fake it till you make it??//the letter

“That was a long day, shall we go to my place and drink?” Tom offered
“I’m sorry but no, I have work to do”
“Ok so come to my place and do the work there…so we’re going to my place right?” Tom asked, Emma rolled her eyes and said “OK I’ll come”
Emma finished her work and Tom had cooked the best pasta Emma ever eaten.

a few minutes later tom’s mom called
“Emma my mom calls, I’ll be back in a minute” tom said
Tom came back And told her that his brother propose marriage
“Congratulations!” Emma said
“So…Emma I know it’s a little weird but I think you should come with me to my brother’s wedding” Tom said

“I would love to” Emma said “as friends right?”

“Emma I want you to come as myfakedate”
“What??” Emma asked because Tom said that part so fast she thought she might’ve heard him wrong
“I want you to fake a relationship with me…please Emma it’s only be for a week and we will be back as always”
“Ok, But we need some rules” Emma said and Tom agree
“I want to separate rooms”
“no deal if we’re doing this you have to sleep with me” Tom said
“What I’m not pimping myself out to you” Emma replied
“not like that” Tom laugh
“ok we’ll sleep in the same room but I want a dress” Emma said
“Done”

Emma took A paper and a pen and wrote “rules for fake dating my best friend Tom Rogers”
1. Tom have to buy me a dress
2.Tom have to tell me how pretty I am (even when he think I look like a cave troll)
3. Tom will sleep on the floor of the hotel room even though he is the one who pay for this room
4. I promise not to complain about romance the entire time

“I think we’re done” Emma said
“Yeah” Tom replied

“God why do women have to have so many clothing stores” don’t grumbled besides Emma as the two of them walked into Barneys
“you know for someone or asking for a favor here you know how to complain about it” Emma returned
“Well I was expected you to walk into the first store and pick something, not to walk to 50 stores and still not find anything”
“ do you want me look like a cave troll like Rapunzel”
“I mean I prefer Cinderella but if Rapunzel is the best you can do I’ll take it”
Emma and Tom enter enter Barneys
10 minutes later Tom sat on one of the chairs in front of the changing room
Emma got into the changing room with five options of dresses, what about that? Emma walk out of the dressing room wearing a short pink dress

“too pink” Tom waved her off. five minutes later Emma wore the last dress she took a simple navy blue dress with a slit, Emma came out from the changing room
“now that’s a fucking dress” Tom said “finally last cave troll more Cinderella” Tom joked So you like her? Tom asked , Emma nodded with a smile
A few minutes later Emma stood at the checkout counter with the dress and bought her with tom’s card

“Emma you need to arrange a suitcase we’re going to the hotel in three days and the wedding is in a week”
Three days later they drive to the hotel
“We have a dinner tonight with my family, so a quick update on all comes to dinner” Tom said
“Tell me”
“Obviously my parents and Robert, Sam, Rudy, Clint oh and Michelle myexgirlfriend”-Tom said that part so fast Emma thought she might have Heard him wrong

“I’m sorry what??” Emma asked
Tom signed “ my umm…ex is going to be there, she is Emilia’s best friend”
“Oh god that should be fun, so… do I have to worry about it? Emma asked

“Nah,she probably won’t talk to me or you for that matter, just ignore her I guess” Emma nodded

For the next couple hours the two of them conversed about his family and rehearsed their whole story on how they met, what stage of their relationship they in and went through all the details
“Are you ready?” Tom asked when they arrived
“Yeah,let’s go” The two of them walk out in silence down the stairs and towards the dinner area where his family were hosting the dinner
Ready? Tom asked softly Emma nodd

Emma sat beside Tom listening to his mother fuss over how he never visit them and how she wishes he would visit more, how is she can’t wait to see him getting married one day which caused all the eyes in the table to turn toward Emma.
“So how did you two met?” His brother asked
“We met in college” Tom answered
“Tell me more” his mother said
“it was our first day of college Emerson next to me not even 10 minutes into the class she is passed out leaning on me and snoring like a cricket” this eared the laugh of everyone around the table who were now listening to Tom tell the stupid story.
“firstly I was not snoring”

“You were and it was the cutest thing I had ever seen” Tom pull her closer and kiss her cheek,

Everyone kept eating and after the end of the evening they went to their room.

