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Will pushed Tessa down onto her bed and began to unbuckle his belt, still standing at the foot of her bed. Tessa, being restless and wanting him, she maneuvered herself to lean on her knees. She leaned forward began to help Will with his belt.

Finally, it came loose and they both threw the belt across the room. Will leaned her back, easing her onto the soft cushion, and climbed over top of her. He placed his hands on either side of her head and bent down to kiss her.

Greedily kissing him, she started to unbutton his shirt, growing frustrated because a few buttons would not cooperate. Meanwhile, Will's hands moved to her jeans. He undid the buttons and slid the zipper down. Hurriedly he pulled her jeans down, kissing her legs as he made his descent. Tessa grasped the sheets and heaved a satisfied sigh.

In an instant, Will reappeared atop her and they kissed yet again. Suddenly she felt the buttons of her blouse come undone. Anxious to get the shirt off, Will rip it open and wrangled it off Tessa. He flipped their positions, therefore, allowing Tessa's dark hair to provide a curtain around their head.

She did the same thing Will did and ripped his shirt open. After a few short kisses, Will- deciding he would rather be on top- reversed their position again. She expected Will to be gazing down at her, but instead, she was looking into the green eyes of Gabriel.

In her surprise, she gripped his arms, Gabriel, thinking this as an invitation, serenaded her in fierce kisses. He lowered his head to the smooth skin of her neck and pressed his mouth there. Tessa would have found this pleasurable; however, something caught her attention. Moreover, of course, there was the fact that Will had just been kissing her a mere five seconds prior.

There was a hand caressing her arm in circular motions. At first, she thought it was Gabriel, however, his hands were holding onto her thighs. Therefore, who- or what- could have been caressing her.

Tessa looked to the side and nearly screamed, finding her answer. Will was sitting there on his knees. His shirt was gone and all he had on were his jeans. He smiled at her and continued to stroke her arm.

"Does it feel good, Tessa? Do you feel content that you have two boys at your disposal?" Will questioned, and she realized Gabriel spoke too; he spoke the same words.

She looked up and saw that Gabriel had ceased kissing her neck, he was grinning down at her instead. Before Tessa could think about how creepy the situation was, she woke up.

When she awoke, she discovered that the sheets were cold and even felt somewhat brittle. After the weird threesome-type dream she had, she expected the sheets to be wet with sweat. Usually when women in movies or books had sexually related dreams, they woke up sweaty, achy and breathing hard.

However, Tessa aroused not out of breath, not sweating- sort of on the cold side-, and not feeling in the least bit lustful or achy. In fact, discomfort and anxiety coursed through her. Perhaps it was because in her sexually related dream, she discovered that she was having an uncanny and awkward threesome. Whatever the reason, she found herself feeling cold and in desperate need of a space heater.

Tessa's dreams were not always sexually related, however, with Gabriel and Will. There were dreams where she did not so much as kiss them on them. Then there were the times where she would kiss Gabriel on the cheek, but when she opened her eyes, she saw Will staring down at her.

There was one particular dream, which almost felt completely real.

Tessa was walking in the park with Gabriel hand in hand. It was a peaceful morning. The birds were singing, other couples walked by them, moms rolled carriages, some people ran, it reminded her of when she went to Hyde park with Gabriel that Saturday.

Gabriel sat down on a bench and Tessa sat next him. He laid his arm around her shoulder and together, in silence, they watched as children skipped rope, played tag. They smiled as children- or perhaps they could have been adults, she barely remembered- played rugby.

"Look over there," Gabriel, demanded of her, pointing his finger to the left of her.

She did, however, she saw nothing. Frowning, she turned around, only to see Will's blue eyes staring back at her. For a whole week, she had been having these tempting, and annoying, dreams.

She shoved the blankets off her goose bumped covered legs and went to go put on her rob, the one she did not use after she got out the shower. Sleepily, she opened the door and went to the bathroom where she washed her face and brushed her teeth.

After, she looked at her reflection. Staring back her were dull gray eyes. When she leaned in close, she saw a ring of blue. They were far from the being the best eyes ever, but the blue gave them a nice shade. Her chin was pointed, her lips were medium sized- a natural pink color-, her nose was long but not too long nor was it too wide, and her skin was an eerie pale color. She pinched her cheeks and it gave her cheeks a nice red pallor.

The next thing she criticized about her reflection, was her hair. Seeing as she just woke up, it was messy and resembled that of the bushes that had become residents on her front lawn. Her hair was dark brown color that she had been complimented on many times before, and it was naturally wavy/curly. She described her hair as being curly, but not too curly and wavy, but not a nice sort of wavy. She confused many people when describing her hair. Usually they would become agitated and ignore her. Others would either say that her hair was curly or wavy, end of story.

A few minutes into her critique of herself, her stomach started to growl. She rolled her eyes and looked down at her where the growl came from, as if it were an actual human that could control the noise.

Tessa bounded down the stairs and crossed over into the kitchen. At the table sat Nate, Jessamine, Cecily- who surprised Tessa, since Cecily hated to get up before ten-, Jem and Will. Tessa gasped and stopped at the doorway, almost entering the kitchen.

Perhaps, nobody would see her. She could easily slip away and head back upstairs. After dressing, she could sneak out and eat breakfast somewhere else. Gabriel could accompany her to breakfast; after all, they were supposed to act as if they were together.

