We've been out the whole day. I loved the time with the two and loved to see how amazing Keenan was with Lizzie. But she then eventually got tired so we got inside.

Adriana and Aiden still haven't come back. Keenan texted them to go eat dinner in town because Lizzie is doing just great. So as soon as we took our shoes off, Keenan got Liz out of her snow clothes and picked her up to lay her on the sofa and tucked her in after that.

"Do you want some hot chocolate or something?" I ask Liz as I walk into the kitchen to make myself some tea. Keenan hates tea. Strange human. Lizzie answers me with a yes to my question so I make one for her.

We enjoyed the rest of the day on the sofa together until her parents picked her up to go to bed.

Keenan had the idea to take a bath. And I would never say no to a bath. "You coming?" He asks me and helps me get up from the sofa to get to the bathtub.

We both get out of our clothes, get into the bathtub and relax for a moment. "I love it here. Vancouver really is amazing." I tell him while looking at the ceiling. "I'm glad you like it." He responds.

"What are you thinking about?" I ask him. He seems to be so deep in thoughts lately. He looks at me and at my breasts that are a little bit above the water surface. "You're beautiful." He says. Without any context, without really answering my question...

And he makes me blush. Asshole. "Well, thank you." I say and get myself a little further into the water. "Do you think.. our situation would be different if we met under other circumstances?" This has been going through my mind lately...

"You mean if we weren't teacher and student?" He asks me, leaning slightly forward. "Yeah..."

"Aren't you happy with how it is right now?" He asks me. And to be honest... I don't even know if I am or if I'm not. "Yes, I am. But-"

Keenan leans forward even more and grabs me to slide myself onto his lap, grabs my face and makes me look at him. "I think that our circumstances only got us to where we are right now. We would've probably never seen each other anymore if you wouldn't have sat in this class that day."

He's probably right with that. "Why are you thinking about this?" He asks me. "I don't know. Just wondering."

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It's new year's eve. The others said they would watch the fireworks from the veranda so that Lizzie can go to sleep right after midnight.

But I want to take Gia to a place around five minutes away from the huts to see the fireworks even closer.

"Where are you taking me? It's almost midnight, Keenan." She sighs behind me as she squeezes the hand that holds mine. "I know. Just a little further, bellissima."

We're almost there. I already hear the people from the other huts that are here every year, celebrating and waiting for new year.

I know she will like this. She told me that her and her family always celebrated Silvester big. It won't be that special like she told me it always was... but I want her to at least know that I care about what she likes and what makes her happy.

"Keenan whe-" "We're here." I tell her. She looks around, eyes sparkling with happiness as she looks around. There is a little field that belongs to the huts. It's decorated every year with speakesr for the countdown and a huge space for the fireworks.

"Wow." Her hand won't let me go. It seems like she is hypnotized by what she sees. "Come on. Let's get closer to those fireworks." I tell her.

And then it started. The speaker. Three minutes till midnight. I take in every single detail of her even tho I have done that so many times before...

Two minutes.

Her beautiful smile. Her voice. Her adoration for the smallest gestures someone makes for her.

Her.

One minute.

I want her to know that she is a special person. I want her to know that I'm always there for her.

And then.. the real countdown started.

10....

I watch her counting down herself, standing in front of me, halfway turned into my direction.

5,4,3,2,1....

In this moment, the fireworks headed off and started to explode as I grab her neck and pull her to me, smashing my lips onto hers.

Devouring these soft lips I seem to never get enough of. Gianna whimpers against my lips from the sudden action but then grabs my wrists that are holding her neck and kisses me back.

We hear the crowd shouting and cheering for the new year... while the only thing I care about right now is her. She is everywhere right now. She is the only thing in my mind at this exact moment.

I don't know how long the kiss took us... but we both had the same thing in mind as soon as our lips separated and we looked into each other's eyes.

I took her hand, kissed her forehead one last time before we literally ran to our hut. We were like animals. Our lips never leaving each other, me slamming her against the wall while I got the keys out of my pocket and opened the door.

Her ripping my clothes off of me as soon as we are in the warm house, me doing exactly the same.

She's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

I never thought that it would come this far the night I first saw her. I thought it would've been a normal one-night stand.

But she is so much more now. So, so much more.

She lays herself on the bed as I roll on a condom and slide into her not long after that. Both of our moans combined with heavy breaths fill the room.

I don't know what this is right now... but this is not how friends fuck. That's for sure.

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Omg. I got emotional writing this chapter.

What do you think?

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