| Leery Household� He called her house once again and was met with the same answer by Jack. That she hadn�t returned. He didn�t want to think that she was avoiding him. It was a bit early to play these kind of games wasn�t it? He sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Looking over he stared at the pictures beside him. There were the ones that he said he was going to send in for the competition and then there were the ones that he knew were better. The one of Jack and Jen� his little sister and of Joey. He sighed and didn�t even notice when his dad came and sat beside him. �Hey there�� He remarked picking up the photos and looking over the better ones. �Wow! I think you really have an eye for this Dawson.� �Yeah�� He practically grunted. �I mean look at these� I don�t know what it is but there�s something there� I can�t even begin to describe it. So have you shown these to Andie?� He asked absently. �Andie? Yeah.� �What�s wrong?� �Look at those pictures. Look at the last one. That�s my best photo and it�s of my ex-girlfriend!� �So?� �What do you mean so? How can I in good conscience send those in knowing that if I win it�s because of her? How can anything work out for me and Andie if I do this?� His father looked at him as if he had grown a second head. �What are you talking about Dawson? Don�t you see? These are your best photos because you found your inspiration and your fire. You didn�t start taking photos like these until you started dating Andie. I think that�s because you finally allowed yourself the opportunity to open up and feel something again! You allowed yourself to be with someone and experience someone other then the girl down the creek. There is a clear indication of what you took Pre-Andie and what you took Post-Andie!� His dad admonished as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. �Well what about the one of Joey? You have to admit without a doubt that�s my best picture? Why is that?� �Well for one� your subject is extremely passionate on her own. Joey is an intense woman Dawson, no one can deny that. And any fool with a camera can capture that. But you have an advantage that most people don�t. You know her. I mean you grew up with her and you probably know most if not all of her expressions and moods. So therefore you can hone in on what works for that time in that place and you capture it. But you wouldn�t allow yourself to do that if you didn�t allow yourself to feel. So even if your best photo is right here� your inspiration came from a whole different place�� He remarked with a sigh. He left his son there sitting and thinking over his words. Dawson finally understood and had to admit that his dad was right. These were intense pictures and she was intense but he found that because of the woman in his life now� not the one from his past. Jumping up he ran for the door about to go to her house when he ran into her on his doorstep. �Andie! I was just about to go to your house. I think that we should talk.� �Me too.� �Okay well I want to�� �Me first.� She interjected. �I think that you should send those pictures in. I mean I really want you to because those are the really great ones and they�re beautiful and that�s what is important. You and I� what we have� it�s great and I love it. But it�s not all you and I are. The things that make us so great are the things that we�ve been through and experienced and I can�t condemn you for something that�s in your past because it�s cause of your past that I am with you now.� He smiled down at her and shook his head. �Now can I talk?� �Only if you tell me that you�re going to send those in.� She remarked. He sighed as he took her hands and led her into the apartment. Making her sit beside him he pulled out the pictures and placed them on her lap. �What do you see?� �I see� beauty� passion� intensity.� �I see us.� She looked up at him with raised eyebrows. �I see everything that you see only I know how I get here. I got to this point because of you and I and what we�ve become. I would never have allowed myself to go to this place if it hadn�t of been for you. I was able to find the passion and intensity because I feel it. Every time that I�m with you� I can feel it.� Lacing his fingers with hers he looked down at them. �Anytime that we touch� every time that you look at me� I just can�t help myself. I can feel something inside me that I haven�t felt in� forever. It�s amazing and you do it to me.� He whispered looking up into her brown eyes. They hovered above a potential kiss for moments until she moved in and placed her lips on his. It was sweet and intense wrapped in a cocoon of passion that only they could make together. |
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