Pacing up and down my living room like a crazy person, tonight is my date with Scott. He's supposed to be picking me up after his football game, which he won.

Since he's come back in my life, I will admit that I and Remi do watch his football games when he is playing on the sports channel.

Back when we were together I was at every game he was playing in, home or away, and when he asked me to go to this one tonight, I couldn't bring myself to say yes, because I knew that it would just make everything feel good like it was in the past for us.

Now I'm nervous though because he is on his way here, I mean the last real date Scott and I went on was when we were eighteen. And it was ice skating with milkshakes, now here we are six years later going on a date again.

I'm crazy? Agreeing to this, I mean what sane woman agrees to go on a date with her Ex-boyfriend/ baby daddy.... who she recently just kissed.

It's weird you know, but in the oddest way, it's kind of a good weird feeling that I have, which terrifies me more. I'm trying to calm myself down, keep reminding myself that tonight is going to be fine.

Remi is going to be in good hands with Amanda and Oliver, my mom has accepted Scott back into our lives, not that her opinion matters, but still it's nice not to fight with her about him.

Tonight, we'll see if I can finally move past the past and see if there's still something real there between me and Scott.

Honestly, though, I'm scared that what we're both feeling right now isn't real, that it's just us getting caught up in the thought of being a family together, with the time we have spent as one these last few months.

And I know that I need to see this through, I need to face my feelings about Scott see if it's real or not, once and for all and tonight is going to be that night.

"You look nice mommy" I hear Remi's voice say, which snaps me out of my thoughts.

Looking down at Remi who was all ready and waiting for her Aunt and Uncle to come and collect her, with a smile on my face.

"Thank you, sweet-girl do you have everything you need for your sleepover with Uncle Ollie and Auntie Manda?" I ask her, she looks at me nodding her head with a massive grin on her little face.

She's so excited for this sleepover, over the last few months Remi has really gotten close to Oliver and Amanda. I mean she just loves them so much; it literally melts my heart with all this love that she has in her life now.

"Yep" She replies just as we hear the doorbell, Remi smiles grows even bigger. Shaking my head and let out a small laugh, as I walked over to the front door opening it.

Just as my eyes landed on Scott, standing on my front step looking very handsome in a suit Scott takes a step back as his stare lands on me, but