Author's Note: Sorry for the delay in the story. I can't promise that I'll go faster. I have two papers to write. I need to start writing them. I figured out something. If someone has sex on LOST during their episode, they end up dying. If everybody ran into Christian Shepperd that means it's his fault that the plane went down.

Avery stirred in her sleep, waking up to the sounds of birds chirping outside her window. She stared up at her ceiling thinking back to the date. She smiled at the thought they finally had their first kiss. The kiss should have happened long before last night, but she kept thinking if they had would it have been sweet? Would it have been the same?

After a couple of minutes, she finally sat up. She could hear Val in the kitchen. Val was a morning person. If she set her clock for 4:30 in the morning, she'd be up like a hot potato. Avery never got how Val did it. Avery was one of those people who needed that extra hour of sleep. However, she doesn't let it happen. The lazy person never gets ahead in life.

"Morning," Avery called when she opened her door.

Val replied, "Hey!"

"You're bright and shiny this morning. What pill did you take?"

"I just think it's a beautiful day," Val said while shrugging. She picked up a coffee cup and handed it to Avery. "Just how you like it."

Avery smirked. "I think we've lived together way too long. Should we be married?"

Val chuckled. "Avery, you're not my type."

Avery looked at her. "And all this time I thought I was." She frowned, but laughed like a second later.

"Whatever." Val rolled her eyes. "How'd it go last night?"

"We had fun," Avery replied after taking a sip of the coffee. "I kissed him."

"What? You did?" Val asked turning around fast.

Avery nodded and told her what happened. "His moustache tickled."

"I'm so happy for you. I need to get a date."

Avery smiled. "I'm going to go change for the baptism." She got up and went to change. She was looking forward to the day.

vvv

The baptism was successful. Angie's son is only three months old and he was the only baby that didn't cry. After the ceremony, the get together was at Angie and her husband, Darren's house. Julia asked about the night before, which lead to everybody asking for more details on the kiss. Since Julia wanted to know what it was like to kiss a guy with facial hair, she got the details, even though it was very little. As time wore on, the crowd started to leave and then eventually there was thirteen of them sitting in the living room, talking some more, with a little laughter here and there.

Liz was talking about the first doctor's exam. Her husband, Andrew, was blushing because when he found out that they were pregnant, he was so excited. He freaked out when he heard the heartbeat. Angie's niece, Stacy, was running around, going in a circle around the couch. She was flirting with a friend of the families named Jason. For a three-year-old, she was quite a character. When she came back around the couch, her grandma put her arm out to ask her questions.

"Stacy, how old are you?"

Stacy smiled. "Three." When her grandma got the answer, she let her go. Before heading behind the couch, she stopped to flirt with Jason some more. She laughed after saying boo, and then headed off again.

Her grandma once again put her arm out. "What's my name?"

"Granma," the little girl answered.

"Grandma what?"

"Grandma… Grace," Stacy said.

Avery chuckled at the sight. When Stacy was about o once again go around the couch, her uncle Austin decided to ask some questions. Avery and Val laughed when he asked who Val was, but Stacy just said some girl. When Stacy looked at Jason, she quickly gave him a little kiss o his elbow. Everybody started cracking up.

"I guess I have to call the convent," Eric, Angie's brother, dryly quipped. "She must take after her mother."

Allison gave her husband a look. "Whatever."

"Stacy, who is your cousin?"

"Matthew?"

"His mom is?"

Stacy looked over at Angie. "Aunt Angie."

"Who's that?" Austin asked pointing to Liz.

"Um… Aunt Wiz," Stacy said. Considering Angie and Liz are really good friends, Liz is known as aunt and Stacy can only pronounce her name as Wiz. She yet again flirted with Jason. Jason 'flirted' back.

"Do you know how to sing Mary had a little lamb?" Grandma Grace asked.

Stacy said, "Yes." However, she didn't sing it. Her grandma didn't let her go and asked her if she could sing it for them. Stacy looked around, but shook her head, becoming a little shy. The group chuckled. When she went to pass Jason, he really fast pulled her onto his lap. She yelled a little, got off of his lap, and went over to her mom complaining that he bent her thumb.

"No… it's fine," Allison replied. She gave it a little kiss before letting her go.

