Author's Note - GAH! The response I've gotten has been unbelievable! You all are awesome! Thank you so, so, so much! Ok, so they have arrived together and during their date the chapters will be Victor & OC together (I hope not to switch POV too much on you), it's just silly to make you read basically the same thing twice.

*This is your cuddly Victor Creed warning, I'm not sorry...I got the idea in my head partly from the Blink storyline, he can be cuddly when he wants to be. This has been your cuddly Victor Creed warning.*

My fave part, calling out awesome people! (I can't use peeps, just reminds me of yucky marshmallows...)

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Patrick - I don't know what else to say other than thank you, you're an awesome guy and I'm super glad that I know you!

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The blonde looked up at the enormous man and he looked stunningly handsome, "Thank you for the gifts Victor, they are lovely."

Creed raised the hand he was holding and kissed it lightly, "You are very welcome, Andromeda, you look exquisite," he inhaled her scent and she smelled even better up close and her skin tasted sweet with a hint of fire. He led her into Bouley, but touching and smelling her closely brought back thoughts of his old life; Creed pushed the thoughts out of his head shaking it off.

Andy smiled in spite of everything thinking, "Victor Creed has manners, huh…bet Logan never thought that would happen," the smile turned into a smirk as he escorted the blonde to a corner booth that had candles and champagne waiting. Looking around at the empty restaurant and the lovely table, she pushed all thoughts of Wolverine, Wade and her preconceived notions out of her mind. This was going to be a night to remember.

Once seated Victor handed the blonde a glass, "To new beginnings," he smiled and it drew up the corners of his mouth touching his eyes. The black eyes seemed less hollow and lifeless as she once remembered; now there was a kindness and a much different energy in them from the last time she had seen him.

"To new beginnings," she repeated smiling back at him touching his glass with hers. "I see you've done rather well for yourself," remarking as she took a sip.

Beaming with pride that she noticed how he had strived to change, "Yes, not as easy as taking, but working hard does have its rewards," he nodded to her.

The blonde's face lit up as the pieces fell into place, "That's why you haven't been running rampant on my comrades."

Swallowing the sip he'd taken and setting down his flute, "I figured it wouldn't benefit my new interests," he brushed her hand with his. Goosebumps flew all over Andromeda's body and electricity pulsed through her sending a pleasant chill down her back, unknowingly she leaned in closer to him. He could smell the change in her; this was going better than he thought possible. "I saw your performance as Eponine."

Blue eyes widened, "You came and saw me?" She was completely flattered and shocked, "That was forever ago."

"Erik told me about your performance and I had to see for myself," the name Erik felt odd coming off his tongue, he hand never addressed Magneto as Erik before.

A confused look came over her face, "That's odd; I've had conferences with Mr. Lehnsherr during and after my performance run had ended, he never mentioned it."

Dinner arrived before Victor had a chance to respond. Andy was taken back again with the beautiful spread he had ordered ahead of time. A beautiful four course meal and he had remembered that she was vegetarian and had requested the regular dishes be made to her standards. All the food was rich, decadent and extremely delicious. They both ate in relative silence but Creed watched her closely, almost studying her, until their plates were cleared for the dessert course.

"You have the tickets," he asked, still managing to keep the savageness out of his voice.

"In my purse; Victor, may I ask you a question?"

"Anything," he leaned in closer to her.

Andy inhaled a breath and looked at him with a bewildered expression, blowing out the air she asked, "Please don't take this to mean that I'm not appreciative of everything, I am; believe me I needed this, but why did you wait all this time," her words came out faster than she planned, something that happened when the telepath got nervous.

Sighing as he leaned back into the crimson leather of the booth, "Two reasons," He started almost avoiding her eyes, "one, I wanted to be able to give you everything you deserve and the second…" trailing off he didn't want to bring up Wilson, not when things were going so well, but he wasn't going to lie. Looking into the pools of blue staring at him, he almost growled, "I needed Wilson out of town for more than a few days."

The shock of the confession was almost like a sucker punch to her gut and the blonde lost the ability to breath for half a moment. Taking in what Victor told her and then looking at him, there was true remorse on his face. Something she had never seen on Creed's face, "So you know I'm still with Wade," she asked as her smiled dimmed. It had almost been two hours and she hadn't once thought of Wade, guilt twisted itself around her heart and sunk it into the pit of her stomach like a boulder. Averting her eyes from Victor, she wrung the napkin in her hands.

