- Alex...
Gently, Goren let his fingers slide down Eames' arm, brushing against it, making her shiver.
- I've been thinking about it... Eames moved her face slightly away from Goren's chest, lifting it towards him, nodding, inviting him to continue. I'd like the three of us to settle in together.
The three of us together...
Was this really what Goren wanted.
For Eames it was.
It was his dearest wish, to be with him at last.
And to live a family life like all the others.
But was Goren sure what he was proposing.
Maybe he'd want it at first, but after a while, he'd tire of it, preferring to be alone.
Which was to be expected.
Given that he'd lived for fourteen years without her.
But Eames had to be sure of Goren's choice.
She couldn't give him an answer if she wasn't sure he really wanted her.
- Really... You want us to move in together.
Goren nodded seriously.
Of course he was want.
It was his most cherished desire.
To have the woman he loved by his side, and their daughter.
At the time, he'd so much wanted Eames to follow him, despite her young age.
But he couldn't.
Because he'd been afraid she'd be unhappy about being away from her family.
But above all, to be with a man who didn't really have enough to provide for her.
But today was different.
He had a job, and even if he didn't earn much, he could perfectly well support them both, Alex and Lucy.
And if Eames wanted, he'd look for a bigger apartment, so he could finally be the three of them, and start a family life.
And who knows, maybe they and Eames could consider having another child.
After all, he'd love to have another child with Alex.
But that's something he'd talk to her about later.
One, because he didn't want to scare her away in such a hurry.
And two, because they still had time to make a second one.
Goren first wanted to make up for all the years he'd lost with the woman he loved, who at that moment was snuggled up against him, in his arms.
- I'll start looking for a bigger apartment... He slid his fingers down her back, caressing it slowly and gently, making her quiver. At least... He brought his lips to Eames' forehead, brushed against it. If you want us to move in together.
Then it was real.
Goren was serious.
They really wanted the three of them to live together.
It was wonderful.
Eames felt tears welling up in his eyes, clouding his vision.
- Oh Bobby...
Eames buried his head against his chest and burst into tears.
My God...
No.
Eames was crying.
It wasn't what he'd wanted.
He didn't want to see her cry.
He wanted to see her happy.
Had he misinterpreted things.
Or did he want so badly, what she wasn't yet ready to give him.
Goren forgot that for fourteen years, he'd been absent from her life.
So maybe she wasn't ready to jump that hurdle.
Gently, he tightened his arm around her waist, held her gently against him, and brought his hand to her chin, forcing her to lift her tear-drenched face towards him.
- Had I misinterpreted things...
Eames shook his head in denial.
Misinterpreted things…
And how.
No.
Goren was wrong.
But there was so much concern in his brown eyes, which he fixed on her so intensely, that Eames had to reassure him.
And make him understand that it wasn't from sadness that she was crying.
But of joy.
- These are tears of happiness.
But really...
Were they really tears of happiness.
Eames wasn't lying to her.
- It's my greatest desire to live with you.
At her words, Goren felt all his anxiety vanish, to be replaced by a deep tenderness for the woman he loved so dearly, and whom he held close to him, his face bathed in tears.
Eames was still, and would be for the rest of his life, that little girl he had, and loved from the depths of his being.
She was as emotional as ever.
It was one of the things about her that had touched his heart.
That emotionality.
Gently, he brought his fingers to her tears, wiped them away.
- You make me the happiest man... He raised his face to hers, to come and replace her fingers, and kiss away her tears. My Alex.
At his words, and the tenderness of his little kisses on her tears, Eames pinked with pleasure.
So Goren was, thanks to her, the happiest man alive.
She who had hurt him so much by doubting him and his love.
Goren had told her to forget the past and think of the future.
But Eames found it hard to forget that she'd imagined the worst things about him.
Even though he was the kindest man in the world.
- Bobby... I'm sorry...
He put his finger to his lips, silencing her, shook his head in denial.
- I've already forgiven you... He pulled his lips away from her tears, to come and plunge his brown eyes, into her hazel gaze. So don't ever come back to it...
Never again.
But how.
She'd hurt him.
And he was ready to forget everything.
Just like that, so easily.
- Alex... Please.
Very well...
She would make an effort.
And do anything to make him forget that she hadn't believed in him and his love.
- I promise I won't come back to that.
At her words, Goren nodded, delighted.
But he knew that despite everything, Eames would always feel guilty.
So in time, maybe she'd be able to forgive herself.
That's what Goren hoped.
In addition, they were planning to move in together.
Building a future together.
So better to think about that, than to come back or think about old demons.
- Bobby...
At his name, Goren snapped out of his thoughts to see an Eames looking at him, rosy-cheeked and hesitant.
So he nodded, encouraging her to tell him what she wanted to tell him.
- You'll come and live with Lucy and me... until we find this apartment.
Live at the Eames with their daughter.
Yes and no.
It wasn't that he didn't want to.
But Goren wanted to build something new.
And put all the bad memories behind him.
And so, it would be preferable for them to move in together only when he had finally found this apartment, which would be their new home, and where they would build a future together.
But there's nothing to stop Goren from spending a few nights at Eames' from time to time.
- It's not that I don't want to come and live with you... He brought his hand to her cheek, caressing it with infinite gentleness. But I'd like us to build a future together... He placed his lips on her little nose, brushed against it. And above all...
- ...something new... She brought her finger to her lips, and smiled. And without any bad memories.
Good heavens...
Eames had just said out loud what he was about to say, and what he was thinking, finishing his sentence.
And strangely enough...
It wasn't the first time she'd done this.
Finishing her sentences.
- You've said exactly what I wanted to say.
With infinite gentleness, he slid his lips over Eames's, took them with ardor.
He grabbed her by the hips and lifted her, making her climb on top of him, and made her sit on his powerful thighs, keeping her buttocks in his hands.
- And if we let's think about something else…
At this allusion, Eames blushed violently, her heart beating wildly in her chest, bursting into flames.
- Like you doing what you want with me.
Doing what she wanted of him...
But with joy.
Eames loved it.
When Goren let her take charge, and do whatever she wanted.
Then, mad with impatience and desire, she laid her hands flat on his powerful chest, letting her little fingers brush his skin, making him moan...
- Oh... Alex...
She lowered her lips to his chest, stuck out her tongue and licked him.