"What do I really need to know when there's this between us." Derek asks, following that step away with a step forward. "As long as we're stuck here, there's time to learn everything about each other."

Normally Derek would have moved much, much slower. Not that he wasn't a flirt. He wouldn't deny that he was a flirt. But his flirtation was more about making other people feel good. It was also about hiding who he was underneath that macho veneer.

"I'm standin' right her talking to my dream girl Venus. And sweetheart, you shine brighter than the moon." He itches to reach out to her again. But doesn't just yet. "You tellin' me you're not attracted to me too? You don't feel anything?"