Tom grab the pillow off the other side of the bed and the spear blanket and move to lay on the floor, Emma felt bad for letting Tom sleep on the floor but then she remembered it was one of the rules
“I don’t care about this rule get in the bed” Emma said
Tom smile and got into bed
“good night Tom”

“good night pretty girl”

next morning
“should we get room service? I’m too lazy to go down and get breakfast” Tom asked
“yeah sounds good”
10 minutes later what is a knock at the door, Emma opened the door assuming it was the room service, but it was Tom’s mom
“Hi…mrs Weasley”
“good morning Emma, and you can call me Nicole” she said “I was just checking up…” she was interrupted by Tom who was walked up to the door talking loudly “what taking so long I’m starving…oh…am hi mom”
“Oh I’m sorry I didn’t know the two of you were ordering room service this morning” Mrs. Weasley said, her eyes moving from Tom’s half naked body to Emma

“We’ll see you later?” Emma asked
Mrs. Weasley nodded and was about to walk away when Tom suddenly slipped his arms around Emma’s waist and placed his lips on hers’ after they broke the kiss Emma didn’t know what to say so she stayed quiet and tought about that kiss.

20 minutes later the silence between the two of them was broke when there was a knock on the door, it was the room service, Tom stood up to go and get the food.

after a few minutes he doesn’t came back and eventually Emma got up and left the room to find him, when she walked into the rest of the suit she find Tom setting the breakfast table for the two of them,Tom bought all of Emma’s favorite food.
“I was just about to call you” Tom said when he saw Emma looking at him in shock
“what All this?” Emma asked

“I don’t know I just wanted To have a breakfast alone with you” Tom answered
So that morning the two of them sat together, eating Emma’s favorite breakfast, laughing and enjoying each other’s company. but it was different, it wasn’t like before the kiss, that kiss change something for both of them. it’s played on Emma’s mind even while she laughed at Tom stupid dad jokes.

“Tom can we stay and do just do nothing today?” Emma asked
“Yeah but my mom booked a spa treatment for this evening”
“for me?”
“For you Emilia, Michelle my ex and herself, you don’t have to go if you don’t want to, I can tell my mom that we’re going out”
“thank you but I think I’ll go”
the evening came fast, Michelle came to our room and asked if we can go to the spa together I agree and we left the hotel,
they sat in the spa and heard Nicole (Tom’s mom) speaking for an hour.

Michelle came and start talking to Emma “I hope it not awkward” she said with a small laugh
“not at all” Emma answered

“it’s Nice to see you to end up together I always did think there was something going on between the two of you”

“what??really?”
“it was very obvious he was into you and you were into him, made my decision to break up easier”
“Sorry for asking but why the two of you break up?”
“because we were toxic together”
“Wow, I had no idea”
They continue talking about college work and more..

A day later after dinner Emma found a quiet spot to sit by herself near the water and took a sit, she thought about the kiss, It wasn’t that long but the memory would last forever she still thought about that kiss her hand on Tom’s face was like an ice on the flame and for a moment all stop, when she felt his lips on hers. she wanted that feeling again, she think she in love with him.
“Earth to Emma” Tom said “the wedding is tomorrow we need to go to our room and sleep a little we have a long day tomorrow”
“ok Im just going to say goodnight to Sam”

“you ok kiddo?” Sam asked
“yeah, just tired”
“what? fake dating makes you tired?” Emma looked at Sam in shock “What?? We’re not fake anything” “relax, I know the two of you

long enough, you really thought I wouldn’t notice?”

