inside of you

colin and parker reed. i'm on a trip, i can't get off, can't get over. i want it all inside of you, i call you up, your getting over, i'm coming over.

[colinxparker]

emmaxmartin:

As soon as the word ‘hated’ hit him, Martin couldn’thelp but wince slightly. But this wasn’t about him, this was about Parker, andhe had no right to be upset with what she had just said. “I thought you might.”He replied softly, having tried to prepare himself for that possibility. Youcouldn’t leave someone, and not expect there to be hurt feelings. Parker hadevery reason to hate him, and he had no reason to try and tell her why sheshouldn’t. Not setting out to hurt her, didn’t mean that it wasn’t still hisfault that she had been hurt. What he hadn’t expected to hear, was her nextwords. He didn’t have a response for that, because he had never anticipatedever hearing her say that. “I… Well I can’t say that I understand how you feel.I can try to put myself in your shoes and… It’s okay to be confused abouteverything?” It wasn’t said in the most confident tone, but that mostly stemmedfrom how unsure of everything he was in that minute. “I can understand why you’dhate me. I probably would if I was you, I guess part of me… Thought you wouldhave some fairytale love when I came back. Someone who would make everythingelse better. That you wouldn’t be hurt anymore. Is there… Anything I can do tohelp?”

“I just want it to stop,” Parker told him as she hugged her knees, she wasn’t sure what she was talking about but she just wanted the longing, how her heart seems to be grasped when she sees him, she just wanted that to end. She loved, loves him a lot and she doesn’t know where they stand as of the moment. Are they even friends? What the fuck are they even? Alcohol was clouding her judgement, she knew that and it wasn’t good, she wiped the tears away from her cheeks before shrugging at Martin, raising her brow. “I just wanted to hear it from you again,” She told him looking up eagerly listening to what he has to say even if she knew that her question might end up hurting herself, but still, she was curious on what he has to say. “Why did you have to leave?” She was ready to hear about this again, that she was not an enough reason for him to stay, that he needed to go off wherever. She needed to hear it again because maybe when she does, she can move on from him, hate him enough to finally let go of her feelings but just looking at him standing there, being all concerned, deep inside, she knew that wasn’t happening.

[colinxparker]

emmaxmartin:

Smiling tightly when he mentioned thinking he shouldhave told her sooner, Emma couldn’t help but silently wish he had. Then shemight have not spent the night, wondering where exactly they stood. Or maybethat was something she needed to think about. To think about if she wanted themto move any further, or if this was all she ever wanted for their relationship.She just didn’t feel quite ready, to fully think about everything she wantedfrom their relationship. Not when things were so good between them, the waythey were, even without labelling what their relationship happened to be. “Iget it. Things like that… Well we need time to process them ourselves, beforetalking to anyone else about it.” She shrugged. And that much she didunderstand, that he would need some time to think about how he felt abouteverything. She just hadn’t known that the previous night, when she’d been alittle too hurt by what he murmured. Nodding when he mentioned eating, sheraised her glass up slightly. “Here’s to a good meal. Cheers!” She laughedsoftly, before picking up her cutlery. “Maybe we should invite another… Tenpeople over. Maybe then all the food would get eaten.” She joked, before takinga bite of her pancakes. Sure, it was an exaggeration, but joking made it easierto forget everything else. “Did you have any other plans for the day? Or wasgoing to work all you had planned?”

“Just remember though that it’s nothing, she was my ex-girlfriend and she is my ex for a reason and you are my girlfriend and I love you.” Colin hopes that was enough to reassure her that she was the one that he wants to be with, he cannot keep secrets from her, that’s why he revealed how he had seen his ex-girlfriend. It was a one time thing though, it won’t ever happen again. Colin smiled at her, drinking from his glass as well, he enjoy simple pleasures like this, him and Emma, just having breakfast and joking around. “I’m sure we can finish everything, with my appetite and yours as well.” He teased her, picking up another pancake from the center table, thinking about her question, “I was just going to work but I’ll call in sick, I needed a break and I miss you a lot so,” That was enough reason for him to miss work, maybe make up for hiding the fact that his ex-girlfriend visited him as well. “So, I’m all yours all day, we can do whatever you want to do.” He tilted his head at the side before smiling at her, “So, anything you wanna do?”

