by HMD
Oh.
My.
God.
“You're...” I trail off as her lips curl up into a smile. She's here, sitting on my bed in her uniform, looking the best I've ever seen her.
I take in her appearance as she nods and stands up from the bed.
“I am.” She nods.
Her amazing smile flashes across her face and I nearly melt. Her hazel eyes bore holes in my face as the smile becomes a permanent fixture on her face.
“How did you... when did you... ooooh my sneaky, sneaky parents.” I ramble, causing her to giggle. “You're really here. You're right here.” I move closer to her. Doc taking a seat by the door. I think he can sense what's about to happen. “I...” I pause, trying to find the right words as I stop in front of her. She's so close I can smell her. Ugh! She smells heavenly even after being on a plane for God knows how long. “You're...” I start again. No words seem to be the right words, so I do the only thing that comes to mind at the moment...
“Ow.” She half shouts, Doc barks as she grabs her face and gives me a confused look. “What was that for?” She questions as she continues to hold the spot I just slapped.
“Don't you ever scare me like that again, Emma Daniels. Do you understand me?” I tell her firmly. Her eyes shrink back to their normal size as she nods, pulling her hand down from her face. Oh no, it's red. I hit her too hard.
“I promise, jeez.” She says as her lips curl up into a smile. “But you didn't have to--”
Yeah she's done talking now. I grab the back of her head, pulling her into a kiss. It's been months since I've felt her lips on mine and I can't wait another second. The kiss quickly turns heated as I part my lips and allow her to deepen it. I'm trying to keep it together right now, knowing that my parents are right downstairs and my dog's gaze is on us.
“Grace...” Emma pulls back and tries.
“No, no.” I cut her off, kissing her again. She chuckles and pulls back again. I whimper and she just pecks me.
“As much as I would love to keep kissing you right now, you're the first person I came to see and I'm afraid that if I don't stop now, I won't be able to.” She swallows thickly the shade her usually brown eyes are tell me that she's not joking.
“Fine.” I whine out. “But you promise me that later we'll--”
“Oh, I promise.” She says in a raspy tone and I seriously fight the urge to moan. She places another chaste kiss on my lips as she laces our fingers together. “I can't believe you slapped me.” She smiles and I shrug.
“I think you deserved it.” I smile.
“I definitely did not.” She pouts and I lean over and kiss it away quickly. “Thank you.” She perks up.
“Tyler is gonna go nuts.” I chuckle at the possible reactions of the seven year old. Wait... I go back to Tamara's statement in my head. “Did everyone but me know you were coming back today?” I stop my girlfriend as we reach the steps.
She shrugs and smiles. “Maybe.”
“Ugh! Why am I always the last to know everything?”
“It was supposed to be a surprise.”
“Whatever.” I grumble out and she chuckles. “Come on boy.” I call to my pup and he runs out of my room and down the stairs with us.
“You guys ready to head out?” My parents ask once we reach the bottom step.
“Seriously?” I turn to my girlfriend. “My parent's before me?” I quirk a brow.
“Someone had to let me in so I could surprise you.” She's about to smile but the glare I'm giving her makes her change her mind. My parents laugh at us.
“Oh that's some mark there Emma.” My dad says, examining Emma's face. Emma glances at me briefly.
“Yeah, I ran into a door.” She replies coolly. “A hand shaped door.” She adds causing both my parents to laugh and Doc to bark. My mom shakes her head as we all start towards the door.
“Well I'm sure that door is...”
“Don't even mom.” I cut her off with narrowed eyes. She throws her head back in laughter before pretend zipping her lips and tossing the key away.
“To the Daniels' residence we go.” My dad says unnecessarily as he closes the door behind us.
I haven't let go of Emma's hand since we left the house. She's laughing at how tightly I'm holding it but I don't care. It'll be a while before I let it go. It's a pry out of cold dead fingers situation. My parents are talking to her about her flight home and how much they've missed having her around. I'm staring at her like some mute. I'm still taking her in. The amount of joy I'm feeling is insurmountable. I don't even realize that we pull up in front of Emma's house. My parents let Doc out and I take a few minutes with my girlfriend.
"We don't have to rush in babe." She tells me.
"I know, I just want you for just a few minutes longer.” I let a small smile appear as she squeezes my hand tighter. “I know there's gonna be a ton of people that knew you were home excited to see you."
She laughs softly at my scowl. I kiss the spot that I slapped feeling a tiny bit bad about it. Only a tiny bit though.
"I honestly just wanted you to be the first person I saw. I had to let my mom know I was here or I'd have that over my head for the rest of my life."
I just nod. Technically my parents were the first people that she saw but I won't rain on her parade. Her gesture was sweet.
It's such a surreal feeling to have her in front of me right now. I've spent the last few weeks not knowing if she was okay and now she's here and I just... I wanna stay here in this moment with her forever.
"I'm sorry I don't know why I keep..." She shushes me and kisses both my eyes.
"It's okay,” she shakes her head. “I cried before you got home.” She turns completely to look at me. “I promise that from this day forward you'll only cry tears of joy with me.” I breathe out a soft laugh at her promise. I believe that to be true. I'll forever believe every promise she makes me.
“I love you, Emma,” I say barely above a whisper. She leans her head against mine, closing her eyes.
“You're everything that's kept me going these past months. I love you so much Grace. I don't know if I would have made it without the thought of knowing I get to come home to your beautiful face.” I close my eyes at her words. Leaning forward a little to kiss her lips. She has no idea how much it means to me to hear that.
“Emma,” I choke out, pulling back as the tears fall again.
“I know baby,” she nods against my head. “I know.” She lifts my hand up and places it over her heart. “I will never leave you again. I promise.”
“I don't think I could take it.” I take a couple sharp breaths and Emma opens her eyes, wiping away my tears yet again.
“Neither could I,” she says with conviction. I believe every word that leaves her lips because she's never made me believe any different. I release a deep breath as my girlfriend smiles lovingly at me. She leans in and kisses me, taking my breath away. I will never get tired of this feeling. I could kiss her everyday forever. She pulls back, both our chest heaving up and down.
"Ready?" She asks and though I'd rather just sit in the car and make out with her all day I know that we have to make an appearance, so I just nod. We get out of the car and walk hand in hand up the driveway. The amount of cars in the driveway lets me know how many people are here.... everyone.
We both take a deep breath as we enter the house. It's a quiet walk from the front door to the backyard. As soon as everyone spots my girlfriend they all cheer. She lowers her head, slightly embarrassed as she wraps her arm around my waist. I do the same as we head into the small crowd together. The only way she and I should ever be.
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