She walked into the room, pulling down the hood of her sweater.

He stood near the door, ready to get out in case this got messy again, arms crossed on his chest, looking everywhere that was not her.

When his gaze touched her hands, he could see that she had taken off her ring.

"I don't even know where to start this. But first I want to apologize for all the pain I caused you. You have been my best friend and so much more for 10 years, and I was just afraid to admit to myself and anyone else, how much deeper that connection in fact was.

And then I go, marry another man, and when we finally are at a point of our lives that gives YOU the possibility to finally move on, I make the selfish decision to throw myself at you, only to break your heart again. There are NO WORDS to justify that behavior. And I totally understand if you decide to hate me for the rest of your life.

I cannot even begin to tell you how stupid I have been to put a believe system about marriage before my own personal happiness. Life does not work this way anymore, if it ever really did.

I came here tell you that you were right. Brad had something going with Angelina. And when I found out I did not feel hurt, or betrayal, or anger.

I felt relief and I felt free. Because that suddenly stripped me from all the obligations I thought I had towards him and towards our marriage, which is over, by the way!

And I knew for sure what I wanted to do with my life: I want to be with the man that I love, the one that has been my best friend and the love of my life for 10 years. And I knew that I could not wait to live with him, have kids and a great life together.

I told you that I was hesitant about this with Brad and it turns out that this was my subconsciousness telling me that this was not the man for me to have all those things with.

I have to make one thing very clear to you: YOU have never been the second choice in this, not for one second. But I had to find out that I was not willing to stick to the second best just because I said I would a few years ago.

So I am standing here, praying that you will be able to forgive me and believe me, when I say:

It has always been you, David, I love you and I do not want to spend one day of the rest of my life without you."

He looked at her, raising his eyebrow.

"That was quite a speach you gave there. I'm impressed. Are you finished now?

"Yes" she sighed.

"Good..." he said, stepping closer to her. He had always been good with words, but he decided that this were enough of those.
"... because there was enough talking for now."

With that, he took her face in his hand, and pulled her in for a desperate kiss.

She never felt happier than in this second, when his lips landed on hers, and she gladly let him claim her as HIS in that moment.

She burried her hands in his hair, as he encircled her with his arms, opened her lips to allow his tounge in.

This felt even better than it had in that one night a few weeks ago. Because now it was RIGHT.

Their kisses were no longer stolen moments that should not happen, but they both knew that this was what they would be doing for the rest of their lives.

This was the beginning of THEM.

When he stripped her of that giant hoodie, she felt like she was coming home.

When she pulled his sweater and T-Shirt over his head, she was drawn to him like a moth to the flame.

She explored is chest with her lips and her fingertips, shivering as his fingers pulled on the waistband of her lounge pants.

She quickly she sneakers, socks and said lounge pants before looking in his eyes, while she started to open his belt, and jeans buttons.

He quickly did like she had done.

They stood at a small distance, both in der their underwear.

She took his hand and lead him over to the bed, so that she was standing with her back to the foot end, before taking off her bra and panties, which again led him to follow her lead. There they were, completely naked, looking at each other without any barrier left between them, aroused only by the kisses they had shared and the anticipation to finally come together and make this matter for forever.

She pulled him closer to her, exploring his chest and arms and stomach using her hands and lips, before sitting down on the bed and turning her attention to a certain part of his body.

She took him in her hand, moving it up and down, then kissing him, before taking him in.

He burried his hands in her hair as she intensified her work, trying to stop her, when he was close to the edge. She interrupted her work, looking up at him. He came down to his knees, fire burning in his eyes, feverously kissing her, moving between her legs, stroking her and pushing into her with his finger to get her properly worked up.

When he felt she was ready, he sat down next to her and pulled her over to his lap, so she was straddling him.

With a smirk, she guided him to her entrance before slowly sinking down, whole looking into his eyes, saying "finally".

After a while their movements got more frantic, until they both came together. They looked each other and kissed, before they moved over to lie down underneath the sheets.

They lay cuddled together, finally talking about what had happened. She told him about finding the messages on Brad's phone, how she confronted him and how they had come clear.

"While we are lying in this bed, the world probably finds out about our separation through the statement we put out. We agreed to keep the rest to ourselves for now, so that means we cannot run around cuddled together anytime soon. I mean, when we do come out, or Brad and Angelina do, everyone will probably be able to guess what happened, but we don't want to put that speculation on top of that NOW."

"Ok, then I have a suggestion for you: stay here with me for a while. I will be here for the next months for the project I just agreed to do. It is much easier to fly under the radar here than it is in LA. It does not have to be forever, I know that you love Cali and that you will be there to work quite often anyway. But just for now until you start with that Kevin Costner movie. I really want to do this play, but I also want to spend as much time with you as possible."

"I don't have a place I LA anymore anyway, so I will gladly take you up on that offer."

"Of course you have, I still have my house there. Plus I believe you and Brad will find an agreement that will profit both of you."

"I will definitely have to go there to make arrangements for the divorce."

He let his left hand glide over hers, entwining their fingers, both looking at her now deserted ring finger. He took her hand up kiss that spot.

"I can't wait for that day to come", making his intention clear to put a ring on that finger again when the timing came. And that he could not wait for everything to come after that. She would have the life she always wanted, and now with the right man by her side.

"I love you." she said.

"And I love you" he replied, softly kissing her neck while holding her close.

THE END