“ok just be quiet” Emma said “Tom waiting for me in the room good night Sam”
“good night Emma”

Emma was on her way towards her’s Sheard suite with Tom, she came in the elevator but just as she steps off the elevator she saw Tom stood in the doorway of the suite, arms on either side of the frame, leaning down and kissing Michelle.
Tom saw Emma watching them and broke the kiss, Emma felt like her heart had fallen out of her body and suddenly she couldn’t breathe.
Emma saw Tom about to say something so she turned right around and got back onto the elevator Tom saw Emma watching them and broke the kiss, Emma felt like her heart had fallen out of her body and suddenly she couldn’t breathe.

Emma saw Tom about to say something so she turned right around and got back onto the elevator
“Emma wait!” Tom said and run to the elevator but the door closed.
It was 5am when Emma woke up. She slept in Sam’s room. He gave her his bed and he slept on the couch.
last night Sam found her in the hallway alone and crying like an idiot and he immediately took Emma to his room without even asking what happened.

it was as he already knew, he let her sleep in one of his T-shirts and said she could stay as long as she wanted.

sighing tiredly she slipped out of the bed and change into her dress from last night, she wrote a note for Sam and left back to her suite.
taking a deep breath she swiped her keycard at the door and push it open, she was surprise to see Tom already awake, It was sitting on the couch play on his phone. “Hey” Tom said softly
“Hey” Emma muttered in return, walking past him towards the bedroom“Are you okay?”
“Yeah”
“where’d you slept?Sam’s?” Tom asked
“I was on my way to Clint’s room but Sam saw me on my way, is that a problem?”

“no I just a assumed because of last night, you two…disappear together”

“is that why is this is about because I disappeared with him”
“what?no, I don’t care who you sleep with”
“sleep with him? Are you an actual moron? Why would I sleep with him? I am here as your date!!” Emma yelled
“I just mean that-”
“no, just don’t. you sleep with someone else Tom not me!” Emma yelled while tears go down
“Cricket-“

“ugh Tom just shut up” Emma said

“I’m sorry” Tom said,

“you have nothing to be sorry for, we’re not in a relationship,Tom.”

“I know good night pretty girl”

Next morning
Tom is sitting at the breakfast table where is family, but his mind is elsewhere.
“Where’s your lady?” Emilia asked “Tom??”
“Sorry what?”
“Everything OK darling?” His mom asked “with Emma?”
“yeah she’s just tired and wanted to sleep” Tom lied
“and it has nothing to do with the fact that you left with Michelle last night?”, “I think I fucked up” Tom answered, “well then go fix it” Emilia said and smiled at Tom “I don’t think I can, or at least she won’t listen to me right now”

“Tom, darling, if there is one thing I know it’s a woman who’s in love and that girl is head over heels in love with you, believe me she will listen to you if you tried a little harder”

Tom froze, his heart jumped in his chest when his Mother say that Emma were in love with him. But then he thought about it and figure out Emma couldn’t be in love with him because she were with Sam last night, that was the only reason he was with Michelle. Emma liked Sam and sam likes her, he isn’t an option for her and never was.
“I should go take her breakfast” Tom said while he got up from his seat, before he leaves his mother catch his arm “Tom, just talk to her”, “ok” he nodded and left

When Tom returned to the room he found Emma already awake sitting on the balcony reading a book in the morning sun,“Hey” Steve said clearing his throat SE stepped onto the balcony
“Oh hey” Emma replied looking up at Tom for a moment before she continue reading her’s book

“can we talk for a second?”, “sure” she signed and closed her book
“I’m sorry” Tom said quietly “I never wanted to make you feel…you know” , “again you have nothing to apologize for, I am not your girlfriend and the reason I left was that I didn’t want to cook block you you have a history with Michelle and I get it” Emma said, she wanted to tell him how much it hurts her but she decided against it.
“ I never slept with her” Tom said quietly
“whatever, I don’t care what you did with her” Emma yelled
“you know the kiss, it meant something to me”
“Well, clearly not, otherwise you wouldn’t have broken it” Emma snapped sounding a lot more upset than she had intended, she immediately took a breath stood up and walked back into the suite, tom sighed but gets up to follow her inside as well.

