Ellie

We never went to sleep. In fact, we stayed awake talking. We were face to face at this point, his arms were still secured around my waist.

"Remember that time we had that snowball fight a few winters back?"

"How could I forget it? I remember you distinctly falling because you slipped on a patch of ice, and so I had to haul you inside so you could lay down and get some ice on your head."

"That would be the part that you remember." He said, slightly embarrassed

"Nothing to be ashamed of, we know you are prone to falling and that the floor is your best friend."

He laughed

"It's not like I was hiding it."

"It's kinda hard to hide that." I teased

"Okay, that's it."

He started tickling me and I screamed with laughter.

"No!" I laughed loudly

"You brought it on yourself." He laughed with me

We rolled around on the bed and tickled each other. Eventually we slammed onto the floor with a groan with Leo below me. As chance would have it, I was straddling him. Even in the dark, I could see his green eyes staring into mine. A fierce blush crawled over my cheeks and I quickly got up.

"I uh....should go to my room. Thanks for the talk, I needed it."

"Anytime." He said gruffly

I turned away from him and was about to cross to the door when all of a sudden, I smelt him, felt my world spin, and felt something soft press against my lips and the hard wall at my back. I stood there pressed against the door frozen. But then, I started to thaw, and I kissed him back.

It was like a dam had burst, and all of the emotions I tried so hard to keep back flowed out with it. I finally surrendered to the feelings that I had been holding back for months now. But deep down I knew I had to stop this no matter how right it felt.

"I've missed you so much Ellie." He whispered against my lips

Those words ran through me as a shiver. But no, I had to stop.

"Leo.....we can't." I said, placing my hands on his chest

His hand was still against the wall and his green eyes bored into mine intensely. I quaked at their power and couldn't help but stare back at him. HIs eyes weren't angry, but filled with passion and understanding.

"I know." He breathed "You should go to bed, it's late." He said, pulling himself from me.

I stood there still shocked by previous events.

"You should go El, before I beg you to stay." He said, turning away from me and walking towards his bed.

I left soon after that and went towards my room, lying awake in my bed and simply thinking about the day. Two kisses in a twelve hour span and I hadn't jumped his bones yet?

That's what I called willpower.