For a moment they were confused as to what to do next, Pat wondered should he stay here for the night or leave.

Emily broke the awkward silence between them, "Can you stay here for tonight?" She hesitated in asking him but she didn't want to lose this opportunity and it was a good moment to fix things between them.

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"Sure" he joined her in bed and they snuggled together draping a comforter over them.

Emily and Patrick lied facing each other and she used his arm as her pillow.

They both just stared at each other in silence, after some time Emily finally decided to address the Elephant in the room.

"So what's next, where is all of this going Patrick?" she looked straight at him while asking him the question.

Patrick caressed her cheeks lovingly, "Honestly, I am not sure"

Emily tightly closed her eyes trying to stop the tears flowing through them.

He wiped the drops of tears forming near her eyes. He hates seeing her cry but he couldn't ask her to stop crying so he hugged her tightly and she hid her head in his firm chest, his hand one hand was acting as her pillow and his other hand caressed the back of her head.

She couldn't stop the flow of tears and continued crying in his arms, he kept rubbing her back and caressed her head, he let her emotions flow.

After some time she stopped crying, Patrick got some water for her, meanwhile she went to the washroom to wash her face, after drinking water she felt better.

"You fine now?" he lovingly stroked her head and was concerned at the same time.

She nodded her head indicating she is fine, "I am sorry Pat, I didn't mean to…"

He captured her lips in his, swallowing her unfinished words, he slowly nibbled on her lips and she too tightly hugged his neck and responded him with the same rhythm, she felt like this is a goodbye kiss and didn't want to let go off him, she grabbed his hair and pulled him more closer as if she wanted to devour him whole.

Rubbing his thumb across her cheek, he slowly broke the kiss and looked at Emily who had her eyes closed with dry tears around them and was panting heavily.

"I love you Emily" He confessed to her.

"But?" She opened her eyes and looked straight at him.

Patrick looked at her in confusion.

"I am sure there is a but in that sentence"

"Ems I am never going to accept anyone else in my life and will always love only you and I know the same applies for you too"

Emily didn't say anything and let him talk.

"When I said earlier I am not sure, it meant I am not sure where it is going but today I realized one thing, you are more important to me than anyone in this world and I feel I am ready to let go off the past if that is what it takes for us to be back together"

Emily was shocked at his words, she felt like she heard something wrong.

Seeing her expression he understood she couldn't believe his words.

"Ems I mean it, I won't say everything will be back to normal as if nothing ever happened as what happened isn't something I can forget and move on so easily from but my love for you is way too big for me to let you go, if you are willing let's work on our relationship and let us give each other another chance, hmm?"

"You mean it?"

"Will I say something that I don't mean?"

Emily was speechless after hearing his words and tightly hugged him, "I love you Patrick, I love you so much, let's give us another chance" she again cried but this time they were tears of happiness.

"I am so sorry Emily"

"Why?"

"For hurting you so much" Patrick felt guilty seeing the tears in her eyes.

"No Pat, it was me who hurt you the most"

"Ems, will you atleast answer my question now?" Patrick knew she might not but he still asked her.

"What question?" Emily knew what he was talking about but she was not ready to answer him.

"WHY?"

"Patrick, I love you more than anyone in this world but I still cannot answer this question"

The main reason why they broke up was because after what happened between them Patrick still wanted to give her a chance as he knew she would never do something like this and he asked her 'WHY' she did what she did but Emily chose to stay silent and didn't answer him, after asking her multiple times he threatened her with a breakup which she expected he would do but she still chose to be silent.

Patrick was very pissed as she was even ready to break up with him but was not willing to answer his question, this triggered him even more and they broke up.

He hoped she would not be so stubborn and after a few days she would answer his question and they would get back together but Emily didn't and the distance between them kept grewing.

It took a few months for Patrick to accept the fact that they indeed broke up.

"Ems why are you so stubborn?" He helplessly asked her.

"I am sorry" Emily bowed down her head as she couldn't meet his eyes.

Patrick held her chin and lifted her face, "Fine, don't answer me. I decided to give us a second chance irrespective of the fact you would answer this question or not so I am not going to pester you the way I did a few years back, okay?"

Emily hugged him tightly, "Thank you Pat"

He too hugged her back.

They then went to sleep. After many years both of them had a peaceful sleep that night.

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Next day morning, Patrick invited Matthew to have breakfast together and he cooked for Matthew as a way to thank him.

"It has been so long since I tasted food cooked by you, it is decent Patrick" Matt spoke between taking bites.

"Thanks for your validation" Patrick sarcastically replied to his praise.

"So what's up with you two? Back in the dating game?" Matt made them feel uncomfortable with his frankness.

Patrick looked at Emily asking for her opinion on what they should say.

Emily gestured to him to let her handle it.

"So Matt, umm the thing is, we decided to give us a second chance and try our best to get over our past"

"That's good" Matt concentrated more on the food he was eating.

"Can you not tell others about it right now?" Emily asked for a favor.

"Why? Everyone would be so happy to know" Matt wondered why they wanted to hide such amazing news.

"Because they will get all excited and riled up and right now we don't need that, once our relationship turns stable, we will inform them ourselves" Patrick intervened and explained the reason they want to hide it from others.

"Cool then"

They then completed their breakfast and chilled for some time, they shared their experiences with each other, after high school they all went to different cities so there was a lot to catch-up, they didn't even realize when it was time for lunch and they ordered food and continued spending time with each other.

Just then Matt, Emily and Patrick's phone vibrated at the same time and there was a message from Nick in the common group chat Matt created.

Nick: Guess what guys, I just coincidentally met Rachel's crush

Patrick was a bit surprised and wondered how Nick knew Daniel, Emily and Matt got very excited and Matt quickly replied in the group chat. Emily first silently read the few messages then she too couldn't control herself and she too bombarded Nick and Kate with questions.

Kate too confirmed that she too met Rachel's crush and Emily, Matt started freaking out.

They couldn't contain their excitement and Patrick chuckled seeing those two getting so excited and the messages brought a smile to his face, he too silently read all the messages without asking anything, he already met Daniel, he felt like showing it off but the circumstances they met in were not that exciting that he would want to share with his friends.

If he tells them anything then one information would lead to another and Rachel's life being endangered would come out, creating panic amongst his friends, the more the people will get involved in this, the more complicated the situation would get so it was better to keep as few people as possible in the loop.

Matt was seriously typing and Emily was enjoying the messages, just then, Patrick got a call from his subordinate so he went to the other side to answer the call.

Patrick kept his voice low so as to not gather Emily or Matt's attention, "Hello, I hope there is some substantial news?"