Sixx sits at a small table inside the coffee shop where she has arranged to meet Noah, dressed in her deadpool shirt and a pair of fitted black jeans, her freshly stripped back brunette hair braided down her back, she taps her nails against the side of the glass in front of her as she waits for him to arrive.
Noah walks in wearing a FAW shirt and a pair of jeans. He waves to Sixx as he comes in and sits at the table.
"Sorry, I didn't have goldfish at home, I think Stacy ate them all..."
She laughs and shakes her head, placing a small decorated tin on the table she nods at them "I am rather sick of those things anyway! But here... I hope you are not allergic to anything? It's a very old recipe and I had to make changes for what I could get from here..." she frowns slightly before smiling "I think they taste the same though and I promised cookies!"
"I'm sure they will be fantastic!" He smiles at her and runs his hand through his spiked hair. "So how are things miss hush monkey?"
She makes a face at him screwing up her face in a playful way before offering a shrug "A little of the same every day I suppose, yours are far more interesting I am sure!" She smiles now pressing her hands flat against the table to lean in a little bit "You must be like fireworks inside? All excitement and nerves, yes?"
Noah slightly blushes. "I mean, kind of yeah? I'm trying not to think about it too much. But I am excited about the chance I've earned." He smiles at her. "I like seeing you excited about it though."
Her cheeks colour slightly and she pulls her hands back with a quick nod, placing them in her lap with a quiet laugh "Of course, I suppose I have become quite a fan of yours." She shrugs slightly "I was wanting to show you a little more adoration on the occasion but, with how the rest of the night went I felt it perhaps in poor taste for Chris..." she frowns slightly with a sigh "It is nice to see you reaping rewards for your hard work."
"I'm always happy to have the fans! But what did you mean by more adoration?" He gives her and inquisitive look as he munches on a cookie.
She pauses for a moment and mutters under her breath in Russian before laughing "Uh, congratulation? I just mean I would have liked to have celebrated some with you post victory, shown you more..." she pauses again clearly choosing her words carefully "Pride? In your actions and victory had the opportunity been appropriate..." she points at the cookie with a smile "You like them? They are responsible for all of my sisters positively getting fat one by one!" She laughs fully this time, throwing her hand over her mouth as she does so to quieten her laugh some.
He laughs with her. "I really do like them! I might have to get you to make them for me more often." He smiles. "So you should teach me a few things to say in Russian I think it would be fun!"
She blushes and shakes her head "I am barely equipped to talk in English, but I can try and teach you a few things in my mother tongue if you are very interested..." she taps her nail on the tin "You have to keep this is you want more cookies, it is decorated for you, that's the tradition."
He smiles brightly. "For me? That's totally awesome!" He looks the tin over some more. "And yeah I'd love to learn some of your language and maybe.... um more about you?"
She watches him as he looks over the tin and she earns in closer running her finger over the edges pointing things out "I am not much of an artist, but these are cherry blossoms... that is the correct flower, is it not?" She tilts her head with a smile "It is traditional that the first gift is presented in these tins, usually someone with a far steadier hand than mine is the one to paint it but since... there is only Lea and I now..." she trails off and sits back frowning for a moment before catching his eye and smiling again "I did my best."
"I love it!" He smiles at her. "I've never had someone take so much time and effort on a gift for me, a gift for no reason as well." He pats the top of the tin. "I'm going to keep this forever."
She smiles wider "No reason? You really think that?" She folds her arms over her chest with a 'hmm' noise.
He covers his mouth. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you!" He shakes his head. "I just meant it wasn't my birthday or Christmas or anything.. Dont be mad at me..." She shakes her head "Oh, I am not offended... You are just so humble, it is refreshing." She unfolds her arms and picks up her glass, taking a sip as her eyes stay in him and she takes the time to choose her words "It is congratulatory..." she shrugs slightly and blushes "I perhaps appreciated the opportunity to touch on a little of my family traditions also."
"Well I love it. I think it's one of the most special gifts ever given to me, thank you." His coffee order shows up and he takes a drink of it as well. "So when are you getting in the ring?" She almost chokes in her drink and shakes her head "Not for some time, my experience is.." she bites her lip before smiling "I still have much to learn, I don't want to make the same mistakes I have in the past."
Noah gives an inquisitive look. "Mistakes?" She blushes and nods "I circled the indies prior, but it led me to work that uh, I am only out of now because of Chris..." she looks down as she blushes a deeper red "I am sure what capability I had prior has long since passed."
"Oh, well I umm... I guess you don't want to talk about what that work was so i'm not going to push it." He looks down for a moment. "Um, if you want... I could maybe, help with your wrestling?"
