As much as I didn't want to do this, I knew V was right. If I didn't go talk to him right now I knew I never would. I stood up and did a little stretch. I walked towards the kitchen and dropped my chu. y monkey container into the trash. I caught myself admiring my hips in the shiny surface of the garbage can. I guess you really can't say admiring if your checking yourself out for flaws. I squatted down so I was at eye level with the trash can and shook my head. My hips look huge in these shorts! Maybe I should go change before I go have this talk with Dom. I couldn't really go meet the love of my life and not look like utter perfection! I really need to get my life under control because I don't think my butt could take much more of these ice cream dates with Vince.

"There are some things in this world you just can't unsee. That my friend was one of them." I stood up and gave him the finger. Of course Vince would catch me. He always has had the habit of showing up at the wrong time.

"I'm a girl Vince, we constantly worry about how we look and how others view us. We walk past a shiny surface, we do a quick once-over. its what we do. One day you're going to be happily married and find this completely adorable, but for now you're gonna have to deal with it. I'm going to meet the love of my life and confess my feelings. I need to make sure I look perfect!" He rolled his eyes.

"Rox, you look great, you always look great. Now lets go before you talk yourself out of it." I nodded and slowly followed him. My stomach started to do flips and i felt like i was going to throw up. I can't do this. What if I ruined everything? What if confessing my feelings made it awkward between us? I didn't want to lose him in my life, despite the fact that I loved him he was still a really good friend to me. It was that part that I didn't want to lose. Could you imagine if things didn't go the way I wanted them too? None of his friends would talk to me, it would be as if I never existed. That brought my thoughts to Vince. He's my best friend but he's also Dom's. If Dom made him choose, would I be okay if he didn't choose me. In a way, I knew he would side with Dom, they've been friends since the third grade. They had a bond I could only imagine as unbreakable. I knew it would break my heart to lose them both.

Despite how I felt, i still got into the car with Vince. I turned to stare at Vince, trying to ease my worries but he was a blank canvas. This was supposed to be the time that he was reassuring me! I needed to know that everything was going to be okay no matter what happened. I guess in a way I wanted him to say that he would be here for me no matter what but those words didn't come. Instead, he reached over and grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze. It was all he could give me right now and I knew that. I knew that our whole lives were going to change with what I was going to say. That alone made the tears roll down my face as we pulled up in Dom's driveway.

I made myself get out of the car. I had to do this. I would never know how he felt about me if I didn't. If he didn't return my affections, yes I would be heartbroken but at least I would finally know the answer to the question I've been asking myself since I was thirteen. I would finally know if he loved me or not. I took a deep breath as I stared at the house. If nothing else I'd be free to explore my feelings for Jace. Right good plan Rox! Here goes nothing!

I walked into the house by myself to my surprise. I figured Vince would at least walk in with me but he didn't. I walked through the living room and found Jesse and Leon sitting on the couch, I gave them a small wave as my stomach started to cramp up. I knew it was from nerves so I did my best to shake it off. Leon waved back while Jesse completely ignored me. I thought I had done him a favor by telling him I had feelings for someone else but he resented me for it. He refused to acknowledge my presence anymore even if I caught him looking at me. He no longer smiled at me or even said hello. I really thought I was doing what's best for him but I guess I was wrong.

I walked into the kitchen and found Dom stirring something on the stove. My stomach had completely tied its self into knots at this point. Despite how I felt I knew this was the right thing to do. I took a couple steps into the kitchen and took a deep breath. I softly called his name. He didn't look up from the pot so I guess he didn't hear me. I took a couple more steps into thekitchen and did my best to still my shaky stomach.

"Dom..." he turned towards me and gave me a small smile.

"Hey Rox, what's up?" I swallowed really hard to try to get some salvia in my mouth. My mouth had gone completely dry. I couldn't get my tongue to move. It seemed stuck to the bottom of my mouth. I need to do this! I had to do it now! Come on Roxanne snap out of it!

"You okay Rox? You don't look so good?" He said as he took a couple of steps towards me. I seemed to freeze even more than I already had. My brain scrambled through a variety of different scenario's before going silent. The next thing I knew I was running at him as fast as I could. I leapt onto him and thankfully he caught me. I leaned down and planted the biggest earth shattering kiss I could muster. I gave it my all but I was noticed he wasn't kissing me back. I pulled back defeated. I was walking out of the kitchen. I got the answer I was looking for and it hurt like hell.

"Roxie wait,"I turned to look at him, trying to shake the tears in my eyes away. He walked over to me and grabbed my arms. He leaned down and planted a big kiss on my lips.

"I've been wanting to do that since I was sixteen."

a/n: and here is the chapter everyone has been waiting on what do u think?