He felt a wave of regret and self-resentment rush over him when he also recalled that night. "Liesel, my love. You have nothing to be sorry about . I was the bastard that hurt you that night, I am deeply sorry for that, my love." She kissed him softly and turned around and fell asleep.

A few weeks after the funeral have passed and the both of them went into town to spend some time together as a couple. They saw a lot of familiar faces and started some conversations. They walked into a little cosy restaurant.

"Would you ever want to get married?" Liesel asked as she took a sip of her coffee and avoiding eye contact as she waited for a reply. "Marriage is a big thing. Sure I would want to get married someday, but I wouldn't want to rush things. I mean, what if I am married and then realise that I made a huge mistake." Liesel's eyes grew as she felt the pain in her heart from his words. "Mistake?" she asked out of disbelief. "You think that it might be a mistake to marry me?". He soon realised what he actually said and sat there speechless. "Silence is also an answer" she said as she stood up and stormed out of the restaurant with Pieter trailing behind her.

He stopped her in the middle of a very busy shopping mall. "I didn't mean it like that...I just...". "You said that you thought that it might be an mistake to marry me." she exclaimed raising her voice and getting a lot of the shoppers attention. They all stared at him like he was heartless.

She turned around and walked to the car. After remembering that Pieter had her car keys, she decided to walk. She took a route he didn't know so that he couldn't follow her.

She decided not to go home, because that would be the first place he would look. Instead she went to her sister, Cadi's house. Walking up to her sister's doorway she had to regain her composure. Set the feelings aside, this was a time for mouring.

Knocking on the door, she felt her heart rate speed up. Her sister answered and stared at Liesel with wide eyes and a huge smile. "Look at my baby sister! You've grown, Liesel. Or should I rather start calling jou Kommissarin?" she said with a slight chuckle. "Cadi, you have no idea how much I've missed you." Stepping inside the house, she could instantly feel the calming and loving atmosphere.

"So, tell me, what have you been up to there in America?" her sister asked as they sat on the sofa. "Oh, you know, this and that, performances, concerts..." Her sister had a grin plastered on her face. "What about boyfriends...did you get any of those?" Liesel, at this point,wanted to lie to her sister, to tell her that, yes, she had been in fact seeing someone, but that someone might just be the death of her. Before, she knew it, a tear slipped down her cheeks.

"Oh, Liesel. I'm sorry... didn't mean to make you cry. What's going on? Did someone break your heart? Tell me who the idiot is. I'll sort him out for y..." Blood was boiling inside the body of Liesel's older sister. "It doesn't even matter anymore. It started when I was in my first year of high school. You remember Pieter,right?" Cadi quickly scanned her mind. "You mean little Pieter who you mistook as a waiter?" The memory was hilarious really. They were at a function held by the conservatory and Liesel called over Pieter thinking he was a waiter. The look on Pieter's face was priceless.

"Yes, that's the one. Well, he's my DSM co-leader and after we admitted our feelings for each other, we decided to not act on it, for the sake of DSM. He was the first to move on. He started seeing Gretha and things took off from there. The night of the world championships, we lost to those Barden Bellas and he told me that he loved me. That was the night before Mutter called and said that Vader had died. " She had to take a moment to gather all her emotions before proceeding.

"Then this morning, we went into town and started talking about marriage and things like that, you know...and he said that it might be a mistake to get married to me. So I walked out and after remembering he had my car keys, I walked here." Cadi listened very carefully to what Liesel told her and gave a sigh before getting up to check on her kids.

Wjen she came back, she gave Liesel some solid advice. "Talk to him about it. And I don't mean just you talk and he listens, let him speak as well. He might be scared to get married, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to. I mean, have you really talked about it, without arguing?" Cadi' made a valid point. Liesel stood up and straightened out her jacket.

"You're right. Thanks, Cadi. That's exactly what I needed to hear. Are you going to the dinner Mutter has planned?" "I have thought about it, byt Mutter and I are not on speaking terms, but if you g, I'll go. Just bring Pieter along. It's been years since I saw the lad." She gave her sister a big hug and stepped out the door. Now, she's going home to face a worried and stressed out Pieter.

Liesel was anxious as she got out her keys and unlocked the door. When she stepped in, she could hear a conversation between Pieter and the person on the other side of the phone. "Yes, ma'am, she was with me, but she walked away and I've been looking everywhere and I can't find her. I'm really worried, what if something...yes, ma'am I was there...no, ma'am I would never hurt your daughter like th...ma'am, fighting with me isn't going to help...yes, will do." and he hung up the phone.

"Pieter..." she called out softly causing him to abruptly turn around. His eyes grew wide with relief and tears flooded his eyes as he took her in a tight embrace. "Where were you, Liesel. You had me worried. I looked everywhere for you!" He hugged and kissed and embraced her untill the oxygen in her lungs were compressed. "I visited my sister, Cadi. Pieter, I am so sorry. I was being unreasonable and childish. I should have listened to you. I shouldn't have run awa..." she was cut off by his kiss. His hands were in her hair and he kissed her like she was going to dissappear again.

"No, it was my fault. I didn't think before I spoke. Liesel, I do want to marry you, but not under these circumstances. I don't want our children growing up in this place. This place caused us such misery and I want our children to grow up in a healthy and happy place, without their parent's past ruining it."

"You don't know how happy that makes me, Pieter." She kissed him again and in that kissed she sent him a message, a message that he was her's and she was his'. They couldn't be more happy.

"Not to spoil the mood or aything, but, my mum invited us to dinner. I know, you and my mom don't really get along, but maybe this dinner might help." He was staring into those big blue eyes. How can he say no to that cute face. "If it makes you happy, we can go." The duo got ready for the evening and started off to the Amsel residence.