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After having stared into each others eyes for a moment, she spoke, pointing her head towards Sam's house. "Shall we go play some poker?"
He grinned at her and nodded, letting her walk past him before following her, his hand itching to put it on the small of her back. Their hips softly bumped against each other as they walked and he felt his heart starting to beat rapidly. She was going to be his death someday.
As they walked towards Sam's house, their shoulders touching, he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. She smiled contently as she looked at the dark ocean, the chilly breeze playing with her hair, and he wondered how someone could be that beautiful…Her hair lit up like fire in the moonlight, making her a devil and angel all in one. A devil because every time he saw that flash of red, in or outside the office, his heart started to beat faster and he couldn't think about anything except for how it would be to let his fingers slowly run through the shiny red hair, the smell of her shampoo lingering on his fingertips afterwards. The hair fitted her better than anyone else and made her fiery and determined, it made her special. She was a devil because it was because of her he was acting like a teenager all over again, but most of all, she was an angel. She would always be an angel to him, because only angels could be so beautiful, only an angel could make him feel like this.
The angel turned her head towards him and looked up at him, noticing he had been staring at her. "What?" She asked, a small smile on her lips as she stopped walking and looked in his eyes.
He stopped too and smiled at her, turning his whole body towards her. "Nothing, you just… you seem so more relaxed and happier than you were when I first met you."
She smiled sweetly at him and nodded, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear with her slender fingers. Her fingers, so slender and feminine, so Addison. Oh how he wanted to take her hand and wrap his own fingers around hers, enjoying the electricity jolts that would be sent through his body, and maybe, also hers.
"I am." She said, bringing him back to the real world, the content smile still on her face.
"Good." He simply said, smiling at her. He gazed in her blue eyes for a second before slowly starting to walk again, feeling her hand wrap around his as he took his second step and she started to walk too. He couldn't help but smile when he felt her soft skin on his and the familiar jolts to electricity course through his veins. He looked at her and smiled when their eyes met, the world around them disappearing.
They snapped out of their trance when they reached the stairs leading towards the beach, away from her house. They smiled shyly at each other before he let her go down the stairs first, their hands still clasped together.
"So, how come it changed so fast? Don't tell me it's the Californian air or something…" He said semi-warningly, a teasing expression on his face.
She smiled at him. "It's not the air, don't worry. It's just… the people. The people make me happy, Naomi and Sam, Cooper and Violet, Dell…" She said, looking at the ocean again. "You…" She continued, a small smile on her face. She looked at him again, smiling the sweetest smile possible.
He raised his eyebrows, surprised she would say something like that. He was happy, though, very happy. He smiled and chuckled slightly. "I make you happy?"
"Yes." She said, and looked at the sea, trying to hide her blush and smiling shyly. He had no idea. Everything about him made her happy. His voice, his smile… even talking about him made a smile appear on her lips and her heart jump.
"Is it because my touch heals? They say I have good hands, you know." He said, a cocky grin on his face, enjoying the fact she was trying and failing so hard to hide her blush. He tried to keep the overwhelming feelings of happiness inside of him in check, but failed, because he made her happy… he made her, Addison Montgomery, the most special woman on earth, happy.
She chuckled. "No, just because… because you're Pete." She said, smiling up at him sweetly. "Although I try to hide the fact that I think it is, the bantering and flirting is quite fun." She said, grinning at him. And of course, he was a damn good kisser. One of the best she had ever had, for sure.
