Grace lay awake that night trying to figure out what she could say to Jim. Should she even tell Jim? Was Amila right? Yeah, Jim seemed to like but was that just as friends? After hours of thinking about it Grace just decided to sleep on it and see how the next day turned out.
The following evening Jim walked into the Benbow by himself while Grace was wiping down the tables. He was about to say hello to her but she quickly got her words in first.
"Jim can I see you later when my work is done?"
"Sure" replies Jim "why'd you need to see me?"
"I tell you soon"
"Okay" says Jim slightly suspicious.
Several minutes later Grace meets Jim the corridor.
"This way" she says pulling his hand.
They both climb out off the window and onto the rooftop.
"So now are you gonna tell me?" asks Jim as they both sit together.
Grace looks slightly frightened but she keeps herself calm "Jim do you remember the last we were up here?"
"Oh course."
"Then you remember what we were interrupted from?"
"Err, our friendship?"
"Jim, don't be so stupid epically not with me."
"Okay, okay. But who told you?"
Grace sighed (oh he'd got her) "Amila."
Jim through back his head and laughed "Amila, I should have known."
"How did you know?" Grace asked.
Jim wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close "we were both so scared, neither of us would admit anything unless we'd been told to."
Grace sighed again and looked up into his eyes "Why are you always so good at getting me this way?"
"For the same reason you're so good at annoying me" Jim says and leans his face close to hers and whispers "we both know each other too well."
At this Jim closed the small gap between them and puts his mouth to hers. The two of them sit there in the cold night for what seems like eternity, neither of them wants to pull back until they finally have too gasping for air. Jim laughs; that same soft laugh he always does.
"What is it?" asks Grace.
"You know what, my Mom is absolutely gonna love this."
"Oh really"
"Yeah, you know how much she adores you, well us being together is gonna make her day."
"Slu fel eh ool un su" says Grace and smiles "do you know what that means?"
"Not a clue."
"It means, let's be together for love."
Jim smiled at her and with that the two of them went back inside laughing and discussing how long it would take Sarah to realise that they were now more than just good friends.