“are you going to be mad at me for the rest of the trip?” Tom asked, “no, I’m not mad at you at all stop thinking I am” Emma replied.After a few hours Emma and Tom went to the hotel pool, hour and a half later Tom’s mom get down and saw the two of them
“what are you doing here the wedding in an hour!” Mrs Weasley said “what???” Emma and Tom said in the same time
“The wedding in an hour” she said again, Tom and Emma got out and went to their suite

“we should get showered” Emma said “we have an hour till the wedding”
“Oooohh, Together?” Tom said excitedly
“No, Tom.!”

“Ah man, that’s no fun” Emma laugh and walked into the bathroom, Tom wanted to say something but he had no idea where to start, he knew he was in love with Emma but didn’t want to hurt her again so he stayed quiet.

After they both finished getting organized they left the suite

“you look amazing” Tom said
“you don’t look half bad yourself” Tom smiled at her

“I have something for you”, Tom said stepping away from Emma, he turned around and walked over to his bag , Emma’s heart was suddenly racing as she watching Tom open the box and reveal the prettiest necklace she had ever seen.

“Tom it’s-” “perfect” he finished Emma’s sentence
“Tom it’s too much, I can’t take it”
“Please just shut up and say thank you” Tom chuckle,
“I love it, thank you” Emma said
“you look perfect” Tom said softly
“Thank you, we need to go we’ll be late” Emma said

The two of them left the room and went to the wedding, after 10 minutes the two of them arrived, Emma took a seat in front row beside Tom’s mom who forced her to sit beside her, Emma couldn’t take her eyes off of Tom who was standing to the left of Robert,

his eyes were on the happy couple who were just about to recite their vows and I do’s, when the minister called them ,man and wife, toms eyes met Emma’s and Tom smile at her, given her a wink. Now, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

“you look beautiful” Sam said “thanks, you don’t look too bad, yourself.” Emma complimented him
“hey you” Tom said softly leaning down to kiss Emma on her cheek
“you look amazing” Mrs. Weasley said (Tom’s mom) “I love that necklace”.
“oh thank you, Tom got it to me today”. Emma replied
His mother look at him for a moment, a wry smile appearing on her face, there seemed to be a look exchange between the two of them but Emma had no idea what was going on so she ignored it and struck up a different conversation.

“so you gave her the necklace? his mom asked Tom quietly as they walked a few feet behind Emma and Sam, just out of earshot.
“I did” he nodded
“does she know about it?”
“no, I haven’t told her yet”
“are you happy darling?”
“I am….”
“then I happy for you and for her” his mother smiled at him given year and a little squeeze, “she’d be proud of you and how far you come”
“thanks mom I wouldn’t be where I am today without you” Tom watching his mom walk off, his eyes moved from her, to Emma.
“want to drink?” Tom asked softly, his hand still holding Emma’s.
“sure” Tom leaves the table disappears into the crowd.

Steve returned to the table with drinks for the two of them just as the first course of food was being served,
“Sorry, got caught up with some of the guests” Tom said and smiled
“It’s fine” Emma said and smiled back

“do you want to dance” Tom asked softly, Emma nodded. Tom took Emma‘s hand and guided her towards the dance floor, he spun her around the moment she touch the dance floor. Tom‘s arm around Emmas waist and the other holding her hand. the two of them dance along to a slow song, Emma moved her hand from Tom’s shoulder and curved it around the back of Tom’s neck.
Tom pulled back and looked down at Emma, his face was just centimeters from hers,

“Tom”

“Yeah”

“What are you doing?”
“Running with that”
Suddenly his lips were on hers, fervently kissing her and she let him. this wasn’t part of the facade anymore, this was real and it felt electric.
Tom’s lips left Emma’s “did I tell you how beautiful you look tonight?” Tom asked quietly
“No, you didn’t but thank you” Emma replied, and there it is again that electric between the two of them that tangible feeling that flows over her when she looked at him. Tom leaned A little closer bringing his hand up to Emma’s neck, his blue eyes sparking bareath the moonlight, Tom leaned down and kiss her again.when he breaks the kiss for air Tom nudge

his nose against Emma’s and Emma opened her eyes to find Tom’s Blue eyes staring at her,

Emma leaned close to Tom, her mouth right at the base of his ear and he felt her breath tickle him.

