In that moment, the world stopped turning, and time stood still. Letty just stared at her companion, her reaction severly delayed by shock. She thought maybe that she had heard him wrong, but in the quiet of the predawn, there was no way she'd been mistaken. He loved her, and she couldn't even bring herself to respond.
"Letty." Dominic sighed, wondering if he'd gone too far, "Letty, you know that we all love you, but last night, I realized that what I felt for you...it was something more. Please don't leave me without atleast telling me that you'll forgive me."
Unconsciously cocking her head to the side, as she often did when thinking or confused, the girl asked, "What do you want me to forgive you for, Dominic?"
Her face was still so blank, it ripped at his heart. "Forgive me for crossing that line. Because now that I've realized it, well, I don't know if I can go back, Let. I don't know if I can deal with seeing you everyday, every night, and not want to tell you every second how I feel about you."
Standing, Letty walked over to the bed. She sat on the edge and tucked her feet up underneath her. Looking over at the older teen, she smiled a little, but she was still too shocked to show much more emotion. Yet, his words were reverberating through her head and her heart couldn't stop it's frantic drumming.
"Dom, I'm not gonna forgive you, because there's nothing to forgive."
He looked her in the eyes, and fought with his own confusion, and dared to hope that she felt something more for him, too. "Letty..."
"Stop, let me talk. You, you've always been this, great hero, to me, someone that I would've loved to be like. But above that, even when I was young, I think I knew. I think I knew that I loved you in a way that I shouldn't. Because I thought that...I thought that I didn't deserve to feel that for anyone, and that you couldn't possibly feel the same way." Letty gushed, spilling it all out.
"Letty, oh god Letty you do though. You deserve to love, to be loved, and god I feel like I shouldn't even be saying this. I'm so much older-"
He was cut off. "Dom. It's two years. Don't even give me that. Like age matters to me."
"It matters to the law. But if there was a way, if it was possible, would you-"
Once again, the impatient little brunnette wouldn't let him finish, "Dominic it is possible. We can find a way. I've waited a long time to find out that you actually feel this way, and I'm not gonna let some court somewhere tell me who I can and can't love. Because I love you, and that's what matters."
Crawling upward in the bed, Letty approached him. She got right in his face and she gave him a the 'look'. The one that said that her mind was made up and there was no changing it. "So tell me again, because this all seems impossible. Tell me."
Laughing a little, the muscular italian cupped her face in his large hands. "Tigrotta Mia, I love you, and I'm sorry that it took me this long to figure that out. I love you."
Letty smiled, and, acting impulsively, she layed her hand on his face, looked into his eyes, and kissed him. It was a sweet kiss, the ever remembered first kiss, and he made sure to keep it that way. However, when he pulled away, he saw the lust in her eyes already and laughed.
The girl grinned, and she curled up beside him, just as she had so many other nights. But this time, it was different. Because she knew that now, she was here because he loved her, and he wanted her here, not just to shield her from her nightmares.
A.N. I know this is a super short chapter, but atleast I got something up. The only reason i even got to was because im procrastinating cause i don't wanna fill out NATEF sheet thingies for Brakes lab tomorrow! haha. Read and review pwease?
