He smiled sadly at her tears, but didn’t want to let her go to wipe at them. Not yet, he wasn’t ready to let her go yet. It felt like he’d been waiting all this time for her to come along with her long hair, her beautiful eyes and loving ways in how she treated those around her.
Just how she could begin to think such negative things tore at his heart. If he ever met her parents… ooh… words would be said. Strong ones. If Katelynn had been surprised at how he had treated Psycho Delic, she’d be truly shocked if he ever met her parents.
“You’re welcome.” he replied softly, uncaring if she didn’t say the words back to him. He’d only said them twice, once now, and once while she had been asleep. It was very early to say those words but there was no other way for him to convey how he felt for her.
She wasn’t sure how long she stayed in his arms, trying to get her sobbing under control. It felt so nice, being hugged by someone she cared so much about. To feel so protected, loved, and accepted.
When she ran it through her mind, she wanted him to know as well. The urge was strong within her. “You..you’re so wonderful..to me..you have to know…How much I care about you..back..”
Was she strong enough to say the words? Were they honest and true? She knew she was falling for him but was she ready to trust him with her heart?
Pulling back, she looked into the eyes she loved.
Loved.
“I..love you..too..”
She shook then a bit, a bit of fear entering. “But..I’m scared at the..same time..”
“…I’m a little scared too.” he whispered as he carefully touched her face, caressing one of her cheeks with his thumb softly, not wanting to hurt her.
“I. I’ve never felt… this way for any one. At all. I was so.. so quick to accept no one would like me. Much less love… love me. But you mean so m-much to me, Katelynn, and I want you to know,” his free hand touched her hand, closing around it slowly, carefully. “that we can go slow. As s-slow as you want in this because this is s-so different to the romance movies I watch. Because this is us. N-not someone on a screen. I don’t want to mess this up…”
Jack Maple 