[colinxparker]

emmaxmartin:

“You don’t need to thank me.” She replied, wrinklingher brow in slight confusion. Just because she was a little upset by what hadhappened, didn’t mean that Colin had done anything that she had a right to bemad about. If anything, the fact he was still able to talk to an ex, should have made her feel more at ease.It normally did with everyone else she dated, since it meant that if she brokeup with somebody she still wanted to be friends with – there was a chance thatit might work out. She couldn’t work out, what it was about Colin saying his ex’sname that seemed to bother her so much – but that was her problem to work out,not his. Laughing at his comment about orange juice, she paused from plating upthe food to glance over at him. “See? That’s why we get along so well! We’re onthe same wavelength.” She laughed, putting the last bits of bacon into a dishbefore lifting the plates of pancakes and bacon and placing them in the middleof the table, so they could take however much they wanted. Going to get thesyrup from the cupboard, she sat down at the table yawning slightly. “I shouldprobably get a proper sleep schedule sometime, before I fall asleep in my food.”

"I just," Colin struggled to say something but stopped thinking of the right words to say, "I just thought I should have told you sooner," There was nothing going on between him and his ex-girlfriend, to be honest, she was someone in his past but Emma was his present and future. It made him realize that there was no bitterness now that he had moved on from her, if you ask him months ago if he was mad at his ex-girlfriend, he would have said yes, but now, there was only forgiveness and that speaks about where he is in his life right now. "I wanted to tell you but I thought it might ruin your day and I already had a shitty one yesterday and I just needed you to see you smiling," He was glad that Emma seems to understand, she wasn't mad at him, he never knew how he got so lucky to with her. He watched her moving around the kitchen while he was already seated on his designated chair whenever he was around. "You should, babe, you need sleep," He told her smiling, reaching out to tuck the hair that was over her face, "But first, let's eat!" There was a feast right in front of them and they should just concentrate on that rather than anything else.

[colinxparker]

emmaxmartin:

When Parker slumped down on the bench, Martin stoodwhere he was, not entirely sure what his next move should be. She obviously wasin no state to leave her alone, but he was obviously not the best person tokeep her company. Not if he was the one who was making her feel so awful. Butif he left, he wasn’t sure if she would get home safely. He could just aboutdeal with her hating him, as long as she was safe. That was the only thing hecared about at that moment. “Do… Do you want me to go and get one of yourfriends?” He suggested eventually, his voice barely loud enough to hear. Heknew that she had every reason to hate him, but he doubted they could everfully cut the ties between them. For years, they were so important to each other,that it was hard to erase that. Which meant, that even if he had to swallowsome of his pride and let one of her new friends help, that was just what hehad to do. His feelings didn’t matter in that moment, and  maybe he didn’t trust her new friends – but hewas beginning to realize that she might let them help her. Whereas, the chancesof her letting him help, were slim to none. “I just don’t think you should bealone right now, and I understand if you don’t want to be around me, but youneed somebody.” He spoke softly, before looking back at where they had left herfriends, mentally tying to work out which one was the most sober. Obviouslynobody was able to drive, but somebody could at least share a cab with her, andthat had to be better than letting her go by herself. Especially now that sheseemed upset.

"No," Parker shook her head when he suggested that he should get one of her friends, because even how bad their situation is right now, the only person she wanted to be with, drunk or sober was Martin. And that sucks to admit that even how much she tried to move on from him, he was still the person she would rather spend her time with. "You know I hated you right?" She told him blinking her eyes a couple of times because the last thing she wanted to do was to cry in front of the man who left her, but this was the same guy who stood right next to her during the hard times of her life and she cannot erase that fact. "After two years," She shook her head, finally meeting his eyes, those same ones she had fell in love with, "Because even after two years, I still waited for you to come back and now that you are here, the speech I made inside my head about how I hate you so much, that was left in the dust because as much as I hate you for leaving me, the part of me that still loves you, there's more to that than the hate I felt." She was drunk but she cannot be more honest than that, she loved him and she was still in love with him even if he left her. 

[colinxparker]

emmaxmartin:

When Parker said that she was okay, hebacked off a little but still kept close to her. Parker might have known thepeople around her, but Martin didn’t, and he wasn’t about to leave Parker whiledrunk. He cared about her too much, to just leave her without knowing forcertain that she was going to be okay. It would have been different, if hecould find somebody they both knew. Somebody that he could trust to keep Parkersafe. Pausing when she mentioned Colin hating him, Martin couldn’t say that hewas all that surprised by the fact. It might have stung, but Parker wasobviously Colin’s priority, and that meant hating whoever hurt her. This time,it just happened to be Martin that had been the one to hurt Parker. “I can dealwith that, as long as it meant you would get home safe.” The words might havehad a tinge of regret to them, about the friendship he’d lost with her brother,but he was fairly certain he could handle whatever Colin decided to throw hisway, because Colin was one of the few people, that Martin could trust to keepParker safe. Apparently, he couldn’t trust himself to keep her safe,considering he was the one who had hurt her in the first place. “Yeah, I don’tthink anyone would let you drive right now. I can call you a cab though, maybewe should head towards a bench, so you can sit down until it gets here?”

