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"I'm sorry Will," I snatched the keys from him. "I have to go. Besides, Molly is waiting for you."

I hurried into the car and took off, leaving Will standing there.

"Where's your boyfriend?"

I jumped out of the last memory I had of seeing Will's face and turned to my mother. It was Saturday, the day of my cousin's wedding and unfortunately for me being dateless meant sitting next to my mother.

"You were right," I told my mom. "It's always hard for him to get off and," I sighed. "I hardly ever see him. It feels as though we aren't really dating at all," I finished.

I wanted to tell myself because you and Will weren't dating at all. You didn't even go out on your first date together. I knew my mother wasn't talking about Will. She was talking about the fake boyfriend that I made up to get her off my back. I don't even remember the name that I used. Well at least I had a guy now to put to the story. The only problem was that the heartache felt so real.

My mother patted my hand. "It wasn't working out was it?"

"No," I shook my head trying to give her a smile.

"Its okay, Christy dear," she pulled me to her. "Mother is here now. In fact I went in to work the other day and the older woman who I had been taking care of in hospice passed away. Her two grandsons are here and they're both single. And…"

"Are you serious," I pulled away from her.

"I heard that they're trying to sell their grandmother's house now. I've heard the woman speak of them and the house. It's a really charming place and I think you would like it."

"The house or the grandson," I questioned.

"Grandsons," she corrected. "There are two of them and if things don't work out with one then you always have the other. I think that..."

"Mother, I am not going to hook up with someone who is mourning the loss of their grandmother," I eyed her out.

"I think that you should give it a chance. Perhaps..."

"No mom," I held up my hand before standing up from the table. "I appreciate you trying to help me but I think after everything that happened I just want to take a small break right now."

I ended up leaving the wedding just as my cousin and her father took the floor to dance. I didn't feel like staying and waiting for the cake. I just wanted out of there. I drove past the center where Will's store was and almost stopped.

I wanted to curse him out or something, anything to get this nagging feeling to go away. The old Christina would march in there, just like those other times I had caught my numerous boyfriends cheating and caused a scene. That's what I should have done. But the memory of him holding Molly came back to me real quick. The heartache was real. The heartache this time was torture. And that caused me to drive back home.

I called Johanna and explained to her that I truly was done with all this Feng Shui stuff. I had hoped that she didn't decide to come over to my apartment but she did. Sunday during lunch, instead of going to eat with the girls she insisted on coming over to see me.

"Johanna," I sighed when opening up my door. "I really don't think that this is working out."

"Christina honey," she walked in, "this isn't fast food. You need to give it time. Remember what we spoke about on the phone?"

"Yes and that's why I decided to call you back and let you know that I can't continue this," I replied.

"Yes you can and you will," she said in a stern voice walking towards my bedroom.

I knew there was no sense in continuing to argue with her. I followed her to see her wrapping her shawl around her shoulders and shaking her head at the scene in my bedroom.

"I did clean."

"There's still more cleaning to do," Johanna nodded. "Under the bed," she glanced there. "This is the most important piece of furniture in your life and the energy needs to flow all around in here, Christina dear," she waved her hands to make her point.

I still was finding it hard to believe. I did all the other things and all it got me was heartache.

"You've done good work already. What you need to work on is your attitude," she pointed her finger into my shoulder gently. "You need to be open to the idea of love. Whatever you had previously thought about a prince charming needs to be forgotten. Not only do you open your home but you need to open your mind," she took my hands in hers. "Christina dear, that's the most important part of cleansing that one will need to do in their life. The mind," she pointed to my forehead, "and the heart," she pointed to my chest.

I sighed and nodded.

"I'm serious about this Christina dear. Keep the energy flowing everywhere, okay," Johanna smiled encouragingly as she walked to the door.

As much as Johanna kept on with her advice I couldn't help but feel that tug on my heart about Will. He wasn't my type and the fact that Johanna kept saying that I had to reject all my previous notions of what the perfect guy would be I wanted to argue with her. I did reject it temporarily for Will and look what happened to me. I got rejected too.

"I'll be back in two weeks. Go and get those lamps back, the candle holders," she said, "and you need to keep an open mind. Love isn't just going to knock on your door."

I just opened the door to let Johanna out and there was Will with a hand raised as if he was about to knock on the door.

I'm not going to deny that excited feeling I got at seeing him there. He put on a shy, crooked smile and looked down the same time he put his hand down. In his other hand there was a bag which I could only assume was for me.

"Or maybe it will," Johanna whispered into my ear with a mischievous smile before turning to Will. "Hello, Will."

"Hello, Johanna," his head snapped up and his grin widened at me before turning to Johanna.

"I wasn't aware you made home deliveries."

Will continued to smile and looked down at the bag and then back at me. "I uh..." He stopped to clear his throat and then look over at me. "I already had this day off."

