Dear Diary,
I've been in rehab for a month now and in that month I have been kept away from my triggers, stresses that had lead to my alcohol and drug problem in the first place. Being away from all temptation and being in a safe environment away from the alcohol and drugs I was able to concentrate on starting a life free of substance abuse.
The first couple weeks I dealt with withdrawal and I couldn't believe how much my body was craving the substances. I was so uncomfortable and didn't feel like myself at all during those two weeks. I found that I couldn't think about anything else then how I could get my hands on the drugs and alcohol and my thinking wasn't rational at all.
I spent my days on a routine schedule starting with breakfast followed by a group meeting where we discussed Relationships, shame and guilt, emotions or relapse awareness. I would then have some one on one counseling or time to reflect and write in a journal. I would have lunch at the same time everyday and then another group meeting followed and here I got to talk about my parents when we discussed grief and loss. We had physical training and meditation in the afternoon before dinner and then after we had spare time to watch movies, play games or just have time to myself.
As I come to the end of my stay here I am happy to finally be able to be with my family again. I've missed them so much and have come to realize just how much I love them. It's been hard not to see my sister everyday as well as Jenna and I miss seeing my niece and listening to her laugh.
As I prepare to leave and transition back into normal living I've been working with my sponsor Sarah who will continue to check up on me. I have to learn to use what I was taught in rehab and use it to deal with challenges. I will have to take the training I was given to put them into action in the outside world.
I've come so far in the last month and I want to continue to succeed. I want to get back to school and see my family, as I am glad to have them in my life. For so long I pushed them away after the death of my parents because the hurt of losing anyone else was too painful but after being here and being able to talk about my parents I now know that pushing everyone away is wrong. I've been able to reflect and deal with the loss of my parents, which I hadn't really done until now, and realize I need to keep those I love most close.
Jeremy
With his bag packed Jeremy followed his sponsor, Sarah towards the exit of the rehab facility as he threw his bag over his shoulder. Today was the day that he got to go home and be with his family again and he was really looking forward to seeing them all again. Sarah was giving him to some last parting advice and giving him her contact info so that in a few days they could touch bases again. With a smile Jeremy thank Sarah for everything she had down for him and with a final goodbye he left the rehab facility to begin his fresh start.
Pushing the glass door open he stepped out into the warm sun and had to squint his eyes and use his hand to shade from the bright sun. Looking forward he saw both Jenna and Elena standing in front of the SUV. Both had big smiles on their faces as Jeremy started to walk towards them.
Not being able to wait any longer Elena close the small gap between then and wrapped her arms around her brother tightly. "God I've missed you" Elena told him.
"I just saw you a couple days ago" Jeremy said with a chuckle as he hugged her back.
"I know but now you get to come home!"
"Yeah and it feels good" Jeremy told her as they broke apart. He then walked over to Jenna and gave her a hug and then thanked her for everything thing she had done for him and it made Jenna's eyes water up.
"Lets go home" Jenna told him with a smile as she held back tears and brushed her fingers through his hair that was in need of a haircut.
"You have no idea how good it is to hear you say that" Jeremy said and both Jenna and Elena couldn't help but laugh as they made their way to hop in the car. Jenna threw the keys up in the air for Elena to catch and she gave her brother a smile.
"Finally got your license I see" Jeremy laughed as Elena took her spot in the drivers seat.
Elena laughed as she inserted the key to start the engine. She turned to look in the back seat at her brother as he shut the back door once he was in. "Yea I figured it was time."
"Well try not to kill us" Jeremy joked.
"Alright, lets let Elena concentrate" Jenna said as she took a deep breath in the passenger seat.
"Hey I'm a pretty good driver! I mean we got here no problem," Elena said in her defense as she put the SUV into drive and headed home.
As Elena drove they made small talk, discussing Claire's new milestones that Jeremy had missed or talked about how Jenna and Alaric were engaged. Jeremy was so excited for them and couldn't wait for Alaric to become his uncle. In the middle of one of their conversations Elena's phone started to vibrate from its spot in the unused ashtray. Since Elena was driving Jenna took a quick peak at it for her. "Looks like its from Damon" Jenna told her out loud.
While she drove Elena bit her bottom lip and continued to stare straight ahead. For the most part Elena and Damon's problems hadn't really improved since Elena was for the most part ignoring him. "What does he want?"
