After a very eventful and emotional night we had said goodbye to our guests and retired to bed. David's family had a hard time leaving so my mom just showed them to the extra bedrooms so they could stay the night. I understood why they were reluctant to leave David because even I had been glued to him all night. I felt as if letting him out of my sight for even a minute would cause him to disappear. He wasn't leaving my side anytime soon until I got over the fear of loosing him.

"I do have question though, how did the test for the ashes come positive with your DNA?"I asked David as we got changed for bed in the closet.

"They did shave my head and cut my nails so burning that was more than enough evidence."He explained and I hummed in agreement when it made sense.

I braided my hair into two huge cornrows to keep them in place before pulling on one of David's T-shirts. I didn't have anything underneath apart from my panties and that's all I needed. David was dressed in only a pair of sweatpants leaning on the dresser as he watched me apply moisturizer to my face. Our routine was so normal as if we hadn't been apart for the last fourteen months.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"I asked noticing the intense look in his eyes.

"Just can't get over how beautiful you look and how much I had missed you."He replied biting his lower lip, eyes raking over my body.

I walked towards him and put my palms on his bare chest looking up at him.

"I missed you too babe."I replied leaning up on my tiptoes to kiss him.

He still had to lean down to meet me halfway, oh how I'd missed his brooding height. My arms ended up around his neck as his grasped my ass. He lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist caging him in.

Our kisses turned frantic and I felt David carry me out of the closet and into the bedroom laying me carefully on the bed. He hovered over me supporting his weight on his elbows while I was still attached to him like a baby monkey to its mother.

He broke our kiss and started sucking on neck like a starved man. A few moans slip past my lips as my nails dug into his back.

"Baby we don't have to do this if you're not ready."David said looking up to meet my eyes even for a minute.

It was sweet that he was thinking of my feelings even when I could feel the steel rod pressing stiffly against his sweatpants onto my thigh.

"I want this."I replied biting my lip.

He still seemed hesitant so I decided to help him out a little bit. I pulled my t-shirt over my head exposing my bare chest to him. His eyes immediately dropped to my hardened nipples. The last straw for him was when I rubbed my leg against his manhood making him groan and close his eyes as if he was in pain. It had been fourteen long months without him and I definitely wanted to go all the way.

When his lips latched themselves on my nipple then I knew I was in for a long night ahead.

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A few hours later I lay naked in top of an equally naked David panting and trying to catch my breath. We had showed how much we'd missed each other in so many different positions. I'd be very sore in the morning but it was going to be a very good kind of sore.

David was running his hands over my ribs and when he got to my side his fingers ran over my scar and my breath hitched. I knew what that scar was for and I hoped that he didn't notice, because I didn't want to ruin the time we were having together with my tragic story. The scar wasn't that big and it faded a little each passing day but it was still noticeable. I bit my lip nervously and crossed my fingers hoping he would not notice but of course he did.

"This wasn't here when I left. What happened?"He asked sounding concerned.

I'd never lied to David and I didn't want to start now but I was afraid of how he would react when I told him that I'd lost our baby.

"I had surgery."I blurted out vaguely.

"What for?"He asked and I didn't reply my mind running a million kilometers an hour trying to figure out the best way to explain to him.

When I was silent for too long David sat up with me cocooned into his arms. His used his fingers to tilt my chin to meet his gaze.

"Baby what's wrong? Your silence is kind of scaring me."He asked and I wrung my hands nervously wondering what to tell him.

We had been so focused on his side of the story that we hadn't talked about my stay in South Africa at all.

"Whatever it is tell me. The more you keep me waiting the more alarmed I get. What was the surgery for?"David asked with a tone of finality in his voice and I immediately knew that I had to come clean.

I took a deep breath gathering my thoughts and preparing myself to hurt us both by telling him my story. I decided to give him the summarized version so as not to drag on forever with unnecessary details.

"After we buried you I had a hard time dealing with everything so Nina asked me to join her in South Africa if I needed to get away. I refused at first but your mom and mine talked me into it. When I landed I started feeling sick but I blamed it on jet lag. Nina found me bleeding and unconscious in bed three hours later and rushed me to the hospital. It turns out that I was....." I paused for a minute and looked away to compose myself getting ready to drop the bomb on him.

David was patient with me rubbing soothing circles on my back and it gave me enough strength to finish my story.

