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Three weeks after returning, things were getting back into place for everyone. Beginning with the time zone that they had t get used to again. Because of the time difference between Spain and Pensacola, things were out of wack for a few days. Packing up her things, Danielle was busy getting her things into boxes because of signing a new lease for a new place. She started looking before going on vacation and found a perfect place after coming back. It was about 30 minutes away from where she worked, but still close enough to everything that she needed. Hearing the doorbell, she went to answer it and couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face.

"Hey." Danielle says with a smile as she sees the man standing in front of her.

"Hey, baby." Roman says, walking in with a smile of his own.

He takes her in his arms and they share a long kiss as her arms make their way around his neck. Roman reluctantly pulls away and rests his forehead against hers. She just wanted to melt in his arms and stay there all day. She didn't know he would come over today, so this was a good surprise.

"I was thinking that maybe I can help out a bit with the packing and I was wondering if I can take you out to lunch." He tells her.

"I'd love that." Danielle says, with her arms resting on his shoulders while his strong arms, kept her close to him.

Their relationship was still new, going on almost a month, but they were doing good so far. They made each other happy and Roman made sure he stayed true to his word. Affectionate, caring and protective were things that he definitely was and he was gentle with her, and sweet. Roman picks her up and sits her on her kitchen counter, after following her there and stands in front of her. Between talking and kisses, they forgot all about packing until they stopped and looked around. They laughed before Roman helped her pack everything in the kitchen. After almost an hour, they were finished with the kitchen and got ready to go to lunch. Getting to the diner, they make their order and wait for their food.

"I was thinking," Roman starts off saying. "I'm going to see my parents tomorrow night for dinner. My parents have been asking about you since that time that we went out to lunch with them, and so I was wondering if you wanted to come with me."

"I'd like that. But the last time they saw us, we weren't dating yet." Danielle says. "Do you think they'll still like me now?"

He curiously looks up at her and slightly frowns. "Why wouldn't they like you now?"

"Because I want them to see that I'm good enough for you." She softly says, playing with her fingers.

"Baby, you don't have to worry about that." Roman says. "You're perfect."

Danielle looks at their hands when Roman takes her hands into his. She saw how perfectly they fit into each other and how much she liked the feeling that she got when he held her hands. Meeting his eyes, she gave him that sweet smile of hers, and wondered what she did deserve a guy that was this good to her. He happily smiled at her, and bought her hands to his lips to kiss them.

Meanwhile, Gabriella was in the mall with her mom. They were able to catch up on things from the last few weeks, and they wanted to spend some time together. Gabriella wore shorts with a plain white t-shirt and her hair up in a bun. As much as she loved what she did, career wise, she also loved when she had the day off and got to dress more comfortably. Her mom stood at about the same height as her, with dark brown hair, and one green eye, with one blue eye. She has the same thing that Danielle has with her eyes, and it was one of the few things that the two had in common, while the girls grew up.

"So did you get to talk to your sister about meeting up?" Her mother asked.

"Yes." Gabriella replied, letting out a sigh. "It's like pulling teeth with her, and as much as I hated that I pushed and pushed, she said that she would. Though, she said that if she still felt like you didn't deserve a second chance, then that's the end of it. No more talking about it with her. I feel like she's doing it because she felt forced to do it, rather than it being something that she wants."

"I thought you'd be more happy that she at least said yes, regardless of the reason." She says.

Her daughter shrugged. "I am happy that she did. I just feel like she still has so much pain inside of her. Mom, I love her so much and she's the best sister ever, but she's so tough and once she's in a certain mentality about something, it's so hard to get through to her because she won't change her mind about it. She was made to do what she does for a living, mama, trust me."

The woman laughs softly, though remembering her oldest daughter. "Is she still the same way she was, growing up?"

"A little bit." Gabriella says. "Though she's calmed down a lot and she has learned to be more gentle."

"She's always had that in her, she just has it tucked away somewhere."

"Very true." Her daughter agrees as they walk into a clothing store and looked around.

