So, some of you asked for this. I don't know if this was what you were expecting...Thank you for reading. No beta, all mistakes are mine. x

Sybil was hiding. She couldn't take it anymore. Larry Grey, her long time boyfriend, was really a jerk and she couldn't stand it anymore. So, when he suggested taking a turn in the haunted house at the fair where he dragged her to try to make amend for his last unfaithfulness, Sybil saw a way to have some time alone and think about what to do next. Things couldn't go on the way they were.

Flattened against the wall and holding her breathe so Larry wouldn't find her, she was wondering what she saw in him at the first place, when she heard footsteps coming in her direction. She thought then it was time to move on but she apparently wasn't fast enough because two strong arms grabbed her and she found soon herself crushed against a firm chest that she immediately knew wasn't Larry's one.

"Now, I want my price", said the voice with a thick Irish brogue.

It all happened so fast that she didn't even have time to protest or let a sound out before lips crushed hers. And, as soon as it happened, she didn't even want to protest anymore as it was like this kiss was the one she had waited for all her life.

Larry had been his first and only boyfriend. His first kiss, his first lover…so she had anything to compare with. But this…was what she thought could be between a man and a woman and it certainly wasn't what she had with Larry.

Her breasts were brushing a stranger chest, sending shivers through her body and she didn't mind a bit. The feel of these lips against hers was so amazing that the world could explode without her even noticing. Because, there was actually an explosion inside her too. She could feel electric shocks all inside her body and warmth spreading everywhere. She thought it was insane…it couldn't happen. She was kissing a stranger in a haunted house and she wasn't even bothered by it. As her kissing partner she noted. The boy (quite muscular she could guess by touches) hadn't protested yet and, when he pulled away slightly to breathe a little bit, she moaned her disapprobation. She felt him smiled against her skin and then he kissed her again, more fully this time and she moaned again, pushing hard against him. Sybil's head was madly spinning and all her blood seemed to rush in her center. Wanting to feel more of him, she pushed him against the wall, crushing him against a skeleton that made a broken sound. But she didn't mind. All she was capable of thinking about now was the amazing body pressed against hers and the feel of a soft tongue caressing hers sensually.

But all too soon for her taste, a woman's voice calling came from afar and reached her foggy mind. In a desperate move to extend the exquisite moment and forget the outside world, she squeezed her fingers more deeply in the back of his head and she felt him spread his hand on her back in answer, crushing her more tightly against him. But it was vain. The woman's voice came again and Sybil pushed away gently, kissing lightly one last time his lips before taking a step away. She barely could see his figure in the dark but she could make out two bright round eyes and sturdy shoulders.

"Thank you", she breathed with a raspy voice.

What could she added anyway? It wasn't like she would see him again. Although "Thank you" didn't seem enough to show how grateful she was to him for having show her what it could be. It was clear for her now that she had to end things with Larry. "The sooner the better", she thought. He wasn't the one for her and it was time she spread her wings and discovered the world.

She went quickly to the exit, afraid somewhat that the stranger could catch her. But she was already missing him and his strength, and his warmth, and his lips, and…Sybil shook her head. She needed her head clear to confront Larry now.

His boyfriend was waiting for her outside, pacing. She went to him as if nothing happened. As they were exiting the attraction, she was explaining to him how she got lost in the haunted house when she saw a blond man outside. Apparently, the blond girl with him was giving him a lecture and, when their eyes locked, her heartbeats quickened and she smiled at him.

She knew it was him. The man that had kissed her with such passion that her body was still trying to calm down. She was sure of it. He was the man that had awakened her. He smiled back at her and her heart missed a beat. But life goes on and, full of regrets, she turned away and she and Larry left through the crowd.

It was over. The most amazing kiss of her life so far would just stay a memory. The memory of a wonderful man with two round eyes and a sexy Irish brogue. The memory of a body strong and warm against hers.

As they were walking to the exit, Sybil's mind was still in the haunted house in the strong arms of a stranger. She wasn't paying attention to the smoothing voice of Larry who was still trying to be forgiven for his sins. But she didn't care anymore. She was a new woman now and she knew what she wanted. As soon as they would be back at her flat, she would break up with him. She already knew that her parents and family would probably disapprove and try to change her mind but she was sure to make the right decision. She chuckled mentally thinking that Gwen would probably be the only one dancing of joy by hearing the news. Her best friend was begging her for months to end things with Larry.

She didn't know yet how she would find out her stranger but, deep inside, she knew now that she would see him again. She was Sybil Crawley, daughter of the Count of Grantham. She was therefore a public person and she knew that her break up won't fly under the radar of people column. So, unless her stranger was living in a desert island or cut out of the world somewhere in Ireland, he would learn about her and her identity.

And her romantic heart was hoping that, perhaps and if she had judged right what had happened in the haunted house, he would look for her. And then, they would have a chance to explore what they felt today.

She was gonna wait for him. It wasn't a decision, it was a resolution

But, what Sybil didn't know yet was that her stranger had already taken the resolution to devote his life to her happiness. She didn't know it yet but now, she just has to wait. Her fate was in move.

The end