Her very annoyed tone did not go unnoticed by Jeremy as he sat in the back seat quietly watching as Elena and Jenna softly talked and how Damon seemed to be a big part of Elena's anger.
Jenna picked up the phone and opened up the text message and read it quickly before turning to Elena. "He wants to know since it's the weekend if Claire is staying at his place tonight?" Jenna told her as she read the message.
Elena looked over at her aunt quickly before turning to continue focusing on her driving. "Yeah I guess" Elena said but her tone wasn't too thrilled about it.
"So are you going too or is it just Claire? You haven't been separated from Claire at night before?" Jenna mentioned and then watched Elena for any change in her facial expression.
"I… I don't know" Elena told her with a sigh.
"You two need to talk" Jenna replied.
"We do talk" Elena snapped.
"No you talk about Claire, about if she had a nap or what she ate," Jenna explained.
Jeremy sat in the back seat glancing between his sister and his aunt as they talked about Damon and danced around whatever Damon had done that was putting Damon and Elena in a lovers quarrel. "What did Damon do?" he heard himself ask.
Jenna stayed silent while Elena glanced at her brother through her rearview mirror. "Damon has decided to go away to school," Elena told him with a very angered tone.
"Elena he didn't decide to" Jenna replied.
"How can he think about going away to school when you have a kid?" Jeremy asked, as he also sounded upset about this new information.
"That's what I said!" Elena responded. "I mean since day one Damon has been there and now I'm gonna take care of her on my own? It's terrifying" Elena added as she held back tears.
"Elena you wouldn't be alone you have us, and if that is why you are so upset then you need to let him know that because right now due to lack of communication he thinks you think he is wanting an out and wants go off and party away at college" Jenna told her firmly.
"Whatever" Elena mumbled.
"It's not whatever! Look Elena you maybe sixteen dealing with a boyfriend going off to college but you are also a mother to a beautiful daughter that you share with Damon and no matter what you two need to communicate because your relationship isn't just between you and him, it's also about Claire! If you both just run away nothing will get fixed!"
"So did you hear about Damon?" Caroline asked as her and Bonnie walked around town doing some shopping together. Following the awkward first birthday for Claire the other day word was getting about town about what was going on with Damon and Elena. While some were rumours about what was going on in the beginning now it was well known that Damon was going away for college.
Bonnie rolled her eyes and nodded her head, "Leaving Elena to raise his 1 year old daughter, yeah I heard" Bonnie told her, as she didn't approve. "Have you talked to Elena?"
"She doesn't want talk about it" Caroline said as she peaked into a window of one of the local shops. "She's put Damon on the do not discuss pile."
"I can't believe he would consider leaving at this time," Bonnie said as she shook her head. "But hey that's Damon for you only thinking of himself and no one else. My sister was right he's a selfish jerk and we should of stopped Elena from getting involved with him."
"Wow Bonnie you're really bitter about him," Caroline mentioned.
"Yeah I am. He purposely hurt my sister and now he's is hurting one of my best friends! I should of warned Elena about him before and kept her away from him" Bonnie said in an angered voice.
"Okay he's not all bad" Caroline said feeling a little bad that Bonnie acting like Damon was a danger to people. "I mean he is great with Claire, he calls her his ladybug."
"But he' is leaving Elena to raise her while he goes off to party and do god knows what while he's away at school. My sister went away for a weekend and when she came back Damon was screwing Katherine again. How long do you think it will be before he gets bored and cheats on Elena?"
"You act like he has no self control" Caroline said as the two entered a coffee shop.
"He's Damon Salvatore, self-control is a foreign word to him. Trust me it will be a cold day in hell before I ever defend anything Damon does!"
Caroline stared at her friend for a moment a little worried about all this anger she had towards Damon. Sure he had cheated on her sister and was a big jerk to pretty much everyone but he was different with Elena. Caroline knew that if Damon went away to school him cheating on Elena was probably very slim. "Well I hope they can figure things out because I for one if Tyler told me he was going away I know I would be so upset." As Bonnie started to calm herself down Caroline decided to go get them some coffee while Bonnie found them a seat.
Getting into line Caroline started to rummage through her purse for her wallet. She was unaware when someone got in line behind her. "So is the coffee here any good?" came a voice of a British boy.
