Wanna Make You Mine.

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Ray took a deep breath, still shocked by Don's answer.
<Don. Look. Falling in love with a person is not the same as your inexplicable love of croissants.
it means that you would do anything to see that person happy or to make her feel good.>
At that point his thoughts focused mainly on one person, Emma.
Her image formed in his mind, with her usual childish and sincere smile, typical of her character.

Ray smiled slightly as he continued
<Falling in love with someone means being ready to give your life in exchange for giving that person the opportunity to keep smiling in this hellish world.
Loving someone means that you can't wait to see her face when you wake up, because it can put you in a good mood and that's the reason why you go ahead. Falling in love with someone means wanting to spend your whole life next to her, spending happy and sad moments together, supporting each other.
When you fall in love with someone you want that she understand that you will always be there to support her and that you will never leave her alone.>

Don watched him intently as he tried to catch every word.
Ray turned and put a hand on his shoulder
<Don, those "things" you talk about aren't just fun if what you feel is love.
It's something much deeper that you feel in your heart.
I don't have the experience of an adult to tell you about this more precisely. But I can tell you that when you love someone you feel the need to touch that person, to feel the warmth of her body and to feel her alive. It's the desire to want to be one with that person.

The need to make her yours.>

<I'm a bit confused...>
<it's normal. The day will come when you will understand. But until then take all the time you need and above all go to Gilda and try to make her understand how much she's important to you>

<Wow Ray ... I didn't expect to hear this things from you. Are you sure you...don't have that kind of experience?>

<What ?! No! I just read a few books about it>
<I didn't know you read that kind of stuff> Don chuckled making fun of his friend

<well... reading only encyclopedias gives you a headache. And...even though I'm the oldest we are in the same " period of curiosity ", man> said the raven with a chuckle
Don put his arm around his shoulders laughing <well we're men after all>.
<yeah, sure ...>

<But. What about you? How's it going with Emma? You said you'd talk to her when we got back from the expedition>
<oh yeah. I wanted to do it but then I thought maybe it's not the best thing to do...>

Don raised an eyebrow
<What? Why?>
<I ...don't know..>

<Ray. We talk about this for hours in the days before the expedition and now you're telling me that you have second thoughts?!>

<maybe it's too late Don. Even if I explained everything to her, maybe it would all be useless. Also in this period Emma got very close to Oliver and maybe this confirms my theory....>
<But you will never know until you talk to her. You have to try, dude. You can do it!>

Don smiled stupidly at him patting him on the shoulder, making the raven giggle
<you're the usual idiot, huh>

"You are right. I have to try. I have to tell her everything"

Don gave him a last pat on the shoulder and walked to the door.

<well. Ray is getting late. I go to sleep. Good night!
Oh...If you need psychological support or a big cheer call me and I'll wear my personal cheerleader costume just for you> he said before closing the door behind him.

"What the ...."

Ray stared in confusion at his bedroom door for a couple of seconds and lay back in bed. He reopened the book and continued his reading from where he left off.
But it didn't last long.
He heard a knock on the door again