“I love you too.” Daniel replied with more fervor than she had ever heard him use.
Reese wrapped her fingers around his wrist, holding his arm there. “Then you'll understand what I mean when I say that I don't want to chose.”
“What are you saying?” he whispered, resting his forehead against.
“I want you to believe me when I tell you that I love you. Nothing could change that. I love you enough to stay with no matter what happens to your paycheck in future, no matter where we live or how we live. I promise to love you no matter how many mistakes you make.” Reese felt more words coming on, but he cut her off with a kiss.
Her first instinct was to fight it, but resolve leaked out of her before she could stop herself. She leaned into that kiss; drank from that kiss; breathed from that kiss. She could feel his heart pounding on his chest as he pressed his body against hers. He slipped his lips from her lips, to her cheek and then her neck. Her eyes began to roll to the back of her head, but she had to force herself to stay focused. “But do you love me?” She whispered. By then, his hands were slipping underneath her shirt.
“Yes.” He breathed. The sensation of his warm breath on her skin sent chills up her spine.
She shook her head. “No, but do you love me enough.” She pressed.
He drew his head back up, pressing his hungry lips against hers. He undid her first button, then her second, then her third. Fire flooded every neuron in her body. She was more than just drawn to him. She felt her being inside of him and his in her. His every heartbeat was her own. His every breath brought life to the cells that made her who she was.”For what.” He hissed as he ripped her shirt off, the remaining buttons flying away and landing feet away from the two of them.
She mounted him as he buried his face in her cool skin, breathing in every bit of her. Reese tipped her head back, barely able to contain herself. “Do you love me enough.” She gasped. “Enough to let me take this money. To let me have my future... and to let me have you too?”
He stopped and looked up at her, his eyes wide with surprise.
Tears steamed from Reese's eyes as she stared back down at him. She clutched his face in both of her hands and planted a wet kiss on his forehead. Every part of her wished that he would just utter the words she wanted to hear; the words that meant that she had finally succeeded, that the struggle was over. “Do you trust me?” She demanded. Then, in a softer voice. “Do you love me?”
He stared up at her, his eyes darkening as he slowly understood what she had meant by this; what her true intentions were. He dug his fingers into the skin that covered her back as he realized that she had rejected, whole-heartedly his ultimatum. He held her even tighter as he realized that he would have to bring himself to do something he never thought he would ever be able to do... or lose her forever.
Something about this: an ultimatum on top of the ultimatum, the former a thousand times more compelling than the latter, but him in a bind; forced him to consider what he really wanted, and what that really meant.
“I do.” He said. Because he could see himself in no one's arms but hers.
Reese wrapped her arms around him, squeezing him as hard as she could as she wept sobs of pure joy.
Chapter 28
Reese dropped the check on her supervisor's desk.
The woman looked up from her computer monitor, then cocked her head to one side as she picked up the thin piece of paper and began to read it. “What's this?” She asked, her eyes wide as hell because she knew exactly what it was.
“It's a grant, specifically for my research.” Reese replied, crossing her arms in a defiant manner.
The woman slowly stood up. “I don't know what to say.” She murmured.
“You could say thank you, because now I get to conduct a study that will, no doubt, make all of us famous.” Reese replied.
She nodded slowly. “We'll have to review your paper again of course.”
Reese rolled her eyes. “For ethical reasons?”
The woman nodded. “For ethical reasons.”
Reese nodded slowly.
She took a step towards her, then, after straightening the jacket of her suit, held her hand out to her.
Reese shook it.
“Congratulations.” She declared, as if she herself had given her the money.
***
Reese opened the front door to her lab on Waverly to find Daniel waiting for her at the bottom of the steps. He took her hand and planted a kiss on her cheek. “How did it go?” he asked, as he slipped his hand into hers.
She scoffed. “How do you think?” She replied.
Daniel smirked as the two of them walked hand in hand to their favorite coffee place.
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