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"Easy to say," she replies, her voice soft

"Easy to do," I say, leaning closer,to skydive"

"What's that?"

"Just jump"

"My father always said don't jump out of a perfectly serviceable airplane"

"You don’t kno good it can be until you try" We stare each other down "It'll be torture waiting an entire week"

"You'll survive," she says "We really have to think this through and be sure"

I don't know if I'll survive The idea of us being together…

"I already have thought this through, India, but you go ahead and take a week" I run a hand over her hair "I don't need a week" I slide ers beneath her hair, then I bend down and kiss her

Our kiss is deep and passionate For the first tiet exactly what I've wanted all these years

We've always played around, joking about the two of us, but it's no longer a joke

We adjust our clothes and India leaves o to the door and glance out to find Grant standing at the photocopier in the alcove by the supply rooo and have a ith him about what he saw

"Honestly, I had no idea you guys were… us helplessly "In the office so early" He's got a shit-eating grin on his face and I knoe'll never live this down It'll spread through the staff at the head office and then it'll fan out to the other satellite offices in DC and New York

Crap… I know India won't like that

Just then, India walks over to where we stand She still looks a little flustered