“take me by The hand while we do what lovers do” Emma whispered
“if you say so, let’s go to our room” Tom said and Emma nodded

(we both know what happened next…)

Next morning
“we need to talk” Tom said
“something happened?” Emma asked
Tom looked up at Emma, the look in his eyes gives her the answer she didn’t want to ear. it’s already there writing in his face. regret, remorse, and guilt.

“Cricket…I” he said quietly “ this wasn’t supposed to happened”.

“what is that supposed to mean?” Emma asked while her voice Breaking slightly when she turned look at him,
“I…we…us…this just not…it won’t work”

And there it was the only thing Emma hope she never had to hear him say, the only thing that’s been playing on her mind at the moment she understood she had feelings for him. she was thinking maybe, just maybe, Tom was different, that for her he could be different. but he wasn’t him this words brings the tears spilling onto her cheeks, tears she shouldn’t have even been crying because her mind was screaming ‘I told you’ at that moment.

Tom look it up at her, “fuck” he muttered when he saw her tears “I’m so sorry, I don’t deserve you.you are better, you deserve better”

Emma said nothing but wiped her tears with the sleeve of his shirt that she still wore.“I wish I could take it back” Tom sign,he needed her to say something

but every time he spoke he made it worse
“please…just say something” he said
Emma look up at him and said “what is there a left to say? you said it all. it was a mistake and we won’t work”
“that not what I mea-“
“Just tell me one thing, what changed between now and where you were fucking me?”
Don’t good see he heard her and he hated himself for it “cricket…”
“you know what?” Emma started talking “Forget it, we’re done here, the wedding is over we don’t have to pretend to love each other anymore”

“don’t say that, please just, fuck, i knew it would happened.” Emma ignore him and started moving about the room and began to pack your stuff.

“just… wait please” Tom said trying to grab a hold of her hand but she moved it
“Emma” he says again reaching for her, his hand touch her arm and she stop her packing for a moment to look at him, “we just friends” she said coldly “ go be with your family” then she pull her arm out of his reach. and suddenly the weigh of the necklace he given her was too much, “here I don’t want that” Emma said handing it to him,
“it was a gift please keep it”
“no” was all she said before she tossed it onto the bed and walked to the bathroom. the second the door closes and she turn the lock she felt against the bathroom door, a quiet sob

escaping her lips, her legs buckled and she sank to the floor, hands covering her face, she sobbed, quiet heart broken sobs. Tom raises his hand for a moment to knock and then let it fall,

nothing he could saay right now is going to help. actually, he knows what to say what he needed to say, but he can’t bring himself to say it.
It breaks Tom’s heart when he hears Emma’s quiet sobs from the other side of the door, it break his heart that he is causing her this pain, but he knows she deserves better than him.
“ you’re fucking idiot, Rogers” he said quietly to himself. Tom hears Emma’s sniffles and wants to break down that door,

take her into his arms and repeatedly tell her how sorry he is and how much he loves her and he will give her the galaxies if he has to, but he can’t.

Tom sighed and turned away from the bathroom door he pulled on his pants from earlier and a shirt, he needed air, and a drink. he pulled on shoes from earlier and walk out of the suite, leaving Emma alone.
it was almost sunrise when Tom drunkenly stumbled though the suite, dropping things off the table and knocking glasses over. The sound of something breaking woke Emma, she saw Tom was absolutely boozed out of his mind,

he looked around for a moment slowly taking off his shirt but he was struggling, Emma signed deeply and got up making her away towards him.

