The Loft (Sara) [Mature]

[Sara Quinn]

Sara held out her hand as he pulled open the fridge. She was so thirsty, she couldn't wait to get her hands on a drink. He seemed to pause as he looked into it though. She craned her neck trying to see what was so interesting in there.

"That's good... I feel the same way."

He closed the fridge, and her gaze turned to him as he held the bottle towards her. She licked her lips, and practically skipped forward to take it from him, a big smile on her face. But as soon as she reached for it, he pulled it high over her head. Instinctively, in her half-drunken, sluggish mind, her hands followed it, reaching up on her tip toes. It took a moment for her mind to realize what had happened. Her gaze dropped from the water bottle to his face.

"Whats the magic word?"

She held the pose for a second longer, and then dropped back down, her arms going across her chest. He so didn't go there. She wasn't offended... Surprisingly. Her height had always been a touchy subject. Instead, she took it as a challenge. One he was going to lose~ She looked up at his face, at the silly grin. She wanted to laugh, but she held it in, trying to keep her face serious. Stupid tall people...

She didn't wanna give in to him. Her defiance and pride bubbled up in her. She was standing pretty much right under the bottle. She tried to hold his gaze as she tried to figure out how to get the bottle from him without giving into him. Well.. Might as well see how serious he was about this...

"The magic word? Bite me!" And then she made a small jump to get the water bottle. The catch? She went for his arm, not the bottle. She wanted to grab his arm and pull it downwards so that she could grab the bottle from his hand.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"The magic word? Bite me!" He instinctively snapped his teeth together with his mouth open to make a biting sound. He would bit her if she told him to. He was not afraid to do that much.

She grabbed his arm, so he lifted his arm higher with a smile on his face. She would probably hang on, and probably be lifted into the air. He would lift his arm so it was straight above his head, this way if she hung on he'd have her right in front of him. He'd grin, it was almost like when the Grinch holds up his dog Max and looks at him. Matrim got an evil looking grin, his free hand would begin tickling her stomach.

"Bwuahahahaha!" He'd say, continuing to try and tickle her if she hung onto his arm. This was a fun game to him, and for some reason he was having just enough fun to keep it going.

Awww, she's so short and cuuuute...

[Sara Quinn]

As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized how bad that had sounded. She hadn't meant it... Mostly... Kind of... He could bite her if he asked... ~ She jumped up, hands closing around his arm. She had expected that his arm would under her weight, and she would be able to get the water bottle from him. But apparently, he had other plans.

His arm lifted higher, and she hung, suspended from it. Her eyes met his. He was smiling. She was scowling. Apparently... Matrim was stronger then she had given him credit for... He could hold her whole weight with one arm... Her heart skipped a beat, and her tummy gave a silly little flop... It made her feel feminine ...

And then he started tickling her, laughing manically. She was ticklish. More then she liked to admit. She tried to hold on to his arm as she began to laugh, kicking and thrashing with her feet, but apparently, it wasn't happening... She let go of his arm and pushed away from him, landing on her feet laughing loudly.

Ok new plan. She straightened, trying to wipe the smile from her face. She stood up straight, and looked up at him, a wicked smile on her face as she met his eyes. She was going to use... FEMININE CHARM~ She moved towards him, and her arms would wrap around his waist, her big brown eyes meeting his, both innocent and sexy at the same time. "You going to give me the bottle Matrim...?"

[Matrim Gallagher]

When his tickling attack worked he felt accomplished. But then she did something strange, at fist he thought she was going to attack him, but she hugged him around the waist, her eyes looking up at him. She was the cutest most sexy puppy dog eyed thing on the planet in that one shiny moment. He looked down at her, and almost felt guilty about not giving her the water bottle, "You going to give me the bottle Matrim...?"

LOOK AWAY MAN! For God's sake... you ever better control then this! Come on.... you can do this... you can look away... you can look away!

"Of course I am," Matrim said. His mental fight was over. He would bend over and plant a kiss on her lips bringing down the bottle of water slowly, and then finally giving in and handing it to her, "You win... it's no fair! You're too... you're too cute." He said. Almost bitter about it. But it was the truth, "It's why I had trouble fighting you the first time we ever fought..."

She was so cute I had trouble taking her seriously until I found out just what the fiery little thing she could be. She may have been small cute and adorable but she was also feisty and had a few anger problems.....

[Sara Quinn]

Sara knew immediately that it had worked. Just as she had planned. She knew it would. No one could resist this look! He seemed to be having an inner battle with himself. It made her want to laugh. She felt so good right now. She had needed this. She hadn't known how badly she had needed the company of someone who cared about her. Someone to show her some attention, and make her feel good. And he had done just that. Matrim had made her feel better...