Parker already knew that drinking that much was the worse idea, she can feel her stomach churning and might end up throwing up if she goes inside a speeding car. The cab driver would definitely not approve of her puking inside their car so there were only two things, either she finds a bag where she can throw up to while traveling home or she walks home, the second one was definitely not on the top choice, just thinking of it made her so tired. She just groaned as Martin's statement, as if he cares about her going home safe when she was left on the same street when he went away to follow his dreams, there was no need to act like he was (though Parker was grateful that he was following her drunk ass around, ready to catch her if she falls to her face, maybe). She hated herself for the longest time, all along she thought that she was the reason why Martin left, maybe she drags him down, that's why he had to go without her, or maybe he was getting strangled in the relationship. Though she might think of things like that, she knew what they had was not fake, they loved each other greatly that's why she doesn't understand why he left her, he was part of her dreams but unfortunately, she wasn't on his. Brushing the hair off her face as she struggled to walk straight to the bench that he was talking about. Them trying to be friends was the worse thing, you cannot be just friends with someone you once thought you'd spend your life with. "Damn it," She muttered definitely feeling emotional about Martin being back in town, it just opened up old wounds that she would rather forget about. Blinking her tears away, she managed to drag her sorry ass to the bench, slumping down, "I can manage to get a cab on my own."

[colinxparker]

emmaxmartin:

Smiling tightly when he mentioned not wanting tokeep any secrets, Emma couldn’t help but feel a little guilty. It wasn’t as ifshe’d told him what he had said while he was sleeping, but she couldn’t seewhat good telling him would do. Without knowing it, he’d already explained whyhis ex was on his mind. And dreams were often just a person’s way of dealing withwhat had happened to them. She had no reason to doubt Colin, when he said thathe had only had a short conversation with his ex, so the best course of actionwas simply to try and push it to the side. With time, she was certain she wouldforget all about it. Or, at the very least, that’s what she was hoping. “We’regood.” She smiled, leaning up to press a kiss to his cheek. “Although I amstarving, and we’re nearly done food wise. I can finish up the rest of thecooking, if you can get out the plates and pour some drinks out. I think there’sorange juice in the fridge for something fresh. And we can kid ourselves thatit’s all healthy that way.”

Colin would have said it sooner but his nerves got the best of him, he thought by telling Emma that, she would flip and get mad at him but he didn't expect this reaction, this made him feel better though. "Thank you, babe," He mumbled as he moved towards her, kissing her forehead, he felt good that he managed to tell her the truth. There was nothing to worry about it anyway, he got over her and Emma was the only person who he can see spending his whole life with. He was even taking his work slow for her, he wasn't going to let the stress of work get the best of him, he would spend time with Emma if he wanted to. "Yeah, I can do that," He beamed at her, walking towards the cabinets to get the plates, he has been in her place a lot of times that he expertly knows where the plates, utensils are. Also grabbing the juice from the refrigerator, he poured some on both of their glasses. "Fresh orange juice is a fruit so I think it's healthy," He smirked, he wasn't going to dwell on how it contains sugar, he was just having a good breakfast with his girl, that's important compared to the calories he will have to burn from eating pancakes, bacon and fresh orange juice for breakfast.

[emmaxmartin]

Laughing softly as he spoke, Emma glanced over hershoulder with a smirk. “That was smooth, I won’t even protest to being yourprincess.” She spoke, trying to hold back her laugh. There was just somethingabout Colin that made her relax, even when she wasn’t having a great day. Itwas one of the things she liked the most about him. Starting a new mix, Emmahad walked up to the cupboard to get some extra chocolate chips out when sheheard him mention his ex girlfriend. Glad for the fact she was facing away fromhim, Emma tried to keep a nonchalant look on her face as she turned backaround. “How was that?” She asked, as calmly as she could. At least it madesense now why his ex was on his mind, but it still didn’t make her feel totallybetter. Not that she was bitter if he did want to go back to his ex, all shewanted was for him to be happy – even if that wasn’t with her. In fact, itmight be easier to realize they weren’t going to work out now, opposed to whenthey both fell completely for each other. At least this point, they had a goodshot at still being friends if they broke up.

