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" Terri, I'm sorry I scared you, but we need to talk," the words were a little more forceful than he had intended, but they served their purpose. Terri just stared at him, and then slowly sunk back into her chair. He realized that he had excepted a fight, but now he had her full attention. It was more than a bit unnerving. " Terri I know you are upset with me. And you have every right to be. Heck, I'm mad at me. But you deserve to hear my explanation." He again excepted a fight, but she just stared at him waiting for his next move. He had hoped that she would protest and he could be provoked into explaining his actions, and his feelings behind those actions. Then at least he wouldn't have to just be open about them. But now she had left him with no choice but to do just that. He soon realized that she knew exactly what she was doing. She was making him tell her his feelings on his own terms, and only when he wanted to. She would not force anything out of him. So he admitted defeat and began. " Terri, I'm sorry I wasn't more direct about Dacia. She surprised me. I didn't expect. to see her again, especially not with a child. It shocked me and I shut down. It's in my nature. I'm not used to answering to anyone. I knew I needed to deal with this, but I didn't know what you wanted me to do. And I didn't want to drag you in to it, if you didn't want to be there. I don't know where we stand, and I didn't want to push it. But that's no excuse. I should, no I need to know where we are, what this is between us." He waited, tossing the ball in her court. In the darkness he searched for her hand and lightly rested his on top of it. She turned so she was facing him. " Where is the relationship for you, Stiles?" She said throwing the ball back at him with ease. " Umm. Well. I don't think it's anywhere now." He admitted, "But I want it to become something. I know one of the reasons we haven't become anything is because I have stalled. It is my fault. I did it because you scared me Terri. I have never felt such a strong connection to someone before. When we met, I.I. It was. It's.well, I don't know how to describe. it just was." "Love at first sight?" " Yea, something like that. Terri you intrigued me." He now gripped her hand, lightly stoking it with his fingers, "You challenged me, and you excited me. I had never felt that way before. I've never been so excited to see someone, or depressed when they left. I've maybe been in three relationships, and all of them in High school. In the Marines I didn't have time for relationships. A different girl in every city, was my motto. And the Farm didn't give to much time to build solid long-term relationships. And even if the opportunity had come my way, I didn't want it. I had always been looking for just one night stands. And that's all I expected from Nice. But then I couldn't let it be like that. Terri, you made it impossible to leave. I was to drawn in. I haven't been with anyone since. I've felt that even looking at other women was like cheating. And I could never hurt you like that." " Yet you haven't said anything to me." " I was scared. I didn't know how to handle it. I didn't want to do the wrong thing, I didn't want to push. I wanted to know how you felt. What you wanted. I still need to know Terri." He looked at her thrusting the ball into her court. This time through she decided to answer.
" Terri, I'm sorry I scared you, but we need to talk," the words were a little more forceful than he had intended, but they served their purpose. Terri just stared at him, and then slowly sunk back into her chair. He realized that he had excepted a fight, but now he had her full attention. It was more than a bit unnerving. " Terri I know you are upset with me. And you have every right to be. Heck, I'm mad at me. But you deserve to hear my explanation." He again excepted a fight, but she just stared at him waiting for his next move. He had hoped that she would protest and he could be provoked into explaining his actions, and his feelings behind those actions. Then at least he wouldn't have to just be open about them. But now she had left him with no choice but to do just that. He soon realized that she knew exactly what she was doing. She was making him tell her his feelings on his own terms, and only when he wanted to. She would not force anything out of him. So he admitted defeat and began. " Terri, I'm sorry I wasn't more direct about Dacia. She surprised me. I didn't expect. to see her again, especially not with a child. It shocked me and I shut down. It's in my nature. I'm not used to answering to anyone. I knew I needed to deal with this, but I didn't know what you wanted me to do. And I didn't want to drag you in to it, if you didn't want to be there. I don't know where we stand, and I didn't want to push it. But that's no excuse. I should, no I need to know where we are, what this is between us." He waited, tossing the ball in her court. In the darkness he searched for her hand and lightly rested his on top of it. She turned so she was facing him. " Where is the relationship for you, Stiles?" She said throwing the ball back at him with ease. " Umm. Well. I don't think it's anywhere now." He admitted, "But I want it to become something. I know one of the reasons we haven't become anything is because I have stalled. It is my fault. I did it because you scared me Terri. I have never felt such a strong connection to someone before. When we met, I.I. It was. It's.well, I don't know how to describe. it just was." "Love at first sight?" " Yea, something like that. Terri you intrigued me." He now gripped her hand, lightly stoking it with his fingers, "You challenged me, and you excited me. I had never felt that way before. I've never been so excited to see someone, or depressed when they left. I've maybe been in three relationships, and all of them in High school. In the Marines I didn't have time for relationships. A different girl in every city, was my motto. And the Farm didn't give to much time to build solid long-term relationships. And even if the opportunity had come my way, I didn't want it. I had always been looking for just one night stands. And that's all I expected from Nice. But then I couldn't let it be like that. Terri, you made it impossible to leave. I was to drawn in. I haven't been with anyone since. I've felt that even looking at other women was like cheating. And I could never hurt you like that." " Yet you haven't said anything to me." " I was scared. I didn't know how to handle it. I didn't want to do the wrong thing, I didn't want to push. I wanted to know how you felt. What you wanted. I still need to know Terri." He looked at her thrusting the ball into her court. This time through she decided to answer.