"Of course I am,"

She smiled. Another win for Sara! She chuckled as his lips left hers. "I knew I would... I always get what I want." He handed her the bottle of water. She took it, taking a small step away from him. Not far. He would still be able to touch her... If he wanted... >_>" ya... She uncapped the bottle and lifted it to her lips, taking a drink.

"You win... it's no fair! You're too... you're too cute...It's why I had trouble fighting you the first time we ever fought..."

She snorted, choking on the water she was drinking. He did NOT just go there. But again... Her pride remained under control. Instead, she found she was smiling. She let out a small laugh and looked at him with mock anger.

"Ya. 'Cuz you had soooo much trouble fighting me, throwing me around, and breaking my ankle eh?" She laughed. Hard. Oh god... She remembered that fight. Her ankle had hurt sooo much. He had beaten her so bad. It was the first time she had learned about Qi... The laugh died away slowly as she thought about it. Come to think of it... She had learned almost everything from Matrim. Her gaze turned to him as she considered. He had trained her, taught her.. Now he had taught her to use her Qi.. To back down from a fight...

She blushed as she felt... some... sort of emotion well up inside her, so strong. Like Travis... he had been there right from the beginning. She gave herself a mental shake, and smiled at him. She really didn't want to think about that stuff any more.

"And who the hell are you calling cute!?" She walked right up to him, staring up at him, her finger poking him in the chest. "I'm not cute, you're just a bloody gorilla. Anything is cute next to you." Okay... now she had to laugh. How was she supposed to be taken seriously if she couldn't stop laughing?!

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Ya. 'Cuz you had soooo much trouble fighting me, throwing me around, and breaking my ankle eh?" She said and he laughed thinking about it. It had been a pretty strange moment, he lost his temper, and she lost a bit of her health and well being. It seemed that happened to her a lot.

"Hey, I'll have you know I felt guilty about doing that. It's why I took you to the infirmary and even stuck around to keep training you. Not to mention the awkward period where I avoided you, mostly because I felt bad seeing you in such a pathetic state with your ankle messed up," He said.

"And who the hell are you calling cute!? I'm not cute, you're just a bloody gorilla. Anything is cute next to you." She laughed, he didn't. He took a drink of his water first, and then stuck his tongue out.

"A gorilla? I saw a gorilla once at the zoo. He was a bit more furry then me. But I do seem to remember rather large muscular arms. So I suppose there is that. Then again, I don't remember being the type to walk around on my knuckles...." He said. Getting closer to her, bringing his left hand to her face, brushing his left thumb against her right cheek softly, "And trust me. If I looked like a gorilla, you would not want to kiss me. I'd have bamboo breath or something...."

He'd lean down to kiss her softly against the lips before walking towards the stairs, "And I don't care what you say, you're so cute you're downright adorable," He'd say as he walked up the stairs. "If you want to prove me wrong though, feel free to try." He'd say looking back at her and motioning his head suggesting they go back upstairs, his eyes traveled up towards the direction of his bed and then looked back down at her, winking at her.

[Sara Quinn]

She stood her ground as he came towards her, talking about some gorilla he saw. She really wasn't paying attention. Sara was focused more on the face that his hand was coming towards his face. As soon as she touched her, she froze, her eyes closing, a sigh escaping her mouth. He was so gentle. His lips touched hers and it was like her mind exploded. She didn't quite understand how he did this to her, but she liked it. The shiver that ran up her spine as he kissed was amazing. As he pulled away, her eyes opened to watch him walk towards the stairs

"And I don't care what you say, you're so cute you're downright adorable..If you want to prove me wrong though, feel free to try."

Her eyes widened. He was challenging her, taunting her. That... Both surprised and excited her. She composed herself and smirked at him, following him back to the stairs. She gave him a knowing smile and took his hand as she started up the stairs. He would follow her. He started this, so he would have to.

This was Sara, and Sara accepted any challenge brought to her. She would lead him up the stairs to the top and pull him to the bed, sitting him on the edge. If she was going to lead, she was going to do it her way. She had been given gentle. She didn't want gentle this time. Those thoughts about Travis were playing on the edge of her mind and she just wanted to forget them. And Matrim could make her forget.

She would push herself up onto the bed, her legs going to either side of him as she straddled him, her hands wrapping around him, one squeezing his neck, the other fisting in his hair as she kissed him hard. Would cute and adorable be able to kiss him with so much passion and need? She didn't think so.

[Matrim Gallagher]

She pulled him onto the edge of the bed, he had a smug smile on his face because he knew how to push all of her buttons. And when she was on him, his hands went to the back of her thighs, reaching up and squeezing down hard on them as she pulled his hair. That was one of the sensitive things Matrim had, it was something that he liked is when someone pulled on his hair. Like those scalp massages that you could have done at a salon. Not that Matrim goes to a salon or anything.... but you get my drift. The other of course being his neck and upper chest. Being kissed or bitten in those areas drove him wild.