Nonetheless, Sophie, who stood at the stove, spied Tessa. She turned and smiled at Tessa, holding up a plate of her famous cheese eggs. Of course, she had to turn around at that point and time.

"Good morning, Tessa. You are just in time for a typical Sunday breakfast." Sophie greeted, followed by everyone else's Good Morning, including Will.

"Hey guys," She waved and stood awkwardly around the table, avoiding Will's stare.

"Let's go into the dining room, since there is no space for me or Tessa." Sophie proposed grabbing plates from a cabinet.

Everyone agreed and began to bring stuff into the dining room. Making sure not to be near Will, Tessa grabbed the juice from the fridge. However, she was the last one to enter. This meant that she could not pick her own seat; everyone already claimed there's. Even in the dining room, there were not enough seats. Therefore, Tessa angrily grabbed a chair from the kitchen and brought it to the table. The only spot available was across from Will, in between Sophie and Jem.

Puffing her breath, she sat down and began to fill her plate with the food that was prepared. She thanked Sophie and Nate, who made the food, after she delighted herself with eggs, a small portion of grits, pancakes, ham- substitution for bacon-, and fruit.

"So, are we your only guest at the dinner party tonight?" Cecily asked.

Everyone looked at her, including Tessa. When caught off guard, Will took the chance to grab a piece of fruit off her plate. As she reflex, she immediately brought her hand down to slap his. Instead of hitting him, she felt his hand grab hers.

"You ought to be faster." Will said, cunningly. Tessa felt a thrill shout through her as he continued to hold onto her.

Rolling her eyes, she snatched her hand away. Will smirked and ate her fruit.

Nobody noticed what transpired between Will and her. They were looking, instead, at a very animated Jessamine who had begun explaining her dinner party.

"It won't be just you guys. Gabriel will be there, Amy will be there, Gideon Lightwood is coming-"Tessa looked to Sophie who blushed, she made a mental note to ask Sophie about that later, "-Tatiana Lightwood is coming too-"

"Why is she coming?" Will asked indignantly, averting his eyes from Tessa.

"Because we are friends," Jessamine retorted back, indignantly.

Tessa wondered why Will felt some type of way about Tatiana Lightwood. Suddenly sophomore year popped into her head. Tatiana and Will had been going strong for a whole year. However, unexpectedly he broke up with here. Nevertheless, she spun the lie that she got tired of sleeping with him and dumped Will.

Nonetheless, Cecily confessed Tessa that Will thought Tatiana was too clingy and weird. Therefore, he broke up with her, which she did not take well. Cecily mentioned that Tatiana stalked Will and wrote in her diary, Tatiana Herondale. (Cecily would know this because she shared a dorm with the sophomore- you have to be a junior in order to live off campus-)

Long story short, Tatiana was a nuisance to Will and often, Tessa suffered the wrath of the sandy-haired girl when she used to be in a relationship with Will.

"I am not coming then." Will proclaimed, setting his fork down. "I refuse to attend the dinner with my former stalker." Tessa had a feeling that he wasn't joking, this made her smile.

"Oh come on, Will." Cecily began, exasperatedly. "Tatiana will not even worry about you. After all, she does have a boyfriend."

"Yes, his name being Rupert- which means he's real unlike the other fake guys. Therefore, Will, you have no reason to miss this family function." Jessamine stated, smiling across the table.

"I doubt I would call you my family." Will mumbled, his words barely audible as he drunk his orange juice.

Tessa looked at Will across the table and he looked back at her. The subject changed and now everybody was focused on Nate as he tried to persuade everyone to invest in boats. Of course, once everybody is stable enough with his or her money and lives. As he droned on about financing in boats, Tessa stared into Will's blue eyes.

They were an amazing blue that had immediately connected her to him, back in sophomore year. It was the end of the year; four months after Will broke up with Tatiana. The rumor she spread had died down and everyone was either excited that summer break had come or anxious about final exams.

Tessa was in the library, desperately looking for a book that she had to study for a particular exam. She was growing frustrated by the minute as she looked and failed to find the red spine book. After ten minutes of looking, and finding no such book, she punched a row of books. She nearly screamed out in pain as she thought of how stupid she had been. Why would she punch something as hard as hardcover books?

Mad at herself, at her hand, and at the fact that the book was nowhere to be found, she grabbed her hair and nearly pulled it out. That was when she heard a voice.

"Are you really that upset?" She turned to see William Herondale, in all her perfection, staring at her. He was leaning against a bookcase, with a book, which looked annoyingly like the one she was looking for.

"Have you been watching me?" Tessa asked, obviously not answering his question.

"Maybe, but please, don't call me a stalker." Will pseudo pleaded, holding his hands up in mock defense.

From then on Tessa and Will started a conversation on the book Tessa was looking for and at the end, he gave her the book, for exchange of her number. Tessa could hardly believe it, but William Herondale- her friend's brother (Cecily) - had asked for her number. She was reluctant at first; however, she gave it to him.

Tessa was immediately brought back into the present. Will was still looking at her, before he started to smile. And in that smile, Tessa was brought back to another memory. This one was set in a park, nearly a year after the incident in the library.

