The car went speeding down the dirt road...It was starting to become a daily thing for the roads of Houston...

She was laid out in the backyard...Today had been decided the moment she got back.

Relax.

Lazy Day.

The pets were happily outside as she laid out on a foldout lawn chair.

"After these two days, a lazy day is just what we needed, huh boys?" She asked the dogs, London and Ichigo barked in response. Blue got up from his spot, looking around as if hearing something she wasn't.

"What is it?" She said quietly and went inside. The gun was in a nightstand under a lamp, she was careful to be smooth and quick but still quiet. Slowly she advanced to the kitchen and ducked so she could just see over the counter. She held it pointed at the door while a few of the dogs followed inside.

She took a final advancement to allow herself to looked out the front window only to see a red jagar sitting in the front of the house. Jess was leaning against the car in a black and blue suit. His amber hair was smoothed back and his face was clean of hair unlike last time she saw him. He looked like a completely different person.

She opened the kitchen window to lean out and with a light wave, she asked the most obvious question; "What are you doing here?"

"I tracked you down. How about a thank you dinner or something?"

She looked at her large t shirt and jean shorts...not exactly dinner clothes.

"Sure, wanna wait inside for me to get ready?"

"Okay then" He said with a smile as he tossed the keys up in the air and caught them before going inside. It was different to be somewhere that had pets, somewhere that had been busy with people before this. He could image what it had been like, it was easy to picture like a tv show.

All them sitting together to have dinner. The older son playing football and the family going to see him play. Maybe a few high school parties happened here but nothing out of control.

While at his house it had almost always just been him and his dad. Unless one of them had a friend over, it was quiet. He always seemed to be home alone, like he didn't have family.

She had gone up stairs, he didn't exactly remember what she said before. He had just remembered the smile and the "yes." Did he have to remember anything else?

What would she wear? Jeans? Army clothes in case they were attacked? He had only fought a few infected before, she might have fought 20 or more.

He could see her walking down those stairs in a pink or some brightly colored dress. Sleeveless of course for prom and her hair up in a careful bun. With a football star on her arm, taking her there in a stretch limo that he paid for with his friends.

"Sorry, I'll just put the dogs in the basement then we can go, kay?"

She was stunning. The thin strapped red dress wasn't exactly what he had expected but it was perfect. Her hair was up in a clip as a black leather jacket was cover. It seemed almost casual, the dress hugged her chest, her stomach then was loose down to a few inches below her knees. She only had a touch of make up on and it seemed to do the trick but definitely not required.

She raised an eye brow since he was just staring at her, "Hey Jess."

"Oh yeah, if you want I can just put them in the basement or something for you." He offered some help and went to get the door to let them in.

She lightly smiled, "Sure, the door is right there. I have to put the ferrets in their cage anyways."

The two ferrets were laying together in a cozy little ferret bed, she picked up the bed and took it into the basement without disturbing them too much. The dogs happily followed, almost knocking him down.

"Gees you got a lot of dogs, I thought you might have two more or maybe three."

She smiled and closed the door then the windows. "Actually I used to have more but" she shrugged, "You know."

He gave her a weak smile and put a hand on her shoulder. "Yeah, it happens."

They stood there, silently just taking it in. She looked away and his hand dropped to his side. "So are we going to do this or what?" He asked.

"Lets go" She replied happily.

"How many dates have you been on?" He asked.

"about 10 or so" She answer and put some slices of banana into her mouth.

It had been surprisingly, he had taken her to one of the fanciest restaurants in the city. Of course it had been shut down years ago and so he took her to the roof where he had a small table set up for them. They couldn't exactly cook anything otherwise it might get unwanted attention. Instead he made fruit salad with some kind of mystery white sauce, some powdered eggs and a dessert that she still didn't know about.

It was still the middle of the day so it wasn't like the sun was setting or anything to make it really romantic, but she didn't see this the same way he did.

"What about you" She asked.

"Like 30, I'm not a dating kind of guy." He explained as a light bulb went off in his mind and he smirked.

She smiled and watched him as he pulled two glasses and a bottle of wine from the basket where the food had originally came from.

"You ever had wine before?" He asked and began to pour some into the glasses.

"A few times," She answered.

"Like it?"

She shrugged. "My mom was the only one whoever gave it to me, I haven't had any since."

"I'm sorry, you don't have to have any if you don't want"

Audrey relaxed a bit as she took the glass from his hand with a smile. "I'm a big girl, thanks." The wine was sweet, something that she was sure that wine wasn't suppose to taste like. It was suppose to have a kind of sour taste to it like grape juice but it didn't, it seemed kind of weird.

"I knew you weren't exactly of the drinking age so the wine is sweeter then usual."

She stuck her tongue out, "I knew that. Got anything else planned for tonight?" She asked.

"Well, we can eat dessert on the way. Your place or mine?"

"Mine" She answered and drank the rest of the wine like a shot.

"You're suppose to take your time with wine, its not a shot or anything like that."

"I know but thats no fun" She said and stood up.

He smirked and got up to slyly take the glass from her hand. She frowned, "Hey."

"I'm just filling it back up," He replied and did as he said before tucking the plates and everything back into the basket.

"Cool" She replied. "Back to my place?"

"Yeah, back to your place."

They drove back. He knew a back way through an old train tunnel that was faster then her roads in and out of town. Not like she minded being alone with him any longer...

"Come on" he said with a smirk and opened the door for her.

She watched as he was able to turn the stereo on, then with the side of his finger he found a radio station. He turned with a gentle smile as he held a hand out.

"I don't dance" She replied with a smile of her own.

He step forward and took her hand to pull her to him, then took her other hand in his and slowly began to guild her. She looked down at her foot, making sure not to step on his.

"Look up" he ordered.

She looked at him with a raised eye brow.

"Wanna know the secret to dancing?"

"Yeah"

He leaned close to whisper it into her ear; "Look at your partner's eyes. Otherwise you'll be too distracted with your feet to dance." He explained and placed a kiss on her neck.

She stopped then pulled away with a hand over the spot on her neck that he had just kissed.

The silence was different. It was her realizing what this had been while he realized that he had just made a huge mistake.

He didn't know what to do and figured that he should just leave. Even though it'd be night soon, it was pretty obvious that she didn't want him around.

"I'm sorry" he said quietly.

"Don't be, you can stay on the couch" She said and opened the door to the basement so the dogs could come out before going upstairs. Freezing halfway she looked back at him, "It was a nice night just" she paused. "Just let me think this through before I start something."

Blue and Ichigo were already behind her and followed as she continued up stairs.

He sighed and turned off the music before crashing down on the couch. He had really messed this up.