"I love you too, Theodore."

There's a pause. A moment of breathlessness. A moment where my heart is pounding harder than his against my hand. His calmness is probably because he holds all of the power, control that will either mend or break me. As the last word comes out of my mouth, there's a split second of terror where I don't know what's happening.

Thump, thump, thump.

My heart pounds and I'm surprised he hasn't heard it yet. I'm unable to say anything else. Do anything else. All I can do is stand and appreciate the feeling of his large hands on my face. My hands grip his hips in a silent plea of mercy, begging him that this won't be the end of us. I've said my peace, I've all but shouted it from the rooftops at this stage so all I can do now is pray. The answer doesn't come through God, though it does comes through the purest, most heavenly thing that graces this earth. The feeling of Theo's lips on my own.

They start tentative, unsure and restricted as they map out mine for what feels like the first time in months. Shock settles into my brain, but adrenaline keeps my body moving as it automatically responds to Theo's. My lips move against his in a rhythm I've never become accustomed too but the joint movement shifts the kiss. Desperation paints it, coats it and destroys any fragments of restriction.

Theo's hands move from my face to rest on my neck, his thumbs brushing my jaw ad I wind my arms around his body, pulling it closer and closer and closer to my own. He'll never be close enough and the mutual feeling is displayed as Theo kisses me roughly and desperately in a whole-consuming kiss.

We walk backwards together until Theo lands on the sofa with my body landing on top of his just moments later. My legs wrap around his waist as he holds my hips between his hands, moving me closet to him. Gasps escape my mouth as we break apart, my chest heaving from the kiss. Placing one last kiss on my jaw, Theo slides his arms around my waist and buries his face into my hair.

Placing my hands on his neck, I play with the hairs at his nape as we settle down, the heat of the kiss being replaced by a tepid contentment. Our breathing evens out and Theo raises his head, his brown eyes latch onto mine and I'm momentarily stunned by him. He's beautiful. His hair messed up by the kiss leaves him looking rugged but the slightly swollen lips encompassed by the big brown eyes make him look innocent in a way that ignites something protective and possessive inside of you.

"I missed you so much." He whispers.

"You have no idea." I blow out a breath, taking one of my hands away from his neck to tuck a bit off hair behind my ear.

He catches my hand and does it himself before laying a kiss on the outside of my hand - my stomach clenches at the action. Unable to help myself, I press a quick kiss on his lips before moving back with a sheepish look on my face. Holding hands up in surrender, I motion for him to continue talking.

He grins at me and his straight, white teeth peek through. "We need to come up with a plan."

"A plan?" I ask.

"Yeah, we need to think about what we want and how we're going to get it." Theo nods, looking over my shoulder in deep thought.

"Okay and what do you want?" I ask, climbing off of his lap to sit beside him but I lay my head on his shoulder and hold onto his arm, not allowing our physical contact to end. I've gone to long without it.

"I want you." Theo says, turning his head to look at me with bashfulness written all over it.

"I want you, too." I grin.

Theo smiles back before dipping his head to kiss me again. This time, he's the one to back up with his hands held in surrender.

"I'm glad we agree. We should probably start working on getting it." I sigh.

I begin to wriggle my way out of our position when Theo's arm wraps around my midsection and pulls me back into him.

"Yes?" I questions playfully.

"That stuff is for tomorrow, lets focus on us." He shrugs and I nod in agreement.

He was right, of course. Today was for us. As laughter and love reentered my life for the first time in nearly two weeks, I felt the light of them spreading through every fiber of my being. As our bodies reconnected and hands explored, I knew that despite the frustration that had tainted our views for a while, the happiness that Theo brought me would outshine everything else.

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A warm feeling poured over my whole body. My eyelids were heavy with sleep and my limbs were even heavier after not being moved for hours. The inability to do anything caused peace to settle over me as I slowly came to terms with everything. A smile makes it way onto my face as I come back to reality, a reality that I would now face with Theo officially mine.

