Common Interests [Ellie]

[Elisia Lark]

Elisia tilted her head to the side as she waited for him to guess. She knew she had him though. It was quite the accomplishment she felt, beating someone when it came to music. Sure she kind of had the advantage of being raised by three different people with all kinds of musical preferences, but it was still a wonder that she managed to remember all of them.

"Ha!" She fist-pumped and did a little dance with a smile. "Oh don't worry, I'll train you in the ways of my awesome musical knowledge," She tried sounding all cocky and arrogant, but coming from her it probably just sounded funny. Ellie was the farthest thing from being either of those things.

Ellie's eyebrows pulled together as she tried thinking about all of the many things her father listened to. Both of them. Tim and Patrick had a wide variety of musical knowledge, just like she did. "Well my one dad prefers showtunes and he also is in love with the song Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers. Which I can't really blame him for because that song is pretty amazing." She didn't much notice that she referred to him as one of her dads. It became a force of habit.

[Zac Stanson]

Yeah, Ellie and 'cocky and arrogant' didn't really work. All it did was make Zac think she was even cuter. And her little smile while she celebrated, with her lips seeming to beckon him- Zac mentally stopped himself. Although... What harm could it do?

Zac looked at Ellie while she talked about her father - about one dad, actually, suggesting she had a stepdad - but Zac was more drawn to her face and the way it moved when she spoke, the way her hazel eyes lit up when she smiled. When she stopped talking, Zac looked at those eyes and smiled, but not the same cocky grin as usual. This was a smile, not a grin.

[Elisia Lark]

Elisia was oblivious to just about everything. Like, super oblivious. She didn't know when people liked her, she didn't know when a 'perfect time' to kiss was. She was clueless when it came to dating and boys. Flat out clueless to all of it. So being as oblivious as she was, she just went on talking, "My other dad, he's really big into eighties rock bands. Bon Jovi is probably his favorite band ever. Guilty pleasure, too. He's in denial about his taste in music, but I don't understand why. All music is generally good."

She finally paused long enough to realize he was looking at her. Not just listening and looking, but more like staring. And she couldn't even look away from him when she noticed it. His smile was pretty, not like the other half smirk things, but this genuine smile he seemed to have. Ellie blushed involuntarily and looked away shyly. For some reason she felt extremely self-conscious under his gaze, but it made her stomach do that weird flipping and tingling. She didn't understand what was going on.

[Zac Stanson]

Zac listened to Ellie say about her other dad. He must have been right about the two dads, but she didn't say whether they were together or if one was with her mum, so Zac just assumed the latter. Not that it mattered.

When Ellie did stop speaking, Zac caught her eye. She looked away, her cheeks blushing. It was now or never. If he didn't act now it would just be an awkward silence. So Zac touched a hand gently to Ellie's face and turned it, so she was facing him. Then, leaning in and twisting his head ever so slightly, he put his lips on hers. He kept them shut, though, just in case he had read the signs wrong and had, in fact, fucked up.

He stayed like that for a few seconds, then broke free, smiling is genuine smile, but much broader than before. He really hoped she was in the same camp as he was for this. Otherwise... Well, for starters it would be really awkward, and secondly, he really liked her.

[Elisia Lark]

Oh boy did Ellie feel flustered. She was so unsure about relationships and boys lately that her radar of signals was all out of whack. So the whole staring into her eyes thing made her fairly unsure because on the one hand she could be right and he did want to kiss her or she was way off and he had no desire whatsoever. Maybe she had something on her face! Oh no. She was about to totally freak herself out, which was partially why she looked away.

And then his hand was on her cheek and she could have sworn it was for that reason. But...but it wasn't. He leaned closer and from here she knew what was going to happen. A kiss. She hadn't kissed anyone since Guy and she saw how well that went. Maybe she should back out of this. Oh who was she kidding, she had no intention of not kissing him. Granted it was her first time meeting him, he was really cute. And nice. And they both loved music. Now was her chance to be spontaneous.

Elisia sat there, with his lips on hers and just reveled in it for a moment. She surprisingly missed being kissed for the first time. It was always so much sweeter than the other times. He pulled back and she returned the smile, just as shyly as before. Welp, looked like Carter had a reason to talk to her after all.

[Zac Stanson]

Zac saw her shy little smile and really wanted to go in for another kiss, but instead he picked up his guitar, the pick stuck between the strings, and stood up.

"I'd better be off, it's getting late. I'll err... I'll see you around." He gave one more small smile and turned to walk off in the direction of his bed.

"Well that went well." He said to himself once he was out of earshot.