Stacy kind of stayed away from Jason for a bit. She actually went over to her Grandpa. Avery and Val laughed. The group talked some more. When Avery looked at her watch, Val started to tease her.

"What?" Avery whined.

"You're even whining," Val said chuckling.

"Got plans with Ralph?" Angie asked.

Avery nodded. "We're going to watch a movie."

"Is he a nice boy?" Grace asked.

Avery nodded. "A gentlemen."

"Unlike me?" Austin asked winking.

Avery gave him a lopsided smile. "Sorry Austin."

Austin shrugged. "It's ok."

Outside, lightning flashed across the sky. "Oh man."

"You better go."

Avery stood up and gave Angie a hug. She said bye to everyone. By the time she got to her car, the rain started to fall. She hoped when she got to the dorms, the rain will stop falling. She didn't want to look like a drowned rat. However, the rain didn't stop and she ran as fast as she could.

"Wow… Avery… you're looking good," Christian said when she walked though the door. He was standing in the hallway, looking like he was doing nothing.

Avery didn't look that bad. She wasn't wet tot the bone, only her hair was wet. "It's raining really hard outside…" she stopped when she couldn't remember his name.

"Dave," he reminded her.

Avery gave him a apologetic smile. "Dave… right."

"All in due time," he said. "What are you guys doing?"

Avery told him, "We're watching a movie." She walked down to the room that Ralph told her. After she knocked, she waited five seconds before the door opened. They smiled, shared a small kiss, and then hugged.

"I'll get you a towel," Ralph said after closing the door. He went to the bathroom and when she came back out, he covered her head with the towel, which made her face be hidden.

Avery chuckled under the towel and removed it from her head. "Thanks." After trying to get her hair a little bit dryer, they started the movie. The main theme song started and the rolling scroll of what has happened in the Star Wars galaxy appeared. "I wonder what's going to happen in the second movie."

"Darth Vader will definitely seek revenge," Ralph replied. The loud booms of the laser shots ran through the room and they went back to watching it.

By the time the movie got to the rescuing Princess Leia, the two of them were laying down. Each had a pillow at the foot of the bed. Right when the group went down the garbage shoot, there was a knock on the door. Ralph told the person to come in, and it was both Rizzo and Mark Johnson. They were seeing what Ralph was doing and wasn't really surprised to see Avery. It was ten minutes later when they started to leave.

"Mark has to go play with Chewbacca now," Rizzo joked.

Mark gave Rizzo a look. "There's nothing wrong with having an action figure."

"When you're 22?" Avery asked, raising an eyebrow. "Does Leslie know?"

"She is my high school sweetheart," Mark replied while raising his arms. "She knows about it, she is after all marrying me."

Avery laughed and said bye to the two guys. She turned back to the TV, but decided to ask Ralph if he had any Star Wars action figures.

"GI Joe."

"That's different."

"No… no Star Wars stuff." Ralph shook his head. "Do you think Leia will end up with Luke?" The scene where Leia had kissed Luke already passed, but Ralph wanted to know.

"I don't know," Avery answered. She looked over at him. "It doesn't matter."

"I have never gotten that answer," Ralph said after a few seconds. He smiled and gave her a small peck.

"Ok," she said before chuckling.

They watched the rest of the movie and they were trying to figure out what else to do. Avery looked out the window and noticed it wasn't raining anymore. "We could drive around."

"What about gas?"

"I'm not worried about it."

"Are you sure?"

"Why would I suggest it?"

"Right. Where will we go?"

Avery got up from the bed. "Wherever we end up at."

"Sounds fun."

Avery gave Ralph an amused look before they headed out.

"Ralph! Avery! Where are you two going?" Silk asked. Silk was standing in front of an open door. Verchota appeared and gave them a wave.

"Out," Ralph just said. The two walked past them.

"Hey Silky… do they look a little happy?" Verchota asked.

"Did someone get lucky?" Silky joked.

Before Ralph left through the doors, he gave them the finger, which made Silk and Verchota laugh. Ralph smiled at Avery when she pulled out of the parking lot. They made small talk. When they stopped at a light, Avery got an idea of where to go.

"A make out place?" Ralph asked when he noticed they were going to a secluded area.

