Erik couldn't believe everything he was hearing; why would she think she was something less than she really was?  Beautiful.  Not in a sexy way; not in an erotic way; in a ... a, human way?  Erik wasn't sure, he couldn't quite put his thoughts around it.  As they looked into each other's eyes, he thought to himself - I've seen those eyes before.  They were gentle, yet passionate.  They both looked at each other for a while before Erik went in for the kill.<br/><br/>He kissed her right on the lips; the first second was totally fine.  There was nothing, except he remembered kissing someone he loved when he was younger on the lips.  It was past the one second mark that feelings suddenly became mixed.  Holding on to the kiss was the awkward part; something was wrong.  But Erik thought, maybe slightly longer.<br/><br/>Erik's male hormones tried kicking in and saying to him to starting caressing her lips with his tongue to see how far he could go.  But Erik's instincts said, "No, you can't do this."  This struggle permeated his thoughts for the short few seconds of the experience.  He realized he couldn't ... he shouldn't give her a french kiss.  Emotions started building up inside of him; his instincts were stronger and were shutting down any romantic notions he might have been entertaining.  When he suddenly realized the kiss was wrong, he broke it off immediately.<br/><br/>"Kiara, I'm sorry" Erik managed to get out; then he realized - why was he calling out Kiara's name?  Samantha was sitting on the bed next to him.  He panicked for a moment, realizing he had made an awful mistake.<br/><br/>"Samantha ... wait.  Please don't go ... let me explain if I can ..."<br/><br/>He was afraid he ruined it, he ruined the friendship he had.  He had worked on Samantha for a whole year now; down the tubes in one stupid mistake he made.  She was a friend, he thought to himself.  She was a pretty friend, a gorgeous friend, and a fun friend.  But still, she was a friend.  So, why did this experience suddenly have him thinking about his long lost sister?<br/><br/>"I ... I don't want you to go, please stay."