She looks up with a smile "You would do that? I would not want to take from your time or be a detriment..." she leans in closer with a bigger smile on her face "I came here from the Ukraine with the ideal of doing this.. But, it became harder to make money.." she frowns and drops her voice to a whisper "You know what foxy boxing is, yes?" He has kind of a blank look on his face. "I don't think I ever heard of that. But if it's something from your past it doesn't change who you are now." He smiles. "And I'd be happy to help you with your wrestling, what are friends for?"
She nods slightly and looks up at him "If you are going to be helping me then it is something you should know..." she bites her lip and leans back, looking down at her hands as she fiddled with her glass "It is essentially boxing in a bikini but with no gloves... there was on occasion, less savoury things that were involved but..." she steels her jaw slightly "It kept a roof over lea's head after I was left as you say.. holding the baby."
Noah gave a reassuring smile. "I'm sure you looked beautiful and kicked a lot of butt." He places his hand on hers. "Who you are is what defines you, not what you've done." He takes his hand back and lightly blushes. She looks down with a laugh, peeking up at him with a small smile "Bloody is not particularly beautiful.." she sits fully back in her chair and picks up her glass taking a long drink "But now I sit at the house and watch the children slowly drive each other and me to insanity..." she shrugs "I owe Chris a lot for what he did after my sister left, I have never been so terrified as realizing I had gone from starry eyed young wrestler to replacement mother over night.."
"Then it's settled? We get you in the ring then. I won't accept no for an answer." He smiles big for her. She laughs and nods "Okay..." she pauses but holds up a finger "But I have a condition..." Noah gives her a sly look. "Umm okay what might that be?" She smiles and folds her arms back over her chest, she bites her lip trying to keep her smile small "You have to bring goldfish crackers, that is a very important training snack!"
"Well, I don't think that will be must of an issue anymore because..." He takes a moment. "I will have the crackers." She laughs, louder than she means to and throws her hand over her mouth turning bright red as she glances around making sure she didn't pull any attention, after a moment or two she moved her hand away; "I would be very honored to have any chances to train with you, you are most exceptional in the ring Noah, I hope you know that..."
"Then that means you will be too, my friend!" He beams a smile to her. "I look forward to helping you to your stardom!" She blushes and looks down, shaking her head "I worry you see potential where there is only the hope for it..." she lowers her voice slightly "I am really not much good... I have only managed to injure Chris with clumsiness and make.. uh.. bad shots?" She wrinkles her nose up "Oh, bad habits.. I have those I mean."
"Then we know where to start, right?" He smiles. "I'm super excited for this... No way I will be anything but excited for this." She glances up at him with a smile "No way hmmm? I do quite appreciate your enthusiasm... it is a nice change of pace." She tilts her head slightly "Now, you tell me something... I think I have bored you quite enough about myself."
"I don't think I'd get bored of learning about you silly... you are an interesting person to me. But if you want to know something... what would it be?" He smiles as he sits back in his seat. She leans her elbows on the table and uses her hands to prop her head up as she stares at him for a moment thinking over her options, pursing her lips as she thinks "Why wrestling? I know you talked a little about it in your interview but..." she tilts her head slightly and smiles "I can tell you will be passionate with your response and that makes me more interested than just the little pieces I know for myself"
"Um, well... My dad was a famous wrestler in Japan when he got my mom pregnant. She moved back to the states since she was in the military and umm..." He takes a moment. "My dad died before I met him. So I guess I try to feel his spirit when I wrestle." She smiles softly and reaches across, she touches the back of his hand with her hand and squeezes softly, her voice dropping to almost a whisper as she catches his gaze with hers "I am sure he is very proud...."
He looks up to her and slightly blushes. He turns his hand over and gives her a squeeze back. "I'd like to think so too... That's why this FAW Title match is so important to me." As his hand squeezes her she blushes too and bites her bottom lip in an awkward way before nodding her head, not pulling her hand away though as she wants to show him support "You have earned that spot with every fibre of your being, that's obvious when you are in the ring.... You put it all out there and you do it with such... grace and dignity..." she smiles and leans her head to the side "That is what I meant before when I said exhilarating..."
"Thank you, that's really sweet." He gives her hand another squeeze before looking at their hands. "Oh I'm sorry... I didn't mean to, umm..." He slowly takes his hand back. "Sorry if that was inappropriate." She blushes a very deep red as she shakes her head "Oh... No, um... it was quite okay..." her voice trails off and she sits back, shifting in her seat as she kind of glances around, muttering again to herself in Russian under her breath as she does so before looking back at him with an embarrassed smile "Have you been to Japan?" Her voice comes out a little louder than intended and she laughs in an embarrassed way "Oops... Sorry..."
"Umm a couple of times but nothing recently since I've been focusing on training and getting bookings." He looks to her. "What did you say to yourself just then?" She laughs slightly and glances away " V tihom omute cherti vodyatsa." As she speaks her accent becomes instantly stronger and even more apparent. She looks back at him with a small smile "Your equivalent would be... still waters run deep."
"oh umm" Noah gets red in the face now and kind of bite at his lip. "It actually sounded kind of beautiful." She throws her hands over her face and hides it for a moment, shaking her head into her hands as she takes a breath before moving her hands down to peek at him over her fingers "you must be the only person to ever think of Russian as beautiful..." she pulls her hands away completely and rests her hands on the table "It is most definitely appropriate for you."
"Oh well thank you. I think also it because of the person saying it. Not to umm... Nah, nevermind." Noah looks away, heavily blushing. She tilts her head slightly and raises an eyebrow, leaning in close to get his attention with a small quiet laugh "Oh you cannot leave a sentence in that way..." she wrinkles her nose up with a grin "Is it because my English is so clumsy it sounds almost beautiful by comparison?"
"No, its umm... I don't know if it's appropriate for me to say but I think it's sounds beautiful because the person saying it... Is also very.... beautiful." Noah gets red in the face again as he twiddles his thumbs. She smiles and blushes slightly, looking down at his thumbs as she watches him turn them over "Oh..." she pauses and then looks up at him before back down at his hands again, nodding her head slightly as she thinks it over "I um, perhaps do not mind it if it is indeed inappropriate?" She leans back in her chair and wraps her hands around her glass, looking down at the last few sips of coffee inside it with a slight sigh "I do not want to make you uncomfortable though..."
"I um, just didn't know if it was okay since you are involved with Chris." He bites at his lip. "He's a very lucky guy to have someone as sweet and umm beautiful as you." She smiles and nods "I am sure it is perfectly okay to say... or perhaps I just like to hear it..." she glances up at him with a small smile "When you say it anyway...." she taps her fingers against the glass with a small sigh... "But that perhaps is not appropriate for me to say, what with Stacy and..." she looks back down at her glass and laughs softly "I suppose I am not as very good a person as I would like to be sometimes."
"I like knowing that you... Like hearing me say that..." Noah looks down and lets out a small sigh. "Uh, well... Stacy and I are... We aren't together anymore?" He bites at his lip a bit. "It actually happened before I came here." Her eyes widen slightly and she instantly reaches across to touch his arm and gently rub it with a concerned look across her face "Oh Noah! And I have been rambling about such silly things..." she shakes her head stumbling over her words slight "You are okay?"
'Yeah, yeah... It was a mutual thing. We um, just... grew apart. That's all." He looks at her hand and smiles. "And I don't mind listening to you ramble." Her thumb rubs his arm softly as she looks at him for a long moment, the concern still etched on her face as she leans in close as the table will allow "If you do not want to talk about it I understand...." she drops her voice slightly to just above a whisper "Do you want to walk with me? Perhaps it will make talking a little easier? If it feels much less... public?"
"I'm okay with it, really... But I wouldn't turn down a walk with you." He offers up another smile to her. She smiles and nods, leaning back to get up out of the chair, she pushes the chair in close to the table and nods towards the door "I used to live in the neighborhood so I know it a little... there is a park a block or two away if perhaps you would like to take a walk with me there?" She tilts her head slightly "is that right? It sounds odd.. take a walk?" She muses slightly over her own phrasing before looking back to him with a smile.
"It sounds great to me April." Noah smiles as he stands to his feet. "A park sounds fun." She pauses with a small smile "Sixx..." she correct him gently "Not April."
"Oh, I'm sorry... Can I ask why?" He has a look mixed with concern and curiosity. She bites her bottom lip with a small frown "There is no real reason, I suppose... only my mother ever called me April but now she and I..." she shakes her head and turns towards the door with a sigh "Just nobody calls me it, I suppose."
"Then I won't either..." He smiles as he holds open the door for her. "I wouldn't want my beautiful friend upset with me." She smiles and steps through the door, pulling a hat from her back pocket she pulls it on with a nod, looking back at him over her shoulder "I am sure you could not upset me...." she steps to the side to allow him to walk beside her as she looks out across the street with a small sigh "Sixx is a translation, from my father's name... I much prefer it."