A cliché checkered picnic blanket was spread out on the grass of Central Park. Will lay atop it and Tessa lay half on him and half on the blanket. His left hand was folded beneath his head and his right hand played in Tessa's hair, twisting the brown curls.

A picnic basket was placed on the far corner of the blanket. The top was sprawled open, a napkin lying lazily across it. Two Ginger Ale empty bottles scattered the blanket. Ziploc bags accompanied the bottles and a takeout box of half-eaten pie was placed next to the basket.

It was a typical picnic meant for only two people on a sunny day, in the park. They lay in the shade, covered by trees. Will and Tessa were not out in the open, but instead in a little patch of trees. They could see people, but they could barely see them. It was a semi-private place that Tessa had loved to come to when she was a little girl.

"I love you," Will whispered in her ear, startling her because she had started to drift off.

Will had professed his love to her a month before they took the trip New York. Even though it had been a whole month, it still sent shivers through her body and made her melt.

"I love you too," Tessa said back.

"Oh, but I love more." He whispered to her. Will grabbed her arm and brought it to his mouth. He led a trail of sweet kisses down her arm, causing Tessa to close her eyes in bliss.

"Tessa," She heard someone call.

In an instant she was pulled from her reminiscing thoughts, she looked away from Will- whom she had been staring vacantly at- and focused on who called her name. Tessa found herself meeting the brown eyes of Jessamine, who happened to be staring at her with curiosity.

"Are you alright? You seemed to be staring off into space, just now." Jessamine said, before downing the last of her juice.

"Um, yeah. I was just thinking of what I plan to wear." Tessa had never been a good liar; however, everyone believed her just then.

Tessa tuned into the conversation with her friends. The subject had shifted from Nate talking about cruisers to Cecily rattling on about where she would want to travel. This, apparently, was supposed to happen in the course of two years.

"I mean Milan is just fabulous, from the look of pictures. If I had the money to travel this, I would. Because, you know, they are holding the 2015 World Expo." Cecily stated, expecting everyone to know what the World Expo was.

"Aren't your parents rich, or something?" Sophie questioned, sounding somewhat biased. She pointed in between Will and Cecily.

"Yes, they're rich. But they want us to become "grownups" and learn how to make our own money. They say that they wish to not have their children act like they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouths." Cecily paused, letting her words sink in. "I don't buy it, though."

Will spoke up, breaking his silence-, which was unusual for him. "Cecily, what don't you get? They're teaching us to work in the world, which exactly what they should do." There was an edge to his voice; Tessa could tell that he was obviously not just mad at Cecily. His mood had changed from playful-Will-who-stole-her-fruit, to edgy-Will.

"Well, they cannot just help me out, here? They took us to Paris before." Cecily said; matter of fact. At that point, in time, Tessa had realized just how spoiled Cecily thought she was.

"Are you that ignorant? It was a family vacation, not a Cecily-vacation." Will stood up. "Maybe, you should stop being so selfish and think about what mam and dad are actually going through."

He stormed out and without another thought, Tessa followed. She did not know what to expect if she followed him, but she would have to take that chance.

Tessa followed Will out into their front lawn. He sat down on the stone bench that had come with the house. Often, Tessa would find this particular spot as calming and serene. Maybe that is what Will wanted. Perhaps he just wanted to be alone. Nevertheless, Tessa would not allow him that luxury.

Tentatively, she sat down next to him. Making sure not to sit too close. However, the bench was only so wide.

"What do you want?" Will said, in an icy tone that chilled her to the bone.

She hesitated before she spoke. "I want you to be happy. I want you to be yourself, all the time. I don't want you to be playful at one point, but then moody the next."

He chuckled, although it was far from being sincere or even somewhat pleased. "You want those things from me?" He asked, looking down at his hands. "You want me to pretend to be joyful in life? You want me to not act bipolar?"

"Why would you pretend? What, you cannot possibly be genuinely happy?"

"I thought you got it, Tess?" When it came from Will's mouth, it seemed as if her nickname had more effect. It was as if Gabriel did not say it, although overall, it was still the same four letters.

"Got what?" Tessa inquired, honestly confused as to what he was implying.

He shifted to look into her eyes. His blue eyes held pain within them. It was so raw that Tessa nearly shrunk away from him. However, so pain was replaced by confusion and slight annoyance. This confused Tessa and she almost asked him why he was annoyed.

"Why did you break up with me?" Will questioned, searching Tessa's eyes. "And do not tell me the same lame as excuse you have been telling me for months."

The fierceness of his tone made Tessa's confidence plummet. Nevertheless, from somewhere deep within her, she pulled out an answer.

"My self-esteem, my self-consciousness." Tessa said, telling the truth, which she had yet to tell him about why she broke up with him.

"What," Will asked, confusion written all over his face.

"There were girls everywhere. With you being a natural flirt and them intentionally flirting, it made me jealous. I began to feel indifferent about my looks, I tried desperately to be those girls who flirted and liked to talk to you. Eventually, I confessed to myself that I would never be those girls, that I would never be good enough to you. My hair would not be as bouncy as theirs would, my skin would never be tanned like them, and my face would never be conventionally beautiful.

