A/N: IT'LL BE A BIT SLOW IN THIS CHAPTER TOO. I RAN OUT OF IDEAS FOR THIS ONE SO IT'S A BIT DULL, THINGS GET INTERESTING LATER. AS THE WEEK GOES ON.












Leon finally finished getting ready around 3:30 and came up into the kitchen. Leon kept his hair slicked as usual and wore a pair of clean black pants that he had washed when he found he had nothing else without stains. He found a clean white t-shirt and actually ironed his clothing. He slipped on a silk button down shirt that had a blue dragon around it on and left it unbutton. He sprayed on some cologne and deodorant and was finally ready to go. He waited a minute for Vince to get back with the flowers. Vince came in a second later. He had on a pair of blue jeans that weren't stained with grease or grass and a clean blue shirt, he even tucked it in to his jeans. He had to borrow a blue silk shirt for Leon in exchange for the white shirt Leon wore now. He trimmed his mustache and beard to make him look better and also sprayed on some cologne.

Vince handed the dozen yellow daises to Leon, "Just like you wanted, man. Are you sure she likes daises?"

"Positive bro," he saw that Vince had a single red rose. "Is that all you got her?"

"Yeah, I think one rose is more romantic than a dozen," he looked around the house and heard it was silent. "Where the hell is everybody?"

Leon shrugged then spotted the note on the table. He picked it up and read it over, "Says Dom and Brian are at the garage and the girls went with Ebony and Damon somewhere." He looked up from the note. "It's just us."

"Alright,' he glanced at his watch. "We better get over there. I got my car cleaned up on the way back."

"I cleaned mine last night," Leon grinned one step ahead of him.

"Shut up and get your ass out the door," he laughed, locking the door behind him.

Just as Vince suspected the girls were still getting ready. He was glad he pushed the reservations up to six instead of four. It was already 5:15 and they were still getting ready. He couldn't believe it. Leon had turned on the television and sat wit his head resting on his face. He yawned and looked at Vince who only shrugged and shook his head.

"Women," they both mumbled.

"I heard that," Crimson said coming out of the room. She wore a short, spaghetti strap red dress that matched the tips of her hair and fingernails. She wore open toed high heels, displaying her pedicure. The dress stopped at the middle of her thigh, revealing her long legs.

Vince closed his open mouth and stood fixing his clothes, Leon did the same. "This is for you," Vince said handing her the rose.

"It's beautiful. One rose, that's so romantic. I prefer it over a dozen," she hugged him and Vince flashed Leon an I-told-you-so look. Leon rolled his eyes as Summer came out. She wore baby blue top to show off her eyes and a long blue skirt with a slit up the side to show her legs with a pair of blue sandals. Leon grinned and gave her the flowers.

"Daises, you remembered," she smiled, her eyes sparkling. "I'll put these in water and then we can go."

She was back a minute later and they left the house towards the restaurant.

It was around nine o'clock when they got back from the restaurant. Leon and Summer went their own way after they finished eating leaving Vince totally alone with Crimson. They talked about their lives, she left out the parts that were secret and spoke little about the incident six years ago. Vince did most of the talking for a change. Talking about his friends, and the family he lost. Afterward they walked around before he brought her back home. And here he was with her on the front porch.

She smiled at him as he leaned in to kiss her. She kissed him gently before pulling away. She couldn't kiss him with the things on her mind.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have," he started but she stopped him.

"No, I-I can't," she muttered.

"Oh," he said, sadly looking at the ground.

"No, not like that. I mean-…Vince there are some things about me you don't know. Things I've kept secret for a long time now. Six years to be exact."

"You mean the whole thing with you running away and changing your name,' he asked.

"Yeah about that."

"Crimson, I don't care. The past is behind us, leave it buried."

"No, Vince you really need to know this," she told him.

"What?" he asked, seeing that it meant a lot for him to know.

"Six years ago I lived here…not in this house but around this area."

"So you ran from this area, big deal, lots of people do," he shrugged it off.

She sighed, "I wish it were that easy. I got mixed up in some heavy stuff and paid a heavy price."

"Your brother?"

She nodded slowly, eyes filled with pain, "Yeah…Felix died because of it and I would have died to but I ran."

"It was a smart thing to do, Crimson. If you didn't you'd be dead and most likely so would everyone else in that house," he told her. "I never would have met you and I never would have fallen in love if I hadn't."

She smiled and let out a small laugh, "You love me?"

He nodded, "Yes I do."

She looked onto his eyes and saw it was true, "I love you too, Vince."

Vince smiled and kissed her passionately. She wrapped her arms around his neck as his arms went around her small waist. He pulled away this time.

Crimson smiled at him, "But you still need to now."

"Then tell me," he said, still holding her close.

She took a deep breath. She was finally going to tell him the secret that had been eating at her for years now. It would feel so good to get it off her chest and let him know to keep him and his friends out of trouble.

"Six years ago I-," the front door opened and Asher appeared. He leaned in the doorway and smiled.

"Hey Crimson, back from your date already," he grinned.

She knew he had been listening to the conversation. He made sure she wouldn't tell. She put on a smile anyways and Vince let go of her waist.

"Well, I guess I'll see you later Crimson," he kissed her once more and looked at Asher. "See you in the morning, dawg." With that he turned and walked away, back to the house.

Crimson turned to Asher. "You're an asshole."

"Told you I wouldn't let you tell. It's bad enough Ebony told them she dated Jesse's brother Xander and that we lived her six years ago," he said closing the front door behind her.

"Big deal, Vince knows," she smiled at him. "You better get to bed Asher, don't want to be late to Dom's tomorrow." She went down the hall and into her room. He shook his head and went upstairs to bed. At least he had stopped her. Hopefully no one would ever find out.

















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