"When I regained consciousness the doctor told me that I was pregnant. I couldn't keep it though because it was an ectopic pregnancy meaning the embryo was growing in my fallopian tube. It was going to kill me if I didn't get surgery immediately so I did . I lost you and our baby in the span of one month."I rasped out and by the time I was done I was sobbing.

David pulled me closer wrapping his arms soothingly around me. I lay my forehead against his chest and broke down as the memories hit me hard. I remembered having such a hard time those few months and now it's like I was living them all over again. David didn't say anything for a while and I got worried that he was mad at me. I guess it was hard for him too because he realized he just lost a child he never even got to meet. Neither did I but at least I had a year to deal with the loss.

I pulled away and turned to the bedside drawer. I pushed away a few items and came back with a printed ultrasound photo. I handed it to David and pointed out the little nub that was our baby. I didn't even look up to meet his eyes afraid of what I'd see reflected in them.

"I'm so sorry."I apologized burying my face in my hands.

I heard David sigh before he pulled my hands away from my face. I didn't fight him when he pulled my face to his and gave me a short sweet kiss before wiping away my tears with his thumbs.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. I should be the one saying sorry. You lost so much in such a short amount of time. It might make me sound like a jerk but I'm glad the pregnancy got terminated. Don't get me wrong I would love to be a father but only when the time is right and I get to be there every step of the way. I just don't want to imagine you raising a kid on your own or going through nine months of pregnancy without me there.I love you baby and you're the strongest person I know."He consoled kissing my forehead, then my cheeks before pressing a sweet kiss to my lips that assured me that everything was going to be okay.

"It doesn't make you sound like a jerk by the way. It makes you human and the best boyfriend ever. I wouldn't have wanted to do it without you either."I concurred tracing patterns on his chest.

"So do I have any South Africans to fight off?" David teased making me laugh.

He was trying to lighten the situation which I greatly appreciated.

"Well there is this one doctor."I drawled on trying to be dramatic.

David got a scowl on his face before he flipped us around so he was hovering over me.

"A doctor huh? Should I be worried?"He asked with smirk on his face but the threatened look in his eyes showed me that he was vulnerable.

I wrapped my hands around his neck and brought him down for a long sensual kiss that I hoped was enough to drive out any sort of doubt out of his mind.

"Never my love. You're it for me. Forever and always."

"I love you so much it hurts."He confessed reuniting our lips for another kiss.

"I love you more my sexy mountain. From the moment you hit me with that door to my dying day."I joked and David groaned resting his forehead on my bare chest.

"We have an awesome story for our kids."His voice rumbled on my body and it travelled all the way to my core making me shiver.

"Looks like someone is ready for the nth round."David teased as he stared peppering kisses over my chest.

"No please love, I'm sore."I complained but couldn't stop the moans from escaping my lips when he kissed my areola.

"Looks like your body feels different."David groaned and when he slid his hands in between my legs to my core I was done fighting him off.

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Our moms had been hovering over us ever since we got up in the morning so David and I had snuck out. They noticed me walking weird and almost rushed me to the hospital. I didn't want to tell my mom and future mother in law that the reason I was waking like a newly born calf is because David had railed me so hard I forgot my own name. The real culprit had been biting his lip and smiling the whole time watching me fumble over my words trying to find a good story. I'd made up some lame excuse about falling in the bathroom and they had fallen for it.

"Okay fine where do you want to go?"I asked David from the driver's seat.

His license had already expired so I was the one driving, not wanting to break the law on our first official day back in the city together.

"Honestly I've got no idea."He replied leaning back on his seat.

He didn't like the fact that I was driving but he had to deal with it unless he wanted us to get arrested incase we got pulled over.

I mulled over it for sometime before getting the perfect idea.

"Let's get tattoos."I exclaimed excitedly almost bouncing on my seat.

"I don't think that's such a good idea."David interjected making me frown.

"Why not?"I whined and he just chuckled at my childish behavior.

"Because you're perfect the way you are and I don't want you looking any different."He replied lamely and I resisted the urge to stick my tongue out at him.

"That's so hypocritical. You're covered in tattoos."

"You love my tattoos."

"That I do. I promise to get a really small one. Not even in a noticeable place."I bargained giving him as much of a puppy face as I could while still trying to keep my eyes on the road.

He battled with himself but I eventually won.

"Okay fine but nothing on your boobs, thighs or even arms. Those remain untouched."

"Yes sir."I yelped excitedly.

"So what are you going to get?"I asked.

"I'll know when we get there."He replied and I nodded.

