Seeing Sense (Kira)

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Her words made him smile. She was happy! He didn't think he had heard anything better in a long while. It made him grin widely. But then he felt bad again about what she said about them not talking. That was his fault. He had been so stupid and so caught up in Fontanna that they hadn't really chatted. He had been a real jerk and he knew it. He barely paid attention to the guys as they came in.

He moved closer to Rae. Just because he wanted to show her that he was still there for her, despite the fact that he had been a right jerk and had ruined everything. It wasn't for any other reason. But she didn't take it that way and it made him feel guilty. He saw how she recoiled and he instantly felt awful. Grey moved back to his original position. She didn't want him near her and he would have to deal with that.

"I'm sorry... we can just forget about it until our date if you'd rather?"

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Rae shook her head and moved a little closer to him, reaching out and holding his hand in hers. "I don't want to forget. It's just going to take a while. It's like, for me, this is the getting closer, flirting stage and I haven't done it in years." She smiled softly and saw the recognition in his eyes. She saw how he finally understood how things would be till their date. She moved in closer and rested her head against his shoulder, sighing contently for the first time in weeks.

She heard his chest vibrate and she could tell he was chuckling. She opened her eyes; which she hadn't realised she'd closed, to see him, Patrick and Walter looking at each other and chuckling. "You're going to have fun with this now aren't you...?" She groaned.

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Grey instantly relaxed and felt better. He smiled and wrapped his arm around her thin frame. If she was ready to flirt and do things like that just for now then he was more then happy because it would be a good step in the right direction. He laughed as Patrick pulled a face at them.

Grey glanced down at Rae and brushed back a bit of her hair. "you kinda did bring this one on yourself a bit... with the whole 'I'm not toughing Grey' oh and don't forget your argument as to why you're not so innocent... you're going to need to demonstrate that as well." Grey teased her playfully.

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Rae felt her cheeks flush and she turned her head into Grey's chest to hide it. She peaked up at him before turning her attention to Patrick and Walter. "I can touch him however much I like, but I can keep my hands to myself; just at this moment I choose not to. Besides, you two can't talk. Every second a part of you has to be touching otherwise your as grumpy as hell." She raised an eyebrow as Patrick was about to protest.

"Yeah. We know smart arse." Rae chuckled softly and turned back to look up at Grey, pulling out of his hold slightly so she could sit up on her own.

"My argument...?" She trailed off as she had to think back and in doing that she made them all laugh; they definitely knew she was lying now. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "The tricks? Well, that's just going to have to wait till we're in private 'cause there is no way in hell I'm giving these two sex-crazed idiots a free, steamy show." She turned to them, raising an eyebrow and they cracked up. She turned to Grey and he was looking at her in bewilderment. She moved in a little closer, but his facial expression didn't change. "Why do you keep looking at me like that? It's like you're trying to figure something out, but worse."

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Grey smiled at her and Patrick. The more that he began to trust the guy, the more he began to see how good he was for her. The fact that he and Walter always seemed to make her laugh. And they gave him good advice when it came to Rae. Maybe having them around would be a good thing, they made her happy and he couldn't help but think that maybe her eating sooner and making more of an effort to get well again, had something to do with their presence.

He raised his eyebrows and smiled as she spoke. He still didn't fully understand her. One minute she was the sweet, shy and innocent Rae that he had grown up with. The Rae who had come to him for advice on taking things further with her boyfriend. The Rae who had told him all of her secrets and whose parents had let him sleep over because she was so innocent. But then, sometimes she was showing flashes of a different Rae. Someone who was wild and sexually confident. They were both beautiful and Grey decided that he liked both of them.

He smiled at her. "I'm just trying to work out exactly where you stand with your innocence and your sexuality." He told her honestly, but then he smirked playfully at her. He lent down so that he could whisper into her ear. "Then I'm imagining all of these tricks that you can do."

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Rae would have had a comeback if it wasn't for the last few words Grey whispered in her ear. Her eyes grew wide and her cheeks flushed a bright shade of red as he pulled back. All she could do was stare at him and open her mouth to speak; but ending up looking like a goldfish out of water because no sound would come out. After a few moments with Grey watching her every move she shook her head and composed her features as much as possible. "Well then let me know when you figure that one out. You might be waiting a while 'cause I'm not letting you jump me just yet." She smiled softly and cuddled into his chest.