Caroline turned around surprised by the voice and smiled. "The coffee's great, one of my favorites in town" Caroline told him as she turned to look at the stranger. "Sorry I'm not sure I know you? Are you new in town?"
"As a matter a fact I am" he told her. "Niklaus, or Klaus" he told her as she held out his hand to shake hers. "My family and I moved in a month ago, still trying to learn the ropes of this place. I think I may have seen you before."
"Really? Do you go to Mystic Falls High School?" Caroline in asked as she was trying to remember if she had seen him before at all in the halls or at school events.
Klaus gave a chuckle, "No I ah, I graduated from boarding school in England last year. I just finished my first year of West Virginia University."
Caroline's eyes went wide in shock; he didn't look old enough to be in university. "How old are you?"
"Seventeen, in England I graduated at sixteen" Klaus told her. "But I think that I have seen you before at my brother's law firm. Do you know Elijah Mikaelson?"
"He's your brother? Oh wow" Caroline said with a smirk. As the line moved and Caroline was next in line she looked back at Klaus one last time, "You should try their Chocolate mocha" she advised after she place her order with the girl. "Anyway it was nice meeting you" she added before accepting her drinks and made her way over to meet Bonnie while Klaus stepped up to the counter with a smile.
Sitting at the desk in the study with his feet up Damon was reading up on Virginia State University. As he flipped through the booklet he chewed on the end of a pen as his steel blue eyes gazed over the page.
"Fishy!" Damon heard Claire's little voice say out loud coming from the main room. Looking up at the door where her voice was coming from he also heard Stefan in the room with her and was probably lifting her up so that she could see the fish swimming in the fish tank.
He heard her giggle and shriek with excitement when she could see the fish and then Stefan's chuckled followed. A smile grew across Damon's face and knowing that after hearing her giggle there was no way he was going to be able to concentrate so decided just to give up for the day and tossed the booklet on the table and got to his feet to head in the direction of his daughters laughter.
"Fishy!" Claire shrieked again as her little finger pointed to the orange goldfish swimming around the fish tank. Stefan was holding her in his arms with her small back against his chest so that the little girl was looking out at the fish tank. She had first discovered the fish tank a week or so ago and ever since then wanted to be lifted up so that she could see the bright orange goldfish swimming around.
As Damon entered the room he leaned against the doorframe and watched as uncle and niece looked at the goldfish together. "Look at it go" Damon head Stefan say as Claire let out another giggle.
"Seems all we have to do is put a fish tank in her room and it will give me at least an extra thirty minutes to sleep in the morning" Damon joked with a smile as he made his presence known.
"Yeah she is really in aw of fish," Stefan said with a chuckle.
Damon was about to say something else when they heard the doorbell go. Both brother's shared a look and then Damon stepped away from the wall to go and see who was at the door. As Claire's giggling could be heard as he headed down the hall, Damon had a smile on his face as he opened the door to reveal none other than Katherine.
"Oh and what have I done to deserve you showing up at my door?" Damon spat out as the smile on his face before was no longer there.
"Oh Damon don't be so bitter" Katherine said as she pushed her way into the house. The click of her heels echoed as she walked down the hallway and entered the main room where she caught sight of Stefan holding twelve month old Claire. "She's getting so big" Katherine said with a smile as she looked over her shoulder at Damon following behind her.
"What are you doing here Katherine?" Damon repeated as he ignored her last comment. His arms were crossed and his facial expression was anything but thrilled to see her hear.
"Well," Katherine said with a smirk as she flipped her curly brown hair. "I little birdie told me that you and my dear cousin aren't talking," she added as he smile grew.
"Stop calling her your cousin like you care about her" Damon scoffed as he walked past Katherine and over to where his brother stood holding Claire.
"I'm here to see you" Katherine told him.
Damon couldn't help but laugh at her stupidity and shook his head. "What you thought it would be like when you and I stopped talking and it was a contest to see who could screw as many people as possible?"
"I know you Damon and whether you accept it or not this good guy playing house isn't you" Katherine told him. "I mean that's why you're pushing to go away to college really."
"I'm not pushing to go away to college," Damon snapped back at her.
"Whatever" Katherine told him as she moved to take a seat on the sofa and crossed one leg over the other. "I'm just glad you're getting out," she said with a sigh and a smile.
