What's Meant To Be

Part 37

The next morning I woke up and Aubrey was still fast asleep in my arms. I smiled because for a second I had thought it was all a dream. But now seeing her here in my arms, I knew it wasn't. I watched her sleep. Then her pretty brown eyes fluttered open and she smiled at me. "Hey!" - "Good morning sweetheart. How'd you sleep?" - "Good. What time is it?" I grabbed my phone to see. "6AM" - "Oh. Okay. I should probably get going. We'll talk more later okay?" she said getting up from the bed. I got up and grabbed her hand. "Aubrey, there's something I need to tell you before you go" - "What is it?" She asked looking at me concerned. "I don't want you to marry Alex. Aubrey, I love you. I think I always have. I was just to dumb to accept it. But I do now. I see that I always felt like you belonged with me, like you were mine. I just couldn't kiss you and hold you whenever I wanted, amongst other things. This time without you, has been hell Aubrey! I never wanna feel like that again. If you don't feel the same way, I get it. I'll accept just your friendship because I don't wanna live my life without you. But I need you to know. I'm not asking you to decide now. I'm just asking you to think about what I've said. Maybe you feel the same way." I say and I can see her eyes become watery. Then she hugs me. "I promise you, I'll have an answer for you tonight. Okay? But right now, I gotta go" she says. "Okay" I say and she plants a soft kiss on my cheek and leaves.