dash hosney is (theplaya) wrote in freedomtownic, @ 2020-01-18 01:04:00 |
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Entry tags: | erica michaels (conversantly), ~dash hosney (theplaya) |
Who: Dash and Erica
What: Getting togetehr
Where: XMH
When: Waaay backdated to July 11th, 2019
Warning: Nah.
Dash almost thought it was too good to be true when he was told he would be getting another pager. He had gotten it at home but was pulled away before it could go off. He didn't think it would ever happen here but sure enough, the day had come and he had a new reason to say yes to it; Erica. He had become comfortable with the idea of dying for a while now but because of her, he wanted to live as long as he could.
Today was a pretty good day to tell her that along with how he felt, he decided as he packed up his video games.
Yeah, he could possibly lose her friendship over it or make things awkward if she doesn't feel the same way but he was a risk-taker so he was just going to go for it. He was moving onto the next stage of his life outside of the hospital and he wanted to do it with her by his side as his girlfriend, not just his best friend.
"Sup girl" He said with a grin when he saw he walking in. Leo was at PT at the time so it was just the two of them in the room.
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Erica all but ran her ass to the hospital after she'd found out about Dash getting his pager. It was all she'd been hoping for damn near half a year now. At one point she had legitimately considered asking Haley to use her hacking skills to move him up the list. Luckily that particular bit of law-breaking hadn't ended up being necessary. He'd gotten his pager, and would be getting new lungs, and she was over the moon about it.
She called hello to the peds floor nurses who now all knew her by name, and headed in the direction of Dash and Leo's room. When she saw Dash standing there grinning at her, she couldn't help herself. Erica bounded into the room and threw her arms around him in a tight hug.
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"Oof" Dash said as she ran over to hug him. Wrapping his arms around her, he lost his footing in all of it and ended up falling backward onto his bet with a laugh, bringing her with him as he did. "There you go makin' me fall for you. See what you do to me?" He replied in his usual flirty tone. Though he usually joked about things like that, he was serious this time. He actually was falling for her and had been for a long time now.
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Erica let out a surprised yell that morphed into a laugh as the two tumbled over together onto the bed. There was a long pause as they lay there together, faces close, before Erica pushed herself up into a sitting position. She offered Dash a hand up as well. "Don't you be tellin' the nurses that. They'll kick my ass outta here."
She joked, because deep down she wanted it to be true, and jokes were easier than thinking about that. As much as Erica was sincerely into him, she knew Dash said these things to every girl he interacted with, and there was no sense reading into it. And she for damn sure wasn't going to go poking around in his mind to find out anything she didn't want to know.
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As she laid there on top of him, he thought about leaning in and kissing her. He actually nearly did but she pulled away just as he was about to. He had a very clear 'damn it! so close' look on his face as she offered her hand to him and he took it. Once he was on his feet again, he didn't let go of her hand as he moved closer to her. "It's true though" He told her before he leaned in and kissed her. Usually a man of words, he decided to put those aside for now and just be a man of action. What better way to show a girl how he felt than to kiss her? Hopefully, he didn't get slapped.
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Dash's words hit Eric like a ton of bricks. His hand was still in hers, and he was looking at her and saying the words she'd so desperately wanted him to say. Her mouth dropped open just the tiniest bit and she had no idea what to say. Was this real? Maybe she'd drifted off doing her Chem homework because it all felt too good to be true. Especially once he leaned in to kiss her.
Almost immediately, Erica melted into him. Her lips met his and reciprocated the kiss while her free hand came up to rest on his shoulder. If this was a dream, she was at least going to enjoy herself.
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He kept the miss going until he couldn't breathe anymore, which for him wasn't that long but he tried to keep it going for as long as he could. He'd been thinking about this moment for a long time and he wanted to cherish it. Damm you CF! Pulling away, he had to catch his breath as he sat down on his bed. Reaching out, he grabbed her hand and pulled her down with him, his arm going around her. "I've been wanting to do that for a long time. And now I gotta a question to ask you" He started as he turned towards her. "You wanna be my girl?"
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Erica didn't resist in the slightest as he tugged her down beside him. The way his arm slipped around her made butterflies dance around her stomach, and she lay her head against his shoulder. She knew it was a risk, letting herself fall for someone in his condition. But the truth was, she'd already fallen a long time ago. Denying herself now, when everything she'd wanted was right in her grasp, seemed silly. Still, she had one thing to say before she gave him the answer he was waiting for.
"Before I answer that.." she lifted her head back up and looked him directly in the eye. "You gotta promise me something. We do this, you're gonna take care of yourself. And you're going to fight like hell to stay alive and here with me." Her teasing, friendly tone was gone as she watched him. They weren't serious often, but she needed to hear this from him.
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He listened to her request carefully and came back with a reply quickly, this tying in with something he already wanted to say to her. "Baby girl, you're the reason why I'm doing this" He admitted, his tone serious but sincere. He wasn't saying this just because it's what she wanted to hear. He really meant it. "I've made peace with the fact that I'm gonna die a long time ago. Me and God? We solid. Back home I was on the list for my parents cause they wanted me to live. Here? It's all you. You got so much life in you and I wanna be around to live it with you"
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She closed her eyes as he said those words, briefly overcome with emotion. It caused her mental guards to slip just a little and she could hear his inner thoughts. It was an accident, of course, she wouldn't intentionally listen to his thoughts. But she knew without a doubt that everything he was saying was true and it caused a few happy tears to spill out of her eyes. "Yes, I want to be with you. For a long," she leaned in to kiss him again, "long" another kiss "time." She punctuated it with a third kiss before pulling him in for hug.
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When he saw the tears, he reached up and gently wiped them away, leaving his hand on her cheek as she leaned in to kiss him again and again. "You and me are gonna go out and rule the world, girl" He told her with a smile as he wrapped his arms around her to return his hug. The day had always been great because he was getting the hospital and now it was even better because he ws getting to leave it with his best girl on his arm. It couldn't get any better than that.