[colinxparker]

Colin smiled at her, he was not the perfect boyfriend but he tries his best to show her that he loves her. "A knight or a princess on the past life, none of that would matter, but in this life, we are Colin and Emma, that's all that matters." He pressed a small kiss on top of her head as he continued to make the pancakes, just by the smell of it, he was growing even more starving. Or maybe it was just his nerves getting into him, he finally had told her about his ex-girlfriend coming over, that felt good though, as if he had gotten rid of a small lump and now, he was just waiting for her reaction. "Just dropped by to say hello, you know, didn't talk that long, maybe like five minutes, just talking about how life is going. That's it," He finally looked at her, hoping that she wasn't mad at him, but it's not like he did something wrong because he didn't. "It's no big deal, really, but I just wanted to tell you, don't want to have secret looming between us," He took a deep breath and exhaled, facing her, it was a great feeling, being honest to each other, "We're good right?"

[emmaxmartin]

When she asked if his mother knew he was leavingbefore he knew, Martin felt as if he instantly sobered up. He knew that at somepoint, she wouldn’t be able to keep pretending that everything was fine, but hedidn’t expect it at that moment. He was hoping for it all to come out lateropposed to sooner, but he supposed that was selfish of him. Granted, he hadbeen selfish in general lately, and it wasn’t as if he didn’t know that.Shaking his head, to try and bring himself back to reality, he walked over tothe table with the brightest smile he could muster. Just because they weren’thaving a great time at that moment, didn’t give him the right to ruin it foranyone else. Looking over at Parker after the game, he wished that he had knownthat she would be at the party. That way, he could have skipped it, and she mightnot be quite so drunk. Walking around the table, to try and help her balance,he didn’t care about everyone else around them.  All he knew was that he had to help her insome way, and the only way he could do that was to get her home beforesomething happened to her. “Do you want me to call Colin to come and pick youup?”

[colinxparker]

Parker scolded herself because she let that slipped, she doesn't want him to know that she was still hurting, still bitter about how they parted ways. They had such a good relationship and she never thought it would have ended that way. That's why she got mad. Their relationship deserves better than that excuse, she would always tell herself that it was okay, that he just wanted to look for that specific that he would excel in, his dream. And it did stung that in the dream he has, she wasn't included. Maybe she had one, two, many drinks but at that exact moment, she doesn't care, she was trying to have the time of her life, trying to rub it into Martin's face that even if he left her, she was still there, happy, well, trying hard to be okay and it seems like she was already exaggerating. She was so close to falling with her face on the ground when she felt his hands on her, she scoffed, waving him off, "I'm okay, I'm okay," She muttered, she has always been lightheaded, she knew how to control her alcohol intake but since she wanted to show him that she was enjoying life. "No, no, not Colin, he doesn't know you're back and he actually kinda hates you." She admitted, glancing at him because she would like to see his reaction to that, they were close friends before but her brother choose to hate him because of what happened to their relationship. "Just get me a cab maybe? I don't think I can drive."

[emmaxmartin]

“How about wewere both knights in a previous life? Because I am totally up for acceptingthat you used to be a knight, but I don’t want to be the princess in the tower.”She spoke, pursing her lips at the end and turning her nose up slightly as ifshe had the upper hand. Which was silly, especially considering they were just playingalong with a random topic of conversation. But it was making her feel better,this was who they were. People who didn’t mind showing their silly side aroundeach other. People who trusted each other enough, to let some of their guardsfall. Maybe she still had a wall built up after earlier, but she was sure shewould talk to him about it sooner or later. She just had to work out what itwas she wanted to say first. Because she didn’t want to seem like a crazygirlfriend who wouldn’t let him talk to others, because she wasn’t. She didn’tmind who he spoke to, because she trusted him to tell her if he didn’t want tobe in the relationship anymore. It was just a messy situation. “You can makesome of the plain pancakes, while I get the chocolate chips ones made up?”