His breath was brushing against the back for my neck, our legs intertwined with my fingers tangled in his which lay across my waist. Opening my heavy lids, streaks of sunshine radiated across the room. The curtains kept most of the light out, but a few stray rays shone in, casting the room in a warm summer glow. The sound of the city waking up to another summery day was quiet but consistent to the point that your brain didn't even register it anymore.

Theo's scent was surrounding me and I found my myself squeezing his hand in mine as elation settled over me once again. I was still in a state of disbelief, I couldn't believe that we were back together. I wanted to be, obviously, but I didn't expect it to happen so fast.

Lips brush against the back of my neck as Theo shuffles beside me, stretching out before relaxing into his previous spooning position.

"Morning." He says, his croaky morning voice sending a shiver down me.

Apparently my shiver was visible and Theo lets out a quiet laugh before rolling onto his back and I copy his position. I turn and lean on my elbow, supporting my head in my hand as I take in the sight for him.

His shut eyelids hide his brown eyes but the sight of his ruffled hair makes up for it. His lips are relaxed, as he stretches his arms up before letting them drop to his sides again, showing off his shirtless, defined chest that always has a healthy tan to it that I'm desperately envious of.

"You done?" He asks, opening his eyes and sending me a cheeky grin, catching me in my act.

"Nope." I shrug, popping the 'p'.

He laughs before wrapping his arms around me, pulling me closer to his body. I follow with no complaints and rest my head on his chest, intertwining our fingers again.

"I missed this." He whispers, holding up our hands.

"Me too." I say back, my voice hushed.

There's no need to be quiet but in the serenity of the house, it felt right. There was no need to be loud, it was only us and by whispering. It allowed me to imagine that it was only us in the world. We would never need to get out of this bed and follow on with our hectic schedules, we could just lie and do nothing together. It would be perfect.

"I know I said some horrible things to you and I want to apologize." Theo says, putting a finger against my lips when I open my mouth to speak. "Sorry, I just really want to say this." I nod and he continues. "I was pushing you into stuff that you weren't comfortable or ready for and the guilt of that has been eating me up ever since. The fight got out of hand and I didn't get to say I'm sorry because I am. I'm sorry for everything I said."

I shake my head at his words before launching into my own speech. "You weren't pushing, you were suggesting. Also, I know I was pushing away but that's because I was scared. I was scared of what would happen and it wasn't because of you. If anything, I was scared to lose you. The fight did get out of hand and I'm sorry for going ballistic at you and for what I said. It was unfair and I should've stayed and listened instead of walking out."

"Neither of us are blameless." Theo breathes, leaning down to cup my face a lay a gentle, slow kiss on my lips. The effect if drugging.

We break apart as I whisper, "I love you."

His response is immediate and it comes with a smile. "I love you, too."

I sigh and squeeze myself closer to him. "Let's just do this all day. I do want pancakes, though."

"Okay," Theo hums, shutting his eyes.

"I was right. This is toxic. You not understanding my need for syrup is just cruel and this was a mistake. Thanks for last night though," I rant sarcastically, trying to break out of his impenetrable hold.

"See yourself out." Theo shrugs,waving his hands flamboyantly in the air whilst he keeps his eyes shut.

He peeks an eye open at me and I 'glare' at him with the best serious face I can muster. Our somber expressions break within seconds and we burst into laughter. My stomach clenches and I loose my breath before I slowly compose myself again.

We eventually make it our of bed and I set Theo to work like the loving person he knows I am. He stands at the pan and the sizzling sound of the batter fills the air within a matter of minutes. His shirtless back is a familiar sight as I walk back from going to the bathroom and I revel in the comfort I'm feeling right now. The serenity that fills the air is leaking into every atom of my being, heaving up the dead disappointment that has lain there since the fight and replacing it with a feather like happiness.

"You know, I think you've gotten better at this." I sing, eyeing the golden pancake resting in the pan.

"You think?" He smiles.

"Better of, I'm expecting great things here, Williams." I shrug, wandering off into the living room to put on a film for us to watch.

As I flick on the TV, my horror film of choice is paused on screen, left there as if he was going to come back to it. Theo walks into the room carrying two plates each with a stack of pancakes on it. He pauses in his steps when he looks at the TV and takes in my questioning look.

