Molly
I'm stunned by his words, stunned enough that it's left me speechless which is a rare thing, trust me. He leans forward and places a gentle kiss on my lips and it seems to bring my focus back where it's needed. "Molly, don't go. Please don't leave. Forget about your flight and come back with me. I don't technically have a home right now but I will soon and I want you there with me."
His words make me smile for a moment but the fear that I've been feeling soon takes back over. "Molly, talk to me, sweetheart." There's so much I want to say but my throat seems to have tightened up making it hard to say the words, to admit the truth but I still force them out. "I'm scared," My words sound raw as if I've been swallowing razor blades but they are true and it's a truth that I don't like admitting.
"What are you scared of baby?" He takes his hand off my hips and slides them around my back pulling me into him until we are chest to chest, racing heartbeat to reaching heartbeat. "I'm scared of letting myself feel again. I'm scared of letting someone in and getting hurt again or worse having him hurt me without even realizing it until it's too late. I'm scared that I'll come to love again and it won't be enough and I'll be left on my own again. I don't know if I can do it again, Christian."
Christian
Tears roll down Molly's face as she tells me what's got her scared and it hurts to hear. Fucking Archie has really done a number on her and now that she knows all the truths, she's not any better off for it because she's here but he's not and he can't answer any of her questions. I don't know if that would help but either way, it's not going to happen but I swear I will do everything I can to help her heal from What he's done and who knows... maybe she will be the one to help me finally heal from what Amy has done to me.
"I know you are scared darlin' I'd be lying if I said I wasn't myself but I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't 100% sure that it can work. I share the same feelings as you but if there's one thing I've learned over the last few days it's that life is short, we don't know when it's going to be our last day and we need to make the most of every single day. I don't want regrets in my life, not if they are regrets that I could have done something about. If I didn't tell you how I feel before you left then that is a regret that I know would always haunt me."
"This is crazy. How did we go from fighting to this so quickly?" She asks as her tears finally slow down. "If I hadn't been such a dickhead then none of this would have happened." She lets out a little laugh which is a relief. I'll take her laughter to tears any day. It's hard to read the look on her face and it's making me nervous. "How do you know we will work? I've only ever been with Archie, I was married for nine years, Chris and since his death, I've not been... been with anyone where as you have. What if... what if I'm not enough for you?"
"Jesus, you have no idea what you do to me, do you? You drive me insane, I feel like I've had a permanent hard-on since I first saw you Molls and it's not just that, it's everything about you. I want every part of you and as for you not being enough for me, I can promise you that whatever you give me will be more than enough and besides, anything else you want to learn I will be more than happy to teach you." I shoot her a wink and feel my cock harden even more when she gives me a sexy shy smirk.
"There is one thing that I need to say," She instantly looks nervous but nods her head for me to continue. "If you agree to this then I just need to make it clear that it won't just be you and me. It will be you, me and the kids. We are a package deal and as you know I'm also taking Katie on. I want us to be together, to be a family but if you think that it's going to be too much tell me now. I won't be mad in fact, I'll respect you for being honest before they get attached to you."
She looks slightly insulted at my words making me nervous. "As if I didn't know that, Chris, did you think that that I wouldn't want to know them? that I'd just push them aside?" Now I get why she looked insulted. "No baby, I'm not saying that. I just needed to say it, I've not had a relationship since her so I'm not really sure how to word it, I didn't mean to insinuate that you would do that."
A look of understanding quickly takes over her face as she gives me a gentle smile. "I'm sorry, I may have overreacted there. It's just that I'm already very fond of those kids, Chris, all of them and I wouldn't expect any less than them being a huge part of my life if we were together." Her words bring me some much-needed relief, it's not that I doubted that she would accept them but somehow hearing her say it makes it seem more real.
I run my hands up her back and cup the back of her head with one and bring the other one around to cup her cheek. "I know this is a lot to take in Molls but I promise you that if you stay here with me that I will work every day to prove to you how much you mean to me, how much I want you. Please take a chance on us. Let's let go of the past together and work towards a better future."
She remains still and quiet for several seconds but those seconds feel like hours as I hold my breath and wait for her to answer. Finally, she looks straight at me and slowly nods her head as the cutest smile I have ever seen from her covers her entire face. "Ok, I'll stay and we'll try but I want you to promise me two things?" I wasn't expecting that but right now I'd promise her anything. "Go on."
"One... if we ever feel like this isn't working or either of us wants out then we do it before it can turn to hate for the sake of us, the kids and Tom. Two... if you ever feel like you want to cheat on me then please just leave me before it happens or if it happens unplanned please have the respect to tell me. Please don't do what Archies has done to me... I don't think I can go through that again."
Her words hit me hard not the first ones, those I actually agree with but the second ones... yeah they hit me square in the chest. "It ain't ever going to happen darlin' I promise. Just the thought of cheating on you makes me feel sick!" I can see she's going to protest but I can't handle hearing it right now so instead I decide to show her what I think as I pull her into me and kiss her like I need her to breathe.
She only takes a few seconds to respond which I love but I quickly realize that she hasn't actually answered me. I pull back from the kiss and smile when she lets out a sound of protest. "You didn't answer me. What do you say, Molls? Are we going to do this? You, me and the kids... oh and Tom." That makes her laugh but she quickly nods. "Ok, I'm scared but yes let's do this!" Before she can talk herself out of the decision I pull her back down to me and get back to worshipping her lips.
I pull back when we both need to breathe and place small kisses along her jaw then I remember that she seemed to like me kissing her throat earlier so I move my kisses to there and quickly get rewarded with a little moan from her that sends shivers through my body. Fuck I know we should be taking this slow but I want her so bad it physically hurts.
She puts her hands in my hair and starts to tug turning me on all the more. I move one of my hands under her top and gently run my fingers over her ribs and stomach making her moan and then giggle. Oh, so my girl is ticklish? That's going to be fun! She doesn't seem uncomfortable with my hand under her top so I slowly move it higher until I'm cupping one of her breasts. Fuck they feel perfect, they fit in my hands like they were created just for me, they're fairly large too which I fucking love.
I gently squeeze her breast before running my thumb over the thin fabric of her bra and teasing her nipple causing her to moan and grind her hips down onto my hard on and now I'm the one moaning. Fuck she's driving me crazy. I pull back from kissing her which is the last thing that I want to do but I need to. "Baby we need to stop because my control is so close to snapping that it's painful."
All I want right now is to strip her down and show her how good I can make her feel but I know that today has been a lot for her, for both of us and I want our first time to be with us both having clear heads and neither of us do right now. She looks as torn as me but then she smiles and nods agreeing with me. "How about we head back to Penny's, Tom's properly close to having a heart attack waiting around." That has her laughing as I pull my hand out from under her top and help her stand up.
"A heart attack will be the least of his worries when I get my hands on him." She smirks and I love seeing her look so happy and carefree. "Oh, this I'm looking forward to." She laughs as she grabs her backpack off the floor but I take it off her before she can put it on her back, instead, I throw it on mine and take her hand pulling her towards the door.
I've got my baby girl back where she belongs and Molly has agreed to give us a try, fuck today is most defiantly up there with one of the best days of my life.