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Tara found herself waking up to gentle touches across her cheek. Her eyes flitted as she took in the lamp lit room.

Lucas.

Her eyes wide open as he lent over her. His small smile a definite improvement to the manner of his behaviour before he fell asleep.

"Hi baby" he said softly as he lent down and teased her mouth with his.

She tried to stretch but he held her close with a cheeky smirk.

"You stayed with me while I slept."

"I didn't have a choice" she teased "someone had me pinned to the bed".

Lucas mock growled while his eyes sparkled.

"I'll kill him!"

"Nah. I haven't finished with him yet."

Lucas wasn't sure he actually heard the right words.

"Uh... tell me more" he tried to keep his voice even but the slight hitch gave him away.

Tara found that after talking with Damon, well listening really as she didn't do much talking, she found a place within her that she'd never found before. She found herself.

The crazy part was that it was Lucas who helped her make her inner Tara and she hadn't realised until Damon asked blunt questions about the future.

Could she put the painful memory of first meeting Lucas behind her? Yes she could. She'd never forget any detail but the memory wouldn't take over her life.

Learning to understand Lucas over this time had its ups and downs and even moments where she truly believed that what they had at that point was all there was. It wasn't.

"Hey... earth to Mrs Porter... where are you?"

She blinked rapidly as she looked at him.

"In the future, in the past and..."

"Oh" his face dropped as he moved away.

She grabbed his arm before he could move any further.

"I love you."

He nodded and sighed.

"I know but it's not enough to forget is it? I fúcked up and it's always going to be between us."

Tara shook her head vigorously as she got up and knelt beside him.

"No. No it won't. I won't lie and say I'll ever forget it but..."

"It's ok" he sighed as he sat up and moved to get off the bed.

Tara felt like screaming as he put a foot on the floor.

"You idiot!"

He stopped and looked at her in complete surprise.

"Lucas Porter if you get off this bed then I want a divorce!"

He sat stunned for one brief moment before quickly moving back onto the bed with his legs folded.

"I thought..." he sounded as dazed as he looked. He shook his head as he tried to make sense of what had been said and the look that Tara was giving him.

Tara blew out a loud breath for what seemed like the tenth time that day.

"Lucas... I won't ever forget what happened but I won't let it ruin my life."

"What does that mean?"

"It means" she inhaled " it means that I don't want it to come between us anymore. I want it in the past where it belongs. I want to think about what may happen and not what has. I want to believe that we can do this. I want to, well, eventually, I want to try and well... you know".

She blushed bright red while light dawned over Lucas and he grinned.

"Nope... I don't know. Whatever could you mean baby?" he slid towards her.

"Lucas!" she squealed.

"What?" he asked innocently as he grabbed her hand and pulled her over his chest as he lay back. "Fúck you're gorgeous."

She blushed again and dropped her head.

"So... just so we're on the same page here. You want this marriage to become real eventually?"

She nodded into his chest.

"Soooo between now and then what exactly will we be doing?"

He sat up while holding her against his chest.

"Can I kiss you whenever I want?"

She nodded.

"Can I hold you whenever I want?

She nodded.

"Mmmmm how do you feel about me touching you?"

Her head raised up quickly and she looked at him.

"How?"

His eyes sparkled.

"How about I show you and you tell me when you start to feel uncomfortable?"

PANIC STATIONS! Oh hell! Was she really ready for this?

She shivered as Lucas' finger traced the line from her ear to her shoulder.

"Ok?" he whispered.

She nodded.

He lowered his head to trail his mouth along the same path his finger took.

She bit her lip.

"Ok?" he whispered.

She nodded and then her head fell back as his mouth sucked softly on the junction of her neck and collar bone.

She groaned and her hands went to his shoulders. She could swear he grinned.

His mouth trailed across the base of her neck and she gasped to feel the heat start to build within her.

"Ok?"

She groaned in response and whimpered as his mouth stopped and started an almost swirling motion towards her face. He lightly nibbled her chin as he passed by it and covered her mouth.

She moaned into his mouth as his tongue passed through her lips to explore hers. Her fingers that were digging into him just moments before found their way into his hair and as their bodies moved closer he groaned as his hair was tugged in her hands.

He pulled away with raspy breathing and rested his forehead on hers.

"Baby. We need to stop before this gets too much."

She was disappointed but understood. She actually surprised herself with the way she reacted to his touch.

"Are you ok?" he asked while his eyes searched hers.

"Yes" she whispered as she finally found her voice.

He grinned.

"I think we're going to enjoy this exploring baby... I know that I will and I'll make sure you do too."

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