"I haven't finished yet," Joe said, surprising her. "You asked me what I was thinking right? Here's my answer.My mind was pretty much blank then."

God... so she went through all that trouble just to get him to tell her that his mind was blank!?

"But you know what?" Joe continued. "My heart was racing."

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But then again, when does love ever discriminate? Young or old, children or adults, love can definitely wedge its way in without one's knowing. Mysterious and wondrous, wasn't that how love was?

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"Shut up, or I'll kiss you," he said.

Ariel gasped at the sudden closeness of his face, her heart thumping in an abnormal pace. Even though they were "official" now, there was still a feeling of awkwardness between them. She needed time to mold into this relationship and his sudden fierceness in expressing the idea of kissing her was frightening her bit.

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I love ArJoe fanfic- Date and Dump. :)