love you till the sun burns out

Eva had been filling Rosa in on Liam, telling her about the guy that had caught her eye, the guy that made her smile and laugh and feel like she belonged. And, she was glad to have Rosa there to listen, glad she had Rosa to talk to, because she knew her sister would at least tell her if it was a bad idea or not. Seeing Liam at her locker, though, she couldn't help but perk up. "Hey," she greeted with a small grin as she watched him, though she looked to Rosa and nodded slightly. "I guess I'll see you at home. Have fun! Be careful!" She wasn't sure how Rosa would spend the rest of her day, but she hoped her sister would do whatever she wanted.

Looking back to Liam, she smiled as she watched him. "So, can I expect this every day? Leaving the last class to find you at my locker?" she teased, though she found it heartwarming, and she found herself hoping this wouldn't be the last time. Still, moving over, she opened her locker to put her things away. "How did the rest of your day go?" Her gaze went to him, curious, but hopeful that he'd had a good day overall.

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For as long as he could remember, Jordan had never faced a longer day than today, a longer shift than the one he'd had today. He knew it was because he was looking forward to seeing Rosa again and that any time he had something to look forward to, time tended to seem like it just ended up dragging on and on. But, now that his shift had ended and he could spend the rest of his day doing whatever he pleased, the first thing he'd done was head to the school to wait on Rosa, wanting to spend as much time with her as he possibly could. Something about her made him look forward to the day already, to the days ahead even, because he wanted to spend more and more time with her, wanted to see her more and more often, and wanted her to be a part of his life - a bigger part of his life, even.

He'd been at the school for maybe fifteen minutes before he spotted Rosa coming out, and he immediately perked up, straightening, unable to hide the grin that spread its way across his face, not wanting to fight it anyway. "No, I haven't been waiting long at all," he assured her, though a part of him wanted to say that he would wait as long as he had to, that he'd wait forever for her as long as it meant he got to see her again. "I'm glad you're out now, though. How'd your first day as a teacher at Beacon Hills High School go?" He arched a brow, curious, but hopeful that she'd had a good day, and he moved to open the passenger side door for her, grinning. "You hungry?"

Liam had noticed the way Eva seemed to perk up upon seeing him standing at her locker, a sparkle in her amazing eyes instantly caught his attention. It made him wonder if a guy hadn’t been waiting at her locker before, or if a guy never made the effort that he was putting in to spend more time with Eva. He knew it was too soon for him to ask those questions, he had after all, only met Eva that morning but it did make him wonder about the jerks she had gone to school with. He watched as Rosa headed down the hallway before he turned his attention back onto Eva, “Of course you can.” He couldn’t help but smile at her as he watched her, he wanted her to expect the little things from him like waiting by her locker, but she would also receive unexpected things from him because she deserved it.

“Well on most days at least, just not on days that I have lacrosse training… or a detention.” He grinned not wanting to tell Eva that he had practically ran from his class to his locker, and then ran from his locker to hers. She didn’t need to know that detail. “My day went by slowly, how about yours? No one gave you any trouble, did they? If someone did then you would tell me, right?” The thought of someone giving Eva trouble in a class which he didn’t share with her, put his emotions on edge. If Eva ever did tell him that someone was bullying her, Liam knew it would push his control to breaking point, and to where his werewolf would most likely come out.

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Rosa had a feeling that Jordan had been waiting longer than he was letting on, but the thought that he had gotten to the school early for her brought a smile to her face. The thought that he was that keen to spend more time with her warmed her heart in a way that wasn’t familiar to her, it was a sensation that Rosa felt herself wanting more, craving more even. “My first day went surprisingly well actually, I was expecting some of the students to give me a hard time or to test me. But everyone had been great, very welcoming.” She looked at him and couldn’t get over how handsome he was in his uniform, obviously Jordan would be handsome without his uniform but the way his shirt clung to his body, especially his arms made Rosa regret that she hadn’t moved to Beacon Hills sooner.

Watching as Jordan moved around his car before he opened the passenger door, a simple action but one that Rosa wasn’t accustomed to. She followed Jordan and smiled at him, “Thank you,” She looked into his deep chocolatey eyes, “Yeah. I’m starving,” She smiled as she climbed into his car, her bag placed down by her feet as she placed the seat belt across her body. Her eyes easily following Jordan as he closed her door and moved back over to the driver’s side, “How did your day go? Arrest any criminals?” She asked wanting to hear about his day, considering his job was much more exciting then hers.