"My favorite?" I ask, a teasing smile plastered across my face.

A dusting of pink scatters across his cheeks as he looks up at the sky for help. Walking over to him, I take the plates and put them on the coffee table before grabbing his face in between my hands.

"You're so fucking cute." I whisper before reconnecting our lips for the millionth time this morning as I try to show my love for him through my movements.

We slowly untangle ourselves from each other and sit down to have pancakes. Annoyingly, they do seem to be better, but that could just be because I haven't had them for a while. We eat them quickly before pushing our empty plates to the side and bringing out a laptop between us.

"So you know what you want to write in this statement?"Theo asks, referring to the statement that we've decided to put out which will confirm our relationship. "It needs to be really good to convince the world that this is real and not just a scam for the show."

I place a hand on my forehead, groaning as I shut my eyes. "There's a reason I act and don't write the script. I cannot write."

"You have to be better than me." Theo sighs, pushing the laptop towards me.

"Oh yeah?" I ask, taking the laptop and placing it in my lap. "Okay, I'll write what I think."

Opening up a blank document, I type what I would like to say, but reality holds me back from publishing it.

Dear nosy paparazzi and dedicated fans,

You were right. We loose. We suck at trying to hide a relationship. And at accents, but that's for another time.

Theo and I are dating and I love him very much. Please avert your eyes when I make-out with him on the next red carpet.

Thank you sooooo much,

A very lucky Alex xxx

Handing over the laptop with a defiant smirk on my face, Theo's face slowly morphs from one with serious consideration painted onto it to one that looks bemused as his eyes trace over the words again and again.

"I agree with everything you said," Theo begins, scratching his chin. "Apart from the accent thing."

A laugh erupts from me, causing me too whack his arm with my hand, holding my stomach with my other. Shaking my head in disagreement, I take the laptop again and look at him with a serious, composed face. The facade crumbles as soon as Theo's eyes land on mine again as he raises an eyebrow in amusement.

Slowly getting myself back together, I look up at the sky to fully calm myself own before looking at Theo who has a frown on his face. Confused and slightly worried, I reach over and take his warm hand into mine, intertwining our fingers in a hold that radiates the feeling of safety into my body. Tilting my head to the side, I squeeze his hand to motion for him to start talking.

"I'm just," He coughs. "Trying to see a way to do this and it's impossible. I know we said that we want to do it ourselves instead of our publicists but we just sent out a statement denying the whole article with lists of how it's not true and here we are saying actually, it is true."

"Things have changed. We've changed." I murmur, guilt settling into my stomach as I think about all the times I've pushed him away. Ironically as these fears become a reality, I feel calm and excited about the possibilities whilst Theo is stressing about the what ifs.

"I know that. Everyone around us knows that. But the whole world? They have no clue, we're going to have to prove it." Theo nods.

"I agree. Instead of a statement, why don't we go on an interview? We can set up questions and it can be very controlled but this way we can show our true emotions instead of just a bit of writing on a page." I suggest.

Theo smiles, his eyes sparking back up with an ambition I'll forever be proud of. Standing up, Theo follows my lead as we embrace in the middle of his living room. Burying his face into my neck, his breath is hot as he murmurs, "I love you."

I squeeze my arms around him, happiness splattering across the tense atmosphere. "I love you, too."

Standing there in the middle of the living room, our new beginning suddenly felt like it was brimming with possibilities. But we postponed it all for tonight to celebrate our re-ignited love that was glowing inside of us with a shimmer brighter than ever before.

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Author's Note:

How we should all be dancing right now because they are BACK TOGETHER!!!

Finally, man, I missed writing cute chapters! Which is why I primarily focused on Theo and Alex together for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it, please let me know what you thought!

Also, I think I watched the gif above like ten times because it is so cute!! Better at dancing than me already tbh...

Anyway....moving on :) As usual the next chapter is up right now for FREE on Inkitt! All you have to do is click the link in my bio and you'll find chapter twenty eight!

Just saying... chapter twenty eight is when Alex and Theo go to see Doug about their relationship. It's a big one!

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Much love,

Jade x