"What do you want?" Hardly very friendly, Charlotte," he said with an expression of mockrebuke. "How long is it?" Five years," I said, my voice cool. ...What do you want?" Why don't you sit down. Can I buy you lunch." I seem to have lost my appetite."He shrugged. "No problem. Do you mind if I have some, I'm starving."He sat down and indicated I should sit opposite. For a moment I thought Iwould just turn and walk out, but tempting as that option was it wouldonly postpone dealing with whatever had. ." "We're both totally caught up in each other,and it will hurt both of us when I leave,but it's not like I won't come in on a regular basis..she's so damn possessive,I couldn't do what I do best with her around..I fell for her the moment we met,and I know its cause of her youth & inexperience thats driving it..Please keep it between us, things could change....Listen,I got Matt clued in on what you like,so cut him some slack,and I think he'll come around"..He's attracted to you the same way. She looked up and down the freezer, God there was a ton of ice cream in grocery stores these days.“Which flavor do you like?” she asked, realizing she was asking because she wanted to know more about this decidedly above-average man who had suddenly interrupted her admittedly zoned-out shopping.“That kind. Lemon,” he said, pointing to a small container of lemon ice cream on the third aisle down. Julia looked at his hand as he pointed. It was a nice, clean, large, defined, hand. She imagined hi. When nothing seemed to stand out to him, he started down the hall and into the common room, where the first of the fires would have been. It was then that he noticed something, and he stressed his ears to listen. It was faint, but the sweetest melody he’d ever heard resounded through the hall, almost making him forget to stay poised for attack. He pulled himself away from listening so closely and started down into the common room, not because he wished to find whoever was here, but because.