[colinxparker]

“We are definitely both knights,” Caleb nodded in agreement, his girlfriend was definitely strong, she wasn’t one of those people who would actually needing to be swept on her feet, she wouldn’t be that princess in the tower, not at all. “Though you’re not a princess locked inside the tower, you’re still my princess,” He winked at her, trying to be his usual charming self, he felt like earlier there was something wrong, not just with him or with Emma, but their relationship. He still felt guilty about not telling her that his ex-girlfriend came over yesterday but what was there to tell anyways? He was over her and she was just someone from his past that he has no intention of going back to, nothing would change between him and Emma even if his ex was around. "Okay, okay," He agreed, taking a sip of the cup of coffee, looking at the batter, he lied, he would probably mess this up, he doesn't really know how to flip a pancake but he would try his best to make it somewhat normal. "I'm very excited to eat the pancakes," He smiled at her, he was not good at hiding things so he might as well tell her about it though it definitely doesn't change anything. "Hmm, my ex-girlfriend came to visit me yesterday."

[emmaxmartin]

Martin had never thought acting was for him, butthat was all he seemed to be doing around Parker. Part of him felt guilty forpretending so much around her, but it seemed better than showing how he wasactually feeling. He wasn’t even entirely sure that he could handle how hefelt, if he stopped pretending that everything was fine. Moving back home washard enough, was admit that he had basically failed in what he wanted to. “Itmight be funny now… But hey, there’s no bad time for ice-cream right?” Hesmiled, wondering how they looked to everyone at the party. If anybody couldtell how awkward the air around them was. “She is a pretty amazing women. I’mboth lucky and unlucky I got her for a mother. Because she always seemed toknow what I was going to do, before even I knew.” He joked, thinking that otherpeople was a safe topic. Anything that didn’t involve them directly or theirhistory, seemed to be a safe topic. Rolling his eyes dramatically as she spoke,he just shrugged and threw the small racket between his hands. “Game on then,Reed.” He smirked, before looking over at his partner with a small nod.

[colinxparker]

"Yeah," Parker smiled as she nodded, there was an elephant in the room but they obviously would leave that unaddressed, they were too busy pretending that everything was alright, they were alright with whatever this is, but it was better than to address the issue. She looked up at him and but let it slip, she doesn't know why she asked but she did anyways, "So, your mom knew that you were leaving before you knew?" She asked, she just got to ask him about it, it might be the alcohol in her system or maybe she was just tired of pretending that everything was okay but there was no going back. She didn't even wait for his answer because they were already with her friends, she did try her best to laugh along as they played beer pong, she admit, she was never good at this at all, throwing her racket on the ground, she groaned loudly, drunk, like she knew that tomorrow would bring a huge hangover and Colin wouldn't appreciate cleaning up her vomit, "Oh fuck, you guys won, so what?" She asked them, she rubbed her hands all over her face, chuckling loudly, "Maybe we shouldn't have done that? I'm going to need a cup of coffee now, where is the place that serves good coffee?" She nearly stumbled on her on foot as she tried to walk but luckily she held on the table, "I probably need help with walking."

[emmaxmartin]

Closing her eyes when Colin pressed a kiss on herforehead, Emma smiled softly. Things may not be perfect between them, but atleast in that moment she could pretend that they were. Not that she reallywanted a perfect relationship. In Emma’s mind a perfect relationship wasn’trealistic, if things seemed perfect you were just pretending. Relationshipscould get messy, people argued since nobody could get along all the time – but therecould be perfect moments. And standing in the middle of her kitchen with Colinwas definitely one of those moments. It was one she needed after hearing himsay his ex’s name. “Maybe you save an entire village of people in a previous life…Or maybe I was the one who save an entire village and got to meet you as areward.” Things were still new between them, and she had no idea if thingswould get more serious between them – but they didn’t have to for him to havebeen an important person in her life. He was already an important person in herlife, and nothing would change that. Pulling away she went to the cupboards toget the ingredients that they needed, before glancing over her shoulder at him.“Do you want anything to drink?”

[colinxparker]

This is actually what Colin was in for, a mature relationship between two people who would do everything to make things work. He was in the age of looking for a partner that who would be there for the rest of his life, he was done sleeping around. A playful smile plastered on his face, though maybe she is right, they did something right during their previous life to actually meet each other now. “Maybe I was a mightly knight back then?” He suggested, raising his brow as he lined up the bacon on top of the pan, adding just a little bit of oil in it, bacon usually get cooked with its own oil anyways. “Just coffee, babe, please,” He smiled, flipping the bacon as it begun to sizzle, “Look at these beauties,” He mumbled underneath his breath, the bacon were slowly cooking and he’d like it extra crispy so he’d probably need to wait for a little bit before getting it out of the pan. He glanced at her, smiling, “Are the pancakes ready anytime soon or we’d have to wait for it a little bit? I can help you out, you know? Like maybe flip it or something, I’ll try my best not to distract you.”

