Ash & Mary-Lynette: Reunion: 3:

All the way to the prom, Mary-Lynette kept glancing sideways at Ash.

He looks really good, she thought to herself. It was going to be difficult to pay attention to anything else tonight.

By the time they arrived at the school, it was packed with nearly every student in Mary-Lynette's year, and all the teachers too.

Uh oh.

Ash noticed her expression, and held her hand to try and soothe her.

"Mare? What's wrong?" He asked, concern saturating his tone.

"I can't walk out in front of all these people!"

Ash looked confused, "Why not? You look stunning."

"It's not how I look. I just... can't walk in these shoes. They're too high! I'm going to fall flat on my face, and it's going to be really embarrassing, and I really don't want that, I mean, I'm finishing school and I don't want people to remember me as a klutz who can't even walk in a straight line!" She was rambling, but she couldn't get the image of herself sprawled on the floor out of her head.

"Is that it?" Ash asked, while trying to disguise his laughter as coughing. "Don't worry Mare, I won't let you fall," he added seriously.

She turned to look into his eyes, and knew in that instant that she would be fine, as long as she was with Ash. Mary-Lynette gave a small smile before leaning towards Ash to give him a kiss.

"Thank you," she whispered against his lips.

"You're welcome," he whispered in reply. "All right, the sooner we get in, the sooner we can leave."

Mary-Lynette chuckled and let Ash open her door for her before holding out his hand. She managed to get out of the car okay, but still clung onto Ash while he practically carried her into the grand hall. It was beautifully decorated, with silver and gold fabric draping along the walls, huge columns separating the dining area from the dance floor. And best of all, was the black fabric with tiny spotlights that covered the whole ceiling to make it look like a night sky.

"Wow, I can't believe they managed to do this. Considering the state of it just last month."

Ash however looked unimpressed, he just shrugged. "It's okay I guess, but they could have spent a bit more on it though surely? It just looks a bit... plastic."

Mary-Lynette gave him a feeble slap on the stomach. He just laughed and tried to drag her towards the dance floor.

"Ash, what are you doing? I can't walk in these, never mind dance!"

"Look Mare, like I said before, I'm not going to let you fall. You will be fine. You may not know how to dance, but I do. Do you trust me?"

He stared at her then, making her knees go weak ever so slightly, which was not very good taking into account the shoes she was wearing.

"Of course I trust you."

Ash very slowly led the way to the open floor, every so often moving chairs out of the way so that Mary-Lynette had fewer things to trip over. When they were on the smooth flooring, Ash prised Mary-Lynette's grip off of his arm, moving her hands so they were around his neck.

"Secure enough?" He asked.

"Yes. Thank you Ash."

He leaned in towards her ear, "My pleasure," he whispered, tickling her ear with his breath.

He very slowly slid his hands away from hers, which were still around his neck, down the length of her arms and towards her waist. The whole thing sent pleasant shivers through Mary-Lynette's body, and she pulled herself closer to Ash, so there was now no space between them. They slowly started to spin around on the spot, all the while just staring into each other's eyes.

Mary-Lynette was so absorbed in Ash that she forgot where she was, that is until someone bumped into her, causing her to topple over sideways. Luckily Ash caught her in time and just made the whole incident look like an over complicated dance move.

"Right, that's it. I am never wearing heels again," said Mary-Lynette. Her head was down and flushed from embarrassment.

At least I gave it a go, she thought to herself.

Ash however didn't feel the same way. "Mary-Lynette why not? So you had one minor mishap, who cares? No one even noticed!"

"Ash, why do you even care so much? They're only shoes."

He actually looked a bit reluctant to speak at first, which surprised Mary-Lynette. Surely her footwear didn't affect him at all.

"Because..." he whispered, leaning towards her again so they were nose to nose, and so all she could see where his ever changing eyes. "You don't realise how sexy you look right now. And those shoes make your legs look to die for!" As he said this his hand was creating a smooth pattern up and down her thigh, as if to prove his point. "Not that you don't look sexy all the time," he added in a normal tone.

Mary-Lynette only vaguely heard what Ash said, she was concentrating too much on breathing steadily, which was hard due to his hand caressing her leg and his warm breath on her face. All of this combined with his loving stare made her feel dizzy.

He was still talking, but Mary-Lynette was only admiring the way his lips moved. Suddenly Ash was looking at her with a strange expression. She tried to think if he had asked her a question, but her mind came up blank, so she did the only thing she could think of. She kissed him. It was meant to be a quick reassuring kiss, but soon turned into something much more. Her hands were stroking his neck and hair, while his were practically roaming her whole body – well the parts he could reach anyway. Mary-Lynette grazed he tongue against Ash's bottom lip, and in response he opened his mouth slightly, allowing their tongues to meet.

All too soon, Ash pulled away, gasping for breath as he leant against Mary-Lynette's forehead.

"God I love you Mare," his voice was shaky and slightly husky.

Mary-Lynette gave an unsteady laugh, "Love you too."

It was the perfect moment. She was with Ash, in his arms, knowing he loved her. All the while under the stars, even if they were fake.

Hey, what do you think? I'm not sure whether to continue or not, because I'm not sure what else to write! Let me know if you have any ideas, that would be really helpful. If I can't think of anything I will leave it at this, there is only so much fluffy stuff I can put into a multi chapter fic. Thanks for reading! :) x