"See, more to learn about you and I'm happy to learn it." He lightly pats her back, his hand slightly lingering. "I'm really happy we got to hang out." She tilts her head as she addresses him, occasionally glancing back to watch where she walks "Oh... I am not so interesting, the same story to be told by hundreds of girls back home..." she waves her hands around her "It is very different here... I love it." She wraps her arms around herself and shrugs her shoulders in a happy way "You live in Vegas, yes?"
"Yeah, I train at Anderson's but I grew up in California. So getting here wasn't as big of a trip as it was for you." He looks over at her and his eyes catch hers. "I also don't care if you have the same story as hundreds other... I'd still like to know yours." She bites her bottom lip as she stares into his eyes for a moment, losing focus on her footfall she stumbles slightly over some cracked concrete and catches herself with a laugh, turning bright red with embarrassment she pulls on her hat, hiding behind it slightly as she continues to laugh awkwardly "Do you enjoy Anderson's?"
He can't help but beam a smile. "Yeah, it's like a family there. It's nice that I'm one of the few.... Flyers there. But a really great place." She nods and furrows her brow a little "It sounds very welcoming... different to what I am used to..." she glances at him with a small sigh "I was offered some training opportunities elsewhere but my dubious nature has led me to only train with Chris and he is very busy.. a lot..." she half smiles at him "I am very much looking forward to catching up some with you... though I doubt I will be able to keep up."
He places his arm over her shoulder and pulls her close for a moment. "I'll take it slow, I'm there to help you." He looks to her face again and smiles before dropping his arm. She smiles and pauses, tilting her head back to look up at him "Noah...." she almost breathes his name rather than speak it as she look up at him with a furrowed brow but also a small smile, a mixed expression as she purses her lips. ".. Yes?" He looks at her with eyebrows raised.
She blushes and shakes her head, looking away she starts walking again, awkwardly playing with her hands in front of her as she walks, steadying her breath before looking back at him. He gives her a quick look as he slightly hurries to keep stride. "I'm sorry if I did or said..."
She shakes her head and looks at him "You did not do anything..." she bites down on her bottom lip and looks down "I...." she pauses again and stops walking turning to face him fully, half muttering "Berezhonogo bog berezhot."
"You keep talking in Russian and I might have to speak Japanese to even it out." He playfully bumps her with his shoulder.
She blushes again with a small nod "I'm sorry I... it is a difficult turn to already have a conversation in my head to translate it out of my mouth, especially when I am already so... worrisome over what it is I may say." She remains still staring at him for a long moment. He reaches over and takes a soft hold on her arm, stopping their walk. Noah looks to her face with a concerned look on his. "Why are you worried about what you might say?"
"Because what I am thinking and what I can say are not the same..." she blushes slightly and laughs "Which makes it very hard to correctly translate the parts I can say... and leave the rest." She tilts her head back a little more, before looking at his hand on her arm, her gaze lingers there before she turns to look back at him once more "Why did you offer to help me?"
"Because, you're my friend and I like you... I want to help since it seems like it means a lot to you. I can see kind of a glimmer in your eye when you talk about wrestling... And I like that." He scrunches up his nose a little. "Want do you mean what you are thinking and what you can say are two different things? You can tell me things."
She blushes slightly and turns to keep walking "I am sure you think things you do not say..." as they reach the end of the block she indicates the park across the street with a smile "If we are lucky, there will be ducks..." she muses his words for a moment as she talks, pursing her lips "I appreciate your wanting to help me, it is something I care very much about and i can feel the same with you when I saw you in the ring..." she glances up at him and scrunched her nose up back at him "It will be nice to feed off of your excitement, since you seem to have more faith in me than I do."
"Well I believe in you Sixx, sometimes all it takes is someone to believe in you." He playfully bumps her again. "You will learn that I'm sure curious... I kind of want to know what is being said in your mind..." She laughs and bumps him back, looping her arm through his so that her footfall matches his "You first. Thought for thought, we will trade.?"
"Umm, okay." He holds her arm tight. "I'm really enjoying spending time with you today.... Your turn." She smiles and nods "I am a little in awe of you on occasion, your turn." She quips quickly as though hoping he won't quite process what she said. "Well now I'm thinking why you'd be in awe of me..." He smiles with a slight blush on his face. She blushes to match his "You are very comfortable with who you are.... You have a strong sense of your own morality and you do not waiver on it... it leaves me quite in awe...." she pauses and furrows her brow "I find myself instead having a battle of morality in my own mind... I wish I could see so clearly." She glances up at him "And now I am thinking... why you would blush?"
"It's not everyday someone tells you they are in awe of you." Noah laughs for a moment. "It might be the best compliment I have ever gotten.... Umm, what's the battle in your head? The morality one?" She bites her bottom lip and stops walking, looking up at him with a frown "That I was... I am... Not all that sorry about Stacy." She immediately presses her hand over her mouth and shakes her head, as she pulls her hand away her eyes are instantly remorseful for her candour "I mean... it is quite a terrible thing to even think, but she seemed so very... possessive."
