Eli & Kate in parting. But mostly breaking.
A complete disaster. From start to finish. The awkward limo ride, the dinner. His ruined rental that he would now have to pay for. He may as well have flushed his hard earned savings down the toilet, for all the good that it did him. And worst of all? He didn't even get the opportunity to dance with Kate, which was what he had looked forward to more than anything else. Because though they were partners and friends, he was realizing that he wanted something more, but how could he express that now?
Well. There was one way. One last little opportunity, though in the exercise of it, he had planned to have a night of prep. An evening of warming Kate up and testing the waters a little, before attempting what he wanted to do in parting. If he had given it any thought, and really considered the possibility of a good outcome given how everything else had gone, he would have parted ways without ceremony.
But like what led him into this whole prom ordeal in the first place, he allowed his emotions to rule his actions.
"Well, I'm sorry the night was... kind of rough and not what we expected", Eli began, as he stood across from Kate outside the limo in what was more or less their only real private moment of the night. "But I'd like to do it again some time. Well. Without third string villains, anyway", he tried to joke, to lighten the air a little before he went for it.
The kiss.
With his hands on either side of Kate's waist, he leaned down, pursed his lips, and tilted his head down toward her own.