Eva couldn’t help but smile happily when she heard Liam confirm that she could expect him to be waiting at her locker after school on most days, and she watched him for a moment before nudging him playfully. “Well, lucky me,” she hummed out happily as she watched him, admittedly finding that the very thought of it meant a lot to her. She wasn’t sure she could put it into words, but she hoped that Liam could tell how much it meant to her, regardless of how simple the act was - she’d only just met him that day and he was already trying so hard to put in effort with her.

Still, she grinned, amused when he continued to talk. “Well, let me know the days you get detention. Maybe I’ll try to get detention with you,” she said jokingly, though a part of her meant it, because she wanted to spend more time with Liam. She blinked, though, when she heard his questions, and she smiled, shaking her head. “It was okay. Nothing happened, don’t worry.” For a moment, she watched him, but she got what she needed out of her locker and closed it. “Yeah, I’d tell you if something happened. Promise.”

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Jordan watched Rosa as he waited for her to answer his question, almost worried that something had happened, that the students had caused problems for her - or, hell, that even the other teachers or even the principal might have caused trouble or given her a hard time. When she finally confirmed that her day had gone well, that her students had been welcoming, he released a breath he hadn’t been aware he’d been holding, and he grinned slightly as he watched her. “Good, I’m glad,” he said honestly, nodding slightly. “Really. You definitely deserved to have a good first day, and I’m really glad you actually got it.”

He grinned, though, when he caught sight of Rosa’s smile, his heart swelling with the sigh, certain that he was falling faster and faster for this woman, and he honestly didn’t want to stop himself. He just wanted to dive in and enjoy it. “You don’t have to thank me,” he promised before he closed her door gently and went around to the driver’s side, getting in. He started the car and smiled happily, nodding. “Great. I know the perfect place to go.” He grinned over at her, but shook his head when he heard her question. “My day was good, it was a pretty calm and easy day. Mostly just stopped people going over the speed limit. Beacon Hills tends to be pretty quiet.” At least when it came to law enforcement issues. The supernatural issues were a whole other story, though.

“Damn straight your lucky,” Liam chuckled softly as he looked at Eva, still amazed at how one person could be so beautiful both on the outside but also on the inside. He knew the term perfect shouldn’t be applied to people, because no one was truly perfect, but Eva was. At least she was perfect to him in every single way possible, he wanted to blurt that out to her, but he remembered they had only met that day and he didn’t want to do anything that would scare her away. Listening to her later words and he instantly shook his head, “Oh there’s no way you’ll ever be getting detention,” He stated firmly, not because he didn’t want to spend more time with her, but he didn’t want her getting into trouble.

“You won’t be getting into trouble, I won’t let that happen.” He grinned as he’d be the only one who’d end up in detention, thought now that he knew Eva, it gave him a reason to do better in school. To do better so he wouldn’t get detention and then he’d be able to spend more time with her. Once he heard that the rest of the day had gone smoothly and no one had bothered her, Liam felt relief wash over him. “So, how would you like to spend the rest of the afternoon? We can grab some food if your hungry or take a walk around,” He asked wanting to do something that Eva wanted to do, so he left the decision up to her as he wasn’t sure what she had done or seen of Beacon Hills yet.

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Rosa could certainly listen to Jordan’s voice all day long, his deep smooth voice was like heavenly on her ears. She didn’t care where he took her, all she wanted to do was spend more time with him, a lot more time. She smiled as he heard about Jordan’s day, “I guess things would be a lot slower here. Which can always be a good thing, it’s part of the reason I decided to move Eva here. Just to get away from the busyness and drama of the city,” Rosa explained as she wanted Eva to have a childhood, to enjoy being a teenager without anymore pain and heartbreak.

Rosa hoped that moving to a small town would allow that to happen, as she didn’t want her sister to have to grow up quicker than she needed to. Which is what Rosa had to do after their parents died, suddenly Rosa became the guardian of her sister and it caused Rosa to grow up as she had to be the adult. “So far, I’m glad we moved here.” She said looking over at Jordan as he started to drive away from the high school, she still needed to check in with Eva and make sure that she had a good first day and that she was happy in Beacon Hills because her little sister deserved to finally be happy.