She kissed him hard, and he kissed back intensely. He broke away from the kiss, "The way you pull on my hair....." He said briefly, "I like that." He'd go back into the kiss at this point. He leaned back, pulling her with him so that she'd be hovering over him as they kissed, he'd be laying down. His hands traveled upward, taking her tank top off and breaking the kiss for just a moment. He went back to kissing her, now with a better view then he had before. His hand print still burnt into her as a constant reminder.

Sara... thank you for being here for me...

[Sara Quinn]

The feeling of his hands on her thighs as she straddled him had her panting as she kissed him. He was an amazing kisser. It was nothing like when she was with Travis, and she didn't know whether she liked it better or not, but it was explosive, and the moment? Travis was nowhere on her mind.

"The way you pull on my hair.....I like that."

His words had her shivering. Her lips curved into a smile on his as she tugged slightly harder. So that was how he liked it eh? Well she could play that game. He suddenly pulled her forward, and she planted her hands on either side of his head as she held the kiss, breaking it only long enough to let him pull her shirt off. She was aware that the burn would be easier to see in this position, and she felt her face heat, but it didn't bother her.

She moved her mouth down to his neck, nipping and sucking at the skin, slowly, teasingly moving lower down to his chest. She was going to show him who was cute and adorable. She was going to make sure he left this with a completely different opinion of her.

~Time Skip~

Sara went back to laying on her stomach, curled into a ball with her eyes closed. She felt so lazy now. Like she would go to sleep and sleep for a week before she was energized again. She wondered what time it was, but really, she didn't care. It made no difference. She wondered if she should go home soon. What if Matrim was one of those guys who didn't like girls hanging around. But it was late, and she didn't want to walk home. Or go back to that empty apartment in general. There was other stuff to talk about to... She decided she would be the first to broach the subject. But she didn't want to look at him when she asked. So she kept her eyes closed, looking away from him. "So... What now..?"

[Matrim Gallagher]

"So... What now..?" Matrim was energized. At least, he had a bit of energy from what had just taken place. Always did have a little bit, sure he was exhausted, but he felt like he could run a few laps before he crashed. So when she asked this he rolled over to see her facing away from him. He reached his arm around her, cuddling against her back a little. He put his chin on her shoulder, looking down at her even though her eyes were shut.

"Well," He said, "I don't know how much I have left in me before I pass out... so I think it's best if you get up....." He said, "You know, so we can get under the sheets...."

He laughed a little. He wasn't sure exactly what she wanted. But he was alright with her staying here. Besides, he didn't want to be alone tonight. So he'd get under the sheets, and pull a pillow under the side of his head. He wanted to sleep, but he wasn't going to pass out yet. He'd stay up and talk as he went to sleep. "We can just talk till we fall asleep... talk about anything... you know..." He wondered if she'd turn around to face him. Laying on his side facing towards her, his knees slightly brought up.

[Sara Quinn]

She felt his arm wrap around her and she tensed, but only for a moment before she let herself cuddle into him. That had to be a good sign right? That he was holding her? But then he spoke, scaring her slightly when he told her she should get up. Her breath held and her body tensed. It was exactly what she had been afraid of. It was like the stomach dropped out of her.

"You know, so we can get under the sheets...."

... She wanted to hit him. That had been a stupid thing to say and do. She wondered if he knew what he had just done to her. She breathed a sigh of relief, chalking it up to her being... difficult. Like she was looking for something, anything, to make him the bad guy. She didn't know why she wanted to find something like that after the night they had, but she did.

"We can just talk till we fall asleep... talk about anything... you know..."

She pulled herself up, sitting up by the headboard as she worked the blankets out from under her and laying back down on her right side, facing him. She finally looked at him after avoiding his gaze, her eyes searching to meet his. She was about arms length away at this point, but she wanted to be closer. She wanted to be held, and cuddled, and told that everything was ok. But it wasn't. And that was what made everything hard and confusing. It wasn't ok. And talking might only make it so that she couldn't get her one night of comfort. So she wasn't going to talk about it.

She pulled herself towards him, her left arm wrapping around his chest, her right working between his head and the pillow, so that she could hug him. Her face buried into his neck as she pressed herself against him, her legs tangling with his to get closer to him. Her eyes were burning, threatening to cry. She felt so... pitiful. Like her life was just falling apart. Since Travis had left her, nothing had gone well for her, nothing had worked. Things were just getting worse. And she didn't know how to fix it. The only thing she knew was that Matrim, the same person who this had all started with, was the only one making it any easier for her. "Thanks..."

