FAGEtastic Four

Title: October

Written For: Aurelle Angelus

Written By: BeMyHeroSeverrus

Rating: T

Summery/Prompt Used: A forest to end it all will also begin it all for Zinnia. The Dark Stranger has come and took the breath out of Zinnia. He has his secrets and she has hers. will their secrets bring them together or tear them apart.

Chapter Six: Kiss Me Slowly

Zinnia woke up feeling groggy. Her vision was a bit blurry for a few minutes. When it cleared up she noticed two things: she was in her room and Tobias was asleep next to her bed. Her clock read 6 am. The sun was barely coming up; the sky was indigo in color. It took Zinnia a few minutes to remember what brought about these circumstances. She had made an herbal tea. She must have went wrong somewhere; causing her to fall asleep.

"Well thats the last time I experiment," Zinnia mumbled, swinging her legs on to the floor.

Tobias laid under one of her blankets. He wore the same sweats and shirt. She bent down next to him, examining his sleeping face. He looked peaceful sleeping. Sighing she bent over him, her hair slightly touching his neck. She shook his side gently.

"Tobias wake up. Come on wake up. Hey wake up."

His head moved to the side before his eyes opened slowly. They stared at each other in silence for a few seconds. Before either one realized Tobias had moved his head closer to Zinnia. He stop just an inch away. Zinnia closed the distance the second he stopped.

Maybe it was the effects of the tea that still lingered in Zinnia's mouth, but Tobias felt his head go dizzy and heart beat faster. Her mouth was sweet and lips soft. He moved his hand up to her hair, dying to know if it was as soft as it looked; it was. He pulled away first to look closely at Zinnia's reaction.

She slowly opened her eyes, a daze looked etched on her face. She looked a him, her smile growing. "Well Good Morning to you too."

He sat up and placed his hand gently on her cheek. "How do you feel?"

She gave him a lopsided smile, "I feel fine."

His expression softened. It seemed there were no side effects. He brought her closer to him and presses his lips to her again. She returned his kiss. Tobias felt like his world had turned upside down. He was kissing a beautiful woman and she was freely kissing him back. Maybe this would have to end, but for now a strange power had taken over him. He was tired of being denied, ignored and casted away. She had no idea who he was or what he did. All she knew was the person he was right now and thats all that mattered; for now.

She pulled back slowly and leaned her forhead against his. "How about some breakfast?"

He nodded still too stunned to speak. She smiled at him before jumping up to the door. "See you down in 20!"

Zinnia practically skipped in the kitchen, Isis sat on the counter. "Good morning Isis." She rubbed her nose against Isis's; who meowed in response.

"Why am I so happy?" She bent down to eye level with Isis to pet her head. "Tobias kissed me. How wonderful is that?" Isis gave her master's nose a lick. "He's strange no doubt, but it feels like when he loves someone, he'll do it unconditionally. If that even makes sense." Isis meowed to show she understood. "Good, for a second mommy thought she was going crazy."

Zinnia turned her attention back to the kitchen. Something small and light would be great so they could talk about what had happened downstairs. She heard Tobias walk down the stairs. Breakfast was quiet.

Zinnia was the first to speak, "So would you consider..."

"I would like it very much if you join me tonight for dinner at my place. I would like to ask you out properly."

"Alright. It's a date."

Zinnia bid Tobias farewell after breakfast with the promise of seeing him at dinner time. For her the day seemed to drag by; the hours crawled slowly. She was no stranger to dating or even one nighters. But this was different. She didn't want this to be one date or even a few years. She had to face it, her biological clock was ticking. She wanted a husband and kids. Tobias could give her that. She wasn't just settling for him, no he was more then she could have asked for. He was something else, something deeper.

The stroke of eight finally came as Zinnia stood knocking on Tobias's door. She wore a sleeveless short dark grey dress that flowed out at the waist to fall loosly above her knees. She decided to curl her long hair and darken her eyes with black eye shadow. She was nervous and hoped to the high heavens that she wasn't over dress.

Her nerves calmed down when Tobias opened the dark, dressed in black slacks, a silky dark green button up and shiny shoes. "Good evening. Please come in."

He opened the door wider and Zinna entered. Candles lite the room; creating a dark romantic look to the place. Tobias had decorated it green, silver, and black. A couch, coffee table, lamp, and tv decorated the living room. A large bookcase stood against the wall; filled with books. A small table stood in the little dining room next to the kitchen; the food already laid out.

"I like what you've done with the place."

"Thank you."

He took Zinnia gently by arm and steered her to the table. She took the chair he pulled out for her.

Zinna talked about the lastest gossip in town. She was still nervous, and wanted to come to the point of why they were here. She didn't think her stomach could hold down anymore food. Finally has Tobias brought out the dessert he spoke.

"Zinnia, I admit I'm not very good at this..." he stopped, trying to find the right thing to say. This wasn't like asking a girl out in school. Zinnia was hardly just some girl. "Would you like to continue this relationship we have?"

Zinnia's eyes softened; the candlelight reflecting in them, causing them to come more alive then ever. "I would like that very much." She stood up and walked over to Tobias. She kneeled to eye level. Softly she placed a light kiss on his lips.

Tobias was still astonished that someone would willingly want him. He promised himself he would try his hardest to not ruin what he had. He couldn't let his first shot of happiness in decades disappear.

Zinnia was happy more then happy. She had Tobias and a nice quite life. The days turned into weeks and soon the December snow was upon them. She couldn't believe she had someone to snuggle with beside a fire on a cold December night. Tobias was a sweet boyfriend; he was considerate, thoughtful, proper, and a little old fashion. Zinnia loved that about him. He's ability to be in control and know just where to stop.

They were happy and the town often liked to talk about them. Soon though the town was also happy for them. To Zinnia she thought her life was finally perfect. But has spring came to Bexhill so did bad news.