I'm not even going to bother disclaimering at this point… psh.

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It had been a little over three weeks since Meghan and Emma's fateful first day in Castle Rock. They'd managed to settle in nicely. It turned out Katy had an aunt who owned a house in town and was living overseas for a few years. So Katy, Meghan and Emma were allowed to move in. They enrolled in high school for the coming year (God knows why) and Katy's aunt, who happened to be rolling in it, agreed to pay them enough to live on each month, providing the girls looked after the house.

As well as having each other for company, the three also had the Cobras, who had adopted the house as their latest hang out.

"No parents, no one under 16 and plenty of cash to buy booze. What could be better?" was how Eyeball put it, early one evening.

"Hey jerk! That's money's supposed to pay our bills and buy our food!" Katy retorted, swatting him on the arm.

"Aw baby. You always have enough, don't ya?" he replied grinning, before pulling Katy into a kiss. They had liked one another since their meeting on the day Emma returned Ace's car, and had been dating for about a week.

"They're almost as bad as you two!" Meghan complained to Emma and Ace. Ace gasped.

"As bad as us?" he said in mock horror.

"No one is as bad as us", Emma said, before Ace pulled her into a long kiss.

"Psh… third wheel anyone?" Meghan said sarcastically. She didn't really care though… well, not much. The Cobras did nothing for her… not in that respect anyway. Besides, when sober, they weren't bad conversation.

The gang spent the the rest of the night there, fooling around, eating, drinking and, well, fooling around. At around 10:30, Emma was reading a book on the porch, needing to escape the party atmosphere for a while. She was sitting with her feet up on a chair-swing when Ace appeared beside her.

"Hey", he smiled.

"Hey", she replied softly, smiling back.

"What are you reading?'

"David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. It's crap but I gotta get it finished". (A/N: soo a literature class reference: D.C SUCKS!)

"Oh", Ace replied.

Emma closed the book. "But I do need a break".

Ace grinned. He held out his hand to her and led her to his car.

"Hang on, where are we going?" Emma giggled. Ace helped her into the car the jumped into the driver's seat beside her.

"Secret", he said, smirking.

"…O…k…" Emma said, settling into the seat as they drove.

"Dammit Ace, I hate secrets! Tell me already!" she cried out impatiently, four minutes later.

"Nup", Ace said teasingly.

"A-a-ace!" she whined.

"Quit bitchin'. Anyway, we're here", he replied, pulling over.

"Where's 'here'? Emma asked as they got out of the car and he led her towards an ordinary looking house.

Ace wrapped his arms around her waist from behind as they reached the front door. "My place".

Emma raised her eyebrows. "Ace, why-"

He silenced her with a soft kiss, that quickly turned into a much more intense one.

"Ace! Wait! Aren't your folks home or something?" she giggled breathlessly as he opened the door and pulled her inside.

"Nope", he murmured. "Mum's staying with her sister in Maine for a few months, and we've been waiting on Dad since '58".

"So… we have the house… to ourselves?" Emma asked between Ace's kisses.

He didn't respond, simply led her through the house to his bedroom. Grinning deviously, he scooped Emma up into his arms and threw her onto his second-hand double bed.

"Ace!" she screamed, before he jumped on to join her. He began kissing her again, laying his body on top of her's.

"I still say you believe in miracles Ace Merrill… but whoever said miracles can't happen?" Emma whispered, smiling as she kissed him back.

Emma groaned as she woke up the next morning, the sun streaming through the curtains hitting her eyes as she opened them. Yawning, she rolled over to see Ace lying propped up on one elbow, staring at her and smiling.

"Morning", Emma mumbled, smiling back at him sleepily.

"Morning", Ace replied, brushing a strand of hair out of Emma's face.

"Were you watching me sleep? That's a little weird", Emma said, smirking at him.

"Hey, I'm only awake because of you. No one on earth could sleep though a noise like that", he replied.

"What noise?" Emma asked, confused.

Ace grinned. "You snore".

"I do not!" she protested.

He only grinned more. "You do… It's terrible, sounds like a dying cat".

"You are such a liar!" she yelled, punching him in the shoulder. Ace, laughing at her weak punch, pulled her on top of him.

"Hey", he said, his tone becoming more serious. "I need to ask you something".

"What?" Emma asked.

"Well… we never really talked about… whether we'd be… you know, exclusive", Ace looked more flustered then she had ever seen him.

"Why Ace Merrill… are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" Emma said, smiling at his embarrassment.

"No. I hate labels like that", he shook his head.

"Actually, so do I. What do you propose then?"

"Well… let's just say… you're my girl", Ace said, placing his hands on her waist.

"So, instead of being your girlfriend, I'm your possession?" she asked, though her eyes were laughing.

"Yep", Ace said.

"And what makes you so sure I'll agree?"

"Coz you like me just as much as I like you", Ace said, pulling her down to kiss him.

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Oooh… steamy stuff… lol I'm so lame. Still wanting more reviews. But hey, its not like you expected much different.

m-fashion: I can put you in at some stage. Just tell me which cobra you'd like (ace and eyeball excluded) and I could give you one of the four boys if you'd prefer. And let me know what you look like, names, personality, etc.

xxo em oxx