Chapter Seven

That Night

"Grace!" I called through the door as I knocked.

"Come in!" the voice called back. I opened the door to find Grace in bed reading. I walked over and sat at the end of the bed where Grace is sitting. I wanted to make this huge speech about how much I love her and all the things I love about her. But I could figure out where to start, my mind as all over the place.

"I have to tell you something." I said.

"Are you ok?" Grace asked as she put down her book beside her.

"I'm in love with you, Grace. When you kissed me the night before I left, that was I knew that you were feeling what I'd felt for so long. That's also when I knew for sure that you're my person. I love you so much."

I looked at Grace who looked like she was about to cry but she's also smiling at me. She took my hand and just held it for a moment. She put her other hand on my face.

"What about Jacob?"

"Oh crap, that's right. He deserves to know. I'll go call him." I sighed as I got up and dialed his number. My breath was shaking, along with the rest of my body. I almost hung up the phone when I heard a deep voice answer the phone. Everything stopped for a second. All I could hear now was my heart rapidly beating.

"Frankie, where are you? I've been looking for you all day." Jacob asked worriedly.

"I'm in San Diego. With Grace. I left around three this morning."

"Why?"

"I'm in love with her, Jacob. I always have been. I thought I was coming for a visit but I think I want to stay for a while."

"How long's 'a while?'"

"Possibly the rest of my life.

I heard a sigh on the other end of the phone followed by the three beeps that told me he'd hung up. I put my phone down on the island in the kitchen for a moment before going back up to be with Grace. She'd started to talk about something involving being happy that I'm back but I wasn't paying enough attention to know exactly what it was she was saying.

"Frankie, are you listening?" Grace asked.

"No, I'm sorry, I wasn't. What were you saying?"

"Never mind. How'd it go with Jacob?"

"He asked me how long I was staying and I told him possibly the rest of my life."

"I thought you were just visiting."

"So did I. But when I saw you on the platform this morning, I knew I wanted to stay...forever."

Grace smiled as she put her hand on top of mine and rubbed her thumb back and forth on the back of my hand. I looked into those gorgeous blue eyes of the stunning blonde across from me. Every time I don't feel like myself, I just have to think about Grace and everything's ok.