What really pushed me off was that girl you were texting, the one who you were studying. When you told me about her, relief was what I felt. I felt content that you had told me and not hid from me. However, I began to think. You spent so much time with her. She was very beautiful and tended to be touchy with her hands. That was when I got the idea that maybe you would like her better than me. Perhaps you would love her more." Tessa breathed and felt a weight lift form her shoulders as she admitted what she had really wanted to tell Will.

"Why, Tessa, why would you think that?" Will asked, surprising her. She did know that he would respond to her confession.

She was even surprised at herself when she answered. "You went out with Tatiana Lightwood, for angel's sake. I'm not exactly a girl with little to no hips and long silky hair that falls to my waist."

"That's exactly what I wanted to get away from. I wanted to escape the cliché model-types, the superficially beautiful girls who cover their skin in layers of makeup." He placed his hands on her shoulders, freezing her in place. "I wanted you because you weren't superficial. You were naturally beautiful. You are everything that I want in a girl. Have I not been telling you that for the past two years?"

"I guess," She answered, not bothering to meet Will's stern eyes.

"Have I not been clear? I need you in my life and I know that you have not developed strong enough feelings for Gabriel, in such a short time, to reject me. If that is the case, then our love was unrequited." Will looked down and took his hands off her shoulders. "We were in love, we have a true love. I do not believe that you would rather contemplate on your fake feelings for Gabriel then come back to me." He sounded desperate, in that moment.

A small ball of fury raged within Tessa. "How are you going to tell me who I have feelings for? And I did- do- love you. Our love did not-"

"Evidently, your, love did. Why else wouldn't you take me back?" Will said; sounding like arrogant jerk, she fell in love with two years prior.

"What makes you so special?" Tessa asked, getting off the subject.

Will smirked, despite the conversation. He gestured to himself, indicating something. "I mean look at me. Am I not charming, incredibly handsome, and not an overall great person? I am not a whole package of perfection."

Regardless of the solemn conversation they just had, she giggled. Out of habit, she covered her mouth. She always guessed that she did this because she hated her smile. However, people always told her she had a great smile.

Will grabbed her hand and put it on her lap. His other hand softly grabbed her chin and titled it upward so that her gray eyes met his blue ones. He smiled at her and, soon, Tessa felt his thumb- on his other hand- touch her lip. Instantly, she was brought back to the disturbing dream she had the previous night.

"Don't hide anything. Your perfect, your giggle is adorable, your smile is adorable." Will tenderly whispered, his sour mood from a few minutes before, obviously, dissipating.

Before she could think about the words, she said; "I had a dream that I had a creepy threesome with you and Gabriel. Or at least I was about to."

Will lifted an eyebrow and was about to say something, nonetheless, Tessa stood up. She regretted the action, because Wills warm hands were not on her.

"I know-"

"Were kissing me more and letting Lightworm watch, jealously?" Will joked, standing up next to Tessa.

She slapped his arm lightly. "Will, that is not something to joke about." She paused before she said; "Although you were the one to take my jeans off." Tessa said, mischievously, concluding that Will always tended to bring out the kinky side of her.

Will raised both his eyebrows up in surprise. "What a dirty mind you have, Miss Gray."

"Which you always inclined to bring out," Tessa mentioned, beginning to walk back to the open door of her house.

"My pleasure," He replied, following her.

Tessa turned around; making Will stop in his tracks. Her smile dropped and she set her lips in a straight line. In seeing her expression, Will too became serious.

"I never stopped loving you Will. In fact, my love for you grows every day." But, so do my feelings for Gabriel.

And Tessa turned, walking back into the house, leaving a stunned, yet, pleased Will on the front lawn.

"Well, what time are you going to get there?" Tessa asked Gabriel, through the phone. She stood in front of her mirror trying on the few casual dresses she owned.

"Since I am in Chiswick and taking the train, I would have to say," Gabriel paused, checking something and started up again. "It would take approximately 35 to 40 minutes. I will be leaving at around 5:30. Therefore, I should not be that late."

Tessa rolled her eyes and threw a royal blue midi dress on her bed. "Really, so now I have to arrive there alone?"

"You cannot go with Cecily, or Sophie?"

"Cecily went shopping; yes she left me, and will go straight from the stores to the dinner. Sophie is already at Nate's flat, helping prepare food." She said, considering on whether she should wear a maxi dress of midi dress

"Well can they not come get you and then go?" Gabriel asked trying all possibilities.

"Gabriel Lightwood, you are making this very complicated." Tessa smiled as she found the perfect striped maxi dress. She went to her iron board and plugged up the iron. It was a mystery as to why the dress was wrinkled.

"You're the one making things complicated." He chuckled and Tessa could just imagine how striking his smile was. "Why can't you just go there alone? After all, they are your friends. In fact, they are all your best friends, except for Nate who is your cousin, of course."

"Duh, there is Amy and Will, and Tatiana. You should know that I am incredibly shy, Gabriel."

"Tatiana is with me, in Chiswick. She is coming with me." Gabriel announced.

"Oh," Tessa suddenly remembered the invitation that she had received just mere minutes before Gabriel called her. It was an invitation from Will. He was asking her if she wanted to come with him to the dinner. He knew about Gabriel's outing to Chiswick to see his dad, Tessa did not know why, but he knew.

