I Don't Know How to Stay Away from You

That night Meg stood in front of her mirror studying her outfit choice when her mom came in with a tiny box in her hands. Heather sadly looked at her daughter and thought about how she might never get to help her get ready for a date again but she was also glad that Meg had finally found someone that she cared about. With that thought she walked over to her daughter.

"Meg, I thought now would be a good time for me to give you this. Your father gave it to me for our 15th wedding anniversary." Heather said handing the box to her.

Meg carefully opened the box and there inside of it was a beautiful turqoise stone bracelet.

Meg hugged her mom tightly as to not start crying. "Thank you mom. I will treasure this always."

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Meg made it to town just as Adam and Zac was walking to the fence across from the restaurant to wait for her.

"Hi" Meg said as she walked up to him.

"You look beautiful" Adam told her.

A blush crept over her as she took his outstretched arm.

They walked in silence across the street and into the restaurant. Meg saw to her dismay that Peter Quill and his gang were there also. The couple walked up to the bar to get their drinks first. Meg was hoping that Peter wouldn't say anything but her luck wasn't with her tonight.

"You oughta' ban that dog" Peter told the bartender. "He's killing sheep."

Adam looked over at him annoyed and said. "You have no proof. Until ya' do, keep your bloody opinions to yourself.

"He's vicious I tell ya" Peter continued.

"Maybe. But at least he's not a coward" Adam said as he led Meg away.

He could feel Meg shaking with anger and whispered into her ear.

"Don't let them bother you. Zac is fine. He's right here with us, and I won't let anything happen to him…or you for that matter."

Meg stopped shaking and smiled.

After dinner was ordered, Adam looked Meg in the eye and took her hand.

"You know you scare me a bit." He said bluntly.

Meg's eyebrows shot up in curiosity.

"Really, cause' you scare me a bit too" she said laughing but then became serious.

"I don't know how to stay away from you Adam."

Adam then took her hand and held it. "Ya ' don't have too."

Some tears fell from Meg's eyes. "Adam, I just don't want you to leave me if we start a relationship."

Adam brushed the tears away from Meg's face and stroked her cheek. "I would never leave you Meg."

Meg smiled and nodded. At that moment they felt eyes on them. The two turned and saw Peter Quill and his group staring at them.

"You wanna' give em' something to talk about?" Meg whispered to Adam.

"I think we might as well turn the attention away from Zac here" he agreed.

Meg smiled and hugged Zac who was sitting next to her. I didn't mean to ignore ya' buddy!"

"What's your idea?" she said as she turned to Adam again.

He didn't say anything, he just gestured for her to sit next to him. Meg walked over to the other end of the table and sat next to Adam. He then took her face in his hands and kissed her slowly and tenderly. They pulled away and looked over at the spectators on the other end of the room. Peter Quill had his mouth wide open and almost dropped his beer.

"Mission accomplished" Meg said joyously.

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Meg and Adam were silent when they headed back to Meg's house, words weren't needed for the moment anyway. They just held eachother's hands and occasionally stopped for a kiss. Meg finally broke the silence.

"I'm really glad we did this tonight" she said happily.

Adam stopped and pulled her into his embrace. "We didn't really get off to a great start did we?"

Meg buried her face into his chest. "No, but you made up for it. I'm glad you changed your mind about keeping me away from Zac."

"And I'm glad you came into my life" Adam said stroking her hair.

Meg leaned onto her tip-toes and kissed him fervently. They continued walking then.

"So when are you going to start training Zac for the trials again?" she asked.

Zac ran across the field to the wall and then ran back and flew into Meg's arms like an agility dog.

Adam laughed and rubbed his dog's head. "I suppose tomorrow. Meet David and I here at 8AM and we will start."

Adam dropped her off at her door, but not before kissing her. "I'll be lookin' for ya' tomorrow then."

She slept peacefully that night.