A/N: thank you so much for all your wonderful reviews. I was surprised I got so many. Thank a lot guys. So here's chapter 3. Hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 3
I walk out of the hospital and find Ray sitting on a bench. He's go this heavy coat and gloves on because it's really cold tonight. The snow falling slowly from the sky makes everything look so peaceful as I walk over to where Ray is.
"What are you doing out here?" I ask sitting next to him. He cocks his head and smiles.
"Hello to you too." I grin and smack him on the back of his head. "Hey!" he looks at me in mock surprise.
"Hi."
"I was waiting for you." I raise my eyebrows at him. "What?"
"You do know that it's much warmer inside the hospital, don't you?"
"I like winter. I was just enjoying the scenery." I smile.
"So where are we going?" He looks at me.
"What do you feel like eating?"
"I don't know. Italian maybe?"
"Sounds good to me." he says getting up and then offers me his hand. I hold it pulling myself up.
He keeps my hand in his as we walk down the street. I am suddenly very aware of how close we're standing to each other as we wait to cross the street, but I just brush the thought away by thinking that it's very cold and I can really use the heat coming from his body.
"Here we are." He says opening the restaurant's door for me. I take off my coat and then turn around to check the place. It seems pretty nice, warm (which is very important because it really is cold outside.), cozy, even romantic in a way.
The waiter takes to a table and gives us the menu. We order and the waiter person leaves, so we're finally alone. Not that that matters.
"So what do you think?" Ray asks.
"It seems very nice. Let's see the food." I say with a smirk.
"It's good, trust me." I roll my eyes at him.
"How many girls have you brought to this place?" I ask. He gives me that smirk.
"A few."
"As in so many that you've lost track?" I ask laughing.
"Gee, you think highly of me don't you?"
"Oh yeah." I say laughing.
It's 3am and there isn't a single soul on the streets as Ray walks me home. The snow falls slowly from the sky as we go, just enjoying each other's company. I had a really great time tonight. We talked about everything and we didn't even feel the hours passing us by.
"I can't believe we stayed this long. God, I'm on again at 7!" I say. Ray chuckles.
"See, time flies when you're with me." I roll my eyes at him.
"You're too cocky for your own good.
"Yeah, yeah, but you love me anyway." I laugh at this.
"I'm not so sure about that." I say shaking my head climbing up the steps to my apartment.
We stop by my door and I fight to find my keys in my purse. Ray leans against the wall and I can feel him staring at me. I finally find my keys and open the door. Then I turn to Ray and lean against the wall too.
"I had a great time tonight." He says with a soft smile. I smile back.
"Me too. Thanks for dinner, Ray." I say. He reaches out and pushes my hair away from my face, his hand brushing softly on my skin.
"My pleasure. We should do it again." He says.
"Sure, I'd like that." I say smiling. I look up at him and our gaze locks. I can't look away and, weirdly enough, I realize that I don't want to.
I see him getting closer, leaning in, his eyes never leaving mine. His lips are an inch away from mine and I can't do anything. I just can't bring myself to move. My eyes are locked on his. He caresses my cheek with his thumb and then closes the gap between us.
The second his lips touch mine, a rush of adrenaline flows through my body in light speed. It's a soft kiss at first but as I put my arms around his neck to pull him closer to me, the kiss deepens. Our tongues now dancing together seem to fit perfectly. I can feel his arms around my waits pulling us even closer together.
What am I doing? I suddenly ask myself but the question is quickly forgotten as his hand slips under my shirt and he starts to caress my bare skin. A moan escapes my lips without my permission. I don't care. This is Heaven. I never thought Ray could be this good at kissing. But wow, major wow. My thoughts are totally gone just with a kiss. Just imagine what he'll make me feel with something else.
We break the kiss eventually because breathing becomes necessary. We look into each other's eyes breathless. Ray rests his forehead on mine.
"Wow." He says after a minute. I smile and blush slightly. "Just… wow."
"I'll take that as a compliment." I say and he chuckles.
"That was…"
"Amazing." I finish for him. I can't stop smiling. He gives me a light kiss.
"Yeah, you're amazing." He says and kisses me again.
"Flatterer." I say. "So much for not going any further than dinner huh?" I say in between kisses.
"Yeah, well, I guess it didn't go everything as planned." He says running his hand up and down my sides. "What are you doing tomorrow night?"
"Nothing." I say enjoying the feeling of his hands on mean.
"Wanna go out to dinner?" he asks. "But this time as a real date." I smile.
"Sure." I say leaning in and capturing his lips with mine. It feels so good to kiss him.
"What time did you say you're on tomorrow?" he asks only brushing his lips lightly on mine.
"Seven. You?"
"Same. Wanna meet for breakfast?"
"Six-thirty?"
"It's a date, Dr Lockhart." He says smiling and kisses me again.
"Abby?" A really sleepy Neela shows up behind me. I turn around. Ray has his hands on my waist under my jacket so I don't think she can see what's really going on here. "Where were you? I was worried." I smile at her. It's sweet that's she's concerned.
"Ray and I went to get something to eat." I say. I don't really have to tell her everything now.
"Until 3am?" she asks skeptically.
"We kinda lost track of time." Ray says. "I should get going. It's really late."
"See you tomorrow, Ray." Neela says and goes back to the living room.
"Night, Neela." He says and turns me around as soon as Neela is out of sight. "So, 6:30 tomorrow?" I nod and he kisses me. "I'll come pick you up."
"Ok, and uh, I think it would be best if we keep this quiet for a while." I say resting my head on his chest.
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. They have enough to gossip already."
"Absolutely. We don't want to add up more fire, right?"
"Right." He says and captures my lips with his. "Night, Abby."
"Night." I say giving him one last kiss and then letting him go.
I close the door and drop my purse and keys on the table.
"What was that about?" Neela asks.
"What?"
"You went out with Ray?"
"We just talked over dinner."
"Yeah right. And what took him so long to leave?"
"We'll talk tomorrow ok? I gotta be up at 6." I say going to my room.
"Ok, but I want details tomorrow!" she calls out and I laugh.
"Night, Neela." I say pointedly.
"Abby!" she complains.
"Tomorrow!" I say and close the door.
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