Into his chest she mumbled something she hoped Patrick and Walter wouldn't hear. "Besides, what I can do in bed with have you turning your answer upside down." And she knew in what was as well. She wasn't excellent in bed, she was the complete opposite; still completely innocent. So when he found that out, he'd probably cheat on her just to full fill his needs; just like Tristan. She just hoped that wouldn't be the case; never had Grey shown signs of being like Tristan, but then again, she'd never been with him in that way.

"My god I want to see her tricks. It's driving me crazy." Rae flashed her head around to stare at Patrick. Walter was snickering next to him, while Patrick was full on grinning like a Cheshire cat.

She shook her head, "You're a perv. Don't you get enough action with lover boy?" She raised an eyebrow and Patrick stopped grinning, only to smirk.

"Oh yeah, I get plenty. We're wild and-"

"Okay! I don't want to hear it." Rae covered her ears with her hands. She knew it was childish, but did she really care at that moment in time? No.

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Grey looked at Rae and raised an eyebrow. He was trying to muddle through what she had just said and work out what angle she was coming from. He wasn't sure if she was sincere or not. If she was playing him. But then, he didn't know how she would be. Had she meant that he would find her innocent? Or was it that she wouldn't be innocent? He was confused as to go with what she had said but then Patrick cut into his thoughts and he couldn't help but laughing.

He looked at Rae covering her ears and smiled as Patrick and Walter started making out again. He shook his head, the two of them were like rabbits. He sighed and turned back to Rae. She was adorable like that and he couldn't help but grin at how innocent his best friend truly was. He gently reached out his hands and pulled them away from her ears.

"Rae... I thought you were experienced?!" He teased her playfully.

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Rae wrinkled her nose up when they started locking lips again, but she couldn't help but chuckle softly. "And you moan at me." She whispered under her breath before Grey turned her to face him. She felt her cheeks flush again and her eyes flickered away. "Y-Yeah, I have so much experience I can never use all of it in one feel swoop." She flickered her eyes away again and sighed, he wasn't buying it.

She wriggled out of his grasp and sat up straighter so she could lean into his ear and whisper, "I'm not." She ducked her head to his shoulder and took a deep breath, "I haven't done anything of the sort since my third time with Tristan..." She trailed off and hid her face in his shoulder again, her face towards the back cushion of the couch. She sighed, he wouldn't definitely want to be with someone else that was wild and willing.

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Grey smiled sadly and lifted up his arms to wrap them around her body gently. She still felt to small and frail. It made him feel both sad and angry to hear her talking like that. He had known that she was just playing but her words confirmed it. But the mention of Tristan made him realise that without that arse ever appearing in her life then maybe she could be the person she was pretending to be. He sighed softly, remembering one time when she was still with Tristan that Grey had gotten her drunk and she had told him stuff about her sex life. He should've seen it all coming but he never did.

He lent his head forward and kissed her temple. "Good... because maybe I can be the one to show you?!" He whispered into her ear. He didn't like her being so sad and down again after everything that had happened. She was finally starting to be her happy, bubbly self and she was eating. He wasn't going to let anything ruin that.

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Rae snuggled into his chest and listened to his words. She nodded her head softly after a little hesitation. She was worried he'd find her the same as Tristan and she saw the look of comprehension shine in Grey's eyes as she looked up at him from where her head now lay on his shoulder. She flickered her eyes away and tried not to think about Tristan; the one man she would never trust. "But I wouldn't know where to start and you'd only have to wait for me to catch up, if I even can..." She whispered, her eyes flickering back to him briefly before turning to look at Patrick and Walter.

Those two were still at it and Rae felt a pang in her chest that she could never be like that. She knew about Grey's sex life, well vaguely, but she knew he did it often; whether with Fontanna or with any of his past girlfriends. She sighed as she came to that realisation, "It's sad really that I'm 24 and have only ever down it three times. Those two must be at it every night and you've definitely done it more than three times..." She his her face back into his chest as she heaved a heavy sigh and Grey's hand rubbed her back.

