*****Author’s POV*****

Ryder carried Xena gently out of the car. She wrapped her arms around his neck as she nuzzled into his neck.

Tear stains were trailing down her face and it broke Ryder's heart to see them.

“I shouldn't have asked about them,” He thought to himself as he walked.

But she had also insisted on telling him because she wanted him to know about her family.

Who would have thought that it would make her have this kind of reaction?

Xena had fallen asleep on their ride back home and Ryder felt bad about that.

The date night didn't go as he planned. He had wanted them to...