Creed reached out, cupping her hands stopping the nervous activity, gently holding her still, "Let's forget that last part," he smiled slightly, "Let's just focus on having a good time." Andy nodded in agreement as dessert came, a chocolate soufflé to share. She smiled and let out a small laugh. "What," Creed asked curious, wondering if he had gotten anything wrong.

The blonde laughed again, "This had been the best date I've ever been on! This is just so…" she trailed off trying to find the right word.

"What?"

"Amazing, fantastic, wonderful, brilliant, and shocking," she laughed, "I never would have pegged Sabretooth for romance," a smirk spread on her face as her voice became playful.

He remembered that face, he saw her look at Wilson that way thousands of times, all right before she kissed him. A sly grin crept onto his lips as he started to stroke her hand ever so lightly with one of his claws, "I'm not all rough and tumble, tooth and nail." Andy sighed as that pleasant chill of electricity hit her again, she closed her eyes. Victor could smell the change, the arousal in her and had to keep his in check, she wasn't making it easy.

Andromeda caught herself, clearing her throat, "We better eat this before it gets cold."

Creed nodded letting go of her hands, this wasn't just some frail in the alleyway. Andromeda was different and deserved to be treated as such. Finishing their dessert and another glass of champagne, he left a generous tip before helping her out of the booth. Escorting her to the car he noticed how graceful she moved, almost like she was dancing when she walked.

Once in the car he turned to his driver, "Shawn, to the theater," they rode in silence for a while, the former killer was just taking her in. How she had changed, she was 20 when she broke out of Weapon X, two years later she killed him and then four years ago he saw her perform. Almost 30 by his count and she had filled out into a beautiful woman, not the skinny pain in the ass kid he knew and wanted to throw into wall. He silently chuckled. The girl still had such a youthful appearance and whimsy that held such a fascination for him. "What are you doing for Xavier?"

The telepath lit up, "I'm teaching, those kids are my life! I'm also helping out with a project for SHIELD, but I'm not really supposed to talk about that," she put a finger to her lips, "I'd have to kill you," she paused, "Again." They both laughed a bit, even if it was a bit awkward. "I also do some PR work when Logan thinks it's a good idea to rearrange Central Park."

"Are you happy," he knew the answer but wanted to hear her say it.

"Yes, very…"she paused and her smile dropped.

He placed a large hand under her small chin, "What is it?"

"I'm so busy and Wade's gone a lot, I get rather lonely. Most of my free time is spent with teenagers, super spies or Logan, not exactly how girl likes to spend hours," she tried to laugh but failed.

Creed rand his fingertip over her cheek as she started to cry, afraid he hurt her, "What happened," he panicked.

Andromeda looked at him, light blue eyes swimming in saline, "I don't know how you knew Victor, but I've wanted, no needed this for so long. Just to be talked to, doted on, reminded that I'm beautiful…"

He cut her off with hard lips on hers and vice like hands on her arms. His eyes were shut tightly as he pulled her body into his. Andy tried to pull away as her eyes flew open and her tears spilled onto his face and into the corners of his mouth, it was like whiskey and it only made him kiss her harder. Still fighting to keep composure from ripping off that dress, taking what he wanted from her. The blonde took a breath and calmed down before melting into him. Once she relaxed Victor did as well enough to slightly pull away and break their lip contact. She licked her lip and tasted blood.

He smelled it, "I'm sorry, but I've wanted to do that since you first sang to me," he whispered, voice was husky and dark.

"I know," she told him, her voice was thick and confident, "but let's try it my way." Creed looked into her eyes and they seemed to be on fire. Softly placing her lips on his, applying pressure. He let her lead, trying to follow being as gentle as he could. Her lips were so silky and he liked the way she tasted. Feeling the animal rising up in him again, his claws starting to elongate and he started to lean in on her when she quickly pulled away and whispered, "Sorry."

He turned her face to his, "No need for apologies," reassuring her just as the car stopped in front of the theater. Shawn opened the door for Victor but when he reached for Andy she paused for a moment.

"Give me a minute to freshen up," she said pulling out her mirror and lipstick. Putting on a fresh coat and fixing her somewhat disheveled hair she thought, "Damn you Wade, why do I have to love you so much?" She finished touching up and took Victor's hand exiting the car letting him lead her into the theater.