I beamed and reciprocated her good morning, as she gestured for me to join her at the breakfast table.
I waited for her to sit before doing the same. In front of me was a plate with eggs and toast and a large glass of which Julia was filling orange juice from a large jug.
We sat and ate in silence once or twice exchanging words about the weather or how each of us slept.
Once we had both finished our plates, Julia took them both and went to wash them in the sink. I stood and carefully half limped to the other side of the room,
towards the window to the large garden onto which it over-looked. I was lost in my thoughts a little when I heard gentle footsteps coming towards me and Julia came to stand next to me,
carefully nursing a mug of coffee, something I still had not taken a liking to since I first tried it.
'This is my favourite place in the whole house.' she said gesturing to the large bay window we were now stood in.
I carefully watched her expression as she looked back out over the gardens the sun from the window to her left was again casting the ethereal golden light over her,
occasionally bouncing off the sapphire clips in her hair. I carefully raised my hand and placed it loosely around her waist and she automatically moved closer.
She was concentrating intently on her coffee mug, and didn't look up when she said quietly:-
'William, I was to apologise for my behaviour last night...it was completely unladylike and unfair of me to push my affections onto you so vehemently...I just became a little too passionate I think.'
I subtly noted her cheeks rise with colour as she continued to stare at her coffee mug, clearly ashamed- but for no reason in my eyes.
'Julia, I was no better. And I most certainly was not and am not complaining. After all, we are engaged, are we not?' I said with kind conviction in my voice.
She looked up at me still blushing, but my comment about our engagement had sparked another breathtaking smile to grace her lips.
'Yes, I do believe we are.' she replied, promptly kissing me on the cheek and goes to sit back down at the breakfast table. I followed and she looked up from her cup a little sadly at me.
'Whats wrong Julia..?'I asked concerned.
She shook her head gently but replied-'Nothings wrong, I'm just worried about you. And how you will cope when all of this comes out in the papers- What will you do? Or say even..? After all the is my fault...maybe I should tell them that...tell them it was me, I did this to you..' her voice cracked a little at the end, and I immediately reached for her hand.
'Julia, this is not your fault at all, this was all my doing, I should have been happy for you, but instead I went into self destruct and that was my doing, you didn't even know what had happened until you came back, and that's how I wanted it. I wouldn't want anything to keep you from your dreams, or happiness. Especially something like myself and my fools heart.' I looked up at her carefully, after making my whole little speech while staring intently at the table cloth.
Her mouth was slightly open in shock and her eyes were fighting back the tears.
'William, you do not have a fools heart-fragile in love, I'll admit, but not a fool, and your well-being was...is...the most important thing to me. I have never met anyone who is more sincere and heartfelt than you are. Your heart is something I cherish and I always have done, which was why I kept my job in Buffalo a secret from you for so long, I knew how much it would hurt you...we had only just found each other and this was what I was going to go and do to us? I can promise you William, it was the hardest decision of my life...' she managed to fight back the tears up until the last sentence and that was when her eyes gave up the fight and they made their way down her cheeks. She looked away, once again embarrassed from having showed so much emotion in front of me. I wasn't sure what to say. So I said the only thing that popped into my head.
'I Love You Julia.'
A/N: Gahhhh he said the 3 little words! :) another little chapter for you all, next few in the pipeline! :)
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