The Best Damn Thing* [Group]

[Liz]

(no prob....same here so don't worry)

Liz smiled at his first remark and then nodded. She smiled at him every now and then and then looked towards the dance floor again, seeing that Santi had now asked Avril to dance. She was genuinely happy for the both of them. She turned her attention back to Logan and blushed a little bit when he said she looked great. Well, thanks Logan. You do too. She checked his cleaned and spiffed up appearance and then smiled. She couldn't help but feeling that she was really starting to enjoy all of his company.

Liz noticed herself once again tapping and it was a song she liked even more, One of the Plain White T's songs. When she heard Logan asking her to the dance floor, she smiled and then nodded. Sure, I'd be happy to dance with you. She replied sweetly. She lowered herself to the floor and then held out her hand, waiting for him to lead the way.

[vampire3]

Avril watched Santiago as he seemed to drift a little off into his thoughts and her curious mind was already starting to work. She wasn't nosey because she wouldn't ask what he was thinking or anything unless she was worried, but Avril tended to just wonder about almost everything, even if she couldn't have the answer. For the first time Avril really looked Santiago over and found herself amused. She hadn't realized it before but he looked a lot hotter then she had thought a few minutes ago... it could just be her mind playing tricks, but Avril had a hard time looking away. She didn't want to seem like she was a pervert staring at him for minutes without even blinking. Avril let a grin melt on her lips as she had that thought, a lot of people thought she was the typical star, someone is just a famous slut. They were wrong though, so wrong.

Santiago seemed to be charming and maybe a little more old fashioned and Avril couldn't help but to like that. most athletes she met these days were to full of themselves and couldn't give a crap to how others felt and they just wanted to satisfy themselves... well, most of them anyways. Santi didn't look like that though, he seemed more laid back and seemed pleased with what he had and Avril thought they might actually be almost the complete opposite in a way... yet, they weren't. For some reason she found they were actually hitting it off pretty well, even if he hadn't been so socail... Avril had been, maybe she was a little bold, but she did get her points across.

Avril gave her head a small shake, not a huge one making herself look drunk or something. Just a small wake up call inside her thoughts that were starting to go off again. Her lips were still in the form of a small grin and only grew a little bigger has he agreed to dance. He took her hand and Avril had already started to walk to the dance floor, only taking a few steps. She hadn't realized how close they were in the first place from the dance floor to were they had been sitting. The song was something by the 'Plain White T's' she could pick out the voices but the name of the song had slipped her mind. She waited for Santiago so she wouldn't drag him on, she sometimes did that... dragged people by their arms or hands to get them where she wanted, but it wasn't because she was being rude. Just because Avril is just... Avril.

While they were making there way to the dance floor Avril looked at Santiago for a moment and commented, "You know, your not like those other athletes." A grin was still pressed on her face as she spoke. "I mean look at those two..." Avril pointed with her other hand at the two guys that had come with him and somehow Avril had managed to keep finding ere they were. They were totally out of it and she wouldn't be surprised if they thought they could both fly by now. Avril had just let those words slip since it had been on her mind why he didn't turn out like those guys, but hey, everyone was different. She then noticed for the first time Santiago wasn't extremely taller then her like most guys were. Avril liked that, she hated feeling to shrimpy beside most men, but she didn't want to be taller then them... just a few inches shorter. It felt nice standing beside him, not only because of his height she wasn't sure the other reason... it just felt good.

[lovasz]

Santiago laughed slightly at that comment. If only she'd seen him a year ago, that difference from the other two would certainly not have been in existence. He'd actually been pretty darn close to exactly like them. Yeah, he'd been a huge jerk basically. It was difficult not to let the fame get to your head when from Freshman year on you're the huge star of the sport, though he hadn't exactly tried to not let it go to his head. After pretty much being disowned by his family for taking up soccer as his career of choice, he'd begun to look for ways to forget them, and what better way for a guy to forget his problems than through alcohol and girls? Back then he hadn't been able to think of any.

That was one of the reasons he didn't drink, though he wasn't too keen on admitting it to anyone. He'd been an extreme alcoholic, almost always having some form of the revolting drink somewhere near by for his access. It was like the unfathomable void that so many people get themselves stuck in when they're looking for a way to forget, to pretend it never happened. I'd like to say that when he was injured in soccer, that was when he quit, but it only got worse. To be perfectly honest, he'd been so upset with the situation that it was rare to find him outside of a club or bar of some sort.

