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Holly slid out of Troubles office and sloped back to her cubicle. She sat at her desk, took a sip of coffee and began to fill out an e-form.

Bing!

So??????????

So?????????? What???????????

U and trubble!!!!!!!!!!! Wat happened!!!!!!!!!!

Nuffin

Do we have 2 go through this evry time we msg!!!!!! wat happened??

Ok. Well. Um….wait how did u know I was out of his office?

I heard u leave. Duh

Right. Well. U know how I walked rite into him

"My office. Now."

"Ok." Said Holly meekly.

Trouble ushered her in, locked the door, turned off the intercom and unplugged the phone. Best to have no distractions.

"What happened, Holly?"

"What happened when?" Holly sat on the visitors chair.

"Earlier, in this very room, if memory serves."

"Memory serves, Sir. I'm not sure what happened actually."

"Well Hol-Why did you call me sir?"

"No reason." Holly clicked her tongue.

"I believe that you attempted to-to kiss me."

"Well, Trouble, I didn't." said Holly. "You tried to kiss me. I could file for sexual assault or misconduct or something."

"Would you?"

"Probably not. Almost definitely." She shrugged.

"And why not?" Trouble asked.

"I don't know. Too many forms. And I gave Chix about eighty chances."

"Mmmm. So you're giving me another chance." Trouble nodded. "Cool."

"Very cool. Trouble." Holly paused. "Why did you try to kiss me?"

"Why did you try to kiss me?"

Holly studied her hands. "I don't know. You're….um…well….you're kind of….."

"Sorry?" asked Trouble. "Didn't catch that."

"You're kind of…cute. And nice. There. I said it." Holly looked up. "Your turn."

"Erm." What could Trouble say? Yeah, you think I'm cute, I've been in love with you since I first saw you? "I think you're…I like….I think…I've been…I've been in love with you since we first met."

There was a clunk as Hollys jaw hit the floor.

"I think." Completed Trouble.

How do you answer a thing like that? Holly asked herself. She found herself saying, "You think?"

"I'm not sure." Trouble helped Holly up.

"How can you be not sure about something that big?" Holly asked him.

Trouble slumped in his chair. "I don't know. What about you?"

"Well you're cute-ish. In a rugged cop kind of way. And nice. In a nice way."

"Ok. We've established that I'm cute and nice."

"Uh." Said Holly. "And I really do like you. A lot. Lots. Um. I've never been in love before and I'm guessing you haven't-"

"Correct." Said Trouble.

"So I'm guessing the fact that I want to either die or faint or, uh, um…how do you say this to your boss…kiss you when I see you might mean I am in love…BUT I'm not sure about that because I've never been in love and-"

"I kind of feel the same way when I see you and stuff." Trouble blushed.

The elves shuffled their feet and looked around the room.

"I have liked you for ages Trouble." Holly told the floor. "Like, when we first met I thought you were pretty hot."

"Me too." Trouble said to the ceiling.

They both looked at each other and said at the same time;

"If feeling like that-no, you go."

Trouble rolled his eyes. "Ok. If feeling like that is being in love-which I've never been in-"

"IthinkIaminlovewithyouTrouble." Said Holly suddenly, eyes wide.

"What?" asked Trouble.

"I think I do love you." Squeaked Holly, terrified.

"Holy sh- I think I love you too."

Holly bit into her thumb. "I have to go," she squeaked, and ran.

Um, Holly, I h8 2 tell u this, but I could actually hear ur entire convo.

WHAT!?????????!?!?!?!?!

There's this little hole in the wall between his and mine offices and I could hear everything. But no 1 else could. CALM DOWN.

I AM CALM BUT I JUST D'ARVITING TOLD TROUBLE KELP THAT I MIGHT BE IN LOVE WITH HIM AND I KNOW I AM

Don't type so loudly. Get in there and tell him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I would. He's probably going to come out there and tell you he loves you soon. I can hear him pacing.

Fine im going in but plug up that hole u nosy little…

Holly shut the door behind her, waiting for Trouble to turn around on his next lap of the office. Except she just wanted to get it over with.

"Trouble?" she asked, locking the door.

"Holly?"

Trouble wheeled around. "What is it?"

Holly thought she was going to faint. "I-I-I-I-I do love. You. I do love you."

Trouble stood there, stunned, mouth hanging open.

He blinked. "Wow." He said. "I love you too."

Then Holly did something Trouble had wanted her to do since that first day of the Academy. She kissed him. And he kissed her back.

The End.

FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, just I don't finish many of the things I start (movies, conversations, homework) and it's a big relief to type those six letters, space and full stop.

I was going to separate this into two little scrappy chapters but I figured it'd be easier and quicker to just do one. Then I was worried it would totally suck, but then again, it could just be crappy. Which it is to me. And this one took a long time because I had to keep writing to my version of romantic music, and it's irritating having to keep skipping to Your Guardian Angel but I kept getting writers block listening to Cancer (that song is beautiful, but a serious downer) or Baby It's You, which has now been exiled from my iTunes library.

But seriously, I suck at writing romance. Never again.

Anyway, I'd like to thank all my reviewers who stuck with the story and reviewed nearly or all of the chapters, so thanks everyone!

Now review! Please! Pwitty Pwease!!

Nicola.