I grin from him to her.
Her face slowly softens. “You asked to be my partner. Before everything?”
I smirk, wrapping my arms around her and pulling her in. “It was always my goal to make you mine, that way, if Alex ever tried for you, you’d deny him because you were mine.” My grip around her tightens. “I wasn’t leaving this school without you on my arm, D. One way or the other, I knew we’d find a way. I just had to man up and make it happen.”
“So sure of yourself, were you?” she attempts to tease, but nothing but adoration rings through my baby’s words.
A light chuckle leaves me, but my features smooth as I pour all my focus into her. “I’d never been more unsure of myself in my life, but you, D...” I drop my forehead to hers. “Even if we had to fake it to make it, you, I was sure of.”
She looks to her ring, a small silver band, with a gleam I’ll never tire of and a smile I’ll forever fight to have on me, she presses her lips to mine.
This.
This is as real as it gets.THE END