Higgy's Day of Love

The bright Hawaiian sun filtered through the window of their bedroom as Juliet awoke. She felt so warm and cozy, and was beginning to notice butterflies rising in her stomach as she felt kisses raining all over her chest, neck, and face.

"Hmmm" she sighed with contentment as Magnum, who began to notice her waking up, moved to kiss her lips. Juliet responded lazily to his kisses as he tried to rouse her, and giggled as Thomas pulled her closer to him.

"Good morning, my love." Thomas whispered before giving her another lingering kiss.

"Indeed it is." she sighed with a smile. Juliet met his eyes and she propped herself up so she was resting on his chest. The connection she felt as they just gazed into each other's eyes was dizzying and made her feel so safe and loved. She felt herself smiling like an idiot as she thought of just how in love with Thomas she really was. He had become her world, and he had helped her open up and be receptive to the love and affection that she so rightly deserved.

Higgy leaned down so that their foreheads and noses were brushing. "I can't express how much I love you Thomas. There are no words for the way that I feel. Y-you mean so very much to me." Tears welled in her eyes as she spoke softly to him, and she broke their eye contact before speaking again.

"You have so much love to give, you are such a pure soul who only wants to help people. Why do you love me? I was so broken when we met and it took a couple of years before I even started to open up about anything. Why spend so much time and energy to get to know me and help me heal? Surely there would be thousands of women who would be completely ready to love and cherish you right away. Why try so hard just for me?"

Thomas smiled softly and tilted her face up towards him so they were looking at each other again.

"Oh Higgy," he sighed. "What you saw as a challenge and a burden for me, I saw as an opportunity. An opportunity to show an incredible woman how much she is worth and what an amazing person she is." He continued, "From the very first day that we met. I knew that you were the one for me. Fiery, no-nonsense, and an absolute angel. You were the most breathtaking woman I had ever seen. That's what I could see right away. After building our friendship and getting to know more and more about you, I knew for sure you were my soulmate. I came to see how compassionate, caring, and dedicated you are. Not only to our Ohana, but to the complete strangers that we help as well. I believe that all of those qualities had just been hidden for a little while because of all of the hardships you've been through. You tried to protect yourself from getting hurt again by distancing yourself. Don't be so hard on yourself Juliet. Few people have gone through what you have. I just want to help you see that you can still be happy with life and a family after going through hard times. There is nothing for you to be ashamed of or embarrassed about. You are perfect to me."

Juliet saw nothing but love and truth in his eyes and smiled once more. "You have been through so much pain and suffering as well Thomas. You are a perfect example of someone who can come from that kind of a situation and be even better than you were before. I am thankful for you each day and I cherish our relationship so much. You are incredible Thomas." Juliet snuggled deeper into him and kissed his chest before closing her eyes once more.

"Hey hey we can't stay in bed all day!" Thomas exclaimed. "Not with everything I have planned!

Juliet looked puzzled. "What do you mean? It's Saturday, other than dinner with everyone tonight I thought our day was free."

"I have a lot of surprises planned for you today lovebug. And don't worry, we will get to catch up on the cuddling later." Thomas winked at her as he sat up and stretched. "We'd better get going if we don't want to be late for our first stop!"