Hearing her name, she turned to see her friend, Mary, walking towards her with a smile. They greeted each other before Gabriella introduced her friend, to her mom. They talked for a bit before Mary started thinking about something.

"Hey, I know this is probably a random question, but do you know if Roman is dating anybody or is interested in anyone right now?" She asked.

"Yeah, he's dating Danielle." Gabriella replies. "Why?"

Mary felt her heart drop, as she took in what was said. "Roman and Danielle? Since when? I didn't even know they were interested in each other."

"Yeah, they've been dating for a couple of weeks now. I didn't see it coming either when they first met, but they're really happy." She says. "Why, what's wrong?"

"Umm, nothing I was just wondering because one of my friends, I'm trying to hook her up with someone and Roman was the first one that came to mind. I thought he was still single since he never talked about being with anyone and so I thought she might like him." Mary says, though she herself knew that it wasn't true.

"Then again, he likes to keep his personal life private, so don't expect him and Danielle to let everyone know their business. At least, not right away." Gabriella says.

She knew that Mary and her sister, weren't the best of friends so she wasn't expecting Mary to know about Danielle's new relationship and growing romance. Feeling like something wasn't right with the reason that Mary had given her, she decided to push it aside for now.

"Please don't tell them." Mary says. "I don't want to cause problems or have either of them think the wrong thing."

"Mary, you know I don't like when people ask me to keep things from Danielle." She tells her.

They were the kind of siblings to tell each other everything and so, with the weird feeling she had about Mary's excuse, to then being asked to keep it from them, Gabriella wasn't sure what to make of it. As if she didn't have enough things going on in her head, this was now planted in it as well.

"I know, but I don't want any problems with them. Please, Gabby?" Asks Mary.

The next day...

"Roman, are you sure I look okay?" Danielle asks, when he parks the car in his parents driveway.

"Babe, you look beautiful." He tells her. "You'll be okay."

Which was the truth. She wore a long, blue summer dress that helped bring out her curves, with her long hair, falling down her back. The color of her dress helped bring out her eyes that Roman couldn't resist, and her soft lips, shined with lip gloss. Danielle wore her one of her favorite perfumes and had her favorite charm bracelet that she had gotten a few years ago from her sister.

"I don't know." She quietly says, looking down.

Roman gently rests his hand on the side of her face. "Don't doubt yourself, Danielle. You'll be okay."

She leans into his hand, and softly kisses it. "You're a really good guy, you know that?"

"I always try to be." He says.

They share a kiss and she wipes off some of her lip gloss when they pull away. They get out of his car and they hold hands when Danielle meets Roman on his side of the car. It was a small house, but it was filled with love and memories. He knocks on the door and his father opens it, a few moments later. The man was a bit on the tall side, and he was tan, like Roman with hair that had gone grey. He was a kind man and you could tell that he had an amazing bond with his son. After greeting each other, Roman's father turned his attention to Danielle who gave him a soft smile.

"You're just as beautiful in person. It's so nice to see you again." He says to her, receiving a sweet smile from her as a result.

"Thank you. It's nice to see you again, too." She says, as he took her in for a hug.

Walking into the house, Roman's nieces and nephews came running up to him to greet him. Danielle smiled at their interaction and even more when they greeted her as well. While she stayed with the kids, Roman made his way to his sisters and eventually his mother who gave him a big hug.

"Hi, Danielle." Says his mother with a warm smile, who had short blonde hair, with blue eyes. "It's nice to see you again."

"It's nice to see you again, too." Danielle says with a smile of her own.

The two women laughed at something that was said and Roman's heart melted at the sight. What did he do to deserve Danielle? Who would have thought that they would go from hating each other when they first met, to dating and being in a relationship with each other. After greeting everybody, they sat down in the living room for a bit to talk and catch up on everyone's day. Danielle sat next to Roman and nestled against him, as he rested an arm around her, keeping her close to him. His parents noticed the way they were with each other, just like they noticed how they were weeks ago, before they started dating. They smiled seeing that their son was happy and that was something that they wanted for all of their children. For them to be happy. Once they went to the dining table for dinner, they filled their plates with mashed potatoes, chicken, macaroni and cheese and some salad.

