Own the Night | Accalia

[Charlie Webster]

If one of us was bleeding? Charlie gulped slightly at the idea of it, but he managed to keep the blush from creeping up onto his cheeks. Well, mostly. He looked down at his lap where his bow was and looked back up at Accalia and she started her lesson. He studied her as she lifted her bow and he couldn't help but notice her hand was right by her lips. He was caught off guard and shaken out of his thoughts when she suggested that he copy her and tapped his face right by his lips. He couldn't contain his blush this time around, so he took a deep breath as he held the bow just as Accalia showed him a moment before.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia nodded as he held the bow up, "good. That's good. Just move this hand lower," she lightly touching the hand what was on the bow part and not the string. "Just there," she explained as she pushed his hand down a little. She pulled back and lifted her own bow, "now, we wait... it shouldn't be long now. Hmmm," she didn't want to make them wait forever, so she just shouted, "HEY! OVER HERE!" She chuckled and turned back to Charlie with a wide eyes, but they sparkled with mischievousness. She hadn't had this much fun in a long time.

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie felt his heart pound in his chest as Accalia moved to adjust one of his hands. It was nothing. She was just correcting his form after all. This was a not date. A not date that involved dinner and a bit of monster hunting. Once he had his form corrected, he lowered his bow only to almost fall out of the tree from Accalia’s shout. Once he regained his composure, he couldn't help but laugh from her way to get the monster's attention. But then he caught it out of the corner of his eye. “I think one heard you,” he said softly as he picked up his bow and aimed it right at the beast.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia laughed as she realized he had jumped at her yell, and he was laughing too. Then he spoke softly, claiming that he thought one of the monsters had heard her. She moved closer to him, just enough to get a better view and put her lips to his ear. "Oh, you're right! Okay, so that's a good aim but you need to calm down," she was in full teacher mode now, not really realizing how this could look as she reached one hand over to gently place it on his chest over his heart. "Slow down your heartbeat. Take a deep breath," she'd shoot it herself, but she wanted to let him have the first go.

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie thought he had a pretty good aim at the monster and just followed it with his spew for a moment. He didn't realize that Accalia went full teacher mode on him until she put her hand on his chest. He was startled for a moment before he took that deep breath as she suggested. One deep breath. Two breaths. He tracked the monster again as he pulled the string back to his mouth. Three breaths. He let go of the string as he watched the arrow fly towards the unsuspecting monster. His heart pounded in his chest as it seemed time seemed to go in slow motion. Would it make it? Would it hit it?

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia watched, hand still on his chest as he pulled the strong back and fired. Maybe her talent and skill had somehow seeped into him from that touch because the arrows flew straight and true, right into the monsters eye. It was a damn good hit! Accalia gasped, "Oh my god's, Charlie! Look at that!" she exclaimed happily, practically squealing with delight. Heck, if he was this good the first time shooting a bow then he had some real potential! Unless it was beginners luck. But she didn't want to think that right now. No, she was too excited at that hit!

[Charlie Webster]

It felt like an eternity watching the arrow fly and then eventually land. And it didn't land beside the monster. Oh no. It sink into the monster's eye and the creature let out a shriek before it exploded into gold dust. He did it. He actually did it. His jaw slacked as he lowered his bow. “I did it,” he said with his voice getting giddy. “I did it!” He turned back to Accalia and that's when he realized that her hand was still on his chest and she was close to him. It must've been the endorphins or something flowing through him, because that was the only thing that could explain the next thing he did. He didn't give it much thought as he leaned in towards her to press his lips against hers.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia turned toward him as she heard the words come out of his mouth and suddenly he was kissing her. Her eyes widened for a moment but then closed into the kiss, her hand clutching the fabric of his shirt where her hand still rested. She kissed him back, not even thinking about all the reasons why she hadn't kissed anyone in... oh gods, how long had it been? Her other hand was still holding her bow, sadly, so she couldn't do anything with it. So, she stuck to leaning toward him and holding onto his shirt for dear life.

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie never kissed anyone before and only imagined how it would feel, but he thought that Accalia was an excellent kisser. Her lips were just so soft against his own and the way her hand was curling into his shirt. He was kissing her. That thought finally hit him as he pulled away from her lips abruptly. What was he doing? “Sorry,” he muttered to her as his face went bright red. “Sorry… I… I mean.... sorry.” He felt like such an idiot at the moment. What kind of guy apologized after kissing a girl? But he thought he might have made a mistake. Maybe.

[Accalia Phillips]

He pulled away rather quickly, so much so that Accalias eyes were still closed when the 'sorry' came out of his lips. She opened them to see his bright red face just inches from hers, as he continued to apologize. She smiled and shook her head, a small laugh escaping her lips. "Charlie, you don't have to apologize," she said, her eyes glittering with humor. "I like you. I mean, you're nice. You're funny. Clearly smart," she gestured to the monster dust on the ground, "I just mean... you don't have to apologize." Now SHE was blushing, maybe even more so then he was... if that was possible.

[Charlie Webster]

She was laughing. Was it at him? What was so funny? His face heated up a little bit more before he blinked a couple of times. She wasn't laughing at him. Instead, she was… complimenting him? And it wasn't just one. It was several. And it was… a little bit weird, but she wasn't mad at him for kissing her. But his face still heated up. But seeing her up close and blushing, he couldn't deny she was completely beautiful. “Okay…” he said softly to her. “I won't.” And he didn't. Instead, he closed the gap between their lips once more to continue what he interrupted.

[Accalia Phillips]

She swore she could feel the heat coming from his face. Or maybe that was her face. She didn't think he was going to kiss her again, but he did, and she felt a small happy sound come from her as it happened. She dropped the bow, letting it return to the grass where it came from. She used her ability to mentally cause his bow to turn back into it's original form, hoping he would drop it. She kept the one hand on his chest and the other, now free, she moved to rest on the tree behind him so she could lean closer.

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie felt the bow leave his lap, but he thought nothing of it. There were more important things to worry about, like kissing Accalia. And that seemed to be her only concern as well since she moved in closer to him. He didn't think twice as he wrapped his arm around her waist as he cradled the back of her head with his other hand as he kept kissing her. Gods. He understood now why his siblings gushed about it. He couldn't get enough from her. And he wanted more, but he wanted to savor it as well. So he held her close to her as they kissed. Partly because he wanted her close to him and partly to make sure they didn't fall off the branch they were on.

[Accalia Phillips]

His arm wrapped around her waist and she smiled against his lips. It was strange, kissing someone and not feeling strange about it. If that made any sense. She was comfortable in the tree, too, considering if they started to fall she could easily call on the branches to catch them. She couldn't tell if he was holding her closely due to the idea of falling or due to the idea of wanting to be close to her, but she didn't really care either way. It was hard to do much more than just kiss in this position, but that was okay since this was all new to their relationship anyway.

She kissed him more until she was out of breath and then finally pulled her lips away, pressing her forehead to his. "Wow," she breathed, "best not-date I've ever had."

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie was lost. In her. In this kiss. And probably in the forest to be completely honest. But that didn't seem to matter right at that moment, since he was kissing her and holding her close. However, like all good and nice things, they needed to come to an end or maybe a brief pause. Accalia pulled away from his lips to catch his breath, but he was a little breathless as well. He opened his eyes to study her face. The color of her eyes and the smoothness of her skin. Things that he studied while painting her, but it was so much more while he was up close. He chuckled a bit as he moved his hand from behind her head to cup her cheek and run his thumb along her cheekbone. "Yeah," he said just as breathlessly as he chuckled a bit. "I think this is the best not-date ever to be honest."