~Chapter Three~
"Forget the kiss for a moment. Forget the awkward and the weird and the big question mark over your head. Take a deep breath," he paused here to give an example, "and relax. Now, what's bothering you?"
The junior detective could only stare at him, eyes full of emotion but mouth unable to say anything. She leaned her back against the machine and stared at the opposing wall.
"That's very hard to do, Shawn. Because what's bothering me has to do with the kiss. And the awkward. And the weird. And the big question mark over my head. And the possibility that I could be in lo-" She stopped herself before she could speak the full word, but knew there was no way around it.
You just had to put 'in' in front of it, didn't you?
But, now that she was alone with him, her brain seemed cleared. And she decided that she was, in fact, in.
She tentatively turned her head toward the green pajama-clad man next to her. His face was unreadable, which dried Juliet's throat. Slow as a turtle, he closed all of the three feet of distance between them, and gazed down at her with his seemingly never ending green eyes. Ever so tenderly he pushed a stray lock of hair out her eyes. His hand landed on her neck, and Juliet almost melted at his touch.
"Shawn, I-"
Before she could contact her nervous system to complete the sentence, Shawn's lips had found their way onto hers in a slight purse. If Juliet wasn't melting previously, she sure was now. She was completely paralyzed by the contact, and no matter how much she begged herself, she couldn't respond.
Shawn had taken this as rejection, and pulled away. But the moment he did, Juliet felt cold. Her hand reached up, feeling his soft brown hair, and pushed his head back down to its previous position. Shawn was shocked by this gesture, but only for a brief second.
Five years of hidden feelings exploded at each microscopic movement. All recognition of the ice machine, the hotel, the Coast melted away and all they could register was each other's presence.
(A/N: Sorry. I know you've been waiting so long for this chapter, and it ended up being so terribly short. But I have a very good excuse. I suck at kissing scenes. Next chapter will be quicker and longer, pinkie swear!)