Hi! It's me, again, and now I have chapter nine. So to all of my reviewers:

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Chapter 9 Love Renewed

Sunday September 8, 2002

"Do you think she's okay?" asked Jesse.

"Does she look okay!" Mia nearly shouted.

"Ugg…shut up! I'm trying to sleep." Mumbled Carman from her position on the couch.

It was early morning and Carman was woken up to by the sounds of Mia, Jesse, Vince, and Dom and Letty talking, about her no less.

"Sorry," said Mia. "But we were wondering why you were sleeping out here on the couch."

"Why, you want me to leave to?" Carman asked getting up and walking toward the kitchen.

"Leave?" asked Letty. Carman didn't reply.

"Why would we want you to leave? Nobody wants you to leave." Said Jesse standing next to his sister.

"Don't talk unless you know all of the facts." Said Carman.

"Huh?" asked Jesse.

"Leon," said Carman in barley more than a whisper. "He doesn't want me anywhere near him."

"It's his lose." Said Jesse pulling Carman into a hug as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Want me to beat him up?" asked Jesse, making Carman laugh.

"No, I just.. I think I should get my own place."

"Why?" asked Dom, "You're always welcome here."

"It's not that… it's just that I've been here for just over two months. And what exactly have I done while I've been here? I mean I made friends…a family….and that's it."

"You can stay here, why would you want to move? Stay here, ignore Leon." Said Jesse.

"Look it's hard to explain, but I want to be independent." Said Carman leaving the kitchen and heading toward the room her and Leon had shared.

"What are you doing?" asked Leon upon seeing Carman enter the room.

"I need to change my clothes and then I'm going out, so I won't be in your way anymore."

"What does that mean?" asked Leon standing up from the bed.

"I'm moving out." Said Carman heading into their bathroom and slamming the door in Leon's face. That gave Carman some satisfaction.

"Carman, why would you want to move out? I don't think that you should. I-" Leon was cut off as the bathroom door opened.

"I don't really have a reason to live here besides Jesse and the team, so I figured I'd get myself an apartment or maybe a house if I can."

"Don't," said Leon grabbing her wrist and turning her to face him. "I stayed up all night and I thought about this. It was a shock last night when you said that you killed that man. I've never known anybody that killed a man before. I mean Dom almost killed that guy but he didn't actually do it. But I realized that I love you and that I'll always love you and I'd be lost without you here. After all these years we finally found each other. And what you've been through in the past couple years is something that I want to help you get through. So please don't leave, stay with me, or let me move with you. You're going to have my baby and I can't let you raise him alone."

Carman swallowed hard, "Him? We're going to have a boy. You mean that Le about loving me?"

"I love you Carman, like I've never loved anyone before and I want to be a family, with you and our baby, so please," said Leon getting down on one knee and opening a ring box, "would the both of you do me the honor of being my wife?"

"Le," said Carman tears in her eyes. "We'd love to."

Leon grinned and slipped the ring on Carman's finger before standing up and kissing her. Their kissing turned out into a full-blown make-out session and that lead to a little more.

"You sure you want to do this?" asked Leon.

"It's not like we haven't had sex before Leon."

"I know but your pregnant."

"And it's safe." Said Carman grinning.

Leon just grinned.

And that's a rap for Chapter 9. Hope ya liked it. I'll update again soon. Review please! And I don't own anybody except for Carman.

Aimee