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Maybe

Out of habit, she walked to her piano She sat on the bench and lifted the fallboard, and the cool sers cal with eood ones, bad ones, and those in between Rich chords sang froave herself up to the ertips When the song ended, she kept her hands on the keys, listening as the notes faded

"I knew you played, but I didn’t know you could play like that," Michael said fro as she looked at him over her shoulder "You made it back"

His smile was tired, but it reached his eyes In a ain The coldness vanished Missing pieces settled back into place

"What song was that? I feel like I’ve heard it before," he said

"‘Clair de Lune’ by Debussy It’s "

He rested his hands on her shoulders and brushed a kiss over her nape "It’s beautiful, but so sad Do you know anything happier?"

Sad Her lips wrinkled on so that didn’t feel like a smile That was a common theme for the pieces in her repertoire "Wellmaybe this"

She bit her lip and picked the fa if this hat hedown on the bench next to her and saying, "I thought ‘Heart and Soul’ was a duet"

She shrugged "I’ve only ever played it solo"

He captured her right hand and put it in his lap A smile curved over his lips as he nodded his head toward the keyboard

"You play?" she asked

"Only a little, but I know this one"

Breathlessness overtook her Her fingers stu of it pretty quickly The bass half of the song was a simple repetition, a pattern, and second nature for her When Michael wove thewarmth cascaded up her spine, and her body flushed with pleasure She’d never played a duet with someone other than her piano instructor, and those occasions had been technical exercises, nothing special

"You’re good at this," she co up at him as she continued to play

His sers "With six of us wanting the piano at once, we had to learn to share Also, none of us could ever figure out how to play your half with only one hand You’re really good"

"It’s just practice" And necessity

The sight of their hands side by side on the keys e to small, tan to pale, masculine to fe ers slip away fro was back

He kissed her neck and s her to ht he would speak, but he didn’t He only s with her, if he liked this, but she struggled to ry? Let’s eat," he said, and the moment disappeared

She’d ask him later After she’d had the opportunity to appropriately seduce him