When he finally quit was after he found the horse. That animal was a demon of a beast. He'd gotten himself pretty much completely wasted, then came to the stables the next morning with the world's worst hang over. Despite that, he'd decided to attempt to ride the horse called Fire's Aftermath. As usual, he'd been thrown, but due to his lack of quick reflexes because of the hangover, he hadn't been quite quick enough to get up off the ground and out of the way. He was lucky to not have a terrible scar running across his chest from that. That was when he'd gotten his wake up call. That was when he dropped it then and there. It was incredibly hard to just walk away like that, and not go through the process slowly, but every time the horse threw him, he was reminded that he couldn't drink even a little or it would ruin everything.

He was much better now, but he knew that if he had much alcohol at all, he'd probably get addicted again, so he tended to avoid it altogether. I used to be a lot like them. He said honestly in response, as he walked with Avril to the dance floor. I guess they just haven't figured out that their not invincible yet. He didn't exactly recognize either song or artist, but it didn't really make much difference to him. He rarely listened to music in his free time, because, quite frankly, free time didn't really exist all that much in his life. He was either riding, playing soccer, of dealing with some sort of management issue with such and such an enterprise wanting him to sign on to do such and such a gig. Between all of that, he didn't really have time to spare.

Even as Avril pointed at his two teammates, he didn't look away from her. What was wrong with him? He finally tore his gaze away to look out over the dance floor in an attempt to somewhat distract himself. It didn't really work. For the first time, he'd found himself attracted to a young lady without the influence of alcohol on his brain, and to be perfectly honest, he wasn't sure what to think of that. Maybe it really was something...but he'd only just met her...he hoped he wasn't falling back into his old ways again.

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[Logan Harding]

((OOC: omg, sorry for the crappy post! ))
Logan
Finally it's our time now;
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Logan smiled and took her hand like a gentleman, feeling it's warmth under his grasp. He smirked and lead her through the crowd, reaching a slight opening near the middle. Logan then released her hand and nodded his head to the beat. He chuckled above the noise "I don't really dance" He laughed apologetically. The lights flashed to the beat, and moved across the dim floor, illuminating Liz's face every so often. Logan smiled to himself. He was really beginning to like her... He listened to the song as it played over the speakers as he waited for her reaction.

Oh oh oh oh

There will be no rules tonight
If there were we'd break 'em
Nothing's gonna stop us now
Let's get down to it
Nervous hands and anxious smiles
I can feel you breathing
This is right where we belong
Turn up the music

Oh oh oh oh

This is the dance for all the lovers
Takin' a chance for one another
Finally it's our time now
These are the times that we'll remember
Breaking the city's heart together
Finally it's our time now
It's our time now

This is more than just romance
It's an endless summer
I can feel the butterflies, leading me through it
Take my heart, I'll take your hand
As we're falling under
This is an addiction girl
Let's give in to it

Oh oh oh oh

This is the dance for all the lovers
Takin' a chance for one another
Finally it's our time now
These are the times that we'll remember
Breaking the city's heart together
Finally it's our time now
It's our time now

Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Now
It's a dance
Get up
Come on brothers
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh

This is the dance for all the lovers
Takin' a chance for one another
Finally it's our time now
These are the times that we'll remember
Breaking the city's heart together
Finally it's our time now
It's our time now
(It's our time now)
It's our time now
(It's our time now)
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Finally it's our time now
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[vampire3]

Avril watched the emotions in his face, she had always been like that. She liked to see what people really thought and not what came out of there mouths and she was quite good at it too. She developed this skill while she started to take singing lessons from a new teacher after she had already become famous. They would say she was so great and perfect but Avril knew better then that... she had of hit some pitch errors. So, day by day she read what they really thought through their eyes mostly and Avril would point out what they really thought and the weird thing was... they would deny it. They would tell her 'no, that was perfect and there was no errors' which of course drove Avril insane, but she still pointed out whatever they were thinking... whether they would admit it or not.

Avril glanced at the floor only for a second as he replied to what she had said and her grin reappeared not believing a word he had just said. The image came burning into her mind seeing Santiago go ask some tramp to dance with him and get drunk until he thought he could walk through a wall and come out the other side. Avril shook her head in a non-believing way and looked back up to him and said, "I don't' believe you." Her grin was wicked and almost daring. Her legs shot out from underneath her as she propelled her self onward toward the dance floor and if there was two things Avril knew how to do it was dance and sing. How can you go on stage and just sit on a stool and sing? Not exactly her style, she was more of the type to fling herself around until she fell over cracking up so hard her stomach hurt and her legs gave out.

