Lance sighed. "It seems I can't change your mind then, Elena. In the same way, I couldn't change the mind of the Department of Science and Technology in the state. They couldn't let me be so I ended up agreeing with their idea. So I guess that makes both of us."
"Both of us? What do you mean?"
"There's this speech thingy, 'Ted talk' conference I have to do in some university over in Mexico City. The state convinced me into it, knowing it will be beneficial to both me and the State of Washington."
"Really. What is about?" She asked seeming interested.
"Some science stuff. About the health device system I made and a revolutionary microchip invention that I'm working on."
"Oh, spare me the complex science technology stuff. Sounds fun though." Elena raised her eyebrows. Lance wasn't after the idea of telling her about it anyway. The less she knew about the chip the better. "I'm proud of you. You have literally started knocking your career right off the bat!"
He sighed. "Sometimes I feel lucky, sometimes I feel unfortunate. To have all these things happening around me, it's a lot to take in, trust me." Lance walked closer to her. "But none of these matters. Right now, it's all about you. I can accompany you way down there. At least you won't be alone."
"I'd really appreciate that... but after that, you'd leave and come back here again. I'm still wondering what you're still doing here."
"I'm here because I care about you." He scoffed. "For fucking God's sake Elena I'm in love with you!"
She gulped hearing the sudden statement. "Really? I mean I know that you have always loved me all along. But what I mean is after I was... you know, raped."
Lance grabbed Elena's hand instantly and felt the cold that she was experiencing. How she was not in warm clothes baffled him. "Elena, I love you... even after that. For the record that does not define you. You define you!"
Elena took her arms out of Lance's grasp. "I'm the girl who was raped... I'm pretty sure that defines me." She told him a cold voice, just as she had since the day began.
"To other people, perhaps... not me! Fuck what they all think. I don't care what they think about you. Good or bad, it doesn't matter what I feel about you. You're the pretty girl who managed to get a degree in Chemical Engineering! And had the courage and strength to stand up in court to face the guy who violated her. That's the Elena I know. See, I just know that I love and want you the way you are."
"Lance I..." Elena stammered.
"Do you know how beautiful you are? Do you know how attractive you are? Do you know how fun and what a good company you are?" He asked her. "R*pe or no r*pe Elena I want you... you and only you."
"I don't know Lance..."
Lance took Elena's hand once again and looked at her straight in her eyes. "Elena let's rekindle what we had. I miss the thing we had many years ago before Ethan came and drew us apart. Don't tell me you don't miss those days..."
Elena scoffed, "Funny thing... I don't. Really. I think I've forgotten about them. Ethan really had an effect on me ever since I met him. I've forgotten–"
"Ethan is no longer here Elena. It's just you and me. Give me another chance to love you and I swear I'll be a better person this time."
"Lance," Her voice was low. "I'm not ready for any relationships. Not after what Ethan did to me. The memories he left me with... I can't imagine anything good coming from a relationship with anyone right now."
"We will make new memories then. Better ones." He cupped her cheeks letting go of her hands. "Fuck the old memories, Elena... they live in the past. We will make new ones together." She held his hands as he cupped her cheeks.
"Lance... I was raped." She whispered to him softly in a bid to turn him away.
"And I still love you either way..."
His eyes dangled around as he stared into her dark eyes. His pointy ears could hear her heart beating even faster. Elena scoured her eyes at him. She looked at his approaching lips that had already parted. She couldn't find it in her strength to keep hers closed. They drew to his lips as if they were polar magnets attracted to each other. Lance wasn't sure whether nature vouched for this moment to happen or it was her undying beauty bringing his attention to her. His blue eyes danced around longer as they studied her before he finally shut his eyes. She closed hers too. And in a second she felt hers locked with his and a sudden ecstatic pleasure rush raced between their mouths. Elena felt the warm feeling of his breath on her cold lips, though not fully satisfying but yet inviting. He took his lips away from her and opened his eyes. Elena saw the blue eyes again that seemed not to be shy if anything. It wasn't clear to her whether she had ever imagined this moment ever happening again, but there was raw emotion in the way he took her in. She couldn't help but feel that she wanted to get back in there. It felt like something different. She had forgotten how his lips tasted and the slow exchange of the kiss now reminded her of him, from many years ago.
Lance tilted his head and took one of his arms on her back and pushed her against himself while the other was plunged in her black midnight hair firmly so that he could control the kiss he wanted to give. Elena wrapped her arms around him and pressed her body closer to his. His mouth slowly approached hers again and claimed her in a submissive maneuver. He kissed her and she kissed back, tongues rolled and head turned in opposite directions. Their kisses resulted in soft moans that she gave as they increased their tempo enjoying their passionate moment. Lance grabbed Elena by her hips and she twitched instantly. He stopped and looked at her as he read the cues given off from her. She panted out slightly trying to catch her breath. Lance grabbed her hips and carried her up into his arms. She looked down at him, with her hands coiled around his neck. He put her on top of the countertop and brushed her loose strands of hair back her ear. It felt like a pure imagination... for a moment.
Elena then dived back in at him as his hands soared through her thighs, grabbing her skin as he paced up. She took his mouth over hers as she dug her hand into his hair from the back of his head, and the other resting on top of his shoulders. She moaned a little as they exchanged their raw emotion over and over in their never-ending kiss. Tell me I'm beautiful. Her kiss said... And that you're in love. She finally wrapped her legs around him as they kissed. Lynn came downstairs stealthy and saw the two kissing from a distance. She felt warm and at peace with the situation that she found herself smiling. She was happy for her daughter; she was falling in love with the guy she had always intended for her to be with. She however turned back and left the two at their thing.
"Kiss me Lance," Elena told him when he paused again. Lance put his finger on her lips in a bid to shush her up. He pointed to his lips. Elena dug back in on him. She felt like time stopped when his lips met hers again but only intensified. Her heart pounded in her chest as her knees got weaker. She could only focus on how soft she felt against his mouth... how he had seductively invaded all her senses. Her heart went over and skipped a beat as she felt him washing over her like a wave of warmth as she curled her toes, unfurling all her senses moreover as the taste of him silenced her and let her enjoy what was going on. They kissed, for a long, long time.