As I reread the text from Vince for the third time I felt like my whole world was crashing down around me. All the blood in my body that was previously throbbing mind you, seemed to drain completely out of my body. He told Dom? Why had he told Dom? What had even brought it up or did he just blurt it out? 'Yeah Dom I'm glad you're home too, by the way did you know Rox is in love with you?' I quickly shook that thought out of my head. No matter how puzzled I was, I knew in my heart that Vince would never put me on blast. That dude was my best friend in every sense of the word. Im not going to lie there have been times that I have felt closer to Vince thsn I do Mia. Especially during all of that craziness with Johnny a few years back. So there's no way I could believe that Vince had thrown me under a bus without a reason. But what was the reasoning? I hit reply but my fingers kept tracing the keys. I didn't know what to say to Vince, much less Dom's text. Great I had to respond to Dom's text or he would know something was up. My heart was pounding in my chest. I hit the reply key again and finally managed a 'y' text to Vince. Phew that one was down. What am I going to do? How am I going to face Dom? Hell what was I even going to say to him? How do I explain that I've been in love with him for years? In a way this was what I wanted but I wanted him to confess his feelings first dammit! I don't want to be the one looking like an idiot because in my heart I knew he didn't feel the same way. My feelings were about to be crushed and there was no way around that. I managed to text him back an 'okay' and I didnt want to hit send. I blew out a big breath of air and finally pressed that button. It was time to put on the big girl panties and deal with it.

I finally looked up from phone to see Jace's eyes staring at me. He was just as unsure as I was about what was going on; only I knew what had actually happened and he didn't. I quickly threw a careless smile on my face and he lifted his hand up to stroke my face.

"You don't ever have to fake emotions with me babe. What's wrong? And don't lie to me." Just like that, my walls came crashing down again. I felt my eyes start to water and I turned away. He grabbed my face and brought me back to staring at him. I fought the urge to cry even harder since my eyes were staring into his warm blue ones. I hated crying in front of people with a passion. I look hideous when I cry. I fought the urge to roll my eyes at myself. This is Jace, Roxie. He's been there with you through some shit, do you really think he's going to care what you look like when you cry? I leaned into his chest and let it go. To my surprise I found myself silent, despite all the tears. He sat there caressing my head and not saying a single word until I finally pulled myself out of his embrace. Here goes nothing. He deserved the truth. This man deserved to know that I had feelings for Dom. Why couldn't I love him the way he deserved? Why do I have to love Dom? Jace is perfect for me. Why can't this be easier?

"That was MIA, she's been seeing Johnny again.I'm scared he's going to take Mia from me again. She's my best friend Jace. I don't wanna lose her." What the hell? That was the last thing I expected to come out of my mouth. I didn't even plan on telling him that he was back in town. What the hell are you thinking Roxie?

"You don't have to worry about that piece of shit darlin'. If he comes near you I'll..." He trailed off and looked away from me. I reached over and grabbed his face. I made him look at me and I kissed him hard. I put every energy I had into that kiss and he had no problem returning it.

We didn't have sex last night but it was still one of the best experiences of my life. We went from fooling around to watching ninja turtles to cuddling and back to fooling around again. I woke up with the biggest smile on my face. Jace was truly one of a kind. I woke up to him wrapping his fingers around my hair. He had such a content look on his face that I didn't move. He grinned when he realized my eyes were open.

"Good morning beautiful." He leaned over to kiss me but I quickly moved.

"Youre not kissing me with morning breath. It's gross." He leaned over and kissed me anyway.

"It was so nice waking up next to you." I rolled my eyes and sat up on the edge of the bed. I stretched and then turned around to face him. I was surprised to find him staring at me.

"You just enjoyed watching me sleep creep." I said as I threw the pillow at his face. He caught it and tossed it back.

"Yeah because the snoring is the most attractive thing I've ever heard." My face turned so red I put my hands up to cover it. I started to make my way to the bathroom but he had other plans. He leaped up off the bed and within a minute he had me pinned against the wall and he kissed me.

"You know, I like the blonde but I miss the red. It reminds me of all the memories we had." I felt my face heat up again and I tried to look down. He pulled my face up again and kissed me.

"Thanks Jace, you're one of the sweetest people I know." He chuckled and brushed the strand of hair out of my face.

"Don't let the guys at home hear you say that. They wouldn't believe it." I laughed and rolled my eyes.

"I don't believe that for a second. Youre just a big teddy bear." He growled and picked me up and dropped me on the bed.

"Grrrraaaawwwwwwrrrr not a teddy bear now am I?" I rolled my eyes.

" I'm so scared." I giggled as he hopped on the bed with me. I was brought down from my cloud of happiness by a single sound- my text alert. I sat up and grabbed my phone. I instantly knew who it was just by the message.

-be at my house at 12

A\n a lil fluffiness between her and have in this chapter then the big talk with Dom I'm shaking in my boots lol enjoy read and review 3