The second her foot hit the dance floor she could already feel her own life energy flowing through herself. Avril shut her eyes breathing in the moment and caught in the corner of her eye another girl waving over at her. Avril looked real quickly seeing it was Zoe, a girl who came here offend and Avril had met her the first time she came to the club and Zoe had taught her everything about the place. The teen returned the wave before turning back to Santiago and met his eyes and it only took a split second to get lost in his eyes. A tingle ran down her spine, Avril didn't even realized she had held her breath before the song suddenly changed knocking her out of her little day dream there. Recovering she listened to the music that was now playing a song by the Plain White T's.

Avril squeezed Santiago's hand a little harder and with a small tug they were on the edge of the dance floor and Avril had already started to let herself loosen up a little. She wasn't the kind of girl who got nervous dancing in front of others or in this case some hot famous guy and most girls would. Actually most girls would flip out and just jump om him, but Avril was just different... she understood. The music slipped inside her ears her yes only focused on Santiago at the moment. her hips started swinging slightly and she swiftly shifted her optics seeing the pair beside them had their arms up in the air and Avril decided to join in. Avril lifted her arms up and moved her hips back and forth until they almost moved into circles, but not quite.

[lovasz]

You think I'm lying then? Santiago asked, crossing his arms and looking at her in a sarcastic skeptical way from the side of the dance floor. He supposed though, if she couldn't tell and didn't believe he used to be your typical hot headed professional athlete who thought of nothing but alcohol and girls, and thought of no one but himself, then not many people would be able to tell, which was just exactly what he had been trying to work up to. Getting nearly killed by a horse every day can really work some humility into your head, and that's exactly what it had done for Santi. It was no small change either.

As Avril really started dancing, Santiago started wondering how in the world he'd managed to get himself into this. He somehow always managed to get himself completely out of his environment. A year ago, he would've been out there long before Avril said anything, but now...now that he was more conservative and reserved, it just didn't seem...well, it just didn't really fit his personality. Why? He didn't really know to be perfectly honest. Santiago was about to say something to Avril when a bit of a commotion broke out on the other side of the dance floor. Santi looked towards what was going on, and sighed. Let the humiliation begin.

Those two morons he called teammates had found a few guys with attitudes a lot like theirs and unfortunately, not every guy can be "king of the world." Somehow or another they'd managed to find something to disagree about in their drunken state of mind and, as was only natural, started a fight. No doubt whatever it was that they were stupidly about to get their heads bashed in was something as ridiculous as one of them making some sort of "your mom" type thing and it all went south from there. At this point in time, Santiago really didn't want to be affiliated with those two, and hoped it would maybe resolve itself so he wouldn't have to take them away. If they didn't get it figured out on their own, they were probably about to get kicked out, meaning that Santiago would have to leave. Oh joy, didn't those two know just exactly how to ruin Santiago's reputation?

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[Liz]

Liz smiled as she was politely led to the middle of the dance floor. She laughed a little to herself as she already start to feel herself get a few degrees hotter, just from the heat from other people around her. She felt the warmth from Logan's hand and felt somewhat comforted. As they approached the opening that they stopped in, Liz gently let go of Logan's hand and then started to dance some. She would moved her hips methodically to the music and then raise her arms up some, really getting into the music. She smiled and laughed some at Logan's comment. Don't worry, I won't show you up too badly. She grinned and then laughed, Just kidding. Don't worry about how well you can dance...that's not what I judge guys on. She once again laughed and then started to dance again. Soon, the music had changed to more Rap like "Low, Soulja Boy, and Stronger." She once again danced to the songs, getting more into them and dancing a little more risquely as time went on. She wasn't shy when it came to dancing and wasn't afraid to show off her moves.

Liz watched Logan dance as she danced herself and then she laughed again, not so much as making fun of him, but just letting it show that she was having an amazing time. She sighed happily and then slowed her dancing as the last few rap songs had died down. She smiled and then smirked as she heard a slower song come on. Want to dance this song with me? She looked at him questioningly, waiting for an answer, and all hopes on "yes."