[emmaxmartin]

Nodding as she spoke, Martin couldn’t help but thinkback on that night – and how much he apologised for somehow managing to loseher and making her cry. “I remember. I also remember buying you the biggest tubof ice-cream that I could find the next day because I felt s bad about it.”Looking back, it was a stupid thing to feel bad over, mostly because now he hada valid reason to feel guilty. But he had to push those thoughts from his mind,if he didn’t it would only make both of their night’s awful. “I’m seriouslystarting to consider the fact she has more caffeine than blood in her body, it’sthe only way she can stay so active for so long.” He spoke, frowning slightlyas he did so. It was mostly a joke, but there were a few nights (mostly afterhe’d been drinking) that he honestly thought it could be true. Introducinghimself quickly to the person who was apparently going to be his partner forthe game, he rolled his eyes at Parker’s words. “I hope you’re prepared to eatthose words. Otherwise you’ll be hungry for the rest of the night consideringwe’ll win, and you won’t have any In-N-Out, right?” he asked, glancing over athis partner. It may have sounded a little cocky, but it wasn’t as if he wasactually that confident in his skills. He simply liked making things moredramatic than they had to be, it made the whole thing seem more fun.

[colinxparker]

Parker never imagined talking to Martin like this, she had been so hurt when he left her but as she always told herself, she was happy that he was trying to find out whatever he wanted to do in his life. But in the process of doing that, he cut her off, as much as she tries to convince herself that shouldn’t hurt, it does, a lot. “Nah, that wasn’t a really bad memory, thinking of it now, it’s quite funny.” She smiled at him, it was funny and it was a memory that she was supposed to share to their future kids but that isn’t happening now. “She’s something else, I cannot really level her energy even if I had a few cups of coffee.” She was so close to his mom that when he left, and she started not seeing her, she actually felt like she lost her own mother. Taking a pingpong ball, she threw it towards Martin, chuckling softly, “You’ve got yourself a deal, Mister, and don’t expect us to get hungry later one, if we win, you’re just going to stare at us while we’re eating.” She challenged him, considering how she already drunk earlier, her aim might be a little off but she would still try her best to win the game.

[emmaxmartin]

The more time she spent with Colin, the more shefelt stupid for getting so upset about what he had said in his sleep. He alwaysseemed to find ways to cheer her up, but the thing was he wasn’t even tryingto. Colin being himself was enough to put a smile on her face, so when he said ‘tothe kitchen, we go’ she couldn’t help but let out a small laugh. Because thatwas the Colin she knew. That was the Colin that she could see herself trulyfalling for. What’s more – that was the Colin she was sure liked her. Not love,because things between them were still new – but all she really needed to knowwas that he was willing to give them a chance. If he wasn’t, it would just seemlike wasted time. “Now I hope your bacon doesn’t disappoint… Because I amimagining something amazing right now. And if you take that away from me, Iwill not be happy.” She tried to joke, as she started to gather the ingredientsto make the pancakes. “I think I have some chocolate chips… If you want I canmake some normal pancakes to go with the bacon – and then make some chocolatechip ones for later? If you’re taking the day off work, you should get sometreats.”

[colinxparker]

If there was one thing Colin would like to see, it was Emma always happy because she deserves all the happiness in the world, and if he could only give her everything, he would. He was always giddy whenever they are together, she just brought a whole new light in his life, for a long time there, he was suffering from a failed relationship, he has got to admit it that breaking up with his old time flame was not easy, he thought he would end up marrying her but things just didn't go as planned. What they say is right though, when one door closes, another one opens up. He couldn't help but snort when she mentioned about his bacon not going to disappoint, he raised his brow at her before laughing quite loudly, "Do not worry, babe, my bacon wouldn't disappoint." He told her, walking inside the kitchen, he watched her expertly going through the kitchen for some ingredients for the pancakes. "Yeah sure, whatever you want to make," He smiled, walking towards her, wrapping an arm around her shoulder before pressing a small kiss on her forehead. "What did I do to deserve someone like you eh?"