For our date, our cancelled date, I thought. Quickly I looked away from him and back to Johanna to see her observing this intently.

"Well then I'll leave you two to it," she winked at me. "I'll see you later Christina. Bye William," she patted his shoulder as she walked out and down the hallway.

Will stood there awkwardly for a while, shifting his foot as if waiting for an invitation to enter. As much as I wanted him to come in, I wasn't about ready to say so. Instead I huffed and turned on my heels leaving the door open so he could do what he wanted with that.

"Your pillows came in," Will took that as permission to walk in. "I thought I'd drop them off and see how things were going for you."

Quickly I turned back to see him standing right behind me. "I cancelled that order."

"I know but I want you to have them. You don't even have to pay. They're on me. I didn't want you to give up on any chances at love that you might have missed," Will responded.

"You were right," I let out a sigh. "All of this," I moved my arms around my apartment, "was just some silly idea."

"Then why was Johanna here?"

"I told her to cancel but she came anyway and I didn't have the heart to turn her away when she was at my front door," I closed my eyes before looking away.

"Beautiful and considerate," he murmured. "I still don't understand why a catch like you isn't taken."

"Flattery is just..."

"I already told you many times that I deal with facts," he took a step forward. "Anyway," he set the bag down. "I should get going."

"Wait," I called out just as he turned around. I know I shouldn't have been thinking this but the longer he stayed here the longer he stayed away from Molly. Even though I'd let her have the flirtatious store owner of a player, I wanted to show him what he was missing. "How were things at the store? Have you been busy?"

"Yeah I have," Will put his hands in his pockets. "It's," he paused and let out a small chuckle. "It's been a really busy week and I was looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Well, I was..."

Will trailed off and looked at me before turning his attention back to the ground.

"The store is busy," I questioned, "as in your sales have increased."

"More like put on hold for now," he titled his head back and forth. "Molly's store actually had a busted water pipe. It leaked into the Thai restaurant between our stores and then finally made its way over to my store by the night. A couple of the employees and I were wondering what was happening and that's when we traced it to Molly's store. We were there all night helping her with the pipe. I sent my workers home when Molly broke down crying."

"When was this," I asked.

"The day that we went to have lunch with Tobias and Tris," Will answered. "In fact that was when the pipe broke, during lunch hours. That's how long Molly had to deal with it before she got help. She's close to losing everything," he shook his head. "After everyone left I tried to comfort her but she just clung onto me while she cried. I didn't know what to tell her or," he stopped and let out a sigh. "I went over the next day to see what could be salvaged. A couple of my employees said that we should sell some of her inventory for her in the meantime, until she gets back on her feet."

I felt a lump in my throat as my mouth opened and closed. That was the night that I saw them together in the store. I knew Tris was right. I should have talked to Will. He wasn't hooking up with Molly at all.

"This was," I finally choked out.

"The day we had lunch," Will raised an eyebrow at me as he repeated the day again.

I felt a little bad for Molly's loss but I hated how much she must have enjoyed being wrapped up in Will's arms. I had no reason to be jealous. It's not like we were officially dating. Molly was probably going to strike while the sympathy for her was strong and then turn his kindness into something more.

I remembered the conversation she had with him on the phone. He was trying to help her sell inventory and she wanted to turn it into a date. I knew that Molly was interested in Will from the start and that's when I realized that I was too. Will was not like any other guy I met. He was thoughtful, conversational and kind. If Molly was playing at a game then so would I.

"May you please bring the package into my bedroom for me," I pointed to the bag.

"Sure," Will picked it up and followed after me.

Slowly I took out the throw pillows and set them on my bed nicely. Part of me was grateful that Johanna had fixed up my room a little.

"There," I patted them and stood next to him. "What do you think?"

Will scratched the back of his neck nervously and then shrugged. "It's look nice. Very inviting," he looked away and swallowed. He was probably wondering what I was doing showing this to him.

I just hope that I didn't blow my chance with him. I turned and took his hand in mine.

Quickly he glanced at our hands and then back at me. "I don't understand. I thought you said that you weren't interested?"

Taking a deep breath, I decided to confess on our or rather my misunderstanding. "I decided to surprise you with dessert the day that we went to lunch so I came by your store."

"Dessert," he questioned. "By any chance was it one of Mama Ruth's famous apple pies with the buttery flaky crust," he smiled. I nodded and looked down. Will pulled me closer, taking my other hand in his so that both our hands were entwined with one another. "I saw it on the floor outside Molly's store. I wondered why it was lying on the..."

Will stopped and it seemed he put the puzzle pieces together.

"I saw you in Molly's store and the way that you two were holding one another I thought that you two were..."

"You thought that we were hooking up," Will finished for me. "You're right about Molly. She is interested in me. But as I remember telling you a couple times before, I'm not interested in her."

I took a deep breath and went to pull myself free. "Did you want some wine or..."

