&quot;Victoire? But when?&quot; &quot;I ran into him after I left the Orsay museum. He's already pleaded your case for you, so you don't have to go through the trouble. Now give me my key.&quot; I held out my hand and waited. Sebastian dropped his head and sighed. &quot;Forgive me. I should have been honest with you from the beginning. God was trying to tell me something when you found Julie's bear under my bed, but I didn't want to listen. I was afraid of scaring you away, and we had so little time together...&quot; Looking up again, he continued, &quot;But you must believe me when I tell you there has been no one else in my life for a long, long time. There was no one when I met you, and now there is only you.&quot; I looked at his earnest expression. &quot;Victoire was right. You _do_ have a silver tongue. You make everything sound good, even lies. Well, I'm through listening. If you don't give me the key I'm going to start yelling.&quot; For one endless minute, we stared at each other wordlessly. Then he placed the key on my waiting palm and left. 2008-07-06T17:58:32Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/25009 <p>I just want to pass out from the&#8230; yeah tensions the right word. Did you have to write it so wonderfully?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25009?basename=76793 2008-07-06T17:58:32Z penguincaptain18 http://ficlets.com/authors/user_5439 <p>Oooh&#8230;tension. I love this series!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25009?basename=56299 2008-04-14T17:34:41Z NightMaiden http://ficlets.com/authors/user_7538