He looked at her with a small smile, surprised at her sudden honesty and how kind she suddenly was. "That's a good answer." He said, not really knowing what else to say. She had kind of overwhelmed him, he was used to the two of them mocking each other with a flirty undertone, but now she was nice, sweet. It was one of the first times they really talked, that he got to see the real Addison Montgomery. He loved to flirt with her and he had come to adore the flirty Addison Montgomery, but he had fallen in love with the sweet, real Addison Montgomery, the one that was strong and dared to leave her life behind and move to an entirely different city, the one that opened up to him. Maybe she was just being nice to him because she thought he wouldn't remember the next day because of the alcohol, or maybe she really wanted to be nice to him. But maybe, the usual mocking was only because there were always other people around and she had to keep up appearances, act like she didn't like him. Maybe, she was experiencing the same feelings he was, and was that her way of dealing with them. Maybe…
He liked to think that was the truth, he wished it. He shouldn't though, because he knew it wasn't true. To her, he was something to 'scratch the itch', the fact that she was having or had had dreams about him probably meant nothing, who was he kidding? She was just a wonderful woman, the most amazing person on the planet, she was someone with a good heart who would worry about others before she would even start to think about herself, someone who was nice to him, no matter how much he mocked her.
They suddenly noticed they were at Sam's house, standing in front of his backdoor. They smiled guiltily at each other before he opened the door for her, looking into her eyes when he held the door open for her with his free hand, smiling at her when he noticed how close she was. She smiled the sexiest smile possible back at him and her breath tickled his skin, making him want to push her up against the door and kiss her senseless, although it wouldn't be senseless, because it would never be senseless with her, that was impossible.
She looked up at him through her eyelashes, waiting for him to either make a move or say something, and he was about to do that when sadly, Cooper did it for him. "Typical," He said, his voice slightly sarcastic, "you went to get more beer, but instead of that, you bring a girl."
The moment they looked up, annoyed he had ruined their little moment, he seemed to notice it wasn't just a girl, it was Addison, and they quickly let go of each others hands. "Addison! You brought… Addison!" Cooper said with a voice that was too high, clear that he had been drinking. "Uh, would you like something to drink? Beer, wine?" He asked, smiling foolishly at her. "Ehm, wine, please." She said, chuckling slightly at the way he stumbled towards the kitchen.
As Cooper poured her a glass of wine she felt hand soothingly going up and down her back and she relaxed, smiling up at him, something that didn't go unnoticed by Cooper, drunken or not, who was looking at their little interaction as he put the cork back on the bottle.
"Let's go play some poker." Cooper said with a funny smile, handing her her wine and walking back to the kitchen to grab another beer.
"Do you need any explanations of the rules?" Pete asked as the two of them walked towards the couch, his hand subconsciously sliding further across her back until his arm was wrapped loosely around her waist.
She smiled at him. "I am sure I can manage." She said as she sat down, immediately missing his arm but happy at how close they were sitting to each other.
"Are you really sure?" He asked with a cocky grin, giving it one last chance.
She rolled her eyes. "I can play poker, Pete."
Pete looked at her slightly surprised. "You can?" He asked.
She was about to reply when Sam appeared in the doorway. "Are you kidding? I lost thousands of dollars to that woman in college, she's like a poker-goddess." He said, grinning at her as he walked towards to kitchen to grab a bottle of beer from the fridge.
"Is she now?" Pete said with raised eyebrows and directed his burning questioning look at her, desperate to find out more.
She hit his arm playfully. "Don't sound so surprised, mister!" She said, semi-warningly. "I bet I can beat you anytime." Sounding like the very confident woman she was.
He smirked. "You're on!" He said confidently, looking into her eyes with a defiant look in his eyes.
As they were standing in the kitchen, Cooper nudged Sam. "Dude, you've seen them both play, who do you reckon is gonna win?" Cooper asked before downing his beer.
Sam shook his head at him. "I don't know, it's a tough call."
They both looked back at Pete and Addison again and Sam rolled his eyes when he saw they were looking into each others eyes intensely with flirtatious smiles on their lips, not able to take their eyes off each other. Their faces were dangerously close and they looked ready to devour each other, their eyes burning with want and secret feelings.
