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Tia POV

I was looking into the full-sized mirror in our room, hoping I looked ok. When I first saw myself, I had to look twice because I thought I was seeing things. I was wearing a knee-length black dress which had a little bit of a glam rock style to it and, for once, I decided to wear heels and I chose a pair of black heels that were Mei's. I couldn't help but smile when I saw myself and hoped that Rocket would like it.

'Wow Tia! You look great,' Mei exclaimed, nearly as shocked as me. I turned round to see Mei in a knee length pink dress and silver heels.

'Thanks. You look great yourself! Do you think Rocket will like it?' I asked nervously.

'Trust me, he would be crazy not to,' she stated and we linked each other's arms and went to the party room.

When we went inside, the place was crawling with journalists and I knew I wouldn't get to speak to Rocket until later which made disappointment fall over me. Suddenly a sharp pain went through my ribs after my injury from earlier but I forced myself to be strong and put on a brave face because it was going to be hard enough with all the journalists asking about how I coped when Rocket was suspended without bending over in pain every so often. Just as I thought that thought, a load of journalists ran over to me and started engulfing me with questions.

I finally managed to escape all the journalists but I couldn't escape an over-excited Micro-Ice when he ran over to me and started blabbering on about the past few months. He was talking so fast that I couldn't comprehend a lot of it but there was one thing that he said that caught my attention immediately…

'…and remember the time we all hit D'Jok over the head with a pillow, oh, and the way Rocket stood up to Luur when you got injured-' I stopped him there, wondering what Rocket did after I got injured.

'Wait, Rocket did what?' I asked and saw his face turn to shock, referring to the fact that he probably wasn't supposed to say anything.

'Ooops…well, I'm not supposed to blab…' he tried to say but I cut him off again.

'Tell me what Rocket did now or you're going to be blabbing for mercy by the time I'm through with you,' I said firmly and that was enough for him to tell me everything about what happened after I left the field. Just when he had finished, Rocket sneaked up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, making me jump and Micro-ice say a quick 'bye' before running for his life.

'He told you what happened, didn't he?' he said into my ear and I turned round so I could look at him but his arms remained around my waist.

'Yeah…you could have gotten yourself hurt. And you getting hurt is a lot worse than me getting hurt from my point of view,' I said. I couldn't believe he did that and I tried to show that I was mad (even though I wasn't) but it came across as worried but really, I was happy because it proved to me that he still did care about me and I couldn't help but like it.

'Exactly, from your point of view. From my point of view, you get injured is a hell of a lot worse than me getting injured. I've seen you hurt enough since we met,' he said and put his forehead on mine.

'But still…is it really worth hurting yourself when I'm hurt which would hurt me even more?' I asked and pulled back to look into his eyes only to see a smile come across his face.

'I'm not going to answer that because I didn't understand any of it,' he said and I couldn't help but laugh and bowed my head down before he lifted it back up and looked me in the eyes. 'Why don't we just forget about it for tonight and just celebrate winning the cup for a second time, ok? We've got the rest of our lives to discuss it…promise,' he said firmly and I nodded before he kissed me. When we separated, I put a weird expression on my face.

'What?' he asked curiously, laughing at my expression.

'Nothing, it's just…you're kissing me in public?' I questioned curiously.

'Well, all the journalists are gone and everyone in this room knows that we're together…' he said and then drifted off so he could kiss me again. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and noticed from the corner of my eye, his parents, my parents and Aarch standing in a group watching us with big smiles on their faces, happy to see us happy together again even after the past few months. Fighting for air, we finally broke apart and I put my forehead on his.

'You know your parents, my parents and Aarch are watching us, right?' I asked, trying to ease my breathing after our passionate kiss.

'Why don't we give them something to watch?' he asked with a cheeky grin on his face and I looked at him curiously. 'Would you like to dance?' he asked, holding his hand out which made me smile since we hadn't danced together in a long time.

'I'd love to,' I replied and gripped his hand tightly as he walked me out to the dance floor.

Rocket POV

I gripped her hand as if I would never let it go and walked her onto the dance floor. When we made it, I turned around and put my other hand around her waist and she moved her hand up to my shoulder, still nervous to show any affection in front of people even though we had just kissed in a room full of people but we were in more view here then we were over there. We just danced silently for a while, wrapped in our own thoughts and held each other tightly. I gazed down at her, wondering how I could have done everything I had done to her, starting off with leaving her in the first place. I used the Breath to save the girl I loved is life and that should've been enough. I shouldn't have regretted using the Breath and getting suspended and missing the All-Star match when her life was on the line. Suddenly, one thought went through my mind and I decided to return my thought to her now even though I should have said it when she said it.

'Tia?' I asked and she looked up at me with her emerald eyes.

'Yeah…' she asked curiously. I just caressed her cheek and looked her in the eyes.

'I love you Tia…I love you more than anything else, I swear,' I said, feeling tears building up in my eyes and put my forehead on her hers, trying to control my emotions.

'I love you to,' was her reply and then she put her soft lips on mine. It seemed like we were the only ones in the room as we didn't care about holding back our love for each other and gripped each other tightly as if we were never going to let go. Finally, we broke apart and realising that we weren't going to get the privacy that we wanted and needed, I decided to drag a giggling Tia to my room where we could finally be alone.

'What's up with you?' she asked curiously when we got there and loving every minute of it.

'What, can a guy not have a bit of alone time with the girl he loves?' I asked seductively and wrapped my arms tightly around her waist before giving her a kiss. We stayed like that for a few minutes before finally breaking away.

'You can spend as much time with me as you want, I'll always be there,' she said, making me smile.

'You never know, I may just take that offer,' I said seductively which made her laugh.

'You never know, I may just let you,' she said and kissed me. I realised just how much I missed feeling her tender lips on mine and kissed her with so much passion, it over whelmed me. I realised there and then that she was the only one for me and I couldn't live without anyone else and didn't plan on doing so. I loved her and I knew that that was all that mattered. We broke away and I decided to tell her exactly how I felt about her, leaving nothing out.

'Tia, when I met you something just clicked. I felt so relaxed around you and even though it took me a while to realise it, I've always loved you and I always have even when I haven't shown it, I swear. I realise now that I can't live without you and I don't want to either and I can only hope you feel the same. There's something about you that just…I don't know, there's something about you that's amazing and I can't live without. I need you there and if saving you means getting suspended and missing the All-Star match again then I would. And this time, I'd make sure that I didn't go off and hurt you and the rest of the team. You're everything to me and more and I'm never going to let you go again, I promise,' I said, meaning every word and she smiled when I finished.

'I know you mean every word of that and everything you said is exactly how I feel about you but…there's one thing that bothers me though…' she said and I gave her a look to show that I was listening and she could continue. 'Would you really risk everything again if my life was on the line?' she said and despite the seriousness of the moment, I started laughing. 'What?' she exclaimed, shocked by my reaction.

'Of course I would. You mean everything to me,' I said earnestly and kissed her again and hoped that we would have no more trouble in the future…

Is this the happy ending Rocket and Tia have been looking for or is there more danger around the corner??? I guess we'd better wait and find out…

Hope you guys enjoyed that!!! Thanks for all the awesome reviews!!!

Lauren xxx