[emmaxmartin]

“You always were more of the chill type of person,than a rave type of person. Kind of find it hard to imagine you in the middleof a hardcore rave.” Martin joked, only slightly mentally kicking himself forthe comment. He’d tried to stay away from their past, but he couldn’t pretendas if he didn’t know her. He’d spent years, knowing her as much as he knewhimself. He may have even known her more than he knew himself. Which sounded cliché,but given he didn’t know all that much about himself it was true. “Mom would definitelywin. I think she’s part robot or something, only way to reason why she’s soenergetic and I’m so… not.” Martin wasn’t lazy exactly, but he also had nowherenear the energy his mother had. Sometimes he’d get tired just hearing about howmuch his mom tried to fit into the day. “I’d be more than happy to renouncethat title if anyone beats me though. It just never hurts to have a little bitof confidence.” He shrugged after Parker’s comment. Picking up one of thepaddles, he tossed it mindlessly between his hands before glancing back up atParker. “What do you say? Want first try at trying to get the title? If youmanage to win I’ll… I’d say buy you a drink but nobody seems to be charging forthose. So if you win – you get to pick the prize.”

[colinxparker]

"Oh God," Parker laughed softly as she remembered that time when she and Martin to a rave once and she ended up crying. "Do you remembered that time when I actually got lost in the rave, and I was nearly in tears because I cannot find you?" Parker chuckled, those good, old times that she shouldn't really bring up, but she did anyways because she cannot help it, it was memories of those fun times that they have and she cannot just ignore the fact that it happened. She shook her head looking down, stopping herself from smiling too much, she does that a lot when Martin is with her, she noticed. "Yeah, she's too active, I cannot even keep up with her energy." She loves spending time with his mom, she seems to be more than just a mom but like a friend as well, it was nice to be around people like that, she understands her sentiments in life in which sometimes her parents doesn't. "I guess, I should be on opposing team right? Since you're really good with this, I'll partner up with Reid, he's a self-professed mater in beerpong and so you are," She walked on the opposite end of the table next to her friend, another one partnered with Martin so they were good to go. "Prepare to lose, if we win, you guys definitely need to get us In-N-Out."

[emmaxmartin]

At his smile, she ducked her head slightly so hewouldn’t see her smile. She wasn’t sure how he managed it, but he always seemedto make her smile – even in her worst moods. This time, he didn’t even knowwhat was wrong, but he was still finding ways to make her smile. When she’dmanaged to put a neutral expression back on her face, she glanced back up athim with a small shake of her head. “Nope, I shall never admit that it’s true,and there’s nothing you can do that would make me say it.” It may have soundedridiculous, but acting silly with him was making her feel better. He may havesaid somebody else’s name in his dream, but he was there right beside her. Hewas acting the way he always did around her, and Emma was trying to tellherself that if something wasn’t working the way Colin wanted it to – he’d justtell her. He wasn’t exactly one to keep things to himself, or at least sheassumed he wasn’t. Smirking slightly, Emma bumped his elbow slightly with herown. “It’s cute you thought you could even try to say no.” It wasn’t serious,but joking around – however oddly – happened to be lifting her spirits. Maybe aday of just being silly was what they both needed. “To the kitchen we go then.”She nodded firmly, taking his hand as they walked into the kitchen. “Anythingelse you want to eat? I think there’s bacon… I’m not sure what else would gowith pancakes.”

[colinxparker]

Colin wouldn’t consider himself as sweet but damn, when it comes to Emma, he’d become this other person who would literally do fluffy things for her. Like cuddling. He wouldn’t have done it if it wasn’t for her, or going on dates that was too early, he wouldn’t have put an effort in waking up early if not to see her face. “Oh come on, babe, it’s true.” He teased her, if there’s one thing that would brighten his day, it would be Emma’s smile so seeing her like the world had crush, that was something else and she doesn’t want to her like that ever. “To the kitchen, we go!” He repeated, letting her drag him into the kitchen before nodding at her suggestion about having bacon as well. “Yeah, that’s great, who can say no to bacon and pancake right? I’d make the bacon and you make the pancake?” He knew that they can work as a team when it comes to cooking, “I don’t want to brag or anything but my bacon would blow your mind.” He smirked at her, if it was someone else he’d say that statement to, it might actually be a bit dirty but considering it’s just Emma, he knew that he literally meant bacon but not something else.

