone."

Andr is looking at me, small tears in her eyes. "A-again… are you sure you aren't Notch in disguise? That… that almost sounded like something he would say."

I shook my head. "Nope. Just me. But… that's what I feel love is. Why… why do you want to know?"

It's her turn to think carefully about what she wants to say. Her eyes are closed. Her breathing is soft. I… I'm entranced by the sight in front of me. The sun is making her look drop dead beautiful right now. As is she wasn't there already, in her own way.

Andr looks down at her hands, as she says, "Just… wondering."

I stare at her. "W-what? I was curious." she says to me, blushing again.

I stare at her for a few more seconds before turning back out to the sun. I didn't really know what to say at that point, so I guess I should head back in-

"Cameron…" Andr says, squeezing my hand. I almost forgot that we were still holding hands. I almost turn my head, but before I can, she lets go of my hand and wraps her arms around, her forehead resting on top of my head, like I'm a stuffed animal.

I blush a bit by the sudden 'attack', but let it happen. With the position I was in, and the way she held me, I couldn't hug her back, unfortunately, but Andr didn't seem to mind that.

That doesn't mean I didn't try to hug her, however. I squirmed a little, trying to get my arms free to start, but I couldn't compete with the endergirl's much stronger grip.

Andr noticed my squirming. "What's wrong? Don't like hugs?"

I immediately stopped, blushing at I glanced up at Andr's eyes. "N-no, of course I like hugs, just… I wanted to hug you back, but… my arms…"

Andr giggled. "Aww… how sweet of you…" she cooes, poking my nose a little bit. "But I want to savor this, for just a little longer. Humor me, please?"

While I wasn't exactly sure why she wanted me to 'humor' her a bit more, I nevertheless gave her the go ahead. She seemed happy to hear that, and resumed her tight hug on me. Pulling me closer, closer to her thin frame, trying to wrap herself more and more around me…

It got to the point where she was basically bear hugging me. At this point she'd already pulled me down to my side, but when her legs wrap around me, that's when I knew Andr meant business. She said she wanted to savor this, and by Notch, savor it is what she was gonna do.

"U-uh, A-Andr?" I stuttered, very aware that if she wasn't careful, she might very well break me like a twig. I know I said I liked hugs, but I also like staying in one piece while giving said hug, so yeah. Call me weak, but I'd rather stay alive. I didn't want my gravestone to be engraved with, 'He was hugged to death, cared for till the very end.'

Dear Notch, that would be awful. And embarrassing. Awfarrassing?

Thankfully, Andr heard me and pulled away, pulling me back up at the same time.

"*sigh*... that was a nice hug. Thank you, Cameron…" she said, ruffling my hair with her hand playfully.

"Yeah, sure, nice hug… I could practically see the light…" I say, still a bit winded. Did I forget to mention that Andr was making it the slightest bit harder to breathe? She was.

"Oh, yeah, sorry." she said offhandedly. "Didn't mean to squeeze you that hard."

"It's… it's fine, I guess. No real harm done." I say, regaining myself. "Say, Andr?"

"Mm?"

"Not that I don't appreciate the hug, but… you seem a bit more… bolder than normal." I said. "What are you thinking about?"

Andr looked back down at the ground, seemingly thinking hard about something. While she thought, her breathing… changed again. Almost like… she was psyching herself up.

And then she disappeared. And I was all alone on the roof.

"Wha- Andr!" I called out, standing up and looking around. "Andr! Wha- where did you go?!"

Then, just as I got back to the middle, and considered getting back inside to see if she was there, a heard the familiar soft sound of teleporting behind me. I turned around and looked a bit up like I always did when Andr was standing next to me.

And met her halfway as she bent down and kissed my lips, eyes closed, cheeks burning.

Needless to say, whatever I would've said before literally died in my throat, and shock and panic started to take over. I almost ran away, but Andr placed her hands on my shoulders, keeping me from moving away. I tried, and failed, to pull away from her kiss, but she did a good job in keeping her lips locked with my own.

Then I slowed. I was relaxing. Andr's knees bent and hit the ground, as did mine. Then our arms slowly locked around each other, pulling us as close as we could physically be.

I started to fully kiss her back. My cheeks are burning red, but at this point that was a far away thought. I pulled her as deep into the kiss as I could muster, and she gladly copied me.

And then, she pulled away, gasping for breath. I was hardly any better. We both were blushing deeper than either of us ever had before, but that was the least of our concerns.

And then the words came.

"A-A-Andr… y-you just… I just… we just…" I stuttered, unable to form a complete sentence. Can you blame me? I was just kissed again by another beautiful girl, and here I thought she'd never do something like that! And out of nowhere, I just went for it!

Andr… giggled a bit once she could speak. "Yep. We just kissed." she stated bluntly, for once drinking in MY blushing face. "And I bet you liked it."

"I… we… of course…" I mumbled, still trying to get my shit together. Fortunately, Andr still wanted to talk.