"You think she has any idea of what she does to him?" Cooper said just hard enough for Sam to hear as he noticed Pete was having trouble controlling himself. "I mean, she's hot, smart, funny… she's a real catch, and she knows it…"
Sam thought about it for a moment while watching Addison and Pete have a silent conversation before shaking his head. "I don't think so… I mean, she knows she's beautiful and what she could do to a man, any man, but someway that confident woman isn't that sure anymore about the power she can have over a man when she really likes the guy." He said smiling lovingly at the woman that had been one of his closest friends for such a long time. "And she likes him, a lot." He continued as he walked out of the kitchen.
"But that's…" Cooper started indignantly as he followed Sam, already adoring his new co-worker.
"ridiculous." Sam finished for him. "I know."
They made their way to the other couch and sat down, both looking confused when Addison hit Pete on his chest, an incredulous look on her face. Cooper looked at her questioningly and Addison explained. "He said we should play strip poker instead of regular poker to see if I would still be as confident about my poker skills as I am now." She said, rolling her eyes.
Sam's eyebrows shot up and he was about to comment when Cooper yelled drunkenly. "I agree with Pete! We should definitely play strip poker! It's so much more fun!"
Pete chuckled and took a big gulp from his beer, wrapping an arm around Addison and looking down at her. "Well, if Cooper agrees, we should do it right? We don't wanna upset him."
Addison laughed but shook her head determinedly. "If we're really gonna play strip poker I'm out of here."
Cooper pouted. "It's not as much fun without women, men aren't half as sexy." He slurred softly.
Pete chuckled again at the sight of his drunken friend. "How much I'd love to play strip poker, the goddess has spoken." He said, smiling at Addison as she sipped from her wine, looking perfectly comfortable under his arm. "Let's just go play some regular poker before it get's too late and we have to stay here because we're to drunk and tired to go home." Pete said, glancing at the clock.
They got more drunk and tired by the hour as they played a couple of games. Cooper had fallen asleep on the couch halfway through the fifth game and Addison's eyes were falling shut more and more every minute.
Sam stood from the couch and looked at Cooper before directing his attention to Pete and Addison. "I'm going to go to bed…" He said, slightly slurring. "You two can stay here if you want." With that he stumbled away, leaving Pete and Addison looking at each other.
After a while he spoke, brushing a strand of hair out of her face. "Do you want me to bring you home, or do you want to stay here?"
"Let's just stay here." She said, not wanting to leave his strong comfortable arm that was still draped around her.
"Okay." He said, lying down on the couch and pulling her with him, wrapping his arms around her. She was surprised at first, but soon snuggled closer, resting her head on his chest.
"Good night." He said, smiling sweetly at her as she looked up at him.
She smiled back at him, looking at his lips for a moment before looking back into his eyes, noticing he had decreased the distance between their faces. She looked into his eyes and couldn't resist him any longer. She inched closer and her lips were finally reunited with his, something she hadn't been able to stop thinking about since the first time they had kissed.
The kiss was soft and slow and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling his face closer to hers. His arms tightened around her waist and their bodies were pressed against each other as she moved on top of him. Her tongue pushed against his lips, asking for access. She tasted like the perfect mix sweetest honey, soft melting fudge and Belgian chocolate all in one, unique and perfect, and he never wanted to let go of her, but soon, they were in desperate need for air and they reluctantly pulled back. They stared into each others eyes, smiles on their lips.
"That was…" She started with a hoarse voice, her lips slightly bruised from the kiss.
"An amazing kiss." He finished for her, pushing a strand of hair out of her face. She simply nodded at him, her mind too clouded to think of anything else to say.
She let her hand wander down his cheek, smiling slightly. "Good night." She then whispered, laying her head back on his chest.
"Good night." He whispered back, his left hand secured around her waist as his right hand was tangled in her hair, hoping that the smell would linger on his fingertips afterwards.
As he looked at her angelic face, he wondered how he was ever going to get some sleep when he had just kissed the beautiful woman that was now falling asleep in his arms. He sighed softly and he stared at the ceiling, that had been one hell of a kiss…
A/N: Sooo, quite a long chap… I hope you liked it. Next chapter will be up somewhere next week, I think.
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