- Chapter 18 -

"Timely Confession"

:4:00 A.m:

Casey slept on top of the covers squeezing the bear, in the same spot she had cried herself to sleep in. She had forgotten to lock the door that night ...

He easily opened the door and crept into her apartment, placing his wet coat on a chair. He searched for something in the kitchen and snuck into her bedroom as she laid there helpless and asleep. He stood in the room peering at the young helpless women in the bed alone, he had picked the right apartment...

Casey turned onto her back and slowly opened her eyes to the dark figure next to her

"AHHHHHHHH!"

"Relax, relax" He said.

Casey sat up and opened her eyes only to come face to face with...

Hunter himself.

"HUNTER!" She leaped into his arms and clung on very tight

"God , what? what? are you doing here you just scared the hell out of me, ...oh my god im dizzy" She buried her into his chest

"Baby its ok, im sorry hunny" Hunter kissed her head "I couldn't sleep and you sounded so upset" "I had to fly out and come see you, I just got up and left, I didnt care"

Tears rolled down her face onto his black sweater

"Case its ok im here, every things fine" He rubbed her back

Casey sat up and looked into his big brown eyes and inhaled his cologne, then she took a deep breathe. Hunter reached up with his big fingers and wiped away her tears

"Relax ok? Im not leaving until the day after tomorrow"

"Are you missing anything big being with me tho?"

"Case, it doesn't matter, just some talk show, no biggie, they'll say im sick"

"Ok" Casey sniffled

"Its insanely late honey why don't we get some sleep, do you need anything?"

Casey shook her head and rubbed her eyes. She stood up and let hunter pull down the covers and laid on one side.

"Hey fiz" Hunter tried making Casey smile "were you keeping flower company?" "You're a good little bear aren't you?" Hunter peered towards Casey and it wasn't working. He pulled of his jeans showing his black boxers and got in bed next to Casey. He ran his fingers threw her hair and grabbed her chin moving her gaze to meet his eyes. "Casey, listen" "I know this is getting really hard, but I also know we can do this"

"How can you be so sure?"

"I can only be sure if you tell me you wan this as bad as I do" "All I want is for you to be happy Case." For Casey, just hearing hunters deep calm voice took all of the pain from her heart.

"I do, Im just afraid"

"Wanna know something?"

"Yeah" She looked into his eyes

"I was just as afraid on the way to that teacher parent get together, as I was going into my first wrestlemania"

"Hunter" Casey looked away "thats not possible, those were different things"

"No case, it was the same for me"

"How?" she looked up at him

"For mania, I was living my first biggest dream, and impressing the most important person in the world"

"Who was that?" She squinted

"Myself, I was impressing myself that night" "And going to that party that night I was unknowingly living my second biggest dream, and impressing the most important person in the world to me" Casey looked puzzled "The dream I was living was meeting my soulmate, and the most important person in the world to me right now, is you" Hunter moved his hand from her chin to her cheek cupping her face in his soft hand, He took a deep breath and looked right intoher eyes.

"Casey,...I love you"