[emmaxmartin]

When Parker smiled, Martin couldn’t help but notehow pretty she looked when she did so. Parker smiling had always been one ofhis favourite sights, especially the times when she wasn’t even conscious ofthe fact that she was smiling. He may have been a little biased, but he wassure that nobody else ever seemed as graceful or breath-taking as Parker didwhenever she smiled. Granted, he thought this time the smile didn’t quite reachher eyes, but he would take what he could get. Especially, when she didn’t havemuch of a reason to smile around him. “That depends. There’s those silent discothings… And when you just walk into those parties, everything would be silentsince everyone is wearing headphones. But people still seem to think they’regreat parties.” He wasn’t even sure why he’d decided to say that, but the wordswere out of his mouth and he couldn’t exactly take them back now. Laughingsoftly when she spoke about his mother, he gave a small nod. “Honestly, Ialways feel lazy living with her. I think she’s the most active person I know.”Talking about his mother, almost seemed like neutral ground. They both knew hismother well, and Martin was sure that no matter what, his mother would stillwant to keep in contact with Parker. Honestly, if he ever introduced a futuregirlfriend to his mother, he was certain his mother would hate the girl justbecause she wasn’t Parker. Nodding as she spoke about Colin, Martin tried tosmile as politely as he could. “That’s nice.” He knew things with Colinwouldn’t be the same as before – he’d hurt Parker, and that was probably theonly unforgivable thing in Colin’s mind. When she introduced him as an oldfriend, Martin thought that it was the best he could hope for. “Hey.” Hegreeted, with a small smile at her friends, not entirely sure what else he wasmeant to do.

[colinxparker]

Parker wasn’t even sure why she invited Martin to where her friends are, maybe because even after all of those years, she still considers him as a friend. They were bestfriends before they started out the relationship anyways so they can always go back to that because their relationship didn’t work. “I guess, this is my definition of a great party, just chilling and drinking, just having fun.” She needed to let loose herself, she has been quite stressed the past couple of days because of university so this party was supposed to relax her more than anything, not to stress her all over again but that's just the case since Martin was there. "I think she is actually, like she's is your mom but I think she'll beat you if you have this jogging competition," She sipped on her water before stopping in front of her friends, they might be wondering how she managed to snatch someone just by getting water, but then again they don't know the past her and Martin had. "Martin thinks he's the best in beer pong, I'm sure we can prove him wrong right?" She smirked, just trying to be friendly and all, as much as she’d like to hate Martin for leaving her, she cannot do that, he wanted to pursue his dreams and there’s nothing more that she wants than him finding what he really want to do.

[emmaxmartin]

Laughing softly when Colin said it was already gettingbetter, Emma felt her own spirits perk up. “You know that was cheesy, right?”She teased softly, trying to remind herself that was what mattered. She’dalways prided herself on being able to read people well, and Colin had neverseemed like the kind of person to lie. At least, not unless he had to if it wassomething important. He couldn’t control the dreams he had. It wasn’t as if he’dactively said someone else’s name, and that’s what she had to remind herself.Actions spoke louder than words, and he may have said somebody else’s name buthe was there with her. And he seemed to be genuinely concerned that she wasn’tin as good a mood as she usually was. Emma was just hoping she could pass itoff as lack of sleep, because she was never exactly the happiest if she waswoken up too early. “Are you sure? I don’t mind helping. I find cooking can berelaxing sometimes. And I don’t mean to brag, but I make pretty amazingpancakes. Well… I guess I did mean to brag a little.” Joking around with him,seemed to ease the tension in her stomach. If she could act like she would anyother day, then maybe she could just forget about what had happened theprevious night. She wanted to forget it, especially since it seemed as if shewas the only one who knew what happened. He seemed to be happy around her – andthat’s what counted. It wasn’t as if he seemed to just be spending time withher, until somebody better came along.

[colinxparker]

It was actually a big relief to hear her laugh, he was confused on what happened to make Emma seems so distant earlier so hearing her at least make a small sound of chuckle was already making his day. If he seemed so paranoid about making a mistake, it was because he doesn't want to give Emma a reason to leave him, he was shattered into different pieces when his ex left but Emma managed to pick the pieces back together and now, he was whole and he was ready to love her more than he have loved anyone. "It might be cheesy but it's true, admit it," He shot her a boyish smile before stretching his legs on top of the coffee table, he was relaxing a little bit but he was still on the edge because he was too scared that he might have done something wrong that had her left the bed early. "If you insist on helping then I wouldn't say no to that?" He smiled, maybe it was better if she actually help him, though he was telling her that he can cook, it doesn't always taste too nice. "Let's do it then," He told her before standing up, stretching his arm so that he could take his hand and they can go to the kitchen together. "Let's go, I'm starving, which is not surprising, haven't ate last night, I was too tired."