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Grey tried his best to comfort her. He had seen the apprehension and nerves in her eyes and he had begun to worry. But now that she had let it off her chest he found himself relaxing a little bit. Maybe he could fix this and make her feel better. He lent forward and gently kissed her forehead, tilting her chin up so that she could look at him. He was a little embarrassed about having to say these things to her and he didn't know why. It wasn't like they hadn't spoken about sex before. But maybe that was the problem, they were in a different place right now in their relationship and Grey suddenly felt nervous about what she was thinking of him.

"Rae... trust me on this, I am more then happy to wait and you wouldn't need to catch up." He paused and winked at her. "I'm a pretty good teacher." He smirked playfully before leaning forward and kissed her forehead again. "Besides, numbers mean nothing baby."

He wanted to make her smile and cheer her up again. To play around and make her feel confident about herself again. Cause he had meant what he said and if he was truthful, he didn't really care about sex. Not if he wanted to keep Jae. And he did.

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Rae couldn't help it. She felt her cheeks flush as a giggle escaped her lips. She looked up at him and reached up to place a soft kiss on the tip of his nose. "That sounds good to me." She smiled softly and giggled again as she wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in the crook of his neck. She tensed up a little when his arms wrapped around her tightly, because of the pain it brought from her back, but she didn't care. Grey was here and she was safe; at last.

She heard a clearing of a throat somewhere behind her and she pulled her head out from her hiding place and raised an eyebrow in the direction of Patrick and Walter. "I know you two are like the new found lovers of the day, but please keep the displays to a minimum. New couples are weird."

Rae's eyes widened at Patrick's words, but from seeing the smirk on Walter's face she knew he was kidding. "You're one to talk. How long were you two eating each others faces? More than ten minutes that's for sure. And in my living room, on my couch." Her eyes widened again and she heard Walter starting to chuckle. "Where else have you been in my house?"

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Grey reluctantly let her go. He had liked being able to hold her close and in that way. It made him smile when she seemed to relax and become comfortable. That was what he wanted to do. Make her feel comfortable and relaxed. Make everything better for her.

He couldn't help it, he laughed at Patrick and Walter. The shocked scowl on Rae's face was just the cutest thing that he had ever seen and he had a sudden urge to kiss her. Only, he couldn't do that. Walter looked mischevious as Patrick opened his mouth to respond. "well lets see, your room, your bed to be more specific. We had a bit of fun there."

"Oh and the kitchen!" Walter interjected, winking at Rae. "The work surfaces were useful." He grinned as Patrick sat back and flung an arm around his boyfriend's shoulder.

"Then there was that amazing time in your office... oh yeah, how can we forget about that Walter, you were on fire baby! We definitely steamed up the windows in there!"

Grey burst out laughing and tried to hide behind a pillow as Rae's face transformed into one of complete and utter shock and horror. The two guys looked very happy with themselves.

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With every word Rae's face paled and her eyes grew wider. She shook her head to try and relieve herself of some of her shock and she looked them dead in the eyes. "You are kidding me right...? You didn't do all of that... I mean you're sex crazed, but not that much...I don't think." She knew Grey was laughing but she was in too much shock.

"Oh, but darling, we aren't kidding. Not in the slightest. New friends means new places to explore with our bodies." Walter beamed from ear to ear as his arms snaked around Patrick's waist.

Rae shook her head and stood up, running into the kitchen and checking the work surfaces. "Darling, what are you trying to find? Evidence? That won't work, we're good at cleaning up our mess." Her face paled even more at that comment. Feeling stupid she leant her head against the window.

"You didn't seriously do it in my bed did you? That's... That's..."

"Sexy?"

"Tense?"

"Freaking awesome that you could have found us at any second?"

"No..." Rae shook her head over and over again. "I meant, that's gross... I knew men were disgusting, but seriously? My bed? Do you have no manners?" She walked over to them slowly and looked down at them, her cheeks still bright pink. "You did change the sheets, didn't you?"

She was only met by laughs. "That would be a no." Her eyes grew wide once more and her face paled instead of flushing a deeper pink. She grabbed the nearest pillow and hit both of them round the head.

