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“Have you ever been, Madame?” he asked in a heavy French accent

“No This isto the Eiffel Tower alone, are you?”

“I’ood” He smiled

As the driver drove down the street, I could see the Eiffel Tower in the distance The cab stopped as close as he could After paying hiot out of the cab and walked the rest of the way until I was standing in front of the one thing I’ve always drea

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

My heart leaped into my throat at the sound of his voice As I slowly turned around in disbelief that it was actually hiasped and my eyes filled with tears as he stood there a few feet away from me with his hands in his coat pocket

“Ian, what are you doing here?”

He never took his eyes off ood to see you, Rory I’ve missed you so much,” he said as he cupped my face in his hands

“How—”

“Shh” He smiled “Just let ,” he whispered as he leaned in and brushed his lips againstht I left flooded my mind I pulled away

“No! I won’t let you do this to er

“Rory, please listen tosomeone here In fact, he should be here any second,” I said nervously as I looked around for Andre

“That’s what I’ He set this up for me; for us”

My head was in a ball of confusion and I didn’t understand as going on My heart was racing at the speed of light and I felt like I was losingabout?”

“I can see you’re really upset Please cal Please, Rory I traveled a long way to see you”

Taking in a deep breath, I stood there and stared at hi with me to hear him out I started to calm down and nodded my head “Go ahead and tell me why you’re here”

“I miss you, and it’s been really hard for me since you left You’re on ht, and I can’t get you out ofI see, reminds me of you I hate it that you’re not at home with me Since the day you left, I’ve slept in your bed because it smells like you, and Iwe shared”

The tears that had filled my eyes started to pour downthese things to get o back to the way it used to be? “There is no us,” I whispered

“Please, don’t turn away froive it all up for you The co I’ll walk away froht The way I am does have to do with my mother I can admit that now because I refuse to lose you I’m just so scared that you’ll leave me like she did I was afraid to love because I sahat it did, not only to me when she left, but what it did to my dad I kno that I can’t live that way anymore I want us to share a hoo on dates with you, and travel with you I want to scream to the world that you’reI turned around and he was standing there with tears falling down his face I ran to him, jumped in his arms, and kissed him like I never had before