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Thanks..." She said. He smiled, looking at her with his eyes lit up. He was bursting with energy, but he didn't want to leave the bed. She seemed tired and a little upset, and he didn't think she was quite like him. She looked ready to pass out for a moment there. He stuck his tongue out at her for a moment before speaking...

"What's wrong?" He asked her, getting somewhat serious, "At the bar... what were you doing there? I mean, in that part of town. Why weren't you at home or something..."

Why did you come back here with me instead of stay home with Travis.....

"I mean, you didn't seem exactly happy at the bar, and now you look like one of those kids on the telly, you know the 'help save a poor starving child by donating twenty five cents a day' commercial? And then they show the sad little girl, and she's just in rags, and looks like a bean pole. I mean, you look like you might depress her a bit." Matrim said, and then leaned forward to kiss the tip of her nose, "Come on, you can tell me...."

[Sara Quinn]

Sara looked up at him, rolling onto her back. She wrapped her arms around herself. He was asking her serious questions, even if he wasn't being completely serious, and she didn't really know how to answer them... She didn't want to be a depressing little... She didn't know what, but it wasn't what she wanted. That wasn't what she was going for. She didn't want him to feel sorry for her or anything, so she wondered just how much she should tell him.

"I just can't... stay there. I get lonely at home. With Travis gone now I just... Shit... I just can't handle being there alone. I don't handle alone well." She pushed herself up into a sitting position after he kissed her nose, resting her head in her hands.

She didn't really know what to say that wouldn't make her look like a whiny little bitch. No, she hadn't been happy when she had come across his bike at the bar. She had been wandering around for hours. That was basically what her day consisted of now. Wandering and moping. She couldn't just sit at home like that.

"Back before I met Travis.. I was going insane living alone. I get bored and lonely easily, and then I do stupid shit, and end up going stir-crazy. Travis saved me from that... And now he's gone. He left. And now I don't know what to do with myself." She sighed, running her hand through her hair, looking around his room. She wasn't crying. She was done crying. She just... Wasn't all here anymore. Her brain was constantly in a fog, and everything was falling apart. She wasn't sleeping or eating right, couldn't concentrate, couldn't focus. She missed Travis...

[Matrim Gallagher]

"I just can't... stay there. I get lonely at home. With Travis gone now I just... Shit... I just can't handle being there alone. I don't handle alone well." She said, sitting up. He thought about this for a second. Because he could have sworn she was still with Travis, but that didn't seem to be the case considering what she had just said, "Back before I met Travis.. I was going insane living alone. I get bored and lonely easily, and then I do stupid shit, and end up going stir-crazy. Travis saved me from that... And now he's gone. He left. And now I don't know what to do with myself."

Matrim sat up next to her, wrapping his arm around her shoulder and pulling her next to him, rubbing her arm with his hand, "I get that. I do, I didn't know you two.... I didn't know that happened. Look, I'll help him get you back OK? I'll do everything I can to help you. And if he won't... if it doesn't... I'll help you find someone. You deserve to be happy, I'll help you find that. You're my friend after all, and I care about you."

Yes, use the word care, and friend, all to the woman you just slept with.... smart one Matrim.

"I mean, you're my friend, and as a friend I love you," He said. He couldn't remember telling any of his other friends that. It was probably the most open he had been to any of his friends, he was even fighting back the urge to say 'tell anyone and I'll knock your teeth in'. "So don't worry too much. You'll be alright, I'll make sure of that. Sound good?"

[Sara Quinn]

Sara turned her face up to him. Her expression was... shocked to say the least. Suddenly, at this moment, she hated everything about him. His arm around her shoulders, hand on her arm, only burned her. She didn't want him touching her. The sound of his voice and what he was saying. She didn't want to hear it. What the hell was wrong with him? It wasn't that she wanted a relationship with him or anything... Hell, she hadn't really even thought about it up until this point.

But the fact that he had to POINT OUT, after sleeping with her, that they were simply just friends, even going so far as to state, more then once, that she was his friend, and that as her friend he would help her find someone new. Well... How kind of him. She should return the favor.

So he would make sure she was alright? Well, she would damn well make sure he wasn't. Slowly, she leaned away from him, her eyes staying on his. Her face had hardened. It was no longer shocked at what he said, but angry, hurt, sad. Most of all, embarrassed. And if you knew Sara, you knew you should never hurt her pride. Well he had. When there was enough room between them, her arms would lift, her palms open, and she would slam them towards his chest to push him away from her. She didn't want him anywhere near her, or touching her. She wanted him to get far away from her, and what better way to do so, then with her newly discovered Qi~?

Just as her palms were about to connect with his chest, a small green layer of wind blew over her body, swirling around her arms, just above her skin. If her palms connected, something like an explosion would push outwards from her hands, and he would pushed away from her, off the bed.

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