At first Tessa declined, saying that it would be awkward since Amy was going to be in the car. Will then stated that Amy would be meeting him at Nate's flat. Then she argued that it would weird for them to arrive as if they were dates, but not actually be together. Will argued that it was just Tessa's friends, who knew they were far from together. Tessa told him that she would get back to his invitation.

Now, she had an answered. She exited from Gabriel's call and went to her messages. She clicked on Will's contact and began to text; Pick me up at 5:45, no later.

"Never mind, I don't need someone to accompany me." Tessa decided not to tell Gabriel that he ex-boyfriend was driving her to the dinner, despite the fact that she was capable of driving her own car.

"Are you mad, Tessa?" Gabriel asked.

Not a second later Will texted back. She opened his message.

Will: I'd rather come earlier, just so I can see you in the midst of getting dressed. ;)

Tessa smiled, nearly laughing, and began to text Will back. However, Gabriel's voice, on speaker, made her press the exit on her message.

"You're ignoring me now, aren't you?" Gabriel pleaded.

"No, I just decided that you're right. I will just arrive there alone."

"Alright, well, my dad is calling me." Gabriel mentioned, suddenly being interrupted by an annoying voice.

"Gabriel, get off the phone with you weird girlfriend, father wants us." Tessa recognized the bratty voice as Tatiana. She instantly hoped that Tatiana would be hit with a train.

"You look beautiful," Will commented, looking at Tessa.

He raised a finger and twirled a lock of her curled hair around. His eyes then traveled to the striped maxi dress fitted her body and flowed down to her feet, covering her navy blue wedges.

Will placed his hand where the curve of her breast was and slid it down. This sent shiver upon shiver through Tessa, however, she pulled away.

"And you look slightly less ugly than your usual self, Herondale." Tessa- somewhat- complimented, trying to ignore what Will just did to her. She eased her excited feelings down.

Will chuckled and looked to the side, at Tessa. She knew he was staring at her. Nevertheless, she pretended to not notice. Instead, she looked out the window, staring at the fleeting by townhouses.

"Oh honey, I William Owen Herondale, am never ugly." Will retorted back, stopping at a light.

Tessa was about to say something about him never be ugly. However, she realized that Nate's flat was just around the corner, if you made a left turn.

"You can make a left here." Tessa suggested, indicating where she wanted Will to go.

Nevertheless, Will had his own agenda. Instead of turning the way Tessa suggested, he made a right. Soon they were driving down what looked like a deserted street. Houses began to spread out further and more trees appeared. Tessa huffed in frustration.

"Will, what do you think you are doing?" She looked at her phone. "The dinner starts in thirty minutes."

Will disregarded her and kept driving down the deserted road.

"So help me, I will jump out of this car." Tessa put her hand on the door handle, not actually intending to jump out of a moving car.

"Calm down, I'm only taking you to a place where we can talk without our friends interrupting us." Will said, grabbing a hold of her hand and stabilizing her in the seat.

Tessa sat in silence, arms crossed, as Will drove for another five minutes. Finally, he stopped the car. She looked around to see that he had stopped at an abandoned warehouse.

"Oh, Will, instead of our friends interrupting us, murderers and pedophiles will." Tessa stated, jokingly, although deep down she knew that she was probably not wrong. She then said, "Are you going to murder me? Because trust me Will, I have pepper spray." Tessa warned, smiling- but trying hard to suppress it- at how she did not sound in the least bit threatening.

She expected Will to laugh or chuckle or even smile. Nonetheless, when he turned to her, he was not. Instead, he looked thoughtful and slightly timid.

At last, he spoke up. "So what you said was true?"

Tessa gave him a questioning look, not knowing in the least bit what he was talking about. "What are you talking about, Will?"

"You said that your love for me grows every day."

Realization dawned on her and she ceased to stare at Will. She looked out at the abandoned warehouse, which in reality looked like a slaughterhouse.

"It is true." Tessa confessed, not seeing the reason to lie.

"So then why are you still with Gabriel. As I have said this morning, why throw away your love for me?" Will asked, no playfulness in his demeaning, seeing as he used Gabriel instead of Lightworm.

"Because my feelings for him grow every day, too. I am not in love with him now. However, I do not know what I am going to feel in a few days. I just want-"Will cut her off.

"Until you figure out your feelings for him, let me have one kiss, from you." Will said, shifting in his seat so that he sat facing Tessa. Desperation with a tang of hopelessness filled his eyes.

She looked at him, for she too turned her body towards his. "Will-"

"I'm sorry, I know. I am asking you to kiss, which will probably not help sort your feelings out for Gabriel, it'll probably make you confused."

"You took me to a secluded place, so we could kiss? Exactly how teenagers do?" Tessa said, not meaning for the questions to come out.

Will looked at her, smiling. However, his smile turned sad and his eyes seemed to plunge into sadness. Tessa's grin fell and she did not fail to see his expression. At first, she thought that it was because of the questions she asked. But no, he smiled at them, initially.

"Will, was it something-" He cut her off, his tone melancholy and deeper than before.

"The next few weeks are going to be painful." Will muttered. He turned to Tessa, his blue eyes clashing with her gray ones. In an instant, his hand met her face. Soothingly, he caressed her cheek with his warm hand.

Tessa sighed and tried to relish in his touch, his warmness. However, she could not disregard what he had just said. "What do you mean the next few weeks will be hard?"

