”Just was so embarrassed and thought…”
“Thought what?” He careful but curiously asked very lightly lifting his brow. “Talk to me.” It probably wasn’t the best time but this might be the only time they would get a chance to talk if one of them doesn’t get over it and just reaches out to the other person.
”You have nothing to apologize for, you know I would drop anything to be here for you.”
Hearing her say that made him smile weakly but he decided not to say anything about it just yet. All he could really say is same because that’s how he felt too, instead he let her continue talking.
“Not here here like in the hospital, but in lime grove…at my house.”
Smiling at the way she was scrambling for words he closed his eyes for a second since the room was still too bright for him. It felt weird hearing her talk about her house since they we’ve been living together once but it felt good to know she was actually back. No matter how much everything still hurt. “Hopefully you have better stairs. I remember how Rachel was terrified of mine for some reason.” He chuckled opening his eyes but looking somewhere to the side. “I miss them.” Their dogs were something he loved more than anything. He loved waking up and seeing them either on bed cuddled up with him and Elise or somewhere downstairs just playing. His house now feels empty and that’s something he still couldn’t get used to.
“I miss you.” He whispered looking up in hopes to meet her eyes. It was like one of those moments in movies when someone almost dies and they start realizing all these things, seeing how their life could be if they did something differently and are now on the mission to change that. But for him it wasn’t really like that; this was something he always knew and always felt no matter how much he tried to push away his feelings for her. And he didn’t care, he didn’t care if she moved on and didn’t feel anything for him, this was bothering him for the longest time and he just had to speak up.