"Look I'm just gonna get Claire her bottle" Stefan said in a nervous tone as he started to slowly walk out of the main room and towards the kitchen as he softy bounced Claire in his arms. As they left the room Claire's crystal blue eyes were looking over Stefan's shoulder and over at her daddy and Katherine who remained in the room staring at each other.
"We're not doing this Katherine" Damon said as he moved over to the fireplace and leaned his arm and head against the mantel.
"Oh come one Damon" Katherine said with a pout as she got up and swayed across the floor and started to run her hands up and down Damon's back.
At the first feel of her touch Damon flinched away and then swatted at her hand as he turned to glare at her. "Look Katherine this is getting pathetic!" Damon snapped at her. "You and I are nothing and whether you like it or not I am with Elena."
"But look at you Damon, your not happy" Katherine told him.
"We are having a minor argument and disagreement" Damon corrected her. "And if you want to talk about being happy, you and I were never happy. Our whole relationship was about sex or getting back at each other by having sex with someone else."
"Why couldn't it of been me Damon? Why does she get this side of you and I didn't?" Katherine cried.
"Because you are selfish!" Damon snapped at her in anger. "Because everything had to be about you and if it wasn't you would lash out and then I would lash out! We didn't work Katherine because the only one you care about was you and in return all I cared about was me! We were both selfish," he told her.
"You changed for her, why couldn't you change for me?" Katherine cried.
"Because Elena isn't selfish, because she thinks about everyone else before herself. She cares about me and I started to crave that feeling she gave me where everything wasn't just about sex but was about actually wanting to be together and you and I never had that."
"I'm selfish huh? She's then one not wanting you to go to college! She wants you to stay here in this stupid town with her" Katherine snapped.
"It's a lot more complicated then that" Damon told her. "Look Katherine," Damon started to say as he let out a sigh. "Don't do this, don't come here and try to cause more trouble. You and I are done, whatever it was we had it's done."
Katherine had anger in her eyes as she slapped him across the face and the sound of the slap echoed through the room. Damon didn't react he just turned and walked away from her while she yelled back at him. When he kept on ignoring her Katherine spun on her heels and stormed out of the house and as she swung open then front door she was met by Jenna who was just about to knock. Jenna's eyes looked at Katherine in curiosity wondering what she was doing at the Salvatore house but didn't have time to ask as Katherine violently pushed past her and headed down the driveway to her car.
Jenna turned to look at Katherine as she left and bit her bottom lip as she stepped into the house since Katherine left the door wide open after her erupt escape. "Knock, knock" Jenna called out as she walked down the hall and entered the main room.
She found Damon slouched on the sofa chair with his hands covering his face. When he heard the footsteps coming down the hall he pulled his hands away just in time to see Jenna leaning over the back of the sofa chair to see him. "Let me guess you are here to yell at me too? I seem to have that affect of women right now" Damon said in a tired tone.
Jenna bit her lip and started to shake her head, "Um no actually believe it or not I'm on your side" Jenna told him.
Lifting his head up his eyes widened in shock, "Can I get that in writing?" Damon asked. Jenna immediately rolled her eyes and slapped Damon's forearm as she moved around the room to take a seat on the sofa facing Damon.
"So I take it since you're here Elena isn't coming" Damon said sadly. He had been hoping she would show up so that they could at least talk.
"She is thinking things over" Jenna replied as she leaned forward as she bit her bottom lip.
Damon nodded his head slowly as she looked around the room before finally meeting Jenna's stare. "Why can't she understand that I'm not thinking of going to Virginia State to get away from her and Claire?"
"Look Damon I know that this is a really tough thing that you and Elena are dealing with right now" Jenna told him.
"I don't know it's like she doesn't get how amazing it is that I have the opportunity to go to college without the burden or paying $25,000 a year. This isn't something I decided in two minutes," Damon told her.
"I understand that and while this opportunity is a great thing for you and your future you have to keep in mind that this is probably the scariest thing to happen to Elena."
"Hey I'm the one who has to leave, I'm the one who has to be away from my daughter while away at school! What could be so scary for her?" Damon snapped back.
Jenna let out a sigh and then leaned in closer to Damon wanting to get her point across. "Damon, how many times have you and Elena been apart since Claire was born? Or even since you started dating?"
Damon bit his lip and shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know not many I guess" he replied.
"So you being gone for so long is probably very terrifying to her," Jenna explained.
