First Floor Lobby: Late Wednesday night

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Lana made it as far as the lobby and decided she needed to sit down before she fell down. Those Long Island Iced Teas had definitely not been one of her smarter moves. And then to all but proposition Angel. She put her face in her hands. She'd never be able to look him in the eye again.

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After a night spent plotting mischief, Seely wandered into the lobby, he frowned when he caught sight of Lana sitting there. "Lana?"

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Lana looked up and saw Angel standing there. Except... "You changed," she said. "I mean, hi. Um... Did you... Why are you here?"

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"Well, yeah," Seely replied. "Cheerleading practice made my other clothes all sweaty"

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She blinked at him. "You were there? Did I see you?"

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Seely frowned. "I am on the squad," he said. "And you smiled to me and everything."

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"You're on...? Oh my God." She put her face back in her hands. "Seely. Right. Sorry. This... This has been one hell of a night."

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Seely sat down next to her. "Want to tell me about it?"

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"I think I had a little too much to drink," she said. "And then I sort of accidentally propositioned someone."

She tried to sit up and turn towards him and slid almost into him. "Maybe a lot too much to drink."

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"I can see that," Seely remarked. "Why were you drinking? There anyone I have to beat up?"

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"Jim's dad?" she said, then shook her head. "No, just me being stupid, really. I was nervous about talking to someone. And then I drank too much and was even more stupid than I thought I could ever be."

She sighed and tilted even more towards him, almost resting her head on his shoulder. "It's nice of you to offer, though. You're always nice to me. I like you."

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"I doubt it was that stupid." Seely reached around, intending to rub Lana's back. "Well, you know I like you too, right?"

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"Oh it was," Lana assured him, letting him put his arm around her. All right, maybe even encouraging it a little because it felt so nice.

"You like me?"

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"Sure I do," Seely replied, tightening his arm a little. "You're smart, kind, pretty..."

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She looked up at him. His face was much closer than she'd thought. After a minute she realized she was staring at him. "Sorry. Just... thanks. And you have really gorgeous eyes." She put her head back down on his shoulder.

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Seely grinned like a dork at the compliment. "Thanks."

He started rubbing her shoulder. "You sure there's nothing I can do for you?"

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"This is really nice," she said, with a contented sigh. "You can keep doing that."

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"Your wish is my command," Seely replied, continuing to rub her shoulder and arm.

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Lana wriggled a little closer, almost purring. "You're not Angel, right?"

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Seely chuckled. "I am most definitely not Angel."

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"So, I didn't make a fool of myself in front of you and you didn't turn me down." She snuggled further into him.

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"Not that I can recall, no."

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She opened her eyes and looked at him. "Which? The not making a fool or the turning me down?"

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Seely looked down to meet her eyes. "Neither."

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She leaned closer, almost involuntarily, wondering what it would feel like to kiss him. "Would you?"

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"Would I what?" Seely asked.

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"Turn me down if I accidentally propositioned you?" She was so close she could feel his breath on her face.

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If Seely had been a smart man he would have recognised that now was a good moment to extricate himself from the situation, but alas, no one had ever accused Seely of being smart. "Well, I don't know, since I've never been accidentally propositioned before."

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"I think I'm kind of doing it now," she said, leaning close enough that their lips could touch.

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Seely had a reply for that, except there was kissing and he wasn't always so great with that whole split focus thing.

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Lana made a quiet contented sound and wrapped her arms around him. It wasn't the same as kissing Jim, but it did make her feel a little less empty.

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Seely slid his hand up behind her neck and deepened the kiss.

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Lana opened her mouth under his and slid one hand down his back to play with the edge of his shirt.

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Seely groaned, and moved his hands down to rest on her hips.

Then miraculously some of his blood rushed to the right head and he realised what exactly they were doing. "Um...Lana?" he mumbled against her mouth.

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Her eyes fluttered open. "Seely? What?" She looked dazed and aroused and, well, still pretty intoxicated.

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Seely tried to find a good way to put it. "I'm not so sure we should be doing this."

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Lana looked confused. "Doing?" She blinked, then suddenly realized what she - they - were doing and moved away abruptly. "Oh Seely, I'm so sorry!" Her face was quickly becoming bright red.

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"Lana, you don't have anything to be sorry about," Seely said. "I'm sober, I should have stopped sooner."

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"But I kissed you," she blurted out. "Practically against your will."

She bit her lip. "But it felt really good."

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"It wasn't against my anything," Seely replied. "And it was a nice kiss, but I shouldn't have done it."

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"Me neither," Lana said, putting her face in her hands. "Jim's hasn't even been gone three whole days. God, I'm a terrible person."

She stood up a little shakily. "I better go back to my room before I do anything else crazy tonight."

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"Lana, you're not a terrible person, or crazy," Seely said. "You're just hurting."

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"It hurts a lot," she said softly.

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"I know the feeling," he said. "But only a complete and utter jerk would take advantage of that."

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"I'm really lucky you're such a good guy," she said. "And if I wasn't with Jim and I hadn't had too much to drink, I'd totally kiss you again."

She sighed. "But that's a no on both counts so I better go pour myself into bed."

She leaned in, mostly without falling over, to kiss him on the cheek. "Thanks. For being you. And stopping me."

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"And if it wasn't for those two things I wouldn't stop you," Seely replied.

"You're welcome," he smiled. "Goodnight, Lana."

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She smiled back at him. "Goodnight, Seely." Then she turned and made her wobbly way back up to her room.