“Let me help you” she murmured moving his hands away from the buttons, Tom doesn’t say anything he drunkenly sways a little and then nods,Tom stands there waiting for her to unbutton his shirt for him, Emma slowly took it off and offered him a hand to help him into the bed.
as he toppled onto the bed his face planting into the pillows, Emma heard him sigh.
“I’m sorry…” Tom mumbled “I just love you so much”.
“Goodnight, Tom” was all she said
“Goodnight, pretty girl” he muttered

Later that morning Emma already showered,dressed and eaten breakfast when Tom woke up.

“Oh, I didn’t think you’d still-“
“What? That I’d still be here I can leave if you want” Emma said “you know what” “no, but I bet you’re gonna tell me”

“i am going to find my own way home, thank your family for me but I am done here.” Emma said

“don’t be ridiculous just come with me back to the city”
“I’d rather die then sit in a car with you for three hours”
“oh god are you going to be a pain in the ass now, is this how it’s going to be?”
“Yes.”
Tom wants to go after her, and tell her not to leave, he wanted to say he was sorry for begin a jerk last night and this morning, but he is stubborn.
a few minutes later Sam came into their room, he coming back with us’ or rather eith Tom.

“Where’s Emma?” Sam asked
“Gone” tom answered
“Why is she gone? What did you do?”

“nothing of your concern”

“ what did you do?”

“why do you need to know? it doesn’t concern you!”

“But it does, she’s my friend too”
“I…we slept together last nigh-“
“don’t even fucking finish that sentence” Sam said “let me guess, you slept with her and all the love shit that was going through your brain before you fucked her suddenly when vanished after and then boom, old Tom back and you told her that it wasn’t going to work between you two”
“that’s not… Ah fuck, I don’t need this from you” Tom said unable to finish his thought. Sam was right, every word he

said was accurate to the last detail and guilt ripped through Tom.
“ you are fucking moron, Rogers.” Tom muttered to himself

Later that day Tom’s mom called him, she wanted to know why he left so early, Tom explained her everything, she was disappointed but she understood him for some reason.

in all the years of begin raised by Nicole Weasley, Tom had never heard her openly curse at anyone or anything until that moment.
“Tom Rogers, you absolute fucking fool. You are going to lose that woman and regret it for the rest of your life if you don’t get your life together and go after her!”
Week one
Emma’s week was terrible, she didn’t sleep well and always thought about Tom and those three word “it wouldn’t work”.

week two
Tom was in a horrid mood. It had been 14 days since he had last spoken to her and he felt like it was losing his mind.

Tom sat with his phone in his hand and stare at her name in his message inbox, he thought of something to say to her.

Hi? no it’s too impersonal
I miss you? No that felt fake even if he did miss her

I’m sorry? That wouldn’t even begin to cover it.
Finally, he decided to call her, with a shaky breath he holds the phone to his ear and wait. Each passing second as it rings it torture for him until the dial tone cuts off, Emma didn’t pick up and Tom’s heart lurches

week six
Tom had called her once again after the first time, and still not gotten a response from Emma so he gave up. Michelle came to

see Tom, she heard from Sam what happened and wanted to help, no she wanted Tom back and that was her only reason to go and be with him.

As they got into his apartment Tom was sad, he saw the note Emma had stuck on the fridge for him. ‘You’re so stupid, but you’re my favorite stupid <3’

“Oh Tom” Michelle said when she saw a tear coming out of his

eye “you’re in love with her”, “You gave her the necklace tom, why didn’t you told her?” Michelle pressed on
“She gave it back” he finally responds.
“But did you tell her about it? What it means to you?”

“No”
“You are fucking moron Rogers, she loves you too, she is in love with you, and the moment I met her I knew that she was in love with you. I can only imagine how she feels right now because you were so careless with her heart!”