"I know I get that," Damon said as he got off the chair and made his way to stand by the fireplace. "I just don't get why she thinks I would rather go Virginia State; scholarship or not." As he started to pace the floor his new phone started to vibrate in his pocket. Reaching his hand into his pocket he pulled it out and he looked at the recent text message and rolled his eyes. "Well I take it Jeremy is back home" Damon groaned.
"Yeah, why?" Jenna asked unsure what that had to do with anything.
"Because the newly reborn Jeremy just sent me a text about how I'm being a bastard for leaving town" Damon told her in anger.
"Look I'll talk to him," Jenna said, as she was not impressed that Damon was getting so much heat for this when he really didn't have a choice. "I'll explain everything to him about how you paid for his treatment and instead of it going towards school."
"NO!" Damon said quickly. "Jeremy is dealing with enough and needing to stay clean, for now it's best he doesn't know that the money I spent for him is the reason I have to leave."
"Damon-"
"Look I don't care!" Damon said as he shook his head. "He already hates me for knocking up Elena, why not let him hate me for leaving!"
Jenna bit her lip and let out a sigh "Damon you can be a real jerk"
"Well don't hold back Jenna" Damon mumbled.
"No I'm being serious, you get on my nerves and you are not may favorite person because I've known you for so long but as much of a jerk you are to the rest of us you're different with Elena. When you are with Elena and Claire you're like a whole different person and right now you are willing to take the high road for Jeremy's sake. You would let him hate you and get better instead of feeling guilty and relapse."
"You're reading too much into it" Damon told her.
"You don't mind playing the bad guy," Jenna said ignoring him.
Jenna thanked him for everything whether he wanted to hear it not. She assured him that she would pay him back whether Damon wanted to accept the money or not. "Look Damon you guys aren't the first couple to go through something like this but parents or not she is still a sixteen year old girl whose boyfriend is going away to college. You also have a daughter and the two of you need to sit down and figure out how to find the balance of family and school."
"And how we to do that?" Damon asked.
"Listen if you run away nothing ever gets fixed" Jenna told him. Damon turned and looked at Jenna for a moment and then looked down sadly, "Well maybe you should tell that to Elena" Damon replied with a sigh.
As she drove up the driveway of the Salvatore house it was already dark now so as she drove the car around the driveway the headlights shined on the house and on Stefan who was sitting on the front porch.
Parking the car Elena killed the engine and sat back in the drivers seat and took a deep breath. After talking to Jenna, Elena spent a good amount of the evening thinking about what she should do and then found herself grabbing the car keys and driving over to the Salvatore house. Running her fingers through her hair and then shutting her eyes and letting out a sigh Elena tried to think about what she would say to Damon knowing that they definitely needed to talk. Finally she opened her eyes and looked towards the quiet house surrounded by darkness. Opening up the door of the car she slipped out and grabbed her overnight bag on the passenger seat before shutting it close. Walking up to the front door she pressed the lock button on key and listen as it let out a beep sound.
As Elena got closer to the door she saw Stefan sitting there and when he saw her walking up the steps he smiled. "Wasn't sure I'd be seeing you here tonight" Stefan stated with a smile as Elena sat down next to him.
"Yeah, well I'm hoping Damon and I can talk about this Virginia State college thing " Elena told him.
Stefan nodded and then looked over at Elena who looked both sad and nervous. "You know he didn't make this decision lightly. In fact he's tried really hard to find away that he can earn money and not have to go away."
"Its just the idea of him leaving…"
"Elena, for years Damon was the king at running. Ran from responsibility, ran from us and ran from relationships; but for the first time in a long time Damon isn't running. If someone would of told me almost two years ago that my brother would be an active father and with someone like you I wouldn't have believed it. Damon never showed any interest in someone other than himself for years and thanks to you he's changed and he wants to put the well being of you and Claire above his own."
Elena remained silent as Stefan talked and continued, "When we first met I knew you were something special. I wanted to be that guy who you turn to and was angry that my brother could possibly hurt you and had met you first. I'm sure you and I would have been good together but Elena in so many ways you have saved my brother. He has never smiled this much in a long time and its because of you and Claire. Damon has also been there for you after the loss of your parents and helped you through the tough times. You bring out the best in each other and I know things are hard for you right now but you need to know he's not running. He's fighting for you, Claire and your future."
