Dex's POV

Wait… What the heck is Biana doing? He thought as Biana lurked near a small corner and searched and dug and searched for something… What could she be up to now? I crept up slowly and stood behind her for a long time just watching her before I finally asked;

"What do you think you're doing?"

"Eek! You scared me Dex. And, I just thought I… saw something," She responded with a slight hesitation, but the tone of her voice was sincere. "I wanted to disappear and scare it but I didn't want to raise suspicion here." She added as she stood up and almost fell into the small pile of books she was scanning, but not before I caught her. She looked more delicate than before and seemed to be as pale as a porcelain doll.

"Sorry," She said shyly. "I'm just kinda nervous now because-" I immediately cut her off by pressing my finger against her lips.

"Be quiet," I whispered, "Before you attract attention."

"Sorry!" She replied in a fake sassy tone as she flipped her hair. We laughed quietly until she almost tripped again.

"You okay?" I asked between giggles and let herself stabilize herself on me. My hands were on her hips and her arms were around my neck. We were close. Very close.

"Yeah…" She whispered as the realization dawned on her of how close we actually were. Her bright teal eyes shone in mine and stared back at me. I leaned in closer and if I positioned my head just right, our noses could touch. She glanced at my lips, and I lightly shrugged.

She was asking permission, I realized. Good thing she isn't a Telepath or she would hear my thoughts. Silently, she tipped her head forward slightly, brushing the tip of my nose with her own. Strands of hair bounded against my fingers and we clutched each other as if we were the only thing keeping us standing. She breathed in as I breathed out. I could feel her warm breath on my cheeks. I could see her bite her lips. We turned away at the last second. Nope. No possible way I could have almost kissed a Vacker. A/N: OMG SOO CUTE AND FWUFFY!

"Umm…" Biana murmured, staring at something behind me.

"What?" I asked impatiently as I turned around and found what she had saw…