As I lean over her face, Runa looks at me in disbelief, I know I can't really believe it either, I'm actually going to do it... And if she doesn't want me to, she can tell me so, I won't push her... I hesitate for a second gathering all the courage I can muster, then I lower my head and let our lips meet.

Her lips are soft and she smells like her favorite spicy jasmine tea. I slowly slip my hands into her hair. It feels like my body's on fire and it burns, but in a very, very good way...

After a minute or so i lift up my head and am surprised by the fact that she had wrapped her arms around me, she blushes slightly and touches her bottom lip while looking at me.

"I didn't..." She starts but doesn't finish.

I smile, "you knew how I felt... " she smiles and presses her hands to my stomach. I roll of her and sit up, she sits up too, hugging her knees to her chest,

"Jace... I- I feel the same... I've always had a bit of a crush on you." She stops, grabs my hand and squeezes it, " and after that night I knew you felt the same, it was... Just that... I felt that you didn't trust me with your secret... Because it seemed like i was the only one who didn't know... It- it upset me, because..." her gaze locks with mine, her eyes are blazing, she looks like she might cry. She looks so vulnerable, yet so determined and strong... If that makes any sense,

"you can't have a healthy relationship without trust..." I finish for her. I grab her hands and pull her into a hug, "the only reason I didn't tell you was the fact that we were just seeing each other for the first time in so long! I- I just didn't want you to think differently of me.."

"Oh, Jace," she pulls back and looks into my eyes, "I would never think differently of you just because you're a bloodbender. I mean if you abused your powers then yeah, I would, but I know you would never do that. " Runa kissed my cheek. She hugged me tightly, "Never think like that okay?" I shook my head, "Good."

We stayed like that for awhile until I thought of something else.

I gripped her shoulders, "Runa, I have a question for you," she nodded, "So where does that leave us?"

She smiled. "Well, if you like me," I nodded, "And I like you.." She climbed up into my lap carefully, "I think that leaves us as a couple.. I mean if that's okay with you." She blushed and looked down.

I smiled and pulled her chin towards me, i placed I quick kiss on her lips, "Of course it is," She smiled and hugged me tightly. I sighed, finally things were turning for the better.