thank you for not causing a scene. I would have deserved it.”
“Damn right you would have!” she punched him lightly in the arm.
“I am really sorry,” he said. She looked into his eyes, and she knew he meant it. “Sneaking out was a dick move.”
“So why did you do it?” she asked.
“I guess I was scared,” he admitted.
“You don’t have to be scared,” she told him. “We can figure this out. We just have to work together.”
“I don’t think we can, Beka,” he said. “If I did I wouldn’t have left.”
“We can,” she said firmly. “Tell me what’s worrying you.”
“I can’t move out here,” he said.
“That’s not a problem. I could move,” she said with a shrug.
“No, you can’t,” he disagreed. “I’ve already made that mistake. I won’t let it happen again. You can’t leave everything to be with me.”
“Clarke, I hate to burst your bubble, but I would never leave everything to be with you.”
“But you just said - ”
“I just said I would move. It’s not the same as when Jen moved to California with you though. I’m a professor, and you live in one of the biggest college towns in the country. I’ve considered leaving here to work with them before anyway.”
“But what about your family and friends?” he asked.
“My parents would be close enough to visit, and my sister lives in Vermont. As for my friends, they are all over the country. I would not be leaving anyone behind.”
“But what about my son?” he asked. “Are you sure you would be willing to attach yourself to someone who was already married and has a child?”
“I’ve always wanted to have children,” she said with a shrug. “I know I’ll never be his mother, but he would be like a son to me.”
“Aren’t you concerned that this is all happening too fast?”
“No,” she said simply.
“Seriously? It doesn’t worry you at all that it’s only been one weekend, and we’re already talking about spending the rest of our lives together?” He looked skeptical, and she supposed he had a right to be.
“Look, Clarke,” she began to explain. “To me, it’s not just a weekend. I fell in love with you when I was twenty years old. You were with someone else, so I tried to move on. In all these years, I have not come close to meeting anyone who made me feel a fraction of what I felt for you.”
“I don’t know what to say.” Clarke looked shocked. It was clear that he had had no idea that she had been carrying a torch for him for so long.
“Just tell me you love me too, and you are willing to give us a try.”
“I do love you,” he said, his face finally curving into a small smile.
“And are you willing to at least try to make this work?” she asked.
“Yes,” he said. “Let’s do it.”
“Thank God!” she exclaimed. She grabbed his tie and pulled his neck down so that his lips met hers.
“I love you,” she said. “You can be such an idiot sometimes, but God, do I love you.”
“I love you too,” he murmured before pulling her mouth back to his for a kiss.
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