Will let out a rough, ragged breath and said, "Remember how a few minutes ago I said that I would let you figure out your feelings for Gabriel?"

"Yes…"

"Well, you know that it means you are going to spend time with him, be his girlfriend- his real one?"

"I guess…"

"While you're with him, deciding what you feel, it will be hurting me."

Tessa grasped, then, why he had said that- of course. However, was Will really going to stand by and watch Gabriel and her be an actual couple? That is if Gabriel actually wants to be one. Nonetheless, from what he said to her the week before, she was led to believe that he would not want one.

"Kiss me," Tessa whispered, not breaking eye contact with Will.

If Will was actually going to stand by and watch Tessa figure out her feelings for Gabriel, therefore, being an honorable man. Then the least she could do was give him a kiss. After all, he wanted nothing more- maybe he did. She had made the decision to give him the satisfaction that he would need in order to be strong and stand by.

"Tessa, you don't have too. I know you love me, but-"

"Will, I want too. I want to kiss you, now." Tessa whispered, aching for Will's lips more and more as the seconds ticked by. "Sure it will complicate things, even more than they are. But I will take that risk."

In that moment, Will stared at Tessa with the utmost intensity. It felt as if he were violating everything and looking into the inner depths of her soul. He was gazing at a place where no one had yet to gaze. His stare was so intense that she nearly shrunk into her seat, highly intimidated by how he was looking at her.

She was going to say something, when the tension and her desire had grown too much for her. However, Will's hands were already on her face. Both cupping her cheeks and pulling her lips to his. Her insides seemed to melt at how passionate the kiss was, at how powerful it was. It was more powerful and passionate than the one that transpired between them just a week before.

Gripping his hair in her hands, Tessa moaned when Will's tongue delve into her mouth, invading her and overwhelming her with the sweetness of him. As they kiss, Tessa's desire for him and grew and she felt a burning sensation spread within her. Nevertheless, with all her mental strength, she kept it in and deepened the kiss, earning a low rumble from Will.

Tessa broke away, although her forehead connected with his. They both tried to catch their breaths, looking into one another's eyes.

"By God in Heaven-"Will started, but was stopped when Tessa slipped his lip in between her teeth, biting it seductively- not really knowing what she was doing to him.

"Don't stop kissing me," She uttered, realizing his lip.

Will obliged and reconnected their lips. As their kiss turned more fervent and anxious, Tessa's phone rung in the front seat. Later, she would look at her missed calls and see that Gabriel had been trying to contact her.

After an silent- and somewhat awkward- drive, Will stopped the car in front of Nate's- and soon to be Jessamine's- flat. As he turned the engine off, he sat back against his seat. Tessa unbuckled her seat belt and lifted her hands to her hair. She attempted to smooth her hair down and hoped that at least half of her curls were salvaged. Since Will had took the initiative run his hands through it, at some point when they were devouring one another- or so it seemed.

She pulled down the mirror and twisted so she could get a better view of her neck. Will, after all, had decided it was a good idea to kiss her neck. Therefore, she needed to check and see if there were any marks. After a thorough observation, she heaved a breath of relief and shut the mirror.

Then, there was an uncomfortable silence that washed over them. Neither of them knew why the other one would not get out. It was as if they were glued to the seat. Perhaps they expected the other one to say something.

"I don't get you, Will." Tessa blurted out, daring not to look at him.

"Why don't you get me?"

"I don't get you because just last week you told me that you would stop at nothing to get me back. Then you tell me, tonight, that you're basically letting me go so that I can figure out my feelings for another person." A hint of incredulity crept into Tessa's tone.

"I want you to be sure about who you chose." He said, not looking at her either. "I want to be with you and know for sure that aren't having fantasies and reveries about being with Lightworm."

Tessa overlooked the fact that Will called Gabriel Lightworm and instead let her mouth form an O shape.

"Am I right or wrong about how I feel?"

"You're right, Will," Tessa muttered.

He turned to her and traced the outline of her lips, sending a shiver up her spine. "I love, and will always be in love with you. That is why I have to let you decipher everything and decide to what extent your feelings for Gabriel are. But don't procrastinate, I want you in my arms sooner rather than later."

"What if you're wrong, and my feelings for him are too great and I can't choose?"

"That's for you to find out, Tess." There was a tender tone lacing his voice and Tessa had learned that you had to relish that side of Will, because the tender side of him only lasted for a short while.

"I love you." Tessa mentioned, softly, not wanting to disrupt the gentle silence that surrounding them. She placed her hand on the door hand and opened the door, placing one foot on the ground, intending to get out.

Nevertheless, Will apparently had other plans. He grabbed her arm and swiveled her around to face him. Suddenly, he crushed his lips to hers and without a thought; she returned the kiss, enjoying the taste of him for the second time that night. However, the kiss ended all too soon.

"You go in first." Will mentioned, his head gesturing toward the building to the side of them.

Tessa failed to retort anything back and simply nodded, getting out the car, shoving the door closed. She walked up the steps and buzzed up to Nate. He answered and allowed Tessa to come up. She turned and saw that Will was still his car. He waved her up and reluctantly she let the door fall closed behind her.

Under her, the steps creaked loudly as she ascended them. Tessa stopped at second floor and knocked. Cecily opened and gave Tessa a hug.

