LUCIEN

"I love you." The words slipped out of my mouth, but I did not regret it at all because I meant them and have known for a long time that I did.

"You can say it," I urge when, instead of her declaring her love for me, she just stands there staring at me. I open my mouth, but instead of words flowing out, she is kissing me as if her life depended on it. I hold onto her waist and lean into the kiss, pushing her back to the bed gently. I spin her around so I take the impact from the fall.

She falls onto me and...