Chapter 10

His love?! His life?! His world?! After all this time… after the letter… did he really still think so much of her?! The last thing Kimberly wanted was for Tommy to see her cry, especially right now, but before she knew it tears were pouring from her eyes.

"Kim?" Tommy's voice was filled with concern. "Kim… are you ok?"

How could she be ok after hearing him say something like that?! Especially considering he thought these feelings were one-sided. That was the furthest thing there was from the truth, she loved him! More than anything! Knowing that he had never gotten over her… in a way… in a way it made it worse. In fact, from what she could tell he never even made an effort to get over her. He had thought she didn't feel that way anymore, and wasn't going to push, but… he never actually tried to move on. He had dated Kat for a while, but they broke up a long time ago. As far as she knew he hadn't dated anyone after that. He didn't even try to stay mad at her. For years, he had done everything within his power to protect her… and she dumped him! How could she do that to him?! What had she been thinking?!

"I'm fine, Tommy," she was not fine, far from it! She broke up with the love of her life! Told him that she loved someone else! This realization was definitely the worst thus far! She had told Tommy she loved someone else! She continued to cry harder, but she couldn't stop. Suddenly, she felt Tommy wrap his arms around her, careful not to hurt her, and before she could protest his white tank-top was soaked with tears. "Sorry," was all she could manage to choke out.

"Don't be sorry, Beautiful! It's fine! It's no problem! I love you, so much!" he told her, and kissed her on the top of her head.

"I love you too, Handsome, more than anything!" Kimberly replied, laying her head gently on his shoulder.

"The shirt's not a big deal, don't stress over it."

"I wasn't talking about the shirt, Handsome. I'm sorry for… I'm sorry for lying to you."