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Grey couldn't help it, he knew that she was horrified and that he shouldn't. But he couldn't hold it in. The look of horror and disgust on Rae's face teamed with the satisfied smirks on both of the guys had Grey splitting his sides in laughter. He clutched his stomach and laid down on the sofa. Chuckling away to himself. He knew that he should be being supportive and all of her but it was all just too funny.

He calmed himself down and stood up, Rae was still frozen in place. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Resting his chin on her shoulder. "Breathe." He whispered into her ear with a grin. The two of them were still smirking only now Grey noticed that Patrick's hand was sliding higher and higher up Walter's leg. He shook his head.

"We can pay them back... and trust me, they'll probably find it worse!"

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Rae started to relax when Grey's arms snaked around her waist and she smiled softly, closing her eyes. Then she heard his words and giggled. "Knowing them they'd just find it a turn on and start doing their thing somewhere else..." She trailed off, her hand still gripping the pillow, as she looked back down to Patrick and Walter. The two of them still had smirks on their faces and she sighed, "Typical." Then her eyes were drawn to Patrick's hand and she was too shocked to move as it kept getting higher and higher.

"Enjoying the show sweet-cheeks?"

Rae snapped out of it and closed her eyes after flicking Patrick on the head. "Gross..." She tried to breathe again, but she heard Grey chuckling into her hair. "Grey, you're just as bad as they are. Why don't you go and join in if you find it so funny?" Her tone was dead serious and she pulled from his grasp as she went back to sit on the opposite couch, burying her face in the pillow.

"Oh, a threesome. Patrick baby, this is going to be so much fun!" With that, Rae let out an exasperated scream.

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Grey's eyes widened in shock. He laughed at Walter and Rae before scooping up the pillow that she had dropped earlier. Patrick suddenly grabbed onto his hand and yanked him down onto the sofa so that he was lying on top of two of them. Grey started laughing but then realised that Patrick's hand was on his leg. He swung the pillow and whacked Patrick in the face.

"Keep your hands to yourself matey boy! I'm not planning on batting for the other team anytime soon!" He jumped up off of the sofa before flinging the pillow at Walter who he was pretty sure had been groping his ass. The couple just laughed before turning their attention back to one another.

Shaking his head Grey headed over to Rae. "I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but all men are the same... there's just this part of us that's ruled by our... privates?" He said with a smile.

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Rae lifted her head up from the pillow she'd screamed into and peaked up at Grey. She felt her cheeks flush bright red and her eyes were drawn to Patrick and Walter, all over each other. This time she threw the pillow at them and they jumped apart. They glared at her and she just raised an eyebrow, "Problem?" She rolled her shoulders and looked away from everyone to hide the grimace that shot across her face; she should not have thrown that stupid pillow.

She looked back up at Grey and nodded her head, "I know that, far too well." She shook her head to clear the memory and she glanced back over at Patrick and Walter. "That's it." She got up and walked over to the two of them. She put her face between there's and spoke in a whispered tone, "I suggest you stop now." The two of the jumped apart, but not before whacking their heads together with a groan. This time it was Rae's chance to laugh and she turned round to see Grey watching her with sad eyes.

She walked up to him and entwined her fingers with his. "We're going to play a game. I feel like being a child if that's alright with everyone and it will help us all loosen up after the stress I've put you through. So, we're going to play true or dare. BUT, you two," She pointed at Patrick and Walter. "Will not be sitting next to one another, I will be in the middle."

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Grey smiled at Rae, shaking his head slightly at how she was dealing with Patrick and Walter. She was acting like their mum would and it should have made him chuckle. Only what she said before was filling him with sadness. She had been referring to Tristan and the way that he had treated her. It made Grey angry too, that arse had crushed and broken her spirit and it was going to take him a while to build it back up again. But he would do it.

Grey sighed and went to sit on the floor in front of the sofa. "I can't believe I'm the one getting stuck on the floor... as the status of best friend I think I deserve to-" He was cut short by a pillow being flung at his head followed by the sound of laughter. He didn't know who had thrown it so he glared at all of them.

"Fine. Who's starting?"