Upon walking in, she saw that Gabriel and Tatiana were there. Everyone was sitting in the living room area, conversing about what they planned on doing after college, except for Nate who already graduated.

Gabriel smiled at her and stood up. His eyes were filled with worry and she could already tell that he had been trying to reach her, even before she looked at the missed calls on her phone.

He pulled her into a warm hug. Tessa knew that everything was wrong. It was wrong that she had "made love" to Will while still fake dating Gabriel. She knew that it was wrong that she got to relish in the feel of Will's arms and Gabriel's around her.

It was wrong that Will's arms felt slightly better than Gabriel's did.

"That's exactly what I told Nate, Sophie. Thank you for understood my pain." Jessamine exclaimed; emphasizing her sarcasm. Tessa often thought of how her friend should be an actor.

"Well, no matter how many people think berry red is a unisex color, I still don't want to paint my bathroom it." Nate said, chuckling. "I think teal is the way my bathroom should stay."

"I think you should keep your bathroom however you like, Nate." Tessa stated, taking a sip of her water. "Don't let Jessamine control you into decorating your walls. I remember when she forced us to paint laundry room fuscia. However, it turned out a bright pink. So every time we went to go wash clothes, our eyes would hurt at the intensity of the room."

Jessamine rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out at Tessa. She smiled and suddenly her eyes flicked across the table to Will, who was surprisingly sitting quietly through the conversation.

He sipped his wine, which she decided not to pour into her glass- and then looked at her. Tessa's breath hitched in her throat. She had not expected Will to look at her, meaning that she planned to stare at him without his knowledge. However, he caught her and Tessa could not take her eyes away from his. They were the same blue orbs that stared down at her in the car with an intense passion and desire.

Before somebody noticed them gazing at one another- or before her eyes gave away her emotions-, Tessa looked away quickly and distracted herself with her water. As she set down her cup, though, she realized that Amy had not arrived. Somehow that gave her a somewhat feel of relief.

Will and Tessa had only been gawking at one another for a few seconds. Nevertheless, in those few seconds, the conversation turned from unisex colored walls to travelling.

"You're going traveling France? To where, exactly?" Tessa asked, as if coming out of a daze.

"Were you paying attention, Tessa?" Jessamine questioned, while cutting up a piece of her roasted chicken.

No, I was too busy staring at Will, who I just zealously kissed in his car. Was what Tessa would have said, if she were a lunatic and completely out of her mind. Instead of saying what she thought of, she said:

"I was thinking about my assignment for class."

Nobody thought anything of suspicion and went along with her lie. However, -though she was not staring at him- Tessa could feel Will smirking. She silently cursed him out in her head.

"Anyway, no, Nate and I are not just going to France. Mortmain- his boss-"Jessamine directed that at Tatiana who astounded Tessa because she was so quiet- "gave us these ticket deals for a Europe traveling pack. We are traveling to six countries; France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland." Tessa's best friend sounded beside herself and her brother looked the most excited that she had ever seen.

"Oh my God! You're going to love France!" Tatiana exclaimed, dropping her fork- finally speaking up. "When Rupert took me,-"Tessa had always thought the name Rupert sounded weird "- to France in December, it was spectacular." Tatiana looked sideways at Will. Tessa rolled her eyes; obviously, Tatiana was trying to see if her going on a romantic trip with her boyfriend would affect him. However, Will was paying no attention to her. Instead, he was having a side conversation with Jem.

Tessa took advantage of Will's distraction, and assessed his features. She looked at his tender crescent shaped lips, which had kissed her lips plenty of times. Her eyes then slid to the elegant curve of his jaw and then the swoop of his smooth neck. Thoughts of her brushing her lips across his jaw and neck, rushed back to her. She had made him feel pleasure so many times by doing that-

"Babe, are you alright?" Gabriel asked, still keeping up the charade of being her boyfriend.

She was ripped from her evaluation of her ex-boyfriend and brought to attention by her current faux boyfriend. Gabriel, she had forgotten that she was seated next to him. She had forgotten that she was supposed to be with him.

Of course, this would happen. Why would Tessa think that she could just kiss Will and then be able to move on with Gabriel to explore her feelings? What she did with Will, was the opposite of helping her. In fact, it increased her feelings. She wanted Will more than ever. Despite her increasing desire for him, she wanted more than just physical actions. Tessa wanted to spend lazy Sundays with him, go out to eat, lie in the park and soak in the joyful atmosphere; etc., the list goes on.

However, deep down, she knew that she could not pick Will until her feelings with Gabriel were sorted out. Whether or not Gabriel had platonic feelings for Tessa did not matter. She would figure her complex mind out and decide whom she truly wanted- that was somewhat obvious.

"Um, yeah, I drifted off again." Tessa answered, before scooping a forkful of food in her mouth.

"Good," Gabriel whispered in her ear, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close to him.

Not helping it, Tessa sneaked at glance at Will who was staring back at her. Despite what he mentioned in the car, he looked at Gabriel and her with pure jealousy in his eyes. As soon as they locked eyes, he looked away.

She tuned back into the conversation at the table.

