Elisabeth Naughton

This particular song__ just something that__ been floating around inside me for a long time,_ Tate went on. __s she the one who got away? Yeah. She is. But it__ because she got away that I__hat we,_ he clarified, __re all here now._ __ow do you mean?_ the interviewer asked. Tate was silent for several heartbeats, then said, __hen I met her, I was playing ball. She knew I wasn__ that good. But she also saw a talent in me I didn__ even know I had. She__ the one who encouraged my music. I lost her after that summer, but it__ because I lost her that Kendrick was even formed. So yeah, she is __verything._ She__ everything I have and everything I__ missing._ __ould it be safe to assume you work as hard as you do because you__e trying to prove to her what she__ missing?_ the interviewer asked. __o,_ Tate answered. __ot really._ __hat__ a load of crap,_ someone muttered in the background. __kay,_ Tate said louder. __aybe it__ a little true. Did I hope she__ one day hear one of these songs about her and call me up? Sure. I think that__ the whole point of tracks like this. That there__ hope. I mean, that__ what life__ really about, right? Without hope, what the hell does a person have?___ lot of___EEP___ng fun,_ Jace interjected.

Still hate the water, bitch?""Wh-What?

I doubt your Argonaut kin would approve of that,_ she managed. __hey didn__ much like me being in your realm.___hey__l just have to get used to it. Some things in life are more important than duty and honor.__ods, how she wished that were true. __othing in life is more important than duty and honor, Titus.__e cradled her face in his hands again. __ou are.__hat was it. All she could take. A desperate need to be close to him one last time overwhelmed every thought and action. She pressed her mouth to his. Kissed him hard. Gasped when his arms closed around her waist with the strength of a vise. Lost herself in the sweet taste of his tongue stroking urgently across hers.__ want you,_ she whispered against his lips. Desperation clawed at her soul.She pressed her lips to his again, opened, licked into his mouth. Warmth, wetness, hunger caressed her tongue in an erotic dance. She trailed one hand down his bare chest, over the waistband of his pants.

H--__ow did we get in the water?___ou were burning. I needed to do something to cool you. As soon as I carried you in, though, you started flailing around. Scared me,_ he added on a whisper.That explained the dream. But it didn__ change what she knew was coming. She pressed her face against his neck and drew in the sweet scent of his skin. Loved the rasp of his stubbly cheek against her flesh.__hy do I get the feeling you__e holding something back?_ he asked softly.Because he was smart. And because even in the short amount of time they__ been together, he__ learned more about her than anyone else in her entire life. __ believe in signs. I never did before but_I dreamed about you.___ou did?__he nodded. __ think I have for a while, I just_I didn__ know it was you. But now__he swallowed hard. __ should have waited for you. It__ the biggest regret I have. I__ sorry I didn__ wait.