Eli & Kate in parting. But mostly breaking.
The want to do it again should have been her cue. It really should have, especially right before him putting his hands on her waist.
It wouldn't be until after that it dawned on her what had happened. He was holding his nose and she was staring at him completely dumbfounded and then completely mortified.
She replayed what had happened in her mind. He had put his hands on her waist and leaned in. He was going to kiss her and she shut down and... She could feel the heel of her palm still pulsing from where it made contact. "I..." she started. Kate couldn't even talk. She just backed up. She hit him.
Her body had released the tension it'd built up in the exchange and she continued to back up until her butt hit the car door. The contact jolted her. All she could think was how she should have expected it.