Author's note: Okay. So onto the second part of this story. I hope you enjoy. Please don't read this one first because otherwise you won't know anything that is happening.
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Carter and I have been glancing at each other all day long. Even if he leaves, when he came back he would make sure I was still there doing my work. Now in a realistic situation, your not supposed to have office relationships. But since ours isn't exactly a relationship, yet, I suppose it would be okay. Somehow all day, Ricky and Joey have not noticed anything. Not like I would want them to, this is my life and my private information. If Carter and I really do end up together then I will tell them. But for now, no way. We managed to keep the camera crew not noticing either, even after they put us together super close for one scene, and even though Carter tried to place his arm around me on their lunch break, still. No one noticed. Personally, I would like it if Carter and I started something. I know it might take up a little bit of work time but I would still have a job and a life of my own. I just don't know if he feels the same way.
"So, when are we going to do something again? Any ideas?" He asks after work. He is putting on his jacket. "I don't know. I mean, what about your daughter?" Carter frowns. "Really she is our daughter but if you don't want to acknowledge that at the moment, that is fine." I look down awkwardly. "Sorry. Didn't mean to say that." he says. Then I look up at him. "Well, it was a very nice thing that you did." I say as we walk toward the elevator. "What did I do again?" He asks. I shake my head. "The hug remember? When you hugged me that night?" Carter nods his head. "Now I remember. Sorry, Short term memory." I look forward. "So you didn't answer my question. When can we go out sometime?" He asks. I look at him. He looks curious so I sigh. "I mean, tonight is Friday, so you wanna do something later?" He's shocked and then he smiles. "Sure. Of course. Where should we meet?" We agree on meeting back at the front of AlvahCorp and then making our way around the city. Then it's quiet until we both say goodbye until later.
Now it's later on, and I'm getting ready. I think I'm just gonna stay the way I am for now. My work outfit is quite nice, and it's not that office feeling. When I meet Carter in front of the building, he smiles. "Phew. Didn't think you were gonna show. So how are you on this lovely cold evening?" I smile back. "I'm great thank you" I say placing on my white gloves. "Does Kacey know?" He shook his head. "All I told her was I had to get back to work." I nod. We start walking around and the sun is starting to set. "So where would you like to go?" He asks. I shake my head. "No where. Just want to walk and listen to you." He smiles, and I sort of melt inside. So, me being the person that I am, I take his arm in mine and he pulls me closer toward him. "Do you ever think back to when we... had something Mallory?" He asks. I look up at him. "No. Not really. Not until now actually." He's curious why. "I mean, before you came back, I was so wrapped up in my city of the future that I had no thought of you ever cross my mind. Sorry. Did that offend you?" He shakes his head and takes my hand in his. "Not even a little bit."
We continue to walk a little more until we make it to the front of Carter's house. "This is it. This is where I live." I look around the outside. Very large and very pretty. "wow. It's amazing. Your very lucky." He thanks me and takes me to sit on his front steps. "So. Nice night huh? Nothing too exciting like a dinner or anything, but we'll get to that." I smile. We keep on sitting in silence for another five minutes. So finally I say something. "Thank you for everything. You are so sweet and nice and perfect and also it's cute when you smile at me." He looks down at me when he hears that last bit. "What did you say? You think I'm cute when I smile at you?" I nod shyly. Maybe I shouldn't have said that. But instead, he turns my head toward him. "Well, what if I said that you are so sweet and nice and perfect and...very cute when I look at you." He smiles at me so I smile back. I think we are both thinking the same thing. Suddenly, I feel the urge to kiss him. He looks into my eyes and feel them move down toward my lips. Finally, we both lean in and kiss. It feels different from the times before that I've kissed him. When we break apart, he smiles. "Um, wow. That was...." "That was perfect." I say. "Thank you." So before I leave, I kiss him again. This time we can't seem to pull apart. When we do though, he both laugh and our hands meet. "Thank you." We both say at the same time.
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Okay! That's it for part 2! A little shorter than the first, but a lot of romance between these two. Now I'm taking suggestions for part 3