He looks at her carefully. "I know it's not my turn to ask but... Why aren't you sorry?" His eyes fixate on hers. She looks into his eyes for a moment and considers her words carefully, biting her bottom lip and chewing on it as she thinks, her cheeks flushing a soft pink "You deserve someone who revels in your success.... Not someone who wishes to harness you..." she looks down with a small laugh and shakes her head "It's not my place to presume, I am sorry to have said it."
"Don't be sorry... It's how you feel and I like that you were looking out for me by saying it." He gives her a reassuring smile. "You didn't mean to do harm by saying it..." She smiles and nods "My turn..." she purses her lips and tilts her head looking up at him "What are you thinking right at this moment?" She grins at him, just as curious as he is.
His face turns to an instant red. "I umm... I dont want... I'm not sure I want to say..." She playfully bumps his arm with her shoulder and clucks her tongue in a pretend admonishment "Thought for thought was the deal!" Noah looks down, face still red, his voice just above a whisper. "I thought that umm.... Your lips...looked..." He lowers his head more. "...kissable."
"Oh..." she whispers the word so it almost sounds like a sound instead, dipping her head low to try and catch his gaze she instead touches her hand under his chin to encourage him to look at her instead of down "And... why did you not want to say...?" She furrows her brow slightly as though she's worried she's said something wrong, but can't help herself from asking. He looks at her, trying not to keep eye contact. "Because you just don't tell someone they have kissable lips..."
She nods and turns to keep them walking, not wanting to make him feel uncomfortable as she talks "I suppose you can tell anyone anything if the mood takes you..." she bites her lip as she thinks, looking down at their feet watching them step in time she smiles at it before looking back up towards him "Though, it only makes me feel more terrible that I quite liked it...." she sighs and shakes her head. "You did?" Noah stops walking and looks at Sixx.
She stops still next to him and nods slightly, not turning her head to meet his gaze as she shrugs slightly "I shouldn't though." She turns her head slightly to look at him, a light blush on her cheeks "it is um... you are to tell me what's on your mind now." Noah takes a moment soaking in what's been said. "I umm..." He looks down again and shakes his head. "Sorry Sixx... I mean... I just have that same recurring thought about how umm... your lips." He rubs the back of his head. "Now I guess I'm thinking that's not a thing I should have said."
She blushes a deeper red and nods, linking her arm back with his to continue them walking, as they reach the duck pond she looks out at the water and the ducks ebbing flowing across the surface of the water, she tilts her head up to him with a smile "It is okay..." she shakes her head slightly "Do not apologise for saying how you feel - I like very much that you tell me what you are thinking...." He looks at her. "But I shouldn't say things like that to someone involved with another guy and who doesn't feel the same way.... I just guess... thank you for not making me feel too weird about it." He lets out a nervous chuckle.
She smiles and nods slightly "I like you... Very much." She measures her words carefully; "But I owe Chris a lot... He was there to support me when I was alone and, I owe him..." her voice trails off slightly as she can't think of the words to explain... "Please do not feel weird about it..." she wraps her arms around herself as she sighs, still measuring her words "I feel like you are the only one who is truly honest with me and that is a very nice feeling, the honesty."
"Why wouldn't people be honest? It doesn't make sense to lie about things since lies don't last..." Noah shrugs. "I like you a lot too Sixx... Maybe too much sometimes." He laughs a little. "But I'd rather have you as friend than nothing at all." She leans her head against his arm and furrows her brow "Lies and not telling the entirety of a truth seem to be a commonplace occurrence for me...." she tilts her head slightly to look up at him with a smile "Very few things last, unless they are build on a solid foundation...." she wrinkles her nose slightly "I am not so good at finding those who want to uh... put in the ground work?"
"That's a shame... I umm..." He let's out a deflated sigh. "If you weren't involved, I'd love to put in that effort." She blushes and looks down at her feet, digging the toe of her shoe into the grass slightly and frowning as she concentrates on it for a quiet moment "I owe him literally everything that I have...." she slips her hands into her back pockets with a small sigh and a shake of her head; "Besides I come with extras.... not fun ones."
"I'm not asking you to leave Chris, I... I'm not that kind of guy." Noah taps her shoulder to get to her look. "And fun is all about the perception." She bites her bottom lip as she looks up at him with a small sigh "There is no different way to perceive what I come from and what could happen if...." she trails off as she looks away and then back at him "And Lea is..." she shrugs slightly and smiles "I like spending time with you." She leans into him slightly and looks out at the ducks "We should have brung with us bread to feed them...."