Tom stayed quiet for a moment

“I messed up, and I messed up badly but I love her. I’m going

to take my girl back!, thank you Michelle”
“Yeah yeah now go get your girl back”

Week seven
Emma were sitting at her desk at work when flowers arrived, it was totally unaccepted at first she thought it’s for her boss or something, but then the delivery boy asked for her by name and placed the massive bouquet of red roses on her desk with a smile.

Emma pulled out the card, her heart jumped in her chest when

she saw who it’s from. ‘you deserve the whole world, I’m sorry-Tom’
Later that day Emma started packing her stuff for the day,

it’s late and she done her work for that day. when she got home she saw him. she saw Tom, standing at her door.

“Hi” Tom said
“Tom….”
“I…we-“ he hesitated, “How are you?”

“I am good” Emma said, she saw the answer hurt Tom.

“you can come inside, Tom”
“I owe you an apology”. Tom said and break the silence.
“Yes, you really do” Emma replied
“I’m sorry…that doesn’t even begin to cover anything but-“
“but nothing you hurt me, you of all people hurt me worse than anyone has ever hurt me”

Tom sighed and said “I am an asshole and you don’t deserve that” “Yeah, you keep saying that, and you’re not getting an argument from me ,so now what?”

“I…I am so sorry, Cricket” he said softly,

“I never meant to hurt you, I was stupid and reckless with your heart and I wish I could take it all back, you’re so special to me”. Emma shook her head at him, she definitely weren’t forgiven him so easily, “do better.”

“I’ll make it up to you I swear.” Emma just shook her head again
“I get it I wouldn’t forgive me either, but please know I really am sorry, and I wish I had just sacked up earlier and spoken to you. I know I left it for so long-“
“seven weeks.”
“yeah seven weeks and I feel like a fucking fool because I have lost the best person in my life, I just need you to know that i

can’t live without you, you are my favorite person in the world”
“Yet you lived without me for seven weeks, without so much as a word or even a Call”

“I know Emma, I-“
“No Tom, you broke my heart.”
“and I am so sorry, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make that up to you if I have to. I don’t expect you to ever forgive me but please think about it”
Everything he is saying is slowly breaking her resolve, she wants to scream at him, and throw things at him for hurting her but, as he sits in front of her with those sad eyes of his, and his pretty words of apology, she just want to throw her self into his arms and say it was okay. But it wasn’t okay, he had to do better. “Is that it?”
“Uhhh, yes?” Tom was clearly expecting a different reaction
“good come back when you can do better”

Emma said and then stood up and walk head back to the end trends of her apartment, holding the door open for him to leave, Tom stop for a moment and pull out a letter he’d carrying with him earlier out of his pocket and set it on the coffee table before he walk over to where Emma stood and left.
“I guess I’ll see you around” he said softly. God. he was like a sad puppy and Emma just wanted to hug him”
“I guess.” Was all she said before she close the door in his face.
Emma we’re trying to prove a point to him, he hurt her and he hurt her badly. it was one thing for him to say he was sorry but she needed him to show her that he was sorry.

Emma sat on the sofa when the white envelope that’s set on the coffee table catching her eyes. She got up quickly, almost jumping over the coffee table. she grabbed it up and look down

at it in her hands it’s looked old and a little weathered and

suddenly felt white hot when she held it. Slowly she unfold the first paper and looked at the writing on it,her heart jumping with each passing second as she read through it.

‘to my best girl
It’s been 40 days since I met you. 40 days and you already makes my head spin, you’re so fucking beautiful, I adore every second begin around you, you make my heart flip around every time you smile at me. It only took me 40 days to fall in love with you.
You’re are fucking perfect
Tom’

Emma swallowed tickly as she looked at the date on the page, it was the dated the year the two of them met.

Tom had written this when he first met her and never gave it to her but had kept it all this time, she unfold the next one, her heart hammering harder as she read through it.

