I smiled as she spoke. Her heart was so giving it amazed me that I could love her any more than I already did but even after all this time she still found ways to steal my heart all over again.

“It may sound a bit crazy but I look at them and half the time I all I can see is us.”

I admitted as we continued to watch from the edge of the room she just smiled and that let me know she saw it too. She leaned in and captured my lips in hers a tender kiss that held a lifetime of passion. She still had the ability to capture me with just one kiss.

Now people started to leave. Shane, Carmen, Alice and Dana left together Jenny had taken all of the kids home and they would be at hers for the rest of the night, a fact that did not sit well with Angie, but she had gone none the less. 

———Andy———

God it was perfect. Everything was going so well and the others had been so great. I hoped that the rest of the night would run smoothly. My heart was alive that night for the first time since the attack and I could barely contain it. But it felt good and for tonight nothing else mattered other than showing her how much I loved her and wanted to find a way our life together could be happy again.

Bette came over as Tina got the coats and told us that we should be going I realized then that I had not moved my hand from Rachel back since Placing it there two hours ago. The sudden Realization of the touch made my heart beat faster and cased a conscious effort to be needed to keep my hand where it was.

Bette and Tina left in their car and I helped Rachel back into the vintage mustang for our short drive. I could see the dancing light in her eyes as she finally had the opportunity to express her thanks for the evening she was so happy that I felt it radiating from her like a heat wave.