Being in the car with David like that reminded me of old times. I was really happy to have him back and grateful for the fact that things hadn't changed between us. We were still compatible in the bedroom apartment, even more than before which was great. We didn't have any awkward moments between us and the conversation always flowed.

I loved David and now that I had him back I was never going to let him go ever again.

"You know it's not really considered getting away if we have George on our tail the whole time."David argued when we saw George park a few car spaces away from us when we got to the mall.

George had caught us sneaking out and threatened to tell on us if we didn't let him tag along. It was an easy choice between two meddling mom's and one brooding bodyguard.

"He's not taking chances with either of our safety anytime soon. To be honest I feel better having him follow us around. I'm still having a hard time being on the streets here after what happened."I confessed my tone lowering a few octaves due to the sadness I was feeling.

"I know what you mean Tiny. So are we getting these tattoos or what?"David asked in a cheery tone rubbing his hands together.

I knew he was just trying to lift the mood and it was worked.

"Yes we are."I replied getting out of the car. George was following us at a safe distance the whole time which I really appreciated. He was there but still not there.

David linked out hands together and we walked into the mall towards the tattoo parlor I was familiar with. The girls had gotten tattoos before and I'd been there to hold their hands but never got the courage to get one myself. Now David and I were going to try it together and I was very excited.

We didn't make any prior appointments but good for us it was a slow day so we got attended to fast. Before we got into our separate booths David gave me a lingering kiss that had my toes curling in my boots.

"Okay sweetheart what do you want?"The tattoo artist asked and I smiled.

Thankfully and a lot of insisting later firm David I'd gotten a girl to do my tattoo. She was pretty with short hair and a few too many tattoos for my liking but if they made her happy then good for her.

"Can you do a cover up? I had surgery about a year ago and I want it to be covered."I requested lifting my T-shirt to show her the straight incision on my abdomen just below my ribs.

"That I can do. Do you have an idea of what you want?" She asked me and I looked at her puzzled.

"I've got no clue. I don't want anything big and meaningless. Just enough to cover it up or blend in. Any ideas?"I asked her chuckling to myself.

It had been my suggestion to get the tattoos yet I had no idea what to get.

"Give me a few minutes to draw something . I think I have the perfect idea."She said grabbing a few items and getting to work.

"Yes please."I replied whipping out my phone to reply to my mom's messages so she would know we hadn't gotten kidnapped.

Too soon for the kidnapped jokes? I don't think so.

Half an hour later, Lily as introduced showed me what she had been working on and it was perfect. Laying back, she applied the antiseptic on me and got to work.

No one had warned me how that first sting hurt but after a while I got used to the pain or more like barely managed to get through the whole tattoo. It was a wonder how David managed to get so many yet it was so painful.

I was thanking the heavens once she got finished with both tattoos. Yeah that's right, I got two but those were the only ones I'd ever get in my whole life. I was never getting that needle in my body ever again.

David's tattoo was a little bit more detailed than mine so I hang out with Lily as I waited for him. I was excited to see what he got.

An eternity later David was finally done and he called me to see it before it got covered up.

Once I saw it I gasped my jaw falling to the floor at how beautiful it was. It was an intricate extension of his arm sleeve tattoo spreading to his pec where his had his bullet wound. It was of an tiny little baby with angle wings sleeping peacefully on one of its wings. Below was the date of my surgery. You couldn't even see his scar anymore because it had been shaped to look like a fluffy pillow the baby was lying on.

"Baby that's beautiful."I breathed out resisting the urge to touch it since it was still raw.

"Thanks Tiny, I thought it seemed appropriate."He replied.

"Mine are still awesome though."

"Are?"He asked brows furrowed.

I nodded and lifted my shirt to show him my new ink. I undid the bandage on them knowing it'd have to be done fresh but I couldn't resist showing them off.

Mine was almost similar to David's in the sense that I had two wings as my cover-up tattoo shaped to look like hands holding a sword that covered up the whole incision.

The second one was a heart beat just below my left boob ending with the name David.

"I know the heartbeat is a little cliché but I couldn't resist."

"I love it."David confessed pulling me closer to him and kissing me.

"And I love you."I replied looking into the eyes of the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

"You are my forever Tiny."He breathed rubbing our noses together.

"And you my sexy mountain are my infinity."I said kissing his luscious looking lips.

THE END!!!!!!

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That's its for our two love birds. See you in the epilogue.

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