He casually places his arm just behind her as she leans in slightly. "Didn't know we were going for this walk, or i would have. And you can talk to me about all you just half talked about... I like hearing from you." She nods quietly watching the ducks on the pound for a long moment "I love it here, it's very tranquil... there are few places left like this where you can stop and let time pass for a moment." She half looks up at him and purses her lips, opening her mouth to say something she stops and looks away clearing her throat "I bring Lea here to feed the ducks... her mother used to... I try to keep those things alive, since I do not know if we'll ever see her again."
"Well it's really good that you are doing that for Lea, not many people would in your position." He slightly increases his arm wrap on her. "What were you just about to say?"
"She is my blood... I would be remiss to allow her to fall into the system, I love her... It is just very... Difficult, sometimes, I feel like I am wading blind through quicksand but I do my best." She leans her head against his arm "About to say when...?"
"Your heart is as beautiful as you are." Noah embraces her lean. "What you were going to say right before you cleared your throat.." She blushes and swallows hard, looking out at the ducks.... Shaking her head quickly "Nothing appropriate." Noah chuckles. "Come on Sixx... I'm not good with curiosity eating at me."
She turns her head to look up at him, biting her bottom lip she stares up into his face for a long moment, her voice barely above a whisper when she speaks "Just that.." she blushes and looks away, but doesn't move away from him as she mumbles something under her breath, before repeating it a little louder... "I wish things had happened differently... For both of us." Noah takes a moment to process what Sixx is saying. "What... what do you mean?"
She looks back at him "I don't think I should say..." she tilts her head and leans into him fully now, almost on instinct, leaning into him subconsciously as his arm around her makes her feel safe. Noah's arms go and wrap around her, not wanting to let go. "I think it would be okay if you did?" She looks up into his eyes for a second before her eyes move across his face, taking in his features and focusing on his lips for a moment before she glances away "Just that, I suppose I wish that I could have met you first..." she reaches up and kisses him softly on the cheek.
Noah can't help the smile that came to his face. "Oh... umm... yeah, I agree with that..." She touches his cheek where she kissed it before pulling her hand away with a blush "I'm sorry, that was..." she frowns and shakes her head "I'm not sorry." She smiles slightly and looks up at him... "Do you want me to come to your match? I would very much like to support you...." she speaks really quickly, her accent catching on her words as she almost blurts the sentence out to deflect from her actions. Noah leans in and kisses Sixx on her cheek now. "I'd love for you to be there cheering me on."
She smiles and nods her head, trying to ignore the burn of blush in her cheeks after the kiss, her hand touches her cheek and her smile spreads into a grin as she clears her throat "Then it's settled!" She looks around the park for a moment and sighs "I should be getting back but...." she looks back at him with a slow blink "I don't want... To leave you just yet."
"Well... what do you want... Want to do then?" He gives a small smile. "And be honest..." She smiles and leans her head back into his arm with a small sigh "Just watch the ducks and listen to you speak...." she wraps her hand around his arm that is around her " enjoy your company a little.... think a little longer about your lips..." the last part she whispers with a blush.
"I... apologize for this.." Noah uses his hand to softly raise Sixx's head up by her chin and kisses her on the lips. It's only for a quick moment before Noah pulls back. "I... I'm sorry but I had to know how they felt against mine... i... " His arms drop to his sides now and he looks down.
She presses her fingers to her lips for a moment, not saying anything as she stares at him, watching his small movements as he pulls his arm away from her and looks to the ground, she steps around him so that she's in front of him and tilts his head back to hers, leaning in she kisses him very softly, only for a second before pulling back "Now we're both sorry..." she half whispers it as she almost smiles, looking into his eyes.
He keeps his eyes on hers. "I'm... I'm not sorry... and... if I keep looking into your eyes I'm going to want to kiss you again." She blinks with a small blush but doesn't look away as she stumbles through her words, her accent falling heavily into her English as she talks quickly and in a hushed tone "I.. shouldn't, I mean... I want to kiss you again and, not for... not for a second... but..." she bites her bottom lip and stares at him, looking into his eyes again "I do..."
He lets out a small sigh before leaning over and kisses her again, this time longer as his hands softly press against her back, holding her close. Noah pulls back after a moment and without thinking speaks. "I wish you were mine..." he instantly turns red and looks around a bit. "I umm... I shouldn't have done that or said that." She stands silent for a moment before finally taking a breath, she reaches out and places a hand on his chest, biting her bottom lip as she seems to be completely lost for words for a moment before she looks down and then back up "Will you um..." she falters and laughs slightly in a nervous way as she looks around the back a him with a whisper "Please kiss me again...? She catches his eye and stares at him quietly, leaving her request hanging in the air between them.
