To Love A Fighter |||| l.p.

New Beginning

Stella's POV

I feel the sun in the room wake me up and let out a slight happy groan. I feel completely relaxed. The sheets feel soft next to my bare skin and my head is comfortably sunk in the feather pillow the hotel provides. I sit up slightly to see Liam peacefully sleeping. His chest is gently rising and falling in rhythm of deep sleep. His lips are slightly parted, and a light snore escapes them every now and then. I giggle softly, he looks adorable. I should kiss him at least once and I'll go back to sleep. I just want to stay in this perfect moment as long as I can. Slowly I lean in and gently kiss his lips. His lips form a smile, "mmm, good morning love, " he tells me in his groggy morning voice while his eyes are still closed.

I giggle at the sound of his voice. His strong arms reach out and pull me in for an embrace. I feel happy and warm in his arms. He pulls back and locks his eyes into mine. We lie there in silence as he looks at me. I feel my face getting hot. "God you're beautiful..." he murmurs. He pulls me in for another kiss. "You know, I'm not ready to get out of bed yet, lets do something to stay here a little bit longer..." he winks at me. I giggle as he pulls me on top of him and we start to kiss...

...

Today's our last day in Miami and our second day as a couple. We're packing up our bags and talking to people as they wander in and out of our room saying hi and congratulating us. I guess Liam must have sent a text to the guys, which in turn spread the news to everyone else. I skip around the hotel room gathering my things in some shorts and a low cut tank top, because i wanted to be comfortable and give Liam a tease of something to look forward to when we go back to Houston.

Houston.

I pause, oh yea...we're going to be a long distance relationship. But it's fine, we're going to find a way to make it work. We have a powerful connection that's not going away any time soon. And we're both going to be busy. I smile, this is just another fight, except this time, we're fighting the obstacles that most people would give up on. We talked about it, we're in this for the long haul, and whatever happens happens.

Suddenly, my phone rings, I look at the screen and pick it up, "Hello?"

*Liam's POV*

I hear Stella talk through the bedroom door. She sounds confused, then suprised, then excited! I hear multiple muffled "Thank you!" through the door and open it. She turns around and looks at me, "I made it!!!" she squeals. Confused, I ask, "made what?" Stella jumps up and down excitedly, "my manager just called me, I got signed on to StrikeForce!! I'm going pro!!" Oh my god! I sweep her up into my arms and pick her up "CONGRATULATIONS LOVE!! I'm so excited for you!!" I put her down, she's teary eyed, "I'm so happy Liam, I'm so happy! I get to be with you and now I get to go pro! I can't believe this!" I hold her, "I'm proud of you love, I know how hard you've been working for this" I put my forehead on hers. She pauses, "you know.....this is going to be hard. With you touring and interviewing and me fighting and traveling, we're going to have to work really hard to be together." She sounds a little concerned and thoughtful. It's a legitimate concern. She made it very clear that she's passionate about her career from day 1. 

I look at her, intently, deep into her eyes, "Stella, we're going to do this right. We're going to give this everything we got. We're going to get creative and find ways to make it work. If it doesn't, at least we'll know we gave it our all, and if it does, it's because we earned it. And I think we'll be fantastic. What do you say?" She flashes me that Stella smile, the one that lights up the world, and nods. I pull her into a kiss and we separate to get our suitcases. We walk to the door with our suitcases in one hand and the other holding each other's hands. As I open the door, she looks at me and smiles, looks out the door, "To our next adventure..." she says, and with that, we leave to the airport. Together.