His Angel

Chapter 9

Nothing?" His question escaped him before he realized it. His voice was filled with hope and longing. She smiled gently at him.

"Nothing." She whispered. He suddenly smiled which made her heart skip a couple of beats. His bright green eyes were almost glowing, burning with happiness.

"I love you." He murmured.

If the leaves would have rustled, if the wind would have chosen that moment to hum…In short, if there had been even the slightest noise just then, Fleur would have convinced herself that she had misheard him. As it was, at that moment the only sound that could be heard was the faint rhythmic beating of their hearts. Her own immediately started beating louder as soon as his words had left his lips that she was sure that even he could hear it.

For a few moments her mind ceased to function. She never dreamed that he would say this to her. As she watched, his brilliant green eyes dimmed slightly and he had a look of horror on his face. If this had been any other time she would have been laughing at the sight. His lips moved but she didn't hear him. She could only gaze down at him while her mind struggled to recompose itself.

He got a defeated look on his face and his eyes dimmed further. The sight made her heart throb painfully. She could see the sincerity behind his eyes. There was no deception. By the look of horror on his face he hadn't been meaning to say this but this only added to his honesty. He genuinely cared for her.

She never broke her gaze from his face as the torrent of emotions raged within her. With every passing second her mind was beginning to accept what she felt in her heart. The answer was becoming clearer. It was easy to accept it. She had never felt what she was feeling for him for anyone else before. It was an entirely new feeling, yet it was familiar at the same time. She knew then that the only person she would ever have these feelings for was for the one that she was gazing at right now.

She knew the answer for the question she was about to ask. The answer was plainly written in his eyes but she needed to hear it from him. Just as he had exposed himself to her, she was going to do the same for him.

"Do you mean it?" She was surprised she could even speak. His eyes snapped open and she was once again consumed by his mesmerizing gaze. He closed his eyes briefly before he opened them again. They were gleaming brightly again.

"Yes." It was like someone had lit fireworks in her mind. His eyes showed everything. Feeling her mind grow hazy she leaned forward and captured his lips with hers, her eyes slowly shutting. Warmth unlike anything she had ever felt before was spreading through her and she felt complete for the first time. Like she had regained a missing part of her. All of her past memories that haunted her ceased to exist, making her feel oddly light.

She drew back to look at him, still feeling the warmth in her chest which was growing with every passing second. She felt a tear sliding down her eye as she looked at him and voiced the thoughts that were literally screaming at her. The words that would change her fate from that moment on and tie it to the man she was gazing at.

"I love you too." She said softly. His face lit up like Christmas lights. He simply looked radiant at that moment and made a promise to herself then that she would do her best to make that same expression on his face appear more often. She felt her own smile widening as she gazed into the eyes of the man she had fallen in love with. The warmth she felt at her chest didn't disappear. Instead it felt like it was increasing steadily.