"I can't wait to taste their Liege Waffles. Nate and I sat up all last night looking through Google, searching for all types of foods." Before Jessamine allowed someone else to speak, her eyes lit up and she began with another thing. "Oh, St. Mark's Basilica! Nate doesn't care too much for it, but I do! Then there's the Grand Canal, also in Venice. We can ride on a gondola!"

Everyone smiled at Jessamine's enthusiasm, even Tatiana who usually would be jealous and rude about someone else getting what they wanted instead of her at that point and time.

"When are you going?" Cecily asked, Tessa, nearly forgetting that she was there. It was unlike her to go unnoticed during a dinner. That is the time when she rambles on the most.

Tessa wondered why the people, who usually converse, cease to talk during that dinner.

"Three weeks from today- or Monday." Nate answered, smiling eagerly at Cecily.

"Three weeks and we will be in the city of love!" Jessamine bellowed.

Tessa looked at Will, immediately deeming herself as the stupidest person on earth. And coming to the truth that Will's eyes were magnets. He looked at her too, the jealousy gone from his eyes. Tessa could not exactly describe what expression she saw in his eyes, but she saw him smile at her, and that reassured her as much as any expression.

Gabriel must have noticed this. Although, Tessa still did not know why he did what he did.

He wrapped his arms around Tessa more firmly and said aloud, "Maybe me and Tessa should think about going to the city of love." At that comment, she blushed and looked around at everyone.

Jem, Sophie, Gideon, Nate, Jessamine, and Tatiana- astonishingly she was acting nice, despite the fact that she called Tessa weird just a few hours prior- all nodded in agreement and smiled. As Tessa's eyes fleeted over Cecily, she could have sworn that she was scowling at her. However, why would she be? Perhaps, Tessa had seen wrong.

"Yes, you should totally book a tri-"Sophie was cut off a Will.

His voice sounded different, odd. "Paris, really?" He set his glass down and stared Gabriel with rage.

At that moment, Tessa though about why Will could never live up to his words. He had said in the car-basically- that he would wait for her to make up her mind about Gabriel and choose between them. Grant it, he had not actually said that he would not be jealousy, but still he was implying it- maybe.

"Yes, do you have a problem? Are you upset that you were too self-absorbed to even think about taking your girlfriend on a nice vacation?" Tessa stared at Gabriel, shocked at how on edge he sounded. Either he was a good actor or he was actually serious.

Pure anger clouded Will's blue eyes, making them slightly darker. "Maybe if you weren't such fucking a prat, you would know that Tessa has no desire to go to Paris." Will exclaimed, nearly crossing the table and strangling Gabriel.

Gabriel's lips thinned out and he clenched his teeth. Evidently, he was at a loss. Will was right; Tessa had no burning desire to go to France. She had told Will many times before. Despite the fact that her favorite book was set there, she still would rather go to another place than that country- not that France wasn't on her list of top thirty countries to go before she died.

Will spoke again, once Gabriel failed to defend himself. "Maybe if you cared about her more, she would have never kissed me." For a split second, Tessa thought that Will would confess that him and her slept together just an hour and half before. Nevertheless, Tessa knew that Will would never say that out loud, with everybody silently listening.

Every body's mouths flew open; glasses were placed on the table, forks were dropped- loudly- on plates, surprised expressions were plastered on every single one of her friend's faces, including Gabriel.

Tessa's face reddened from humiliation and glared at Will with pure fury. He stared back at her with the same intensity; however, Gabriel broke their gazing. He stood up and walked out of the dining room. Soon, the front door shut with a loud bang, the sound resonating through everyone's body.

Without another word, Tessa stood up and exited out of the dining room, hoping to find Gabriel. As Tessa walked through the flat and finally reached the front door, she thought about how Will, possibly, intended to confess what he did. She could not help but think that Will said what he said because he was giving Tessa and Gabriel a push. He was giving Tessa the proof she needed. Now all she had to do was figure out if Gabriel was genuinely affected by the kiss and if his friendly feelings were false.

Upon opening the front door to the flat, Tessa heard a door close. She discovered that it came from the stairwell to her left. The stairwell that led up to the rooftop, which was shared by the residents in the building. Tessa had been up there before and although there was no furniture or decorations up there, it still providing an amazing few of London. It was a great place to procrastinate and think.

Quickly she climbed the stairs and went through the door. Immediately she spotted Gabriel, leaned against the ledge overlooking the west side of the flat. His arms were crossed and the wind swept his brown hair back and forth.

"Gabriel," Tessa muttered softly. She thought perhaps he did not hear her, but he did.

Gabriel turned around and stared at her, with those luminous green eyes of his. In a flash of a second, he had her pressed up against the wall next to the door, kissing her.

A/N

And there's the chapter, with a semi-cliffhanger. Next (which I don't know when will be posted because I have a busy week, so –Guest- who who asked when I will update, or how often. I don't know, I'll try every weekend. But anyway THANKS for reviewing) update you'll see what happens with Gabriel and Tessa, what Cecily thinks, how Will is going to act- because you never know if he could go back on his word- and I will even through Gideon and Sophie's relationship in, hmmm. Also sorry for the shortness of the conversations, I'll try to lengthen then sometime.

Thanks for the reviews last chapter! I love you guys so much! Like seriously, this story was literally going to go die in a whole in the middle of the desert somewhere. So yeah, you guys are amazing!

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