"Lette, why are you acting this way? You make love to me then you ignore me. Why?" The look on Sabin's face was genuinely confused
"This is wrong Sabin." Collette said feeling vulnerable.
"How can it be wrong to love another person this much?" Sabin asked with tears in his eyes. Colette's heart stopped.
"You love me?" She asked sitting back down.
"I've always loved you, but it's different now. I want you to experience all of the things that Michael deprived you of. I want to make it up to you." Sabin said holding her. "Who cares if no one else understands?"
“I love you too Sabin." He leaned in to kiss her. His thumb resting on the scar that he as a little boy had given her. He grimaced. "What is it?" She said worried that the scar had been unattractive to him.
"Do you know why I hated you so much?" Sabin said with saddened eyes.
"No. Why did you?" Colette asked looking into his hurt eyes. The question had always bothered her. She had never done anything to make him hate her. She was always cautious around him, sure to be kind and gentle.
"Because you were the only girl more beautiful than my mother. I thought that God had to take her so that you could live. Like the world wasn't allowed to have that much beauty in it at once." Tears fell down Colette's face from the beautiful sentiment. She had never known why Sabin had been as hateful to her as a child, and knowing why was a huge relief.
She leaned in and kissed him again. He could feel her smiling through his lips as he held her tightly. The woman in his arms had meant so much to him. Their love was formed by God, and God didn't make mistakes. He picked Colette up into his arms and carried her to the room where they talked and laughed. She fell asleep in his arms hours later and he looked at her while she slept. The light had returned to her beautiful eyes. She was living again instead of just surviving. Sabin kissed her on the head before falling asleep himself, he whispered.
"I love you."
Sabin woke up to Colette crying softly. He put his large hand on her to comfort her. She turned to him and buried her face in his arms. The tears rolled down his muscular arm and onto the mattress. Sabin’s heart broke with each and every tear that rolled down her face.
“What’s wrong my love?” He asked as he stroked her hair.
“Why did my marriage fall apart?” Colette was breaking down, finally feeling what she was entitled to.
“Because, sometimes, you only need someone in your life for a short time. Sometimes people change. The world is unfair Lette. You both grew, you just grew apart.” Sabin said as Colette rolled over in his arms. He wiped tears from her eyes and smiled at her. “It just wasn’t meant to be.” He kissed her forehead.
“Are we meant to be together?” Colette asked.
“Look at all of the random coincidences that brought us together. No matter what, we’ll always be a part of each other’s life. We’re permanent.” Sabin held her tightly and the tears stopped falling from her beautiful eyes.
Colette silently fell asleep in Sabin’s arms. Soon after that she began to sore her light and soft snore. The familiar sound warmed his heart as he admired her. The woman lying next to him was more important to him than anyone else. He had never told anyone that he had only went to the Navy to quiet the desire that he had for her. Even overseas, he found himself thinking of only Colette. When the other men would talk about the women that they left back in the states, he would talk about Colette, leaving out some details of course. Sabin dug into his pocket and pulled out the small black velvet box that was meant for her. The setting was her favorite white gold and the diamond was the largest the jeweler had. He had spent hours picking it out, but once he saw it, he knew that it was the perfect one. It was like it had been made just for Colette’s long and dainty finger. He knew that she would love it, but even still, nervousness grew within him. Colette had been in a sensitive state. Michael had done a number on her. If she accepted the ring, then Sabin’s life would be made complete. She was all that he had ever wanted. He had day dreamed about how he would propose to her a hundred times over, nothing ever seemed good enough for his beloved Colette. He looked again at the sleeping beauty. He slid the ring on her finger gently. It was a perfect fit.
Epilogue
Things had been awkward the first two months that they had been home. Colette was officially divorced and they wanted desperately to announce their engagement to their parents. The ring was enormous and difficult to hide from their parents, but Colette felt naked without it. Sabin had proposed the idea of marriage during the stop at the Bahamas. He hid the ring in Colette's champagne and she was shocked to find it. She immediately said yes and became Sabin's fiancée. Rachel walked into the room that Colette had been in painting in. Colette had been painting every day since their return. With Sabin in her life, she had never run out of inspiration. A small art gallery had taken her on and her paintings were beginning to sell very well. After watching her daughter work her craft on the canvas, Rachel took her daughters hands into hers and looked into her eyes.
"I'm not stupid Colette." Rachel said. "I know about you and Sabin." Her mother had always been a no nonsense kind of person. Colette’s heart stopped like she had been caught doing something punishable by a fate worse than death.
"Are you mad?" Colette said feeling like a child again.
