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Archie saw the light of the computer room being left on as two figures left it. He sighed. Really, people should turn off the lights before they left, he thought. Normally, he would have ignored it, but today, he felt a certain impulse and just decided to go and turn it off.
As he entered the room, he found the computer on as well, and as he sat down to turn it off, an email message flashed across the screen:
"To: Atlanta, results of love test "Does he (Archie) like you!"
You got 125 points.
He is definitely into you! Something great could come out of this!"
Upon seeing this, Archie's face turned red. Just then, he heard footsteps approaching, and before he could hide or run, Atlanta appeared and her gaze flashed towards the computer screen before looking at Archie's face. Upon realising what he had seen,her face turned equally red.
"uh.. I'm… it.. it was just some silly love quiz thing that Theresa wanted me to take, because she thinks you crushes me and all, and she was like "I am SO sure he likes you Atlanta", and "trust me!", and she said that you kissed me and all and.." as Atlanta started to babble, Archie knew he had two choices, the first was to pretend that Theresa was wrong, and deny his… well.. growing affection towards her. And the second, was to admit it. He took a breath, gathered his courage, and picked the latter.
"Atlanta?" he said nervously, cutting her off.
"Uh yeah Archie?" she asked, obviously feeling as awkward as he was.
"Theresa.. uh.. Theresa.. was … she was.. right.. right.. about what she said about.. about how I feel towards you, I mean.. I think… actually.. I'm quite sure.. that I .. I .. like you as more than a friend… That's probably why.. I'm.. I'm always so protective and worried.. and concerned about you.. I mean.. I know you can take care of yourself and all.. but sometimes I just can't help it… Yeah.. that's all…You can reject me now.." he finished lamely, looking down at his shoes, now thinking he shouldn't have admitted it , and rather sure that she was going to reject him. Did this mean that they couldn't even be at least friends?
"Archie…? What … what…ever gave you the idea that I would reject you? I mean… yeah… I wasn't exactly expecting Theresa to be right and all… but… I think that.. yes.. I do like you more than just a friend as well… I mean.. I can't …can't explain it either, but yeah.. I think… we could… uh.. give it a shot.." she said, feeling extremely awkward now, and blushing furiously.
Archie looked up "So does this mean that we're.. uh.. official now?"
"It means, that we're like Jay and Theresa,"
Archie smiled. Atlanta probably had no idea how much this meant to him. "Thanks Atlanta…" he said with a small grin.
"No problem, now lets go get breakfast," Atlanta said with a smile, only then realising how hungry she was.
The couple proceeded down the stairs hand in hand, before Archie suddenly stopped and asked "Do you uh.. wanna tell the rest?"
Atlanta's immediate thought was "NO!" but she knew that she owed Theresa something for bringing them together. Had Theresa not "interfered", they would probably not be together now.
"Maybe just Theresa," she decided.
Archie nodded.
"One last question Archie, Theresa said you kissed me when I was unconscious.. was that.. uh true?" Atlanta asked awkwardly.
Archie grinned slyly. "Yeah, in fact, it went something like this." And before Atlanta could react, Archie leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
Atlanta blushed furiously.
"Now lets go and get some breakfast before Herry finishes everything. Race you down!" Archie shouted, and the two of them were off, running down the stairs, Hera's angry shouting in the background. From her room, Theresa smiled. She always knew that they would be together.