Coming Home
Disclaimer: All Home and Away characters are property of the Seven Network.
Part Three
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You're kicking tires I'm sitting on the fence
Loves falling all around us and it don't make sense
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"I'm coming," I said, as the shrill ring of the doorbell sounded through the house. I walked quickly to the door, and smiled largely when I found Jack shuffling awkwardly on my doorstep.
"You going to invite me in Mackenzie or just laugh at me all night?" He asked coldly, as the smile was wiped from my face.
"Sure" I said softly "Come on in."
As he walked in, he made sure to stay well away from me. He surveyed the lounge room then turned to me. "It's like revenge of the sloth in here." He snarked at me, as I rolled my eyes. "So, does this qualify as the third date, because I actually have somewhere to be." He said shortly, looking at his watch.
God, was I really that much of a cow?
"No, actually, I've got something planned." I said, taking his hand myself this time. He flinched a little at our touch, but I linked out fingers together, and soon I felt him relax a little into the hold.
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How long can the two of us beat around the bush
Were right on the edge but we need a little push
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"Welcome to the third date." I said, pushing the door to the dining room open to reveal an elaborately decorated table, complete with three-course meal already made. But Jack, despite the intricate decorations, the beautifully lit dining room and the home cooked meal, remained unmoved.
"Okay, Mackenzie, where's the hidden camera? Where's the part when you sit down and tell me how much you really hate my guts, capture my humiliation on film and then continue to laugh at it for years to come?" He asked, getting a little red in the face.
"When comes the part when you tell me that I'm the last person in the world you'd want to be with, huh?" He said, as he dropped my hand and stormed out of the room.
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Dancing on the tightrope wearing it thin
Instead of closing our eyes and jumping in
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"Jack" I called out after him, running to catch up with his fast movements. "Jack." I repeated, grabbing his hand and turning him to face me.
"What?" He said harshly, his smiling eyes now cold as ice.
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You're dodging the moon and I'm playing it safe
Look what were not doing oh boy what a waste
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"Would you just please hear me out?" I pleaded with him, my eyes finally locking with his, as I searched those deep pools of soulful expression for something more than this hatred and disgust he obviously felt towards me.
I reached out towards his hand again. He pulled it away from me, but I was too quick, and I took it gently in my own, locking our fingers together, pulling him towards me.
That was when I saw it in his eyes. Something so much more than the obvious lust I'd believed he felt.
Something that I knew I'd been waiting for all along.
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And what could be worse than never saying it at all
Is never knowing the feeling never feeling the fall
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"You and I, we've known each other for a while." I stated, as he rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, since year 7, I mean, you practically beat the crap out of me when I mentioned your boobs." He said, a hint of a smile coming to his face.
"Exactly." I said to him. "You always knew, from day one, how to get to me. All throughout high school you and I tortured one another. And then you followed me here, to Uni, in Sydney, and I just wanted to beat the living daylights out of you once more. Because you know, I finally believed I'd be rid of you."
I took a step closer to him, and took his other hand, pulling him a little closer to me.
"But I can't deny it any more, I can't deny us. It's who we are Jack. Where one goes, the other follows. We could never be without one another? And I thought that was just us. Those annoying people who have the love/hate/annoy friendship… but we're not. We're so much more than that."
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What's it gonna take to get us both there
Cant you see what I'm suggesting it's a double dare
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I took another step towards him, and I began to feel his body heat radiating against my own. His eyes remained locked in mind, and I saw everything he'd ever felt for me, and knew that these feelings ran deeper than I would ever really know.
"Martha." My name escaped his lips, as he pulled me into him, his arms wrapping around my waist, my body falling, colliding into his.
It felt like coming home.
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You start is you have the nerve
I'll trust my heart but you go first
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I looked up at him, and felt his heart beating hard in his chest. His hand reached up under my chin and tilted my head towards his.
"I've been wanting to do this since the first punch you threw back in year seven." He said huskily as his lips crashed against mine. It was heaven and even then some. My skin burned wherever he touched me, and my body melted into his. His arms pulled tight around me, and suddenly, we just fit.
Suddenly, everything hit me at once. And I never wanted to not be in his arms again.
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Do you want to kiss
You go first
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