"I… I really like you, Cameron. I mean, I know that it's only been a week, and what I did when we first met wasn't exactly great, but… after spending this week with you and the others… I… I can't help but like you." she says, looking me dead in the eye. Her cheeks were blushing up a storm, but I could tell that there was nothing but truth in her words.

I didn't know what to say. Andr didn't seem to like the quiet.

"W-well? D-do… do you l-like me?" she asked, blushing harder, as worry started to settle on her face.

I blinked several times, before finding my voice again. "I-I… I mean… I don't NOT like you…" I say first, looking off to the side embarrassedly. "Just… I mean, I wasn't…"

Andr's eyes seemed to visibly light up at my words. She sighs in relief, her shoulders instantly relaxing. "Okay… I… for a second there, I thought you were going to say no…"

The silence that followed seemed to last an eternity for me. I wasn't sure what to say, what to do, how to feel…

Then, two helpful girls decided to step in for me. My spirit friends.

In a moment, a large wave of calm washed over my mind, stopping my confusion in it's tracks. The tension in my shoulders vanished, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, a new feeling came over me. I suddenly felt like I had just taken a ten hour nap. Energy, strength, and confidence started surging into my very soul. This felt like… vitality.

It wasn't long before I felt brave again. And ready to let Andr know how I truly felt.

"Andr…" I started softly, slightly surprising even myself with how soft, yet confident it sounded. Andr looked at me again just in time for me to wrap my arms around her neck. "I…"

Andr blushed harder than she ever had since we met, right as I said, "I… I love you."

And I gently kissed her, squeezing her thin frame into a warm, tight hug. She seemed frozen for the briefest of seconds before relaxing, and returning the kiss back to me.

I don't know how long we stayed together like that. I do know, however, that when we did finally part, the sun was touching the horizon. We don't say anything to each other, we just stare lovingly into each others eyes.

Suddenly, I feel the now familiar sensation of teleporting come over me, and now me and Andr are kneeling on her bed in her bedroom. Before I can say anything about that, however, she suddenly quiets me with yet another kiss.

Slowly but surely, she applies more and more pressure into her kiss, forcing me backwards. The next thing I know, I've been pushed onto my back, with Andr still trying to kiss me as much as she can without opening up.

I try numerous times to say something, anything to her, but all that comes out is incoherent moans. I eventually gave up, just trying to return her kiss back as best as I could. 'Nothing… I repeat, NOTHING, can ruin this.' I thought.

"AHA! I knew that I heard them here!" an all-too familiar voice said, full of triumph.

Andr was startled so badly that she jumped up a foot and somehow fell off the bed. I looked over at the door to see none other than Susie and Snowy standing in the doorway, the biggest grins on their faces as they took in the scene.

"H-h-haven't you two heard of privacy?!" I half-yelled, my face burning red again. Andr pulled herself back up, but her face was also burning just as hard, if not harder than, as mine was, and looked like she was trying to hide behind the bed.

"They totally confessed!" Snowy said, beaming. "I knew it the second I saw them kissing!"

"It looked like they were enjoying themselves, didn't it?" Susie said, grinning.

"P-p-please…" Andr mumbled, getting more and more embarrassed by the second. "S-st-stop… teasing…"

"Y-yeah! Wh-what she said!" I added, joining Andr on the floor behind her bed. "Just… please leave us in peace!"

"Cameron and Andr, sittin' in a tree~" Susie and Snowy sang, the cheekiest looks on both of their faces. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G~"

For at least five minutes, me and Andr both hide behind the bed, as Susie and Snowy both teased the crap out of us. Our faces burned…

But we refused to stop holding the other person's hand, no matter what.

I never would forget that night. Not just because Susie and Snowy made sure I wouldn't, but… just out of happiness. Even if she was the shyest person I'll ever meet, Andr was a good friend. And now, I guess a lover. Even if we get teased a little bit…

I think we'll be just okay together.

So, uhh…

I realize now that that intro bit was rather somber on my part. If I scared any of you, please, don't be alarmed. I didn't mean to be like that.

Just… I can't believe I let this story high and dry for ANOTHER two months!

And the worst part of it all? I got nothing.

Really, I have no excuse as to why I wasn't writing, other than… I guess it's like writer's block? But instead of me not knowing what to write, I can't find the right words for it.

It's been hitting me hard on both my stories for some time now, and I really was hoping it would've disappeared by now. But it didn't.

And now I have to say… I'm sorry.

I really hate saying that. Not because I'm not sorry, but… I'm saying it too much. Eventually, 'Sorry' won't work anymore, and you guys won't care anymore.

So… enough messing around.

I'm going to put a deadline on myself. I won't tell you when I set it, but I promise you all, one way or another, I'm going to make this deadline.

Writer's block can't hold me down forever. I love this story, and nothing, I repeat, NOTHING will hold me back.

So… until next time, my dedicated readers, most of which have probably been with me since the beginning. I'll be back, and it won't be a two month repeat.

Until next time readers, this is ButterHunter, and I hope you all will stay awesome.