‘Pretty girl’
‘It’s your birthday and you’re sad because your mother in the hospital, I wish I could take away the pain and sadness you’re feeling and carry whatever hurts you so that you could always be happy because that is all I want for you. to see you happy is the greatest joy in my life, I know things are shitty right now, but I promise you I will always be there for you good and bad, I got you, sweetheart. you have changed my life so much since I met you, and I cannot thank you enough for it. I adore you.
Tom’

There was suddenly a tear falling onto the letter she held as she remembered the day her mother passed away in the hospital.

Tom was there for her he was there from the moment it happened and didn’t let her go until a week later when the funeral was over and she finally feels like she could breathe again. he has stood true to every word he wrote in the letter, Tom really did have her.
Emma took a deep breath and unfolded the next one.

‘Love of my life,
You don’t know this yet but you are the love of my life, everything I have, and everything that I am, is yours. I am trying to find the courage to tell you how much I love you and adore you, but it never feels like the right time. I feel like I am disappointed you sometimes, and I want to be the best version of myself for you so I am vowing after Robert’s wedding I will tell you, I will shouted from the rooftops if I have to, I want the whole world to know how much I adore, cricket.

Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours.
Tom’

This was 10 years of love letters from Tom Rogers, it was a letter for every bad day, good day and in between day. Tom had kept this secret for so long, he loved her from the moment he met her and never said anything. she thought about all the chances he could have told her he loved her and didn’t, and all the times he helped her through heartbreak and watched her love another man.
“Oh, Tom you idiot” Emma whispered as she pulled out the final letter it was dated today.

‘sweetheart,
I’m so sorry, I fucked up so badly. I am sitting here thinking of all the ways I can make it up to you and keep coming back to throwing myself at your feet and begging you for forgiveness.

these past few weeks have been the worst of my entire life, I can’t live without you cricket. you make the bad days good, and the good days better.
I did shitty thing, I thought you deserves better than me, in fact you will always deserve more than me. you deserve the sun and the moon, the whole universe and I want nothing more than to give it to you. you are my soulmate, the love of my life, and the only thing I need in this crappy word.
I will love you till the end of the line, and even then I will find a way to love you again.
I don’t deserve your forgiveness but I hope this can be a small start to it, because cricket there is no one in the world like you and no one on this blue planet for me, but you.
I love you always and forever.
T’

Emma started crying and she didn’t even realize she were

crying until she felt the page beneath her hand was damp and the ink was beginning to blot on the pages from her tears. this was the most beautiful thing Tom could have ever done for her and it left her both heartbroken and more in love with him than she could have ever been.
Emma decided to go look for Tom before it was too late for either of you. But just as she flung open the front door, she find Tom standing there.
“pretty girl-“ he started to say but Emma didn’t let him finish, she threw herself into his arms and her lips crushing against his and immediately he wrapped his arms around her waist, lifting her into his arms.
Emma broke the kiss “you fucking idiot!” As tears spilling onto her cheeks,“I know, I know” he replied “I’m sorry, I love you, I love you.”

A few months later
Is the snook on the door draws Emma’s attention, she looked up to see Tom open the door to the suite and walk in, he wore a black tuxedo and in his hand he held a silk black bowtie and she already know why he was there
“is it bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding?” Emma asked rising to her feet with a smile, immediately stepping into his outstretched arms.
“No that’s a stupid rule” he replied kissing her the moment his arms wrapped around her, “besides I have something for you”, he pulled out the necklace. “oh my god, you kept it” he nodded, he motioned for her to turn around so that he could put it on her, and she did so.

“of course I kept it, this necklace meant a little more than I might have let on”

he said softly as he placed it over her neck and shut the clasp.

“What do you mean?” she asked confused
“this was my mother‘s before she died, the real one and I inherited it to give it to my wife, so yeah, I knew you were going to be my wife even then” Emma didn’t know what to say so instead she turned around and kissed him deeply.
“Are you ready?” Tom asked softly when he broke the kiss
“I have been for a while”
“okay let’s go make you Mrs. Rogers then” Tom slipped his hand into Emma’s, both of them smiling like fools in love with each other.

And they lived happily life and were in love until their last day