Murder left behind - the sequel

chapter ten

Tom's POV

It's time to forgive and forget. I've done things she's done things. I've cried for her. I've never done that. I showed my weakness for her. I am weak. So god damn weak. I've been fighting all my damn life. Maybe it's time to let down my guards. Ive been fighting, and maybe it's time to stop fighting. And enjoy. Enjoy the little things.

-

I wake up in the middle of the night. She's next to me sleeping peacefully. I slowly turn around not trying to wake her. The silhouette of her face is showing perfectly with the light that's falling onto it. I slowly remove the small strand of hair that's in her face with my index finger. Her eyes slowly blink. Opening her eyes slowly, she turns her head to me, giving a small smile. 

"Good... night?"
She says confused

"It's morning, 3 am to be exact"
I say laughing softly

"Want to do something?"
I ask her

"It depends..."
She says trying to sit up

"What if I say it's a surprise"
I smile

"I'm always in for a surprise. But now?"
She asks sleepy

"Yes now"
I say

"But your leg!"
She says worried

"The gun shot wasn't that big of a deal
Y/n. I've got shot before it's no big deal"
I show her the bandage and give a reassuring smile.

"Are you sure?"
She asks

"Yes Y/n. Now get dressed and let's go"
I throw a big hoodie of mine to her and put one on myself with my sweatpants.

I help her out of bed and we walk to the car.

"Which one you want for today?"
I ask laughing

"The.... uhm. Jeep?"
She says laughing a bit

"Everything you want right?"
I say opening the door for her

"Yes, it's perfect"
She says yawning

"But did it had to be this early?"
She asks laying comfortably

"Yes..."
I say starting the car and driving away

"Where are we going if I may ask?"
She says shy

"I wanted to go to some places"
I say trying to be mysterious

"Well okay, you can surprise me then"
She says crossing her arms making a fake 'mad face'

I start to car pulling out of the lot. I start driving and rest my hand in her lower thigh. She gives a small side eye, making her cheeks red.

She slowly falls asleep.
I hope she's gonna like my surprises for the morning.

It's kind of risky what I'm gonna do. I hope she will understand that it's for bonding.

-

It was a drive of 39 minutes. Now where finally here.

"Hey Y/n..."
I say shaking her leg
"...wake up"
I say squeezing her leg

Her eyes slowly open, looking at me she smiles.

"For how long have I been asleep?"
She asks

"30 minutes?"
I say questioning myself

"Oh.."
She says yawning

I step out of the car and open her side. I sigh nervous. She stairs out while I grab her hand.

"Where are we?"
She asks

"You'll see quickly"
I close her door and lock the car. We start walking. She's looking around curious

We walk around the corner and there we are. She slowly looks up.

"Is this what I think it is?"
She looks at me and I look at her.

I slowly nod.

Y/n's POV

He slowly nods.

He grabs the keys out of his back pockets opening the door. He grabs my hand again. But I'm anxious. Do I want to get in here again, it brings back so many memories.

We get up the stairs into that room. He opens the still black door to the bedroom.

I let loose of his hand looking around the now empty room. My heartbeat gets a bit uneasy. I walk around looking out of the window, into the bathroom. I look into the mirror, that is still hanging there, I see myself. But a younger me, I don't see myself, I see myself from around six years ago. That little innocent girl, that girl who didn't know what was happening to her. That confused little girl.

"What do you see?"
He says walking into the dark bathroom

"Myself..."
I say so Th a small pause

"But not from now. I'm that little girl again when I'm here, I don't want to be"
I say looking at him

"I don't wanna be her anymore."

"You're nothing like her anymore"
He walks over to me

"You're strong, beautiful, sweet, caring..."

"Anything a guy wishes for"
I look down hiding my smile

"You're not her. Not anymore"
He says grabbing my hands

He drags me back into the bedroom.

"This is where we first met Y/n..."
I look back up at him, he has a big smile on his face

"...when I first saw you, I- I was in love. I couldn't keep myself together but I had to. I had to for my job. But fuck that job. I want a family. I want kids. I want to be in peace."
I'm a bit shocked when he says that

"I want to give my place up Y/n. I want to start a life. A life in peace..."

-to be continued-