Leah's Imprint

Chapter 24

"what?" I whispered turning around.

Standing in front of the bush was a nervous looking Daniel. He had one hand behind his back and his other hand scratched at the back of his neck.

"I'm sorry Leah." He said. He sounded so broken and as I looked closer at him I saw the dark circles under his eyes. Had he not been sleeping? I opened my mouth to tell him he had nothing to be sorry for. It was all my fault, but he held up his hand to stop me and kept talking. "I'm sorry that I reacted the way I did. I mean, yeah it was a shock but I still shouldn't have been so cold to you."

"Daniel?"

"It shouldn't have surprised me really, although I think it would surprise anybody. But I knew there was something about you, something about this place that, I don't know was magical… that drew me in…"

"Daniel."

" I don't know how to explain it but I just don't want you to hate me or think I hate you because, god, I could never hate you…. I-"

"Daniel!"

"Huh?"

"I think your babbling." I told him with a small smile. I took a deep breath. "You have nothing to be sorry for Daniel, your reaction was perfectly normal." Daniel opened his mouth to speak but I raised my hand to stop him. "Now before anything else I want to ask you a question." I looked at him and waited for a response,

"Ok." He replied somewhat warily.

"Are you alright? You look like you haven't slept." I said softly.

I didn't like that he wasn't sleeping. I started to panic. Was he sick?

He looked down at his feet before he spoke. "I missed you. a lot. God, that sounds pathetic." He coughed out a nervous chuckle.

I smiled again. "It's not pathetic. I.. I really missed you to." I admitted.

He looked up at me with a hopeful expression. "Really? Even after how I acted?"

I nodded. "Of course….. I wish I would have been able to put off telling you until we got to know each other better but there was no way I was going to lie to you."

Daniel nodded and took a step towards me. "Well no matter if you forgive me already or not I still got you something." He brought his hand out from behind his back and held it out to me.

He was holding a small bunch of little purple flowers with long green stems.

"They're Purple Hyacinths." He said softly.

I took the little bundle from his hand and held them close to my chest. "They're so pretty." I whispered.

"When you give someone Purple Hyacinths it means 'I'm sorry'."

Tears welled up in my eyes and for once I didn't care when they spilled over and ran down my cheeks.

I couldn't remember the last time someone had gone through so much trouble to make me happy.

I didn't even care when Daniel stepped behind the bush and embraced me softly. He didn't say anything to me but I could hear him whispering above my head.

"Thank god I didn't lose her."

More tears silently ran down my cheeks as I hugged him back.

I never wanted to let go...

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