"So how's work been for the two of you?" Asked Vanessa who was one of Roman's sisters.

"It's been busy." Roman says. "Catching up on some things that I missed when we were on vacation and after that, it's just been countless meetings and conference calls and, just a lot."

"Same here." Danielle says. "A big case load when I went back to work and so little by little, I've just been doing that plus dozens of meetings and paperwork and it's a lot of work. But I love what I do, so I don't mind."

"A lot of hours you two put into work." Says his mother. "How do you make time to see each other?"

Danielle looks over at the man sitting next to her and smiles. "We make it work. If you really want something, you'll find a way."

"And believe me when I say that I want to find a way." Roman says, looking over at her. "I didn't work hard to impress her to then give up. Not with her."

A shade of pink grew on her cheeks as she smiled and took a bite of her food. They kept talking until one of his sisters asked her a question about how her relationship is with her parents.

"Well, my dad passed away when I was a sophomore in college." Danielle says. "But it was up and down. Nothing serious, though. Same for my mom, just your usual teenage stuff."

She kept her answer, short and simple, not wanting them to know exactly how bad it was growing up. Nor wanting them to know why she wanted nothing to do with either one of them after leaving for college. Truth was, she hasn't seen her mother since her dad's funeral and that was over ten years ago. Seeing that Danielle didn't want to keep talking about it, Roman tried to change the direction of the topic, at least, to lighten it up for her and hoping that they didn't notice to much.

As the night went on, Roman started to miss his brother more than usual. He grew quiet, thinking about him and about all of the good times they had together, growing up and before his passing. He wondered how he would be today, had he still been alive.

"What's wrong?" Vanessa asked her little brother when she met him out back.

"Nothing, just thinking." Roman says.

He lets out a sigh and looks out at the sight in front of him. Memories of them playing around when they were younger came back to him and his heart hurt.

"I miss him." He whispers. "I wish he was still here."

"I know, we all do." She softly says. "But it's okay to miss him, you know."

Roman tries to smile, but he couldn't get himself to do it. "Do you think he would have liked Danielle?"

"He would have loved her." Vanessa honestly tells him. "He would have loved her sense of adventure, and that fire that she has inside of her. Would have said that she's good for you."

This time, he did smile. "Do you like her?"

"Yeah." She says with a smile. "We all do. Danielle makes you smile a lot and she makes you happy. You have this light in your eyes with her, that we've never seen you have with anyone else."

"I don't know how to explain it, but she's amazing." Roman says. "I just wish he was still here to meet her."

Vanessa takes in a deep breath and grabs her brother's face as she stood in front of him. "He's always going to be watching. He may not physically be here, but he's up there watching over all of us. Including you, Roman. He may not have been able to meet her, but I'm sure he's up there smiling away and glad that you have her. It's going to be okay."

Hearing a noise, they look back to see Danielle by the sliding door that leads to the back. "I'm sorry. I didn't you were back here."

"It's okay. He could use your company, right about now." Vanessa says with a smile, seeing the way her little brother looked at her.

Giving them some privacy, Vanessa went back into the house as Danielle walked up to Roman. He immediately takes her in his arms and she fit perfectly in them. Resting his cheek on the top of her head, she could sense that he needed this moment right now. This moment with just the two of them, holding each other.

"Are you okay?" She asks him, looking up at him.

"I just miss my brother, is all." He replies.

Danielle slightly pouts, wanting to make him feel better. But her just being there, willing to let him talk it out and listen, was enough for him. She assured him that she was there for him if he needed her and he placed a kiss on her forehead. Danielle reached up to give him a kiss on the lips and he gave her a smile before placing his lips on hers for another kiss. They stood there a little longer, talking and losing track of time before his mother came out and told them it was getting late. The two agreed to get some ice cream on their way back to Danielle's condo, where they stayed in her living room until three in the morning, talking and sometimes even sitting in silence, just enjoying each other's company.