Elena bit her bottom lip and nodded her head as she looked over at Stefan with a smile. "Thank you Stefan" Elena told him as she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. After a moment of embracing Elena pulled away and got to her feet. Picking up her overnight bag she let out a deep breath and then made her way past Stefan and opening the front door.
As she entered the house is was dark and very quiet. Setting her bag down near the foot of the stairs Elena brushed her hair back and then started to walk down the hall. She could see a flickering light coming from the main room and as she got closer she saw that there was a fire lit in the fireplace. Stepping down into the room she caught sight of Damon reclining in the sofa chair near the fireplace with his ladybug snuggled against his chest. She couldn't help but smile at the sight of Damon having an arm wrapped around their daughter while Claire snuggled against his black t-shirt her eyes closed, sucking on her soother while her arm cuddled with her lady bug and was holding her earlobe like she usually did when she was asleep. She watched as Claire moved a little and rubbed her cheek against Damon's shirt and in response Damon rubbed her back and held her closer.
With a smile Elena took a seat on the sofa and just watch the two as they slept peacefully together. She could tell just how much Damon loved and adored his ladybug and felt ashamed at herself for accusing him or trying to run away from them and go off to college.
Damon was the first to slowly come out of his slumber as his eye fluttered open and saw Elena sitting on the sofa. It took him a moment to realize she was actually there and as he started to wake up he sat up and never took his eyes off her. "You came! What time did you get here?"
"Not too long ago" Elena told him as she noticed Claire starting to stir.
"What time is it?" Damon asked as he looked down at Claire who still looked half asleep.
"Almost 9:30pm" Elena told him as she got up and moved closer to them. "Here let me take her upstairs to bed" Elena told him and Damon just sat there while Elena picked up Claire from his lap and then started to head up stairs while Claire's head rested on her mother's shoulder while she drifted back to sleep.
When Elena returned she found Damon cleaning up the room and tidying up Claire's toys and putting them in the corner of the room. Biting her lip Elena had her hands in her jean pockets when she stood in the entryway starring at Damon. When Damon tossed the last of Claire's toys in the toy box he turned to face Elena and both remain silent for a while.
"She give you any trouble," Damon asked deciding to keep the conversation on a safe topic.
"No she was passed out before we were even up the stairs," Elena told him while they remained feet apart. Damon just nodded his head and then started to move away from her. It was crazy to think about how close they could be and yet it felt like they were worlds apart. She let out a shaky sigh as she took a few steps into the room. "Listen Damon, I'm sorry I accused you of trying to run" Elena said as she tried to hold back tears.
Damon stared at her for a moment and could see just how terrified Elena was about the idea of him having to go away for school. She now had her arms wrapped around herself tightly and averted her eyes to the floor. Biting his bottom lip Damon started to walked towards her, "Listen Elena I know you're scared."
"Yeah I am" Elena snapped back at him.
"Well I don't want you to be scared," Damon said as he was now standing in front of her and brushing her hair away from her face.
"Well Damon you are talking about going away," Elena said as she looked up at him and took a step back so that he wasn't touching her. She knew if she had allowed him to touch her she would lose it and break down.
"No Elena I'm talking about going away for a little while because in the long run it is the best thing for us. I'll come out of school and I won't be in debt," he told her as he brushed his thumb against her chin. "You want to know something, I'm scared too."
Elena rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Damon you're not scared of anything."
"Well I'm scared, I'm scared about whether I have what it takes, I'm scared about having to leave you and Claire and all the things I'm going to miss out on" Damon told her and at this point they both had watery eyes.
"I don't know what I will do not being able to see you everyday" Elena cried as Damon quickly wrapped his arms around and pressed soft kisses to the top of her head. His fingers brushed there her hair as she held him tightly and scrunching up the material of his black t-shirt in her fists.
"We'll figure something out, together," Damon told her. "It's only two-hours away we'll think of something" he reassured her. In fact Damon was already doing his best to find away so that he could be home on weekends and even have Fridays or Mondays off so he would be home more. "I love you so much" he added as he pressed a kiss to her temple as tears streamed down his cheek.
"I love you too" Elena replied as tears left her eyes while her lips her press against his shoulder. They stood there for a long time just holding each other in front of the fireplace. They had a lot to discuss about their future but for now they were just happy to hold each other and whisper sweet nothings in each other's ear.
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