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Tori's POV

I slowly blinked open my eyes and let out a yawn. I opened my eyes and then gasped, rising up in bed. I looked around, not recognizing where I was. I looked down and was shocked to realize that I was naked. I immediately pulled the covers up over my chest. I looked next to me and saw that Andre was sound asleep. I suddenly remembered everything from last night.

The covers were up to Andre's stomach and I wasn't sure, but I think he was naked as well; I could tell he wasn't wearing a shirt. We had both lost all self-control after what I thought would be just a kiss.

I let out a long sigh and fell back against the pillow. "So much for taking it slowly," I whispered, turned over, and went back to sleep.

I woke up the next morning feeling very refreshed. What woke me up was the sun that came through the blinds. I stretched and smiled and looked around the room. Waking up to the sun made me think about Shayla. That made me think about her and I hoped that she was doing okay. Andre and I never called my mom last night, so I would assume that Shayla and Branson stayed with her. Oops, that definitely wasn't part of the plan.

I leaned over and was gonna grab my phone, but there was a note next to where my phone was. I picked it up and read it. "Good morning, sweetheart. Whenever you're ready to get up, come to the kitchen. I'm fixing some breakfast for us. – Andre. P.S. Branson and Shayla are here as well, so you might wanna put some clothes on!"

I giggled and then crawled out of bed and saw that my clothes were lying on the ground next to the bed. I quickly put them on and then grabbed my phone from the table. I saw that it was only 9:00.

I headed out of the room and in the living room. I saw Andre getting coffee ready in the kitchen with Branson and Shayla sitting at the breakfast table, eating their breakfast. By the time I had taken two steps out of the bedroom, Shayla looked up and saw me. "Mommy!" she exclaimed, got off the chair, and ran over to me. She jumped in my arms and I held her close to me. "I missed you!"

"Oh, baby, I missed you, too." I said and kissed her forehead. I sat her down. "Okay, now go finish your breakfast."

"Okay," she said and we walked over to the breakfast table, but she was holding onto my hand. "Look, Andre! My mommy woke up!"

Andre giggled and said, "Yes, I see that." He looked at me and smiled. "I guess you got my note?"

"Yeah," I said. Then I whispered, "Thanks for the warning."

"No prob," he whispered.

I sat at the table next to Shayla and looked at Branson. "Hi there, Branson," I said.

He looked at me and waved. "Hi Tori," He took another bite of food. "Did you and my daddy have a sleepover last night?"

Andre and I glanced at each with smiles on our faces. I looked back at Branson and said, "Yeah, we did have a sleepover."

"Was it a fun sleepover?" asked Shayla.

I bit my lip to keep myself from smiling. Thank goodness they were too young to understand it, because I said, "Yes, it was a lot of fun."

Andre finally came over to the table and we all had breakfast together. Since Shayla and Branson had a head start on eating, they were done before us. So they just went to the living room and watched some cartoons.

Andre and I scooted closer together and started to talk quietly amongst ourselves. "It's so cute to see them spend time together." I said.

"I know," he said. "I think they're already best friends."

"So I guess Branson spent the night at my parents' house last night?"

"Yeah," he told me. "I woke up at 7:30 this morning and called your mom to make sure she was awake and she was, so she brought Branson and Shayla over. I said sorry to her for having to keep him, but she was okay with it. She had a feeling that we'd fallen asleep and lost track of time, so I think Branson and Shayla just slept in your bed."

"Did you tell her what we did last night?" I asked.

"No, but she figured it out," he said with a smile.

I giggled and took a bite of food. After I chewed and swallowed, I said, "Did my mom drop them off this morning?"

"Yes," he said. "They've been here for about an hour."

"How has Shayla been?"

"Really good," he said. "Just really shy and quiet at first and she was a little upset when your mom first left. It took her a good thirty minutes to start talking."

"Yeah, that's how she is," I told him. "Even though she knows you, she's never been around just you before. She was probably a little apprehensive at first, but then she realized you were a nice guy."

"Why would she be apprehensive around me?" he asked confused.

I raised my eyebrows and said, "Think about it, Andre. Think through it slowly."

He looked off into space for a moment, but then realization hit him. He slightly gasped and said, "Oh…I get it now." He said. "No wonder she was looking at me like she was scared of me."

"Yeah," I said. "She doesn't trust men."

"Understandable," he said with a sigh. "So…I guess this means we're a couple?"

"Of course it does," I said. "It's not like last night was a one-night stand or anything."

He giggled. "Very true. But seriously…I really think we can make it work out."

I bit my lip and said, "But…what if we start fighting again? That's what ruined our relationship before."

"Tori, we were young." he told me. "We were young and stupid. We didn't know how to make it work. But…we're different now. We've grown a lot. We were in bad relationships and I think it matured both of us." He grabbed my hands. "I don't think I could love someone as much as I love you."

I sighed shakily and looked at the ground. Andre put his hand on my chin and made me look him in the eye. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked gently. He moved his hand from my chin and grabbed my hand again.

"It's just…didn't you tell that same thing to Libby?"

He sighed. "Tori…Libby is in my past and you're my future. And…of course I told Libby I loved her. She was my wife, but…come on…you can't tell me honestly that you didn't love Caleb. That's why you stayed with him for as long as you did."

He was getting a little personal, but if we were gonna be together, I knew he would always be involved. So I nodded and said, "Yeah…I did love him."

"Okay," he said with a smile. "So…you know what I'm talking about. But…what I can tell you is this," He sighed heavily. "Tori…when we were together, I loved you. I thought that I could never love someone like that, but…I was wrong." My heart dropped, thinking he was talking about Libby. "Looking at you now…remembering the feeling I had last night…spending time with my son and your daughter this morning…I need you with me, Tori. I don't doubt that I did love you back when we were younger, but I think it was just puppy love. But…not now. Not even close. I really and truly love you with everything I have right now. And I will prove it to you. Words mean nothing unless they're shown in actions and I will show it to you. Just trust me."

That was it. Hearing those words, I was hooked to him forever.

I got up and ran to the living room and saw that Branson and Shayla had fallen asleep while watching cartoons. I ran back over to Andre, sat in his lap, and kissed him passionately. He had a tight grip around my waist. "Marry me, Andre," I whispered. "I know the man is supposed to ask the woman, but I don't care. I need to be with you and I'm not waiting on you to ask me."

He pushed my hair back and kissed my forehead. "Well then, my love…you won't have to wait much longer." He picked me up and sat my feet back on the ground. He knelt down and grabbed one of my hands. "Tori Vega…will you give me the privilege of being your husband?"

I giggled and said, "Well duh! There's no way in heck I could say no to you."

"I know, but I still had to ask." he said and immediately kissed me. It soon turned into making out and he pushed me against the wall, but in a very romantic way. I loved him so very much.

I agreed with Andre in what he said about us being in puppy love back when we were younger; I'm not gonna lie, I really did love him, but compared to how I felt about him now…it didn't even compare. He was my everything and I was determined to never let him go.

Ugh, God, why? Why can't you give me a guy like Andre? Haha, but seriously, isn't he just perfect!? Gah, I love him!