Magnolia

Chapter 24

"Move in with you?" she looked up at me, eye brows raised and eyes wide.

"Yeah why not?" I smiled.

"Are you sure that is a good idea? You know with everything that happened? You were nearly killed because of dating me. Can you imagine what will happen when we live together?" the more she said the more panicked she became.

"Emma I don't care. Plus we just defeated that whole clan" I replied. She shook her head, her eyes moving 100 miles a minute.

"Yeah but thats not going to be the end. There will always be something or someone else that will cause danger. I don't think I can put you through that again. Your mother was in danger and you were hurt and I-" I grabbed her hands.

"I love you. I don't care. These last few months have been the best time of my life. Besides losing my father and you being in danger, I didn't mind any of the, lets say, adventure. And for my mother, I don't care. She has always been a flaky mom. She might show up again, or she might not. Either way I don't care. But I do care if you were to leave. I love you so much. And I have this feeling, like we are going to be together forever you know?" I looked into her eyes.

"Soul mates" she whispered. I smiled at her. "Yes"

"What?" I asked, feeling warmth grow throw my heart.

"Yes I will move in with you" she said louder and with a smile. A huge smile spread across my face. I picked her up and spun her around. She giggled, something I never thought I would hear come out of her mouth.

"No strenuous activity!" she laughed swatting my arm.

"Okay, okay" I put her down, kissing her forehead repeatedly. "Now lets get some sleep. We can deal with moving your stuff later" I kissed her forehead one last time before I pulled my key out of my pocket and opened the door to our house. We walked in and stood in the kitchen. It felt like so much time had passed since we had last been here. 

"I'm going to need to borrow a shirt and some pants" Emma said when we got to my, well I guess, our room. I grabbed some sweat pants and and orange tee shirt for her to wear. I put them on the bed and went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I looked in the mirror and thought about the morning after the party when I stood in the same place. I smiled to myself at how much had changed for the better.

"You wear those better than I do" I said as I walked back into my room. Emma turned towards me. She looked super cute in the over sized sweat pants and tee shirt. I pulled out my and took a picture.

"Don't you dare" she laughed. The flash went off. "Thats it!' she yelled as she tackled me onto the bed. The pinned my arms down. "You're deleting that" she said.

"But its so cute!" I said. She glared at me and than rolled onto the bed next to me.

"Fine. But only because I'm too tired to argue" she said in a grumpy tone. She pulled the covers up and snuggled into the bed. I smiled at her and joined her under the covers. I rolled over and spooned her.

"I love you" I whispered.

"I love you more" she whispered back.

"Do not!" I said in a louder tone. She laughed.

"Go to sleep Luke" she replied. I nuzzled my face into her hair. I took a deep breathe in and than let it out. I listened as Emma's breathing became slower and slower. I listened as she slowly drifted off into sleep. I then matched my breathing to her's as my eye lids got heavier and heavier and eventually they shut.