Starting again

With a very ungentlemanly "Fucking HELL! Give me a fucking break!" Tom ripped his phone out of his pocket and threw it onto the table.It rang off, the two of them staring at it as if it were a creature from another world. Tom rubbed his face with his hands, groaning."Oh Rosie, this is so not how I wanted things to be , I only ever wanted to show you...." this time it was her who silenced him, placing a gentle hand on his and pulling them away from his face.  His eyes were red and his faced contorted in pain. All at once she knew. For sure. He loved her as much as she loved him. Her eyes filled with tears and she she started to laugh, painfully given her ribs, but laugh like she would never feel pain again.  He looked at her in total confusion,

"Oh Thomas Hiddleston you are the most foolish, silly, wonderful, handsome, brave and delightful man I have ever known!" He began to smile too as she continued " Have anything more to do with you? If you think for one moment that I'm ever letting you go again for a single moment you're madder than me!" She grinned and pulled him to her.

"I cant promise things will be simple. We have a court case to get through for starters. I cant say I will always be easy to be with. I cant promise we wont have a mountain to climb to be finally rid of David. And I definitely cant say I will ever be truly normal. But I CAN say I will spend every minute given to me showing you how much you mean to me, how much you saved me and how much I absolutely adore you."

He looked at her, his eyes shining and his smile a mile wide "oh my darling Rosie" he caught her hands in his, kissing them " are you really saying after all this you still care about me? That i still have a chance? That's all i need for now, a chance. Is that what youre saying my wonderful, amazing girl?"

She put a finger to his lips "shhhh" she said, "no. Thats not what im saying" she tried to be calm, rational while inside she wanted to scream . His face froze and she saw utter panic cross it.  For a second she looked at him, feeling a strange contentment settling over her. Then she stood, moved from her chair to his lap, and sat gently down, slipping her arms around him.

"No Tom, what im saying is ...." she kissed him, his eyes popping out his head in surprise " is I LOVE YOU , you silly man!" She blushed as she said it, realising there was no turning back now.  "And " she paused and winked, whispering an 'ouch' in the process " i need someone to buy me more roses please. I seem to have broken mine" she smiled a watery smile and so did he. She'd learnt his trick of breaking the tension.

She leant forward and kissed his him again,  ignoring the pain in her lip. This, she was sure, was the best decision she had ever made. His hands cupped her face, stroking her hair as his lips stroked hers.  They smiled at each other as they kissed and when they parted, his smile would have made the flowers grow.

Her flowers. Her Roses.