Noah leans in and starts to kiss her again. This time with a bit more passion to it as he holds her close. After a few more moments Noah let's her go and looks to her eyes. "I umm, really like you..."
She smiles, forgetting herself in the moment she leans in and returns the kiss; siding her hand to his waist as she does, leaning into him she kisses him firmly this time, lingering in the kiss for longer than she should before finally pulling back and pressing her fingers to her lips with a deep blush "I.. I like you very much Noah...." she sighs and looks down, sadness touching her tone as she speaks "I don't... I'm not..." she shakes her head and looks back at him sadly "I'm not a bad person and... Chris..." she frowns as guilt hits her for her actions "I have to tell him..." she looks back into Noah's face with a shake of her head "I... You..." she reaches out and touches his chest again; "I don't want to lose you..." she whispers the words, almost uncertain of them until she has said them.
"I... I stand by what I said that I would rather have you as only a friend than nothing at all." She looks at him with a small sigh "And... if I don't want to be only friends?"
"I don't want to be only friends either but... if that's my only option, I'll take it." She leans in again and kisses him running her hand up his back as she does, her other hand rests on his cheek as she kisses him with more fervor, not wanting to break the kiss she kisses him a little harder pressing her body against his... finally she breaks away and her cheeks are so red they'd be hot to the touch as she steps back from him "I want..." she fumbles slightly and barely says the word "You."
His face starts to glow hot, not sure what to really say next. "Me?"
She bites her bottom lip and nods slightly looking away obviously slightly embarrassed "If you don't... if you and me isn't something you want... I... understand." He smirks. "No, I do... want you too." She links her fingers with his and leans in close, her lips almost touching his as she speaks "Then... I have to, tell him... And...." she frowns slightly and looks down before looking back at him "I may be awful for this but.... I am not sorry... you, feel... different..." she kisses him and quickly "You feel like... fate." She scrunched her nose up slightly with a laugh.
He leans his forehead against hers and can't help but smile. "I didn't expect this... But... I can't stop smiling." She grins and bites her bottom lip with a small sigh... "Please do not, I rather love your smile."
"I rather love yours too..." He gives her another quick kiss. She takes his hand and squeezes it slightly "I should go and... Fix these things..." she tilts her head to the side, "Can I see you later? After... When things are over with?"
"You'd better." He gives her a warm smile, never looking away from her. She returns his smile and leans in to kiss him quickly before nodding, hesitating before finally letting go of his hand; "In a few hours then...." she smiles and shakes her head "Already seems too long to wait."
Early evening December 9th 2016
Chris Night’s home - Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sixx walks into the kitchen, where Chris is cleaning up after giving Lea a snack, she turns to the place setting where Lea was sitting and wipes a cloth over it, staring down at the table as she does so cleaning up a little to help him out... "Has she been giving you any trouble?"
He laughs and shakes his head. "Are you kidding me? She's tame compared to dealing with CJ and he's seven years old. So no trouble at all, babe." She smiles and nods, sliding into the vacant seat and resting her elbows in the table "I am glad, she has been rather fussy since the move... she must miss home, and her mother..." she screws her nose up slightly as she thinks it over "Did you bribe her with goldfish crackers?" He smiles and nods. "I can't blame her for being fussy, it's gotta be tough for her, even at that age." He sighs. "As for bribing her with goldfish, I did no such thing! How could you think I'd stoop to such levels!" He says playfully.
She smirks slightly and taps her nails on the tabletop to no particular rhythm "You're right, how foolish a thought!" She laughs softly and looks up at him tilting her head slightly "Your day has not been too,awful then?" He smiles and shakes his head. "The only awful part about it was that I didn't have you here with me." He places his hand on hers and kisses her softly on the lips and smiles as he peers into her eyes. "But it's okay, I thought it was good for Lea and I to have some time to spend together."
She smiles for a moment before looking down and furrowing her brow slightly, she watches her fingers for a moment as they tap across the table, she bites her bottom lip "I have to tell you something... About today..." His brow furrows as he keeps his eyes fixated on her. "Oh? What is it?" She doesn't look up right away, taking a moment to think out her words carefully before she lifts her head to look at him "Noah kissed me...." she pauses and bites her bottom lip again, shaking her head as she drops her volume lower ".....And I.. um, kissed him also."
