By time we finished packing up all of mine and Sky stuff, got done at the police station, and drove all the way back to San Diego it was almost midnight. Vic and Mike told us that we would be staying in the beach house where Tony and Jaime stayed which was directly behind the Fuentes home. Thankfully, there were three bedrooms so Sky and I got to share a room. We entered the house with our stuff and said our good nights to the boys as we went straight to the bedroom. It was huge and it had two twin beds in it. She put her totes down and giggled in excitement. She walked over to her bed and collapsed onto it. "I'm so tired..." she said. "I'm not even worrying about our stuff until daylight. I'm exhausted." I set my stuff down. "Me too." I admitted. I started to bite my lip and feel bad for having to put her through all of this. She opened on eye and saw how sad I must have looked and got up and gave me a hug, "I love you, Ariel. Okay? Don't think for one second that I am mad at you for all of this. All that matters is that we're okay." She gave me a kiss on the cheek, "I'm gonna call it a night. Sweet dreams, darling." I walked over to my new bed and laid down for a bit. I couldn't sleep though. So I eventually got up and walked around the house. I left the room and walked around the house. I didn't have an idea where I was going. I somehow found the kitchen and saw someone sitting on a bar stool eating in the dark. "Ariel?" a voice said, "It's Tony. How come you're not sleeping?" I turned the light on and smiled. "I could ask you the same thing." He gave a goofy smile. "But," I said, "to answer your question, I couldn't sleep... Too much on my mind..." "No." He stood up suddenly, startling me, "Stop thinking about that, about him. You know we don't blame you for anything that happened. You're safe now, that is all that matters." I started to cry, "Everyone keeps saying that! As if that will make me feel any better! I feel like I'm a bomb that ruins everything in her path! I make everyone's life horrible!" He tried to hug me but I pushed him away, "Admit it! You're life was a hell of a lot easier before I came into the picture! All I do is bring devastation!" I eventually gave in to Tony's hug and we collapsed onto the floor. I was sobbing and clinging to Tony's shirt as he held me. "Ariel..." he began, "I know you feel so small and so weak all the time... and I know that everything is so hard, but I don't regret a single thing. Saving you from that monster was the best thing I have ever done." "You... You really think so?" I said softly. He smiled and nodded his head, "Having you come into my life has honestly been the greatest thing in the world. I know I'm quiet and that I should talk more, but... but if you could see the things in my head, you'd understand how much you mean to me. You're not small, you're beautiful." He slid his hand up to my face and kissed me, making me forget everything, making me feel... Infinite

Notes

Yes, yes. I did quote The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. I love that book so much, and you'll see why I quoted it in the next chapter! I hope you enjoy this one, I've had writers block for the past few days so I'm sorry if it isn't very good.x: