Warning - Huge Author's Note.

I do repeat - Truer Than True is now available for reading. Get going my lovely people.

I'm glad you all liked the incorporation of that scene. Some events and dialogue from the show will be used but at the moment - in my head - most of it will probably happen in a different order.

Was anyone else a little disappointed with this weeks episode. I mean, I don't know about you, but if someone said that about my boyfriend I'd be bringing out more than the fried chicken.

Almost finally, most of this fic has been written to a soundtrack of Gabrielle Aplin. Which is why I think you should all listen to her song 'Evaporate' whilst reading this chapter.

Just a word of warning: no, the big S is not going to happen in this chapter, far from it. Obviously though, I don't know all of you personally but I do know from experience that some people prefer the fluffiness, so if you'd rather preserve the 'non-sexual' Kevasty then, well, sorry. It might do well to give me a heads up as well for when I do write some of the more intimate scenes.

Chapter Twenty One

Dynasty choked with disgust as the dry pill stuck stubbornly to the back of her tongue, bitter powder seeping into her throat. She gulped her glass of water quickly and swallowed what remained of the tablet.

"Here," Kevin said, handing her an apple from the bowl in front of him.

"Thanks."

Dynasty smiled as brightly as she could through the throbbing of her stomach and the sour taste in her mouth.

She took the seat opposite Kevin at the table and took a hungry bite of the apple as she winced.

"How do you feel today?" Kevin asked anxiously, his eyes studying her face for any further signs of pain.

Kevin had grown used to the dark, heavy smudges beneath Dynasty's eyes eyes as he had the marks beneath his own.

"I'm tired. I didn't sleep well," Dynasty mumbled, taking another drowsy bite of her apple.

Kevin raised his eyebrows and ran his fingers over the back of her hand, sliding his fingers between hers across the table.

"You should've woken me up, Dyn."

"I'm fine; it wasn't like that," Dynasty assured him hurriedly, smiling tightly.

Dynasty blushed subtly as Kevin's thumb traced small circles across the skin of her hand.

"Actually, it was a good dream," Dynasty hedged.

Kevin pushed himself away from the table. He scraped away what was left of his lunch and washed his plate. When he returned, he smiled and took Dynasty's hand again.

Dynasty eyed his skin against hers.

"So, do you want to tell me about it?" Kevin asked, pulling his chair closer to Dynasty's.

Dynasty bit her lip, half nervously, half seductively.

She could still feel Kevin's weight against her body, clouding her senses.

"I don't think I should," Dynasty whispered.

She allowed her lips to graze softly against Kevin's neck as she leaned into his ear before nodding behind her at the two occupied tables in the dining room.

Dynasty laughed, taking the final bite of her apple as Kevin swallowed slowly.

"Erm, so..."

"Oh don't get like that; it's not like we haven't done it before," Dynasty teased, ruffling Kevin's hair before gripping his shoulder tightly and hauling herself to her feet.

The now familiar airiness, bought about by her medication, overwhelmed Dynasty and she struggled against the nausea that unsettled her balance.

She tossed her apple core into the bin that rocked gently as the browning fruit hit the sides. Kevin padded along behind her, his footsteps muffled by the carpet but clear to Dynasty as she made her way along the hallway.

"Yeah, I know, but Dyn," - Kevin grasped Dynasty hand as she began to climb the stairs - "if you're thinking about that again then we need to talk about it," Kevin finished, coaxing Dynasty towards him until she stepped down to his level.

Dynasty studied Kevin carefully, as she often did when she was unsure what to say, incase his face might reveal what he wanted her to say. She found only hopeless concern in his expression.

"What do you want me to say?" Dynasty asked finally.

Kevin reached for her other hand.

"I... I want you to say that if I kiss you, properly, right now, that that's what you want," Kevin replied in a low, soft voice, inclining his head away from the dining room door, still open wide from their exit.

Dynasty cast her eyes away, avoiding Kevin's gaze.

Calming her racing heart, Dynasty flicked her eyes back to Kevin's.

They glimmered with a silent challenge. The Dynasty look that always meant 'I dare you' to Kevin.

"Why don't you find out?"

Dynasty tilted her head endearingly and shifted closer. The sugary, cherry scent of Dynasty's hair seeped into the air around them.

"Kevin," Dynasty urged, somewhat impatiently.

Kevin felt fire sweeping through his nerves, the tension between his eyes locked with hers blinding him.

Hesitantly, as though they were once again stood out on the windy pier, Kevin's arms wound around Dynasty's waist lightly.

Dynasty bit back a faint groan as Kevin's embrace pulled her aching stomach against his, the heat that radiated from his skin searing the wound through each layer between them.

Though Kevin inched ever closer, to Dynasty his procrastination was infuriating.

"For God sake," she sighed, burying her hands in Kevin's hair as she had only two months ago in Waterloo Road's student library.

Dynasty couldn't say whether she had captured Kevin or whether his lips had been the first to seize hers. Regardless, Dynasty succumbed to the sudden, burning flush that erupted across her skin.

Kevin kissed her urgently, afraid she might pull away at any moment whilst equally afraid his enthusiasm may scare her anyway.

Oblivious to Kevin's muddled thoughts, Dynasty continued, dragging him earnestly towards the stairs.

"Now, are you planning on guarding those stairs indefinitely or can we still access more than just the ground floor. Heaven forbid anyone should need the toilet!"

Kevin's eyes widened with embarrassment as he hastily thrust himself away from Dynasty.

Beside him, Dynasty's cheeks burned a delicate pink that Kevin silently hoped was from his kiss, and not her own chagrin.