AN: Thank you for the lovely reviews, they are greatly appreciated; this is part 2 of the previous chapter, I'm going to add another part to this storyline, part three will be published in the next couple of days. Read and review please it would be greatly appreciated x

Ch14 - Brand New Day pt2

We lifted our coffees, and then we made our way over to the beaten up old couch at the back of the DLO, we sat down facing each other.

Oliver smiled and it was the smile he often used when it was just us, you know that smile that always got my heart racing; I blushed slightly, I lost my train of thought.

I looked at Oliver and I smiled nervously. I didn't know where to start. He probably sensed my nervousness, because he took my hands in his; we sat like that for a few minutes.

He lifted my left hand to his lips, he kissed my engagement ring; I blushed again, he smirked. He noticed my blush, he freed his other hand as he placed it on my cheek.

"Shane I know that we are going to talk about the events that happened the other day, but I want you to know that I love you; if you need a moment at all during this, please let me know and we will take a break"

I smiled at him. He's so sweet, I could feel my heart pound in my chest. However it's nice to know that the option is there for us to step back and take a break.

"That's really sweet Oliver, I hope that we won't need to do that; but I will let you know if I need a moment, are you... I mean do you want to start?"

He shook his head. He looked at me and smiled.

"We have some time my love, we can wait for a few minutes if you want to gather your thoughts"

I smiled softly at Oliver, as he is a gentleman through and through; I visibly swallowed, my nerves were definitely coming to the forefront.

I looked at him again, I then spoke. I figured that honesty was the best policy. I mean we are engaged for heavens sake, we need to be honest with each other; we have always been honest, and that's not going to change now.

I took another deep breath, before I spoke. I softened my tone, I didn't want him thinking I was angry; because I wasn't. I could never be mad at Oliver, I love him too much.

"Oliver I need you to understand, it really got to me when you raised your voice; it frightened me slightly because I've never been spoken to like that before and I knew I couldn't walk away, so I went silent. I didn't want to make you feel any worse than you probably already did at that very moment. I know you didn't mean for it to happen, I know that you regret it; I just thought if I could distract you from the envelopes, then maybe I could stop you from hurting"

He looked at me and he smiled slightly. He leaned back so he could look into my eyes. I could see the heartbreak in his eyes, I don't like that look; why did I have to let it all out like that?

"Shane, I must be honest it did upset me when you wouldn't look at me; I'm sorry that I frightened you, because now I understand now that you were trying to help me by taking over that task; and I shouldn't have lost my temper with you. I will try my best to make sure I let you know how I'm feeling so that we can avoid something like that happening again"

I smiled, I looked at him again. I could feel a wave of guilt wash over me again, I then felt tears build up in my eyes.

"Oliver I love you, and I'm really sorry that I made you feel that you couldn't do your job; I was just trying to make it easier for you, because I know that you don't like to see stamps being torn because people don't take care when sticking them to an envelope"

He looked up at me, he looked startled as he noticed the tears in my eyes; he got up and retrieved a box of tissues, I knew that he still felt bad about raising his voice. He then spoke.

"Shane please don't cry, I love you with all my heart. I also love how you worry about me, I'm very sorry that I didn't talk to you about what was bothering me; however once again I must apologise for raising my voice, I promise I will never do that again"

I knew that when he said something he meant it, so I took a deep breath and I looked at him before I spoke.

"Oliver I'm glad that we have been able to get over this, it has been really awful. I think if we try hard enough we won't find ourselves in situations like that anymore. I mean we might disagree from time to time, but that's what couples do. It's normal, I mean if we didn't have misunderstandings, or disagreements then we wouldn't be able to have a normal engagement or marriage"

He laughed softly, he looked at me; I found myself looking into his eyes, if I'm being honest it's really easy to get lost in his mesmerising blue eyes.

We spent the rest of the morning, talking, listening, learning, and understanding each other. It was a relief to know that everything was back to normal.

Now we can get to work on those other boxes, I just know that it will take some time to get through them all. I also know that we will get through them together.

TBC