So this will be the last chapter of the Letter. I just want to say thank you to everyone who read this and for all the love, I didn't think anyone would like this. so I wrote this for class one day and my best friend pushed me to put it up here and I never expected it to get so much love. So thank you to all of you! i had a lot of fun expanding on my class version and hope you guys had fun reading it.

I will be posting more stories later, I'm almost done with another one so stay tuned.

so Thank you again, I love you all

signed,

xmaggalinex

Tory:

You know, looking back on it, it seems like I over reacted… but put yourself in my shoes. For twelve hours I was locked in a concrete room, with a little girl who was scarred out of her wits, and me having to be brave through the whole thing so she would stay calm. When Tellican came to talk to me, it took everything I had to stay calm. It took everything I had to not curl up in a ball and give up hope that we would never be found. it was hard. It took everything in me to not kill Tellican.

So when he showed up at the paramedic, that was it. I lost it. Ben was so confused, so lost but he protected me. So I just cried, all the fear, all the terror, all of it, came out in sobs. And Ben just took it.

I wiped the tears from my face, and Ben looked down from me. "Feel better?" he smiled.

"Maybe," I scoffed.

"Good because you cheek is bleeding again. Here sit down," Ben sat me down, "Hold on," I could barely breathe, I tried to but I couldn't get enough. I felt like I was being suffocated but I knew it was because of my crying.

Hiram and Shelton came back with a donut, "I'm having a mental breakdown and you two are out getting donuts?" I said rasing my eyebrows.

" No, this is for you!" Hi said handing me the donut, "The paramedic said you needed sugar, so I thought of donuts!" he smiled.

"Nice," I said, but taking a bite anyways.

"here she is," Ben said, coming back with a paramedic.

She looked at my cheek and said that I was going to need stiches, then she handed me a oxygen mask. She put an IV in my arm and helped me in the gernee and sent Shelton to get my father. When my father came over, they got in the front and the boys hopped in the back with me.

The next couple hours sped by. A bunch of cops asked me questions and took my statement and I got twenty stiches in my cheek. They had me in for a head CT and x-rays, but soon they gave me a clean bill of health and we were on our way home. Hiram and Shelton left with their parents but Ben offered to take me back while the cops asked Kit some questions and finished up his police report. Surprisingly enough, Kit had agreed saying I needed the extra rest so Ben called a cab and got us to the docks.

I helped ben untie the boat and Ben pushed the boat back from the dock. I sat down in the shotgun sheet and let the fresh air whip through my hair. I hadn't released how stuffy that room had been but know sitting with fresh air whipping around me, I couldn't get enough of the air. I soaked in the sun, taking it for all it's glory.

I watched the little silver fish flick just under the surface of the water as we cruised along. I listened to the hum of the engine and heard its vibrations. But I heard it shut off in a second. We weren't anywhere close to Morris Island, I turned around to see the harbor not too far behind the boat. "Ben, what's wrong?" looked at him, I watched him rub his eyes with his other hand on the throttle. "Ben, what's wrong with the boat?"

"There is nothing wrong with the boat," he sighed and sat down in the seat he never sat in, the pilots seat.

"Then what's wrong?" I asked, trying for an answer.

"Tory when you were," he paused looking for a word, "Gone, all I could think about," he stopped.

"What?" I turned to him, I put a hand on his knees trying to see into his eyes.

"All I could think about was," he trying to force out whatever he was trying to say. "all I could think about was you,"

"Oh Ben-" I started.

"No Tor, I mean it gave me time to think about things," He insisted. He stared at his hands and wouldn't look at me.

Oh.

"Tory, over the past year things, things between you and I have been weird. Things have been so strange for me. I would wake up in the middle of the night, and the first thing in my mind is you. You were always the first think I would think about in the morning and you were the last thing I thought about at night. You drive me nuts, and in more ways than one," he struggled the whole time he was talking but he finally stopped, still not looking at me.

"Ben," I said

"Tory," he kept his eyes from mine. "Everything about you, it, it drives me nuts," he lifted his eyes to mine. He lifted his hand to my face, I reached for his hand.

"Ben, I-" I started.

"Tory, Please. Don't tell me-" I covered his mouth with my hand.

"Will you let me talk?" I smiled. I knew what he was talking about. For months now, I had been seeing Ben in a different light, he seemed more mature then when I first met him. he just seemed to be my kryptonite, I listened to every word he said, I felt like I would follow him into a void. On instinct, I did something I didn't think about.

I kissed him.

His lips were soft and shocked, but in seconds it was lost. He pulled back and looked at me. "What was that?" he asked.

"I don't know," I breathed, the feeling of his lips on mine made me crave more.

"Good," and he crushed his lips to mine, he grabbed my hips and pulled me into his lap so I straddled him. every moment we sat like this I felt myself melting to him. we were one. And I craved more, but he pulled away. "as fun as this is," he smiled with a wink, "We really should get back, you need the rest," he smiled.

But I wasn't done, I wanted to see how far I could push him, I wanted to see how far this teasing thing would go. "Ben, can you show me how to drive the boat?"

"for you," he said stealing another kiss, "anything,"

The End.