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that?”   He scanned her face.   The beat of his heart increased as he wasn’t
sure where this conversation was headed.   A tear escaped her eye and ran down the side of her face.   He leaned forward and kissed it away.
    “Look at this place.   I have no fantasy that this is the kind of place I’d ever live.   I’m a yoga instructor, for flipping
sake.   Look at where you live!   Not to mention the fact that I’m twenty-seven
and well…you’re not.   We’re just on
different planets.”  
    “Tessa, I will move to whatever planet you want to
live on.   I don’t care where we are.”   He felt himself start to panic.   After his divorce from Nicole, he buried
himself in his work.   He didn’t know if
he’d ever really put himself back out there… until he met Tessa.   She put a chink in his armored heart and now
he feared she was about to end it all.
    “You’re too good for me,” she said, looking him in
the eyes.   “I’m an only child, who has no
idea who her father is.   I’ve never met
him.   And my mother is an alcoholic of
epic proportions.   I’ve taken care of her
for years despite the fact that she has stolen from me, beat me down both
physically and emotionally.   I’m finally
on my own and making a go of my life.   I
can’t afford to fall head over heels in love with you only to have my heart
shattered.   I can’t do it, Greg.   This whole relationship is going to blow up
in our faces.”   He had known there was
something in her that was broken.   And now
that he knew what put those insecurities in her head, he promised himself he
would not stop until she felt completely secure in his love for her.
    “You know what, Tessa,” he said.   “You’re right.   This may blow up in our faces.   It may.   But then again, I think I’m more likely to change your name.”   Her eyes grew round as saucers.   She looked like a doe in headlights.
    “What are you saying?” she asked.   He could hear the quiver in her voice.   He took her hands in his and brought them to
his lips, pressing little kisses over them.
    “I’m saying I’m going to marry you,” he said,
watching her reaction carefully.   “I’m
saying I want to give you my name.   I
want to take care of you.   I want to
laugh with you, cry with you.   I want to
love you.   I     most
definitely want to make love to you over and over again.   I know that we have only known each other for
a very short time, but the minute I saw you, my heart opened up again.   So, please don’t break up with me.   Please give this… give us a chance.”
    “Oh. God,” she said, tears streaming down her
face.   He gripped the back of her head
and pulled her closer to him.   Leaning
his forehead against hers, he looked deep into her eyes.
    “Please give me a chance,” he pleaded.  
    “Yes.   Yes.   Yes!” she said through her
tears and pressed her lips against his.   Her hands came up and cupped his face as she deepened the kiss.   The feel and taste of her tongue surging into
his mouth made him moan in hunger and he wished they were anywhere but sitting
in the driveway of his good friends’ house because he wanted more than anything
to make love to her right now.
    “Hey!   Are you
going to come in for dinner or are you going to spend the evening making out in
my driveway?” he heard Dorsey say as he banged on the driver’s side
window.  
    “Oh flip,” Tessa said, ducking her head in
embarrassment.  
    “I told you we should have gone in right away,” he
said, placing a kiss on her nose.   “These
two can’t keep their nose out of my business.”   He heard her giggle.   Greg rolled
down his window just a crack.   “Get your
ass back into your house.   We’ll be in in
a minute.   You need to work on your
patience.”
    “Ha-ha!   Elizabeth wanted me to come out here the second you pulled in the
driveway.   Consider yourself lucky you
got the minutes you did,” John said over his