Zephyr's eyebrows just bout shot off the top of his head. "Ryan LIFTED you up there to paint those!?" He exclaimed, looking at the fan and her about 385 times. "I bet I could do that." He stifled a laugh. "Nevermind. I now admire your brother." He snorted before gazing around, obviously thinking. "How long did it take?" Zeph inquired, tilting his head, his dark blue eyes meeting with hers for a second, but this time he was able to tear them away.

Sophia doubled over on the bed. "About three hours. And you think you could do that? Try" she jumped up and put her arms out. She smiled as his eyes locked with eyes, but a tiny part of her was sad that he had looked away.

"3 HOURS." Zephyr repeated. "Determination, girl!" He sounded astounded. "I'm not even going to ask how." He shook his head with awe, then tilted his head slightly and looked back at her at her next words. "You wished." He answered with an internal wince, easily picking Sophia up. "Tadaaa." He put her down with a smile, his skin buzzing.

"Lots of determination for sure" Sophia bit back smile, but a blush crept across her cheeks against her will. "Ryan definitely didn't pick me up that well" she said with a grin. She felt like she had gotten electrocuted and thrown into water. Her entire body felt like an electric current. She looked down then glanced at him for a second, her eyes locking with his.

Zephyr snorted, trying to get rid of the buzzing in his veins. Argh. Why was it so hard. Even after he admitted he liked her. He thought it would go away! But it just got stronger, clouding his mind. "There's better and worse ways to pick people up?" He asked jokingly, to cover the silence, but... but it didn't help when their eyes locked. Aghhh. He couldn't do this. He wasn't- no, he didn't deserve her. She was ... so perfect. And he was just a silly boy with weird looking eyes. However, his heart had different ideas as it pretty much slammed forward so hard in his chest he slowly leaned forward. They were already so close. Then their lips touched, and he was afraid, scared, no- TERRIFIED she would jerk away and look at him in horror or something. But it was like fire spreading through his body and he didn't want to stop. His very soul seemed to buzz with energy. That sounded weird.

Sophia's veins were pulsing as he spoke. "I guess so" she breathed, but he looked like he wasn't listening. When he slowly leaned in, she didn't protest. Instead she couldn't wait, so she pressed her lips against his when she finally understood his meaning. She leaned into him and her hands went to his shoulders as if they were always meant to. She was unable to keep her body from feeling like it got shocked. She slowly pulled away. "Wow..." she whispered. Her brain flew to the picture she had drawn. First kiss. It had happened! She looked up at Zephyr and pulled him down a tad, kissing him again. When she pulled away she apologized. "Sorry. I had to. "

Zephyr stared at her for a moment, unblinking, barely able to tell what happened. Then Sophia pulled him into another kiss and he understood. For once things might be going his way. The feeling.. it- well, he had actually never felt it before. Believe it or not, he had never kissed anyone before- not even Lydia, his actual ex-girlfriend. When she pulled away again he looked in shock for a little bit before he snapped out of it. What was he supposed to say NOW? His mouth opened and closed once before words finally made themselves of use again. "You.. really weren't kidding. You do like me." Was the first thing that came out of his mouth, almost in a wonderous tone, and then he quickly winced. "Ahh I'm sorry. My brain shut off-..."

A fierce blush took over her cheeks. "I wasn't lying. I do really like you. And if I had to guess you weren't lying either" she smiled, a bright, happy smile. "Don't apologize!" She pulled him into another kiss then heard the sound of feet coming up the stairs. She took a second to realize it was feet before pulling away and straightening her shirt. She turned around, stepped back and grabbed a drawing off her desk. "I don't think it's that good. " she started then gave Zephyr a look of "Just-Roll-With-It" then fully looked up at him. Ryan gave a soft knock on the door "can I come in Sophia?" She glanced at the door then at Zephyr then back at the door. "Umm yeah. Just a second.

Zephyr glanced down, the tops of his ears turning slightly red. Probably the most blush anyone would ever get out of him. "I did. I did mean it." He said firmly, his face flickering with a smile before ge reciprocated the kiss, everything buzzing. Ahhh! He was so happy! Gosh. He felt like a 5 year old. That was never a good sign. As he heard the sound of feet his eyes widened slightly, scrambling away and glancing at her. He carefully grabbed another picture and looked at it carefully. "Well I think it's amazing! You don't give yourself enough credit. You should see me try to draw- what is that, a tortoise?" He teased, chuckling before quieting and looking at the door as what he remembered as Ryan's voice echoed through the hall. He edged slightly backward so he was about as far away from Sophia as possible, near the balcony door.

"Don't open the door remember" she took a step closer to him so she could keep her voice low. "Sorry Ryan. We were talking about drawings. You can come in and join us if you want" she gave a quick wink to Zephyr before sitting on the edge of her bed. Sophia's tall brother had to duck to get in through the doorframe. He looked at Zephyr with a shrug then ruffled Sophia's hair. "Nah. I'll leave y'all to talk about that crazy stuff you do. " he turned then looked back at her. "Mom wants you to have dinner with us since I'm leaving tomorrow after your game." He bent down and eyes Zephyr. "Who's this fella?" Sophia smiled "a good friend of mine from school. I'll be down in a little bit" Ryan nodded and walked away, giving a slight wave before closing the door behind him. Sophia shrunk against her bed. "Now my parents are going to pick you to pieces..."