"No dear. I'm not angry. I see the way that you look at him. I see the way he brings life to you." Rachel kissed her daughter's head and got up to leave. "Oh, and I know something else too." Rachel pointed at Colette's newly pregnant stomach and winked. Colette had only found out the day before and Sabin hadn't even known yet. Colette's skin was glowing but not much else was showing. “A mother always knows." A huge sense of relief washed over Colette as she realized one of the biggest things that she had been dreading was now over. Her mother loved her unconditionally, and she knew that now. Colette had been happy. For the first time in such a long time, pain didn’t touch her. She no longer longed to be loved, she knew that she was. Sabin had been there to love her like she had never been before. She no longer felt like she could disappear and never be missed. The feeling was empowering and life altering. An excitement was ignited in her as she thought about telling Sabin he was going to be a father.
Colette took Sabin out to the back yard and handed him a black box with grey flowers on it. He opened it to find a book about fatherhood and a positive pregnancy test. It took him a moment to understand but when he did he was ecstatic. He kissed Colette’s stomach and began to coo at it. Until that moment, he hadn’t known how desperately he had wanted to be a father. A father to Colette’s child.
Hannah Rachel Silva was born on August 1st, two months after her parents wedding. She had Sabin's eyes and Colette's nose. Her long blonde hair was purely golden and there was a light in her stunning eyes. Her parent’s looked at her with an undying and infinite love. She was the image of utter perfection.
THE END
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Chapter One: The Break Up
It was a windy, Wednesday evening. Lola Montgomery was sitting, slouched on her large sofa in her apartment. Her hair was a mess and her face was puffy, almost as though she had been crying for quite some time. The apartment resembled the aftermath of a tornado. The tall lamp she used to have in the corner, laid smashed in the center of the room. Her vase her mother had gotten her for her birthday was thrown halfway across the apartment. She had yet to pick up the pieces. Lola was exhausted, however she couldn’t relax. Within the same apartment, just in another room, was Lola’s now
ex-boyfriend; whom was to blame for the room being torn to bits. He was yelling at the top of his lungs, which made Lola believe that all of Los Angeles had heard this large spat she was having with Jacob. He was in the middle of packing the rest of his things up and blaming Lola for every problem that occurred within their relationship.
“You shouldn’t have been home then,” Jacob exclaimed as he walked back into the broken living room. He was referring to the night prior when Lola walked in on him cheating on her. The two had been fighting ever since. Of course, what was Lola supposed to do? Continue dating him while he screwed everyone in town? That’s not how Lola rolled at all. Luckily Lola was getting rid of this clown; however she still needed to clean up the mess he created.
After she finally ridded herself of him, her best friend busted through the door. “Nicki!” Lola yelled as Nicki entered the room. They had been best friends since Kindergarten; essentially the two were always there for each other. The two cleaned the huge mess Jacob made, which ended up causing Lola to lose some precious items. He had broken a lot more than Lola had seen, things that were irreplaceable. After seeing this, all Lola wanted to do was forget all about him and delete him from her life.
“Fuck, Jacob!” Lola announced as she threw away the last bit of trash from the living room. Nicki applauded her and agreed right along with her. “Yeah, you could never forget about Sam,” Nicki giggled. Lola immediately grabbed the closest pillow and chucked it at Nicki’s head. Sam Traverse happened to be Lola’s stepbrother, in which Lola always had a crush on. The two knew each other prior to their parent’s marriage, because they had gone to school together their whole lives. Once, they almost dated, however Jacob had gotten in the way. The two had been on and off for too many years too long.
“I know what will cheer you up,” Nicki said as she pulled a DVD from her purse. Lola immediately was grossed out and shielded her eyes. “Ew!” Lola yelled as Nicki held it in the air. “It’s just Magic Mike,” Nicki stressed. Lola let out a large sigh of relief. She never did like to look at porn. The movie began to play and the two were immediately sunken into it. They loved the movie so much; it was like they were watching it for the first time, even though they had seen it so many times before.
“We should do this,” Nicki suggested. Lola practically jumped from her seat. Did Nicki seriously want her to start stripping? “You know, go to a male strip club? It’d be fun!” Nicki’s excitement grew larger and larger and she continued to talk about it. Lola, on the other hand, grew more and more disgusted as she talked on. Nicki noticed that Lola wasn’t into the idea at all. She explained how it could help her get back out there after her break up with Jacob. “It couldn’t hurt,” Nicki said.
That weekend Lola found herself at the strip club, “Mascaraed”. It was filled with people, due its popular reputation. All of the dancers had masks covering their faces, but barely anything else on their bodies. Nicki and a bunch of their other girlfriends were sitting around a neon catwalk. The men were so amazing that were on stage. Every one of them caught Lola’s eye and she loved every minute of it. Lola danced, laughed and applauded every dancer that came her way.
Suddenly a very tall, buff dancer made his way to Lola. He got up close and personal with her, putting her face right into his crotch. Nicki handed her a $20 bill and Lola slowly slid it into his neon green thong. He continued to dance around her for a bit. Before he stepped away, their eyes met. The dancer gave Lola a wink and the most breathing taking smirk a person could give another.
The night at the strip club never left Lola’s mind. For weeks, she thought about the encounter she had with the attractive dancer.
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