A Mistake Worth Making

10. Not A Dream

Erin POV

The feeling of fingertips lightly running over my cheek awakes me from a very peaceful sleep. Slowly my eyes open and once they adjust to the morning light I'm greeted by the sight of a smiling Damian stood by my bedside, breakfast tray in hand wearing nothing but an apron.

The sight of him floods me with relief, I had been so afraid that come morning I would find this had all been a dream again.

"Good morning mi amor" he smiles "I have breakfast, fresh coffee and pastries"

"Good morning. Fresh? But how you have no clothes here?" I ask as I sit up wrapping the bed sheet around myself

"I found some clothes I had left here" he says turning to place the tray down on the chest of drawers and I can't help but laugh as I am greeted by another sight........a single long stem red rose clenched firmly between his ass cheeks "for you" he says wiggling his ass while smirking over his shoulder

"It's beautiful thankyou" I smile taking the rose "the rose that is not your ass"

"You don't think my ass is beautiful" he playfully pouts

"No..........I think your ass is sexy" I smirk

"I can live with that" he smiles "besides I didn't hear any complaints when you were squeezing it last night" he says leaning down to kiss me lovingly.

"Mmmm I'm so glad this wasn't a dream again" I smile

"Again?" He asks handing me a coffee and sitting on the bed with.

Slowly between sips of coffee I explain how his voicemail had triggered a weird long spanning dream and how disappointed I had been when I woke and he wasn't there.

Gently he tucks my hair behind me ear and kisses my forehead and I breathe in his familiar comforting scent.

"I promise this is real mi amor........its not a dream" he says "our baby is never far from my mind either and maybe one day when we are ready we can try again"

"But what if..........." I begin but he silences me with a finger to my lips

"Don't think like that" he says softly "whatever happens we will deal with it together and we will get through it. I love you Erin, far more than I have ever admitted to and I won't let you leave me again"

"I love you" I smile "so much lost and wasted time.......I should never have pushed you away"

"You did what you needed to to protect yourself and I understood that" he says "just know that I won't let you do it a second time. If there is a next time I will fight so much harder because you and only you are everything I want"

Damian POV

As I cup Erin's cheek I watch her close her eyes and lean into my touch. I had missed her with every fibre of my being. Walking out that door had been the hardest thing I ever did but I had to give her the time she needed to realise what we had and what she really wanted.

I had always hoped that one day she would find her way back to me and now here we are.

I had meant every word I was not going to ever let her push me away again I was going to fight hard to keep her by my side and in my arms because she is all I will ever need.

The day I left I had had something special planned. I had hoped it would bring the smile back to her face and that it would bring her back to me but I never got chance to find out.

"Hey where'd you go?" She asks looking up at me.

"I was just thinking about the day I left" I say "promise me I will never have to do that again"

"I promise" she smiles "I can't be without you again. It was so hard and it hurt so much. I never knew it was possible to miss someone the way I missed you"

"I missed you just as much" I smile "we definitely made a mistake spliting up"

"Either that or we are making a mistake trying again" she chuckles

"Being with you could never be a mistake" I smile

Erin pats the bed beside her and I get back in to bed and place my arm around her shoulder. She snuggles into me still nursing her coffee and let's out a contented sigh.

"So.......where do we go from here?" She asks

"We could take things slow.......go on a few dates" I say "or I could move back in and we pick up where we left off"

"Hmmm how about you move back in and we start a fresh" she says and I lean down and kiss her lovingly

"I like that idea" I smile "I'll give notice to my landlord and then start moving my stuff back"

"Wait you didn't buy that house?" She asks

"No because I knew in my heart this wasn't over and that you would let me come back" he says "why buy a home when I have one I had temporarily left"

Erin places her coffee on the bedside table and then shifts herself so that she is straddling my lap. Carefully she takes my coffee and places it next to hers.

I gently squeeze her hips and she runs her hands over my bare chest and bites her lip.

"Don't start something you're not going to finish mi amour" I smirk as my hands move to her ass

"Who says I'm not going to finish" she whispers before capturing my lips with hers.