He moves his hand away off of hers and then looks away to the side. "Oh... I see." He's shaking his head, and biting his lip, trying to hold back that old temper of his. She pulls her hands back and puts them in her lap, frowning again with a small nod... "I..." she shakes her head trying to put the words together in her head, watching him quietly as she does so "I didn't... i had no intent, it wasn't about..." she sighs and looks down frowning harder "I did not meet with him under the expectation of this happening...."
His voice raises a bit but not too crazy. "But it did happen, April. It did. What do you expect me to think and feel now?"
She bites her bottom lip again and stares down "I want to be honest with you, that is all... I don't... I can't tell you how it should make you feel..." she drops her voice again so she's barely above a whisper "It was more than once...." she chances a glance up at him, her breathing slightly heavier as she tries to keep control of her own emotions "It just... it happened and it happened again and I don't know how you are supposed to feel... or how I am supposed to feel...." she looks back down at her hands, one hand picking at the other as she sighs shakily "He and Stacy had broken up and we went for a walk, in the park, where Lea and I go and... it just..." she shakes her head as her words trail off.
He stands up, shaking his head. "More than once? I think you already know how you feel." He pauses and his fists clench. "This is over. I don't see how I'm ever supposed to trust you again." She sits quietly for a moment, allowing him some time to process what she said after his immediate response "I... " she shakes her head slowly "I am so sorry.... I never meant..." she frowns slightly as she looks at him "I did not set out today to destroy everything to... to hurt you and break all of this and.. fall into someone else's arms... I don't know how it got here..." she shakes her head again "You don't deserve this, I know you don't and I feel so... so terrible and..." she runs her hands down her face, taking a breath as she tries to calm herself as her talking speeds up and her accent starts to blur some of the words.
"And apparently I don't deserve you either. I guess Noah does. Now I just feel like an ends to a mean but it's fine... it's better this happened now rather than down the road." He scoffs. "You were never..." she frowns and shakes her head "I NEVER used you for anything, I never asked you to.. do any of this..." she shakes her head again "I have done something awful and I have hurt you but I have never lied to you... not even now."
He shakes his head. "I don't care, April. Just stop justifying yourself because I don't fucking care. I need to pack a bag, I can't stay here until you figure out where you and Lea are going to go." He walks away to his room. She gets up and stands in the hall just outside his room, she watches him for a moment "You don't need to leave, I can go... this is your home... not mine." She folds her arms over her chest "I'll go now... it doesn't seem like there's anything left for us to discuss... you are, hurt and angry and..." she shakes her head "I AM sorry..."
He turns toward her, he's getting angry. "Are you sorry? Are you? Because I don't think you are. Clearly I'm not what you want. If I was, you would've said, 'Chris, I made out with Noah but it was an accident and I still want to be with you.' And you know what? I could've lived with that. But that's not how the conversation went." He scoffs and shakes his head. "Did you only kiss or did you fuck him too?"
She stares at him for a moment and shakes her head as she scoffs slightly "How could you even ask me such a thing?" He looks her in the eyes and he's looking right through her. "How could I ask such a thing? How could I not!? Don't fucking play the victim. You did this. YOU." She shakes her head "All I did was kiss him, I would never do anything like you just said..." she folds her arms over her chest again "I know what I did and I am sorry for the hurt I am causing you..." she bites her bottom lip and sighs "But it wasn't an accident and I won't stand here and lie to you, I am many things, but never have I been a liar."
He sighs and shakes his head, continuing to pack his bag. "It's my fault. I never should've pushed Mikayla away. This? With you? It was a mistake." She nods her head slightly "If that is how you feel... I am sorry...." she takes a step back "Please stop, I will go... I will get a few things and Lea and I will be gone..." she frowns slightly "I am sorry we brought you such a mistake." He doesn't look at her and just shakes his head. "You can stay. I swear to God, I'm getting a ticket to Russia and I'm going to go find Mikayla. I should've done that all along."
She nods and takes another step back "Then I hope that you find her...." she points at him and then herself "This was a mistake... two lost people clinging onto shadows in the dark..." she watches him pack for another minute "I am sorry it ends like this this Chris.... But I am not sorry to know how you truly feel." She turns to walk away down the hall towards Lea's room.
His bag is packed and he walks to CJ's room and packs a quick bag for him. He then walks to lea's room and looks at April. "Seriously, you don't have to leave today. Take your time, you have a couple days." She looks at him and nods, stroking her hand over Lea's head as she looks down at her before back at him "I hope you find whatever it is you need Chris.... I really do want to see you happy..."
He nods. "Thanks. Robb is going to pick CJ up from school and take care of him.. So whatever you need to do to figure things out and move, take your time." He sighs and shakes his head before turning and walking away.
