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Kate stopped outside the door and listened to the voices inside. Today was the second day in a row she had felt the incredible urge to visit Roman and she couldn't quite explain where it was coming from.
Yesterday had been easy though, because when she decided to stop by and pay him a visit, he was still asleep and she found it amazingly easy to spill her guts to him.
Then when she found him awake after her horrible confession, she was filled with mixed feelings. On one hand she wanted to jump for joy that he was alive but on the other hand she wanted to get up and run out so she wouldn't have to see the disappointment in his eyes.
But she didn't have to worry, because even though Roman told her how he felt about her 'date' with Stefano, he also told her why. And it amazed her to find out that after everything they had gone through and after all the hurt she had caused him, that he was still the one person that would always see the good in her, even when she didn't see it herself.
Leaving her thoughts for what they were, she stepped away from the door to allow Roman his time with Sami. Just as she turned away from the door however, Sami came out of the room, stopping dead in her tracks when she came upon her former stepmother and still mother-in-law.
"What are you doing here?" She asked snidely.
"I'm here to see your dad, I brought him some reading material. I was just going to leave though so you guys could have your privacy"
"Yeah right, like you care anything about my privacy or my dad. You could have saved yourself the trouble of coming here because I truly doubt he'll want to see you"
With that, Sami walked away, leaving Kate free to go visit Roman.
Taking a deep breath, Kate knocked on the door once before opening it and going inside.
"Hey" Roman said surprised. He hadn't expected Kate back to visit him a second time, especially not that quickly after her first visit.
"Hey"
Kate leaned forward and placed a kiss on his lips, lingering longer then she knew she should. Their brief but gentle kiss from the day before had awoken something inside of her that she hadn't known she had missed. Sure she had kissed other guys since her divorce from Roman, but those were just kisses. With Roman they actually meant something.
"What brings you by again? Not more confessions I hope" Roman teased.
"No, no, I just brought you some reading material. I thought maybe you would get bored. That and I enjoyed our talk yesterday. I missed having someone to talk to that knows me completely"
Seeing the sad look in Kate's eyes, Roman gentle took her hand and squeezed it. He knew they still had a long way to go, but having Kate be so completely honest with him had him hopeful for the future for the first time in a really long time.
THE END
