.Uncool.

[DJ]

When Daniel spoke, Estee assumed the words and glanced up at him, but as he started stuttering as something different slipped from his mouth, it caught the teenager a bit off guard. She was worried at first, when she didn't hear the words she wanted, but what he said was almost as good.

Her arms released from around his neck and moved down around his back, a more natural feeling for the female. Damn his height. But with two eyes, because her bangs had fallen back as her head was tilted, and pained feet, she stared at him, trying to think of the right thing to say.

It was hard to find the words she wanted to say. What should he do with his feelings? Her smile grew back to it's normal size and she bit her lip as she continued staring up at that wonderful face. But, a suggestion was proposed nonetheless. "How about you kiss me again?"

[D E M O N //]

Daniel smiled. It would seem maybe he wasn't a total failure after all. It was such a strange feeling for him. Being here, at the beach, with someone else. But he just wasn't sure how he was supposed to react. Less then a week ago he would have thought that being in this very situation was impossible. Yet here he was. Here they were.

In the past week he ad not only made his first friend, had his first kiss, but also founf someone that he genuinely cared about. It was odd. He had know people for years and not felt as close as he felt to Estee though they had met just a few days previous. It seemed alien to him that he could actually care about another human being this much, or at all really. Usually they were all just faces in the crowd, but she was different. It was almost like the camera was focused on her, but everything else was just a blur.

At the realization that Estee neither hated him for kissing her, or not returning the 'I love you' Daniel broke into his first real full smile. His muscles fetlt weird preforming this action they had not een asked to do in so long. He wasn;t very smiley person, and even when he was happy usually just a smirk or a chuckle showed it, but this was a full real smile.

Daniel leaned down and and accepted her proposition with a little more confidence then the first time. Sure, he was still kind of nervous, but not about weather or not he was doing the right thing. More of the fact that at seventeen he had no idea what he was doing. After a moment he broke a way a smiled a little. Not as big and dramatic as the one before, but a small, genuinely caring smile. "Thank you,"

[DJ]

Daniel's smile was amazing. He smirked occasionally, and there were small grins, but he was beaming at this point, and that made Estee happy. She was shocked at herself and the face she'd worn all day. She did smile when she was happy, she didn't act like she was happy when she was sad. She was truly happy.

There we go. This kiss seemed a bit more confident from Daniel's part and he was less hesitant, although the female still sensed a twinge of something seeming of... nervousness, maybe even fear. She wasn't sure about that part, but it seemed like there was another piece to it.

She had no idea, but the last kiss felt good. "You're very welcome," she praised. Her feet were killing at this point, but she really didn't want to go over her head in water again unless she were swimming. She snuck a look at the horse's on the shore, still an equal distance apart from each other, snatching at the leafage. They were so easy to keep entertained.

But her brain didn't seem to wrap around the actual conversation. If that's what this was called. "Wait, what are you thankful for?" she questioned, curious by what he meant. Estee hoped she didn't ask the wrong question. Maybe he just said thank you as a filler of sorts. For the kiss? For what?

[D E M O N //]

Daniel blinked in confusion at her question. For a moment he wasn't really sure. He just had this very grateful feeling. But then he put his finer on it. He wasnt really sure what he was doing, after all, he was very new to this whole conversation thing. Most kids developed connections at a young age. He never really did. So now that he was in a situation that was slightly awkward for most, it was a trillion times worse for him.

There ws a minute of silence in which Daniel brushed Estee's hair out of her face before letting his hands rest on her shoulders. Physical contact had never been something he enjoyed, but somehow with Estee it was different. Almost comforting as he tried to locate the words he wanted. "For not hating me,"

After the first word there was a pause before rushing out the last three. His voice was low, no one who had not been listening for a responce would have heard it. Once the words were out of his mouth he bent down and left a kiss on her forehead.

[DJ]

There was an awkward silence after the explanation. His soft hand brushed a dark lock out of her face that the slight breeze had strewn out of place. His soft lips reached down and touched her forehead and she glanced up at him, still silent.
"Well then," More silence. "Thank you too." Though not half as deep or low as Daniel's, Estee's voice sounded small. It was small. She wasn't sure if it was the right time to ask, or if it was a correct question, but her mind was overly curious and she couldn't help it.

"Have you even been in another relationship?" Her voice and face were innocent and it was an honest, curious question. Her brown eyes were large and wondering. He seemed like a good enough kisser. And yet there were other things. Like the frightened sense Estee got. Maybe he hadn't been with anyone before her. But a seventeen year old male, with Daniel's looks? Estee'd have found that impossible.

[D E M O N //]

"No," he shook his head. He ahd never even thought about the possibility before he met Estee. It seemed odd how someone could make that big of an impact on him in such a short period of time. It wasn't just that he saw her all the time. But even when he wasn't with her, he thought about it. if not her then their relationship. It was strange, they had only known each other for a couple days.

"I've never really ever had a friend before," he admitted looking down. This was usually when he would start examining his shoes, except, he wasnt wearing any, which made that quite a challenge. Not helped by the fact that he couldnt even see his feet through the water. Without this option Daniel began burrowing into the stand with the toe of his left foot.

[DJ]

"Oh," she replied. It certainly surprised her. He was nice enough. And nice-looking enough, why no friends? Although, then, of course, Estee hadn't had any past relationships either. But that wasn't the point because she wasn't usually overly friendly and she wasn't half as nice looking as Daniel. "Me either."

"May I ask one more question then?" When she didn't get a response, she assumed he was just waiting for the question. Hopefully that wasn't a "no, you're not able to ask any more questions." If he was trying to tell her that by not answering, too bad, because she asked it anyway. "Who was that girl in the lounge? Y'know. Yesterday when you.. fainted?" Her voice was quiet, but so innocent sounding. As the last question, she didn't mean anything by it. But her curiosity had gotten the best of her. What else was new?

[D E M O N //]

Daniel nodded slight as she asked if she could ask him another question. He had no idea what she could possible want to ask him. As he heard her question he had to think for a bit. It took him a moment to remember that there was anther girl there, but he really had no idea who it was. He had a feeling that her name started with an 'E' or maybe to was an 'A'. But then again, it might have been an 'M'. He realy couldn't remember.

"Ermm, Im not really sure." he said shrugging his shoulders a little. "Ashley? Emily? Ebony?" he trailed off trying to remember. He had never been good with names. Honestly, he wasn't even paying attention when she introduced herself. We'll, frankly, he wasn't really paying attention to any part of that conversation.