"Not entirely. I found this place once," she replied. After a while, she parked the car on a small hill that showed the view of Minneapolis.

"Wow."

Avery smiled before exiting the car. She pulled herself up onto the hood of her station wagon and leaned back on her hands. "It's not as pretty as Chicago, but I love it."

"How'd you find it?" Ralph pulled himself up.

Avery didn't answer right away. "Just like a small car trip we just had."

Ralph had a inkling that she was with her ex, but didn't voice it. Who wants to know more about that? When Avery leaned up, he put an arm around her shoulder and they sat there looking at the skyline. Eventually they ended up lying back and looking up at the night sky. They were silent, their hands were actually linked together.

"You ever think that the universe goes on forever? That is never ends," Avery voiced.

"In honest truth, I barely look at the sky."

Avery smiled at that. "Well, if you think about it, there are billions of planets up there. Populated with creatures we've never seen."

"Are you a Star Trek fan?"

Avery made the v sign with her hand. "I'm into astronomy."

"You are?" Ralph looked over at her.

"It's interesting. I believe we went to the moon."

"I swear, you keep surprising me, I'm going to have to…" he faltered.

"Have to?"

"I guess marry you."

Avery chuckled. "Right."

"Anything else I should know?"

"I hate onions."

"Because they make you cry?"

"No. They taste nasty."

Ralph laughed this time. "For me it's cabbage." He made a face.

"Ew."

"But other than that… I like the fact that you surprise me all the time."

"You do, too," she replied. "Maybe I can take you down to Chicago to look through my telescope."

"You have a telescope?"

"Yes."

"Were you in the band in high school?"

"No."

"The math club?"

"No."

"What were you in?"

"I ran track."

"What?"

"Oh for the love of Pete," Avery sighed. "I went out for track in my junior year. I thought if I did that it would look good on my records. I took classes that could get me ahead in college. I wasn't a loner, but I am a dork. That's just me though."

Ralph looked over at her and gave her a smile. "That's what is so great about you. You don't… you're not one of those girls who go out with guys and act like you're walking on egg shells because if they found out about those things, the guy won't ever talk to you ever again or think you're just a friend."

"You mean guys like Silky and Verchota?"

"Yeah."

"Who cares?" Avery waved her hand like it didn't matter. "Those guys are the ones missing out. They think their hot to trot."

Ralph laughed. "And you don't think I'm like that?"

"I said you were a gentleman. If you weren't you would have fooled me and then tried to sleep with me in the beginning." Avery looked over at him and smiled. Ralph reached out and moved the hair that fell into her face. "See… they would have done that and tried to make a move."

Ralph smiled. "I also ran track."

Avery smiled. "Do you know any cancellations?"

"The big dipper."

"Cassiopeia is right there." Avery pointed to the sky.

"There's the north star."

Avery chuckled. "Do you believe in evolution?"

"Do you?"

"Of course."

"So you're not…"

Avery put a hand over his mouth. "I am religious, but not hard core. I believe it took the universe millions of years to develop. The earth over time was helped by God. He maybe has played around with different things, different animals."

"Once he had his fun with the dinosaurs, he destroyed them?"

"I guess."

Ralph sat up a little and looked over at Avery. Avery gave him a confused look. "Yet again you surprise me."

Avery smiled. "That's me."

Ralph leaned in and kissed her. He went to lean back, but Avery made a move that surprised him even more. She kept him where he was by putting a hand on his shoulder. Their make out wasn't a full on I need you and your tongue down my throat. It was slow.

Later when she took him back to the dorms, they hung out for a while in the parking lot. She parked the car bye the sidewalk and he was standing in front of her as she sat on the hood. They talked about him and what he was like in high school. When they said goodnight, they leaned in. However there was a whistle and then a catcall. When they looked up, Jannie was the one that was in the window.

"Ow!" OC yelled next to him.

Avery rolled her eyes and chuckled. "They need to get a life."

Ralph sighed. "You know what?" He leaned in and kissed her. "I'll talk to you later."

"Bye." She kissed him before he turned to go. She got back into her car and went home. When Ralph got upstairs, he made it back to his room without any of the guys bugging him. The two were completely happy with the way things were turning out.