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Jae couldn't help but laugh when Patrick threw the pillow at Grey's head. She knew they still had things to work out here and there, but them getting along now was so much better than not at all. She didn't know what she'd do if they hated each other. She settled into the couch, but decided to be a little daring and rested her head in Patrick's lap with her legs resting across Walter's. They both threw her an exasperated look and all she could do was grin, "What? This is comfy."

Rae turned her head back to Grey and grinned. "You can. You have to dare the person sitting on either side of you." Then her eyes grew wide. "What have I gotten myself into? Can I switch places with someone, please?" They simply shook their head with a chuckle and she glared at each of them in turn. "Fine. So they've been at it all around my house, and in my bed, and now I have to deal with them in the game. I did not think this though!"

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Grey smiled but felt a little jealous over how Rae was sitting. He wanted to be close to her like that. But he would have to wait, because maybe one day he could. He laughed at Rae and shook his head firmly. There was no way he was swapping places with her. She was making him sit on the floor so he was not going to be lenient.

He grinned and looked at Walter. He thought for a moment. An evil grin forming on his face. "Walter. You have to... hmm... go out and grab the first person you see, unless its a Peacekeeper, and tell them that you need to shag them right away else they'll get arrested!" Grey sat back with a satisfied smirk.

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Rae's eyes widened at Grey's dare. She shook her head in disbelief, "This was supposed to be a nice game..." They all laughed at her before Walter got up off his feet and headed to the front door.

"I've got to see this!" Patrick and Grey stated at the same time before getting up and going after him. She was about to do the same thing, and almost did until she got to the front door. She stopped dead still and looked around, before back tracking and going to sit in the living room; waiting for them to come back in.

When they eventually did, they were all in hysterics and Walter actually look terrified. "Guess it wasn't all that fun for you then Walts?"

He turned to stare at her and mouthed the words, "Homeless man..." That time Rae properly smiled and cracked a small chuckle.

"Okay Walts, it's your turn for revenge."

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Grey was laughing wildly along with Patrick. The look on Walter's face when they had seen the guy sitting on the corner of the street had them cracking up. It was priceless. It was even funnier when he went up to speak to him. To Grey it seemed like Patrick wouldn't be getting any tonight; Walter looked scarred.

But when he went back inside he suddenly felt guilty. Rae hadn't joined them because she had been scared. He should have been there to comfort her, not galavanting off with Patrick and Walter. He felt awful. He walked over to her and squeezed her hand gently before resuming his position on the floor.

Grey gulped and glanced at Walter who shot him daggers but then turned his attention to Rae. Grey sighed. "Rae...I dare you...I'm going to be nice, this time.... I dare you to kiss Grey, tongues and all!"

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Rae smiled softly at Grey when he sat back down on the floor and then her face paled when she heard Walter's dare. Her eyes grew wide and she turned to look at him, "That's nice?" She turned to look at Grey with fear in her eyes and she shook her head, "No. I refuse to do that for your sick entertainment." She put her nose in the air slightly and folded her arms across her chest.

"Well, you know what that means. You either do the dare or an even worse forfeit." This was not going to plan.

"What's that then...?"

He had to think for a moment but then a gleam close to the devil gleam in Patrick's eyes appeared and she shrunk back a little. "I'll go an bring my homeless friend in here and you strip in front of him."

That was definitely worse. She shook her head, her eyes wide with fear and she cleared her throat. "Do I have to do the original dare in front of you?" There was the nod of the head she'd been dreading. "O-Okay." She knelt down on the floor next to Grey and smiled softly. "Re-ady?"

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Grey could see the panic in her eyes and that stirred up a whole myriad of emotions. Worry that she would get upset. Sadness that she was so scared. Hurt that she was scared of doing this with him. Was he really that bad? No, it wasn't about him. It was about the fact that she had to kiss someone when she didn't want to.

He lent forward and gently reached up a hand and cupped her cheek. He smiled at her gently. "It'll be alright... take it slow.." He didn't want there first proper kiss to be like this. But it was going to happen and he would kill Walter for it later.

He slowly closed the gap between them. Putting his other hand on her waist. He gently pressed his lips to hers as softly as he could. He was going to let Rae lead the kiss, let her take it at her pace. But the tingles that shot from his lips out and across his body felt amazing and he wanted to kiss her harder.