Her steps were hurried as she made her way to Oliver's office. They had made significant progress. Not just significant but the security system was complete. It took them months but here they were now. Complete.
There was a violent pang in her heart. One that threatened to trip her and make her fall. The one that ached even more than her disease. The one that kept her head thudding so loudly that it appeared her brain might explode at any moment.
"Professor!" She couldn't keep her excitement as she opened the door without knocking. Her smile was so wide and genuine that it could blind someone. When she smiled, Oliver had noticed at some point, it softened her sharp features. That underneath the carefree, arrogant, and reckless girl there was something. Something he had seen and grown to fall madly in love with. Grown to be addicted to.
