I'm Yours (Sequel to "You're mine")

Chapter 141: Rediscovery

Leah's POV

I loved going to work, I loved spending time with the kids in my class, and I just loved what I was doing in life. And I wouldn't trade it for a thing.

But I also loved just staying at home with my kids, and my wife. Before, with T in the center, the weekends were long and empty. The kids were there, sure, but they were counting on me all the time. Because it was only me.
And I... I had no one to count on. I couldn't vent to anyone, I couldn't talk to anyone, I couldn't rely on anyone. And that wasn't easy.

With T back, I felt a change within myself. As I had woken up this morning, on a Saturday, I didn't feel this heavy feeling of having to take care of everything. I felt... happy. I knew I wasn't alone anymore. But it did make me think about how my life changed so much...

I was on the couch, seated, with a bunch of pictures on the table. I was looking at all of them, having mixed feelings about them.

"Hey," T came to sit next to me. She looked at the pictures as well. She had a small smile on her face. "What are these?" She picked one up.

I looked at the one she had. "Pictures of me," I sighed. "My friends, family, school time."

She kept looking at the one she was holding. It seemed as if she was getting lost in that particular picture. As if she noticed me staring at her, she quickly put it back down on the table and looked at the others. "This is what you looked like when we met," She looked at me. "Wasn't it?"

I nodded. "Very young," I chuckled but quickly got serious again. "It seems like ages ago."

T looked at me. "Let's not forget that I'm older than you."

I chuckled again. "I know, I know," I sighed again. "I mean that..." I paused for a bit. "So much has happened since this picture," I took the picture and held it in my hand. It was a picture of me and my friends, back when we were in high school. I couldn't explain the feelings I felt when I thought back at that time. "Sometimes," I paused again. "Sometimes I wish I could go back."

T didn't say anything but I could feel she was giving me all her attention.

"Things were just easier back then," I nodded, agreeing with what I was saying. "Our relationship wasn't easy to keep a secret but," I shrugged. "Life seemed easier," I sighed. "And things were how I've always known them to be," I looked at my friends in the picture, particularly at Cam. I hadn't seen or spoken to Cam for several weeks. "I miss this life."

T got a hold of my hand. "That life isn't gone," She said softly, taking the picture from me. "It's merely a chapter in your life," She smiled at me. "It's true that life is hard but good things happened too," She took another picture. The first picture we had of Emil, as he entered our lives. She took another picture, our first picture of Jin, as he entered our lives. She put them in front of me. "I wouldn't want to miss them."

I smiled at those two pictures before going back to the picture of me and my friends. I sighed deeply. "I know."

Suddenly, T scooted closer and wrapped her arm around me, pulling me closer to her. It was a gesture I, sadly, wasn't used to anymore. And, I could tell by how her demeanor changed, she wasn't used to it anymore either.

I kept looking at the picture. "I think I've lost them."

I felt T scoot even closer, probably trying to take a better look at the picture.

I gulped as I started feeling really sad. "At the time, it was just me and them," A small smile appeared on my face. "We'd have all the time in the world to just hang out and joke around," I paused a bit. "But with the boys..." I trailed off, I certainly didn't want to put any blame on my boys. I made a choice, I guess I had to stick by it.

T pulled me closer to her. "I'm sorry."

I nodded and put the picture back onto the table. "It's alright," I took all the pictures and put them back into the box. I let out one final breath before looking at her. I smiled. "What do you want to do?" Before she could answer, I went on: "Maybe we can go to the park with the kids, or - "

T put her hand on my mouth, shutting me up. "I was thinking that maybe we could ask my parents, or your mom, to babysit for the weekend."

I frowned a bit.

T smiled. "So we can have some time for ourselves." She explained.

I slowly nodded.

"Ok," She pulled her hand back and got up. "I'll make some calls." And with that, she left.

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And so it was decided: the boys would spend the weekend with my mom. My mom, apparently, was thrilled to have some quality time with her grandsons. And T also seemed relieved, somehow. I wondered what urged her to want to spend time with me alone...

We brought the boys around 3 pm. We stayed a bit to talk to my mom. She was very eager to hear about T's progress. She seemed genuinely interested in T's well-being.

When we left, the boys were too busy to play with their toys, which were only at my mom's house, to wave us goodbye. I was happy they were happy.

We arrived back home around dinner time. I looked around as we entered the empty house. I was suddenly lost. "Let's prepare dinner." I suggested.

T pulled me with her up the stairs. She didn't say much, but I heard her giggle.

I frowned but assumed we were going upstairs to get changed before dinner. I didn't stop to think about what T might have planned.

We entered the room. I went straight to the closet as T closed the door. But she pulled me away from the closet, only to push me onto the bed.

"T," I sat back up, seeing her walk to the bed as well. "Don't you think it's a bit early to go to bed?" Looking back now, it's easy to say how naive and stupid I was for not understanding her intentions. But we hadn't been this close in months, it just didn't cross my mind that she wanted to reconnect.

T crawled over to me and laid very close to me. She pushed me back down so she was laying basically over me. It's odd how I got nervous.

I gulped. "T?" I felt my heart going faster. I was breathing heavier. And yet, I had this excitement throughout my body which I had missed so very much.

She smiled at me, a warm smile. From this close, I could really see the love in her eyes. "I love you so much." She said softly.

I cannot begin to explain just how much those words meant to me, right then and there. I gulped. "I love you too."

She slowly leaned in closer. She looked at me, probably to make sure I was okay with this, before closing her eyes and connecting our lips.

We had kissed since she had left the center, but nothing like this. This was like falling in love all over again.

I pulled back, against my better judgment, and looked at her. I could tell she was disappointed I did that. I licked my lips. "Are you sure?"

Even though I didn't explain that question, I could tell she understood what I was asking. She smiled and nodded.

I smiled back before wrapping my arms around her. She easily found her way on top of me before reconnecting our lips. 

We didn't have sex that night, despite what the scene made it seem to be. We mostly kissed, cuddled, hugged, and touched each other. We rediscovered each other's bodies, and we took our time to do so.

It was just perfect.