Will took my arm gently pulling me back to him. "I don't want any wine or dessert," he mumbled staring into my eyes. He placed a finger under my chin and leaned in slowly. "I want more of you."

He kissed me in the softest way possible before a second passed and he pressed his lips in a most passionate way back onto mine. I pulled him back with me as we somehow managed to fall onto my bed, causing the pillows that he had brought over with him to fall off.

Will chuckled and pushed himself off of me. "We're messing up all this Feng Shui stuff," he smiled down at me.

"I think we're just proving that it worked," I pulled him down to give him a quick kiss.

"I have a confession to make."

"Oh-oh," I teased. "That usually means something bad right?"

We both ended up letting out a small laugh. Will sat back up and pulled me up a bit with him.

"I've got two small candles on my dresser in my room," he smiled shyly.

"You tried Feng Shui? What happened to all that nonsense about it being superstitious," I questioned.

"Okay I'll admit that when I saw purple stones that you used to 'increase my wealthy energy flow'," he stated using air quotes. "I decided that maybe, just maybe it was worth a shot. I also figured that you probably weren't getting together with your perfect match," his smile widened, "like me, because your match's love energy wasn't flowing in his life."

"You did that for me," I smiled.

"If you didn't know by now, Christina," he ran a hand down my cheek, "I am really into you and I would like nothing more than to go out on a date with you, maybe two, maybe a hundred. You are this crazy, spirited and opinionated beautiful women and I would put as much candles and lamps or stones," he said as I started to giggle. "Or anything else that you want to put in your apartment or mine as long as that means that I get to spend time with you."

"You're a sweet guy, Will," I looked at him. "You're smart and just this straight up gentlemen," a small laugh escaped my lips. "I wouldn't mind at all going on a date, or two, or a hundred with you either."

"What are you doing this afternoon? You know," he pulled me into his lap. "I actually have the whole day off for once."

"You had something planned," I teased.

"Yes but she stood me up."

"It's a shame," I snaked my arms around his neck. "She must definitely be crazy to pass you up."

"Into a whole bunch of superstitious nonsense, she is," he displayed that lovable grin.

Will and I actually did not go on the date that we had originally planned which was to go to the Zoo and then have an early dinner. Instead we had take-out, watched a couple movies at my apartment and made out a little. Okay, maybe we made out a lot.

The next couple weeks, Will took off three more days to spend the entire day with me. After work, I still went over to his store to have dessert, wine, kiss or even help him go through his books. I set up a website for him and got some marketing and advertising ideas to assist him with. I did marketing, pitched ideas and proposals for my current job so this was easy as pie to help Will out with.

"Did I ever tell you that I'm thinking of keeping you here," he asked me one night.

"No but," I turned in his arms. "I would like to keep me here too."

I had even got a few people to donate to Molly's store to help her get back on her feet and out of Will's hair. Yes, I officially mark the Inspirational Eye along with its owner as my territory when Will had introduced me as his girlfriend and not as Molly labelled me 'his customer'. I smiled when she left the store.

Now both Will and I were helping Johanna set up for Tori's wedding reception.

"Did you know that Max has been in love with Tori since they were attending University together," asked Will.

"He didn't propose to her until she got help from Cupid," I smiled.

"Cupid," he lifted an eyebrow at me.

"Johanna," I shrugged as I placed another bunch of rose quartz stones on the guests' tables. Johanna wanted to make sure that each guest received two rose quartz as a favor. It was to help with the guests' love energy.

"You know," Will set down his small box of quartz and pulled me to him. "I still don't think it matters where you line up your bed, what you've got underneath it, how many candles, lamps or space you've opened to let the energy flow in your life," he smiled. "I believe that you find the right place for your heart," he leaned lower, "because I know I did."

Forgetting about Johanna and all the other Ya-ya sisterhood girls, Will and I held each other in the middle of the reception hall, kissing one another without shame.

I was invited to a wedding and I finally had a date. Yes the card next to my name said 'Christina Kravitz and date' like it always did. Instead of shrinking in distress, I jumped for joy because I had Will by my side.

He pulled back and our foreheads rest against each other. "Where would you place your heart," I asked.

"Right next to yours," he mumbled pulling my head to rest against his chest where I heard the soft thumping of his heart. "Things are better in pairs."

I let out a small laugh before Johanna called us to stop playing around and hurry up because the guests were going to begin arriving. Will had to admit that even though he didn't believe in it, if it wasn't for Johanna and her energy flowing ways we never would have met and ended up dating.

We continued to flirt, tease and smile at one another throughout the evening. I'm so glad that Cupid didn't give up on me and I had a feeling, looking over at Will, that Cupid had finally got it right this time.

The End.

... for now

Will and Christina will return.

Dauntless Relationship Chronicles
Part 5: Heartbreaker
should be posted shortly...