This is part 1 of the sequel to 'You Got Me You', and I wrote both a few years ago, but for some reason, I never published TERTU on . If you haven't read 'You Got Me You', go do that first, otherwise you might get confused ;). It's about Jessie and Katie, two characters, taken from the series Once and Again, in the show they are in highschool and fall in love. In my story they are in College, and have never met. Read YGMY to find out how they did that, read this one to see what happens next ;). I don't claim any characters, except for the ones I made up myself, like Michelle and Suzanna. Hope you enjoy.

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It's cold outside. Not that that is so weird, because it's January, but still. Good thing I'm inside, next to the fire place with a hot cup of tea.

We had snow this morning, but it didn't last. Wet snow, melting as soon as it hit the ground. It's raining now. Wet snow is almost the same as rain. Rain is drops of water, falling from the sky, creating little pools of water everywhere it lands. Wet snow is almost the same. Only that starts out as frozen water, white flocks of ice. The beginning is different, but the ending is the same. The only difference is that snow is cold, and rain doesn't have to be. I like snow, but only if it lasts. When the whole world around you is white and you leave footsteps as you go. What use is it to be wet snow? I don't know. Rain is nice. It's there without pretending to be something it isn't. That's what wet snow is doing. It pretends to be snow, but it's not. It loses its cover when it lands.

I always like listening to the rain. It makes me melancholic. Somehow listening to it always takes me back years in my memory. I can do that for hours at a time. I think back to my childhood, my years in high school, going to College and of course, my first love. Now I had always thought I had been in love many times. I always had a crush on someone. Someone I found attractive and I thought I was in love. I know now that I was wrong. I haven't been in love many times. I have been in love only once. I still am actually. This love made me realise that the others before were nothing more than casual attractions. That I liked them because I had to like somebody, right? Things I told myself to be true, trying to believe it. I almost did.

Then one person came along. One person that made me realize the truth. That I had never loved before. That I had waited for one person to come by and I could give her all the love I saved up.

This person was Katie Singer. I met her in College, on one of the best days of my life. It was my birthday actually. The second I laid eyes on her I was sold. I was hooked. An angel as she stood there, taking my breath away. I saw her again later that day when some guy smacked into me, flying my books all over the ground. She was kind enough to help me gather my stuff. Then she left. I was too flustered to say anything, to ask anything. I didn't find out her name until later that evening, when I was with my sister and two friends in a bar celebrating my birthday and she was working there. I still can't believe my luck. Or maybe it wasn't luck, maybe it was fate. Maybe we were both supposed to be there that night. Anyway, things went a little crazy when her ex-girlfriend showed up. We ended up getting kicked out of the club. When I walked her home I couldn't resist any more and I kissed her for the first time. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. Everything felt right.

Of course I realize now I've already told you this story so I'm not going to tell you all over again how we met, but I do believe you are curious about what happened after that. So I've decided I'm going to let you in on the very beginning of our beautiful loving relationship. You already know how what happened before our first kiss, so I'll start right after that, when we were still standing there, right before we went to her dorm. It's quite romantic…

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I never wanted to stop kissing her. It felt so right, so good, and it seemed like there was no one present on the earth besides us. Her tongue played with mine teasingly, sometimes seeking control, but other times being completely at the mercy of mine. She gently bit on my lip, sending chills through my entire spine. We slowly parted. She smiled at me adoringly and gave me one more soft kiss on my lips.

She was still holding me tight, she had an arm around my waist and the other one in my neck, curled up in my hair. There wasn't enough room to squeeze a hair in between our bodies but I still felt like I needed more. The feeling of her lips on mine that I had just a moment ago, I wanted to have that again. I needed it.

"You are so beautiful." she whispered.

I smiled shyly. "I'm nothing compared to you." I answered. I meant it too. I mean, she was so amazing. Her green eyes, that pierced through everything they looked at. Her hair, so simple, yet with so much style. Her smile, that shone up the entire world. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Part of me still couldn't believe I had her in my arms.

"I… I just…" I muttered. I couldn't find the words for what I wanted to say.

"What?" she asked softly.

I shook my head, still in disbelief. "I don't know. This is just so… unreal." I answered.

She looked at me questioningly. "I know what you mean." she said sweetly.

"When I saw you this morning, I knew I wanted this. You were so beautiful and I never thought this would happen." I closed my eyes for a second. "And now you're here. We're here. Like this." I looked up in her eyes. "I just don't believe it or something."

She smiled shyly. "Well, you better believe it, `cause it's happening." she stated simply.

"I know." I answered.

"And I'm glad it is." she added smiling. "Because I wanted this too, from the first moment I saw you."

I was mush in her arms all over again. I softly captured her lips with mine. I closed my eyes and lost myself in her arms, her tough, her lips. When we parted I traced her cheeks with my fingers.

"Glad to hear we are on the same page then." I said.

We just stood there for a moment, losing ourselves in each other, and suddenly I realized we couldn't stand here all night, as much as I wanted too. "So, ehm…" I started.

She looked at me expectantly.

"As much as I like to be where I am now, we should probably ehm, get going." I said.

She nodded. "Well, we ehm… We were heading for my room. We could continue on that path." she asked hesitantly.

I thought about whether that would be a wise thing or not. Katie picked up on my hesitation. "Don't worry, I won't like, do anything that would be considered inappropriate for a first date, it's just that ehm…"

"What?" I asked her.

"I just don't want you to leave yet." she admitted shyly.

A small smile crept up on my face. "I don't want to leave you either." I said.

"So?" she asked.

I gave her a quick kiss and took her hand. "So, path to your dorm it is." I said as I started walking.

She grinned. God, even that makes me all pudding inside. We walked for a few minutes towards her dorm in a comfortable silence, just enjoying each others company, while we were gently playing with each others hand and fingers. I broke the silence.

"And date? I didn't know this was a date." I said teasingly.

"Well," she started, "It might not have started as one, but it certainly ended like one didn't it?"

I nodded. "Yeah, you could say that." We went back to the comfortable silence again until we reached her dorm.

She turned to me. "Do you want to come up?" she wondering shyly.

Hell yeah, I wanted to come up, even though I wasn't sure if I should. I mean, would I be able to control myself when I was alone in a room with her? Would I want to be able to control myself? I knew I wanted to rip her clothes off right there, but I also knew it was way too early for that. Katie read my mind.

"Look, nothing has to happen, I just really want to be with you. I am a perfect gentleman just so you know." she chuckled. "Or woman." she added playfully.

I was already about to say I would come up, but she spoke again.

"Besides. I think I know what you're thinking and I know that's why you're hesitating. But really nothing has to happen. It's too early for that, for me too. It's just that I really want to be with you right now. Just hold you, you know?" she assured me. "If you want, of course." she added with a little hesitation.

I smiled at her, she was really sweet and I truly believed she meant what she said.

"Yes." I said softly.

It was almost inaudible but her face lit up. Smiling, she took my hand and guided me into the building.