[vampire3]

Avril couldn't help but to bring one hand to her hip, something girls tended to do to get the point they were offended. But you could tell by the grin on Avril's face that she wasn't really mad or anything, more of just playing around. Besides he had crossed his arms and so she had the right to look sarcastic too. "I never said that, I just can't imagine you acting like a..." She searched for the right word and went with, "an idiot?" Avril put that into a question not wanting for him to get mad at her anything, not that he seemed like the type he would... just she having a great night already, no point in ruining it. Besides, he didn't look mad he looked like he was being sarcastic and Avril wondered if this was his way out of dancing with her so she pushed a grin across her lips for a second.

Avril looked seeing his two team looking like they were about to start something, not that it would surprise her. She looked at Santiago still moving her hips gently side to side and noticed he looked almost worried his team mates would get into some kind of trouble and didn't want to deal with it. Avril raised an eye brow, "Santi you don't have to watch them, there big boys." She teased slightly, but half meant it. It wasn't she was being selfish and wanted his attention on her...well Avril would love that, but that wasn't the reason. Avril didn't want them to hold back Santiago... they should be able to take care for themselves just long enough to let him dance to one song.

Avril let the music slip into her ears once again and closed her eyes and opened them again and call her crazy, but she swore every time she blinked Santiago got hotter. She shook her head thinking she must of been crazy by the heat or something. She could feel everyone around her getting hot seeing to they must of been dancing for quite sometimes now and Avril knew she wouldn't stay out long before she needed to get some fresh air outside. This place was starting to get a little cramped... She stumbled back for a moment and everything seemed to get hotter by the second. Avril put her hand on her head and stopped dancing... then she felt scared and her eyes widen a little bit seeing so many people crowding her. Avril took a side step and crashed into the pair beside her on accident.

Avril then felt really faint and before she knew it she was on the ground and everything went black...

[Anthony Lovasz]

Santi looked over at Avril as she spoke, knowing she was right. He shouldn't have to worry about them...unfortunately since he was the "designated driver" anything they did would point directly back at him. An unfortunate fact that he'd been dealing with since he started into soccer. Although, he had to admit, the European team members had bee way worse than the Americans. Over there, getting drunk and looking like a moron was normal, so everyone did it...Santi included. She might not believe that he'd been like them, but that didn't change the fact that he had been.

He noticed suddenly that Avril wasn't dancing anymore, and the color had completely drained from her face. He hadn't the slightest idea what had brought this on, but whatever it was, it was cause for concern. Avril? He asked, taking a step towards her. She looked completely uncomfortable with the situation and didn't appear to be quite right. The emotion that next crossed her face was one of almost terror, and he could only guess what was about to happen. He took a step towards her, but as he did so, she completely collapsed the the floor. People quickly stepped away from her, not knowing at all what had happened, and son all eyes were on the girl on the floor.

Santi, unlike the others, moved towards her, and knelt down next to her. If it was a normal fainting, she wouldn't be out long...though if she didn't come back after a moment or two, that would be cause for real concern. He'd seen people go down quite often, considering that soccer was an exceedingly demanding sport and many people failed to properly hydrate themselves before and during a game or practice. This was different though. Usually he would just stand aside and watch, but for some reason, it just didn't seem right this time.

He put one hand under her head, and the other on her back, pulling her into a sitting position, and supporting her head with his arm. It was probably a very good thing that people weren't crowding around her, that would only make things worse. Avril. He repeated, but this time not in question form. He was more looking for a way to get her brain to snap back on, and sometimes a familiar voice saying something familiar was the only thing that was needed to stimulate that function back into working order. He might have appeared calm to the spectators, but inwardly he was really concerned. Why? He couldn't really explain that. Something about her just did that to him.

[vampire3]

Avril wasn't even aware she was laying on the ground instead she started to half dream or more like have a nightmare sort of thing. Everything was dark and she could see herself, but like most of the time you couldn't actually tell you were knocked out at the moment. Then a bunch of people seemed to come out of no where and Avril jumped back seeing she was now in an alley, but was to confused to see none of this was making any sense. Avril felt sweat start dripping down her forehead and on to her lips as three men started walking toward her and reaching their hands forward. Avril didn't scream, which was weird, instead she dropped... and she kept falling and she sat there holding a book now. Avril's head was spinning as her dream carried on.

Next she lifted her eyes from the book and saw a women walking toward her and Avril lept up and poised her hand looking like she would throw the book if she came any closer, but she faded and Avril again dropped through darkness. This time when she landed though, everything went black. Then a voice rang in her head, it was the only one she could hear... she couldn't hear the other people muttering staring at her. It was pretty convenient for someone to faint in a club because they were so drunk, so it never happened to Avril and she knew almost every single person in that bar, so they would know that too. Avril twitched her hand something back into consciousness and shook her head and let a little groan out, but she wasn't still aware of everything.

Avril let her head spin a few more times before she realized the voice had been Santiago's and a picture of him came into her mind and her eyes opened a little bit, almost into slits seeing Santi was holding her up in a sitting position and supporting her head. Avril stopped her groaning and looked at the people practically standing over her but they backed up, but she still felt boxed in. Avril slowly moved her hand to her forehead feeling some sweat... usually when she dreamed, whatever happened there happened in reality which would explain the sweat. Avril she was half out and barely aware but she finally said, "I need some air." Avril's words came out a little croaky, but not whinny. Her optics shifted starting to feel dizzy again, Avril knew she was claustrophobic but only around millions, like at her concerts...but not this time. Maybe, she had pushed her belief a little to hard.

[Anthony Lovasz]

(Yeah...wrong account...I'm lazy and it's late, so I'm just going to use this one )

Santi normally would have insisted that she wait for a doctor to come and make sure she was alright, but for some reason or another, he couldn't bring himself to do so. He was still pretty much mesmerized by her, and couldn't seem to get his mind off of her for even a moment. Maybe he wasn't thinking clearly, maybe he was determined to do whatever she needed him to do for her, but whatever the reason, he lifted himself back to a standing position, bringing her up with him slowly. He brought one of her arms up over his shoulder, and wrapped his arm around her waist to keep her supported. His grip on her was firm, but not suffocating, he wasn't going to let her fall back down again.

The people seemed to part away from the two of them as they headed for the doorway of the building. Some fresh, cool spring air would do her good, and the only place to get that was outside. He pushed the door open with his free hand, and stepped outside. The cool air washed over him in a relieving gust that instantly made him feel much more comfortable, he wasn't sure about Avril though. It wasn't cold, but more of a perfect light breeze that would be perfect to refresh just about anyone. Not too far away from the door was a bench that had probably almost never been used. Who hung out on this side of the door to the club if they were going to come all the way out there anyway?

He lowered her gently onto the bench, ignoring the glance of the men at the door. They could think whatever they jolly well felt like thinking, he didn't really care at this point. He set himself down on the bench next to her, not really even noticing that he still had his arm around her waist. It seemed only natural, so why not leave it there? Are you alright? He asked, kind concern written in every feature of him. How in heaven's name had he managed to care so much about this girl in such a short time? He wasn't drunk, he hadn't had even so much as a drop of alcohol, so what was it about her that so captivated him? Why was he, out of a room of dozens of people, so attracted to simply her? He knew he wasn't in it for the fame, he already had that, so was there something more to it than he thought?

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[vampire3]

Avril wasn't lost in her thoughts anymore, instead she was living reality... which could be good and then sometimes bad. At the moment it was both. Fainting in front of almost everyone she knew was quite embarrassing and could find nothing at all good at the moment. Especially in front of some hot guy who happened to relate to her and she found herself already attractive to him. Still her mind was a little clouded coming back from her fall. She couldn't stand up without stumbling back over so she was greatly happy when Santiago put his hand around her and held to her hip pulling her in closer. Avril lifted her arm around Santiago leaning on him and not surprisingly loved it. He was warm and she took a deep breath before they got outside and his sweet scent filled her throat.

Santi opened the door and they both slowly made their way out and Avril started to breath in the newborn air and filled her lungs in with it. Her optics shifted seeing they were heading toward a bench and Avril let Santiago lead her to it. It was just like dancing almost... you just let the guy lead and th girl follow. Avril had her eyes half open trying to stand up straight but was considerably glad to be able to sit down... especially with Santi at her side. Her eyes shifted glancing over at the door for only a second and saw them point at them with curious eyes... let the idiots think what they want, Avril thought silently to herself. She noticed Santiago didn't remove his hand from her when she was safely placed on the bench, but she didn't even flinch... it just felt so normal for his hand to be there.

It was pretty dark out now, but not pitch black and the night air was starting to make her feel a hell of a lot better. "I'm good now... just a small headache." Avril turned and looked at him and couldn't help looking into his eyes deeply. She held her gaze only for a second and took the risk of leaning more into him. She wanted to put her head on his shoulder and wanted to be comforted... but she had no idea what he thought of her. Sh didn't want to push it even if she felt something like a spark for him... first she would see if he slid a little away from her, that would just say it all. Avril didn't want to be comforted because she was being selfish, if any girl just collapsed on the ground in front of everyone she sort of had the right to be a little upset. Avril looked at Santi and thought about what made him stand out from all the others... sure he was famous, sh already had that, he was average height... he looked normal through other peoples eyes. Though, through Avril's he looked different, he looked special in some way.

[lovasz]

He hadn't realized just how stuffy and muggy the air inside the club had been until he got out of it and the cool air rushed over him and Avril. He was more of an outdoors sort of person as it was, seeing as how he was either outside riding, outside playing soccer, outside with Tucker, or just plain old outside. He didn't feel confined when he was indoors or anything, he just preferred to be out doors doing something productive. Besides, with weather like this these days, who would even want to be inside?

Santi felt Avril move closer to him, and he didn't mind it at all. To be perfectly honest, it just felt right to have her there pressed up against him. Are you sure? He asked, still concerned. Man alive, he must really like this girl. Every time someone passed out before, they generally got laughed at by everyone on the team, but this was so different. His heart had just about stopped when he saw her collapse on the floor. Either there really was something between them, or he was just exceedingly soft-hearted and easy to worry. The second option didn't seem very likely...but could it be the first?

Without even thinking about it, his other hand dropped down to hers, and closed over it lightly. Something about her just drew him in and pulled him to her. He just couldn't resist it, she was there next to him, and it seemed like she was there just for him. For some reason or another, he didn't really care what anyone though of them at the moment, all he could think about was her. He'd only known her for a little while, but it seemed like an eternity. It seemed like he'd known her his whole life...and he wouldn't want it any other way.

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[vampire3]

Avril's heart skipped a beat when his hand came down lightly to hers and that he didn't pull away at all when she moved closer... he didn't even flinch. Avril was taking in the moment slowly and didn't even think about how many men had hurt her and broken her heart through her life... which was why she never even tried to get a boyfriend, she believed they would just end up leaving her or cheat on her, something bad always happened in the end. All the boys would just want her because she was famous but really their heart had already belonged to someone else and had always been using her for money... or they wanted to be famous, but Santiago was different... very different. "I'm sure."

The stars seemed to almost shine brighter even though tiny dark gray clouds were rolling on over them every few minutes, it was a gorgeous night. Only a slight breeze the made her loose hair strands brush against her soft warm cheeks. Her eyes shut for a moment only to focus where Santi's hand was... it felt warm and his skin with soft and Avril breathed the moment. She hadn't been the only one who had felt the spark when she had walked up to him in the beginning of the night and she happy she had over heard his team mates tell him her name. His team mates had actually helped lead up to this moment, but they were still idiots to Avril. Avril then turned to look at Santiago and really look at him.

Something sort of just set her off she Avril started to lean in toward him. She didn't know if he would jolt back and refuse to kiss or would choose he liked her in that why too. Avril could only hope because something felt connected, she felt connected to him and could see no reason why she couldn't express herself. She was already caught up in the moment and like everyone in the country knew, Avril was just a bold girl with a heart.

[lovasz]

Santiago watched Avril in silence as he waited for her answer. For the time being, he didn't even think about what was happening really, it was all just happening naturally, like it was all meant to be. His teammates had actually done something decent for him...even if it was their drunken minds that brought them to do it. He didn't really care. Here he had this gorgeous girl in his arms who he'd only known for an hour or so, but felt like he was already falling in love with her. As much as he disliked his family, his father had been right about one thing. When the right girl came along, he'd know. Right now, he knew.

When she looked back at him, he couldn't help but look into her eyes. She'd caught him when he wasn't looking and now he was hopelessly lost within her. Everything about this moment seemed perfect. He forgot about the two inside, he forgot about the family that had disowned him, he forgot about the black horse that was determined to kill him, all he knew right then and there was that Avril was right next to him, he had one arm around her, and the other on her hand. There was no one else around, the night was silent, the stars and moon were out and shining brightly.

Then she was there, leaning towards him, just waiting for his reaction. Really, it could only be one thing. He closed the distance between them, and his lips pressed gently against hers. In that moment, that one single moment when they touched, it seemed like the whole earth stopped spinning and everything disappeared, leaving just the two of them in a perfect world where nothing could go wrong. Everything was right just as it was in that moment, and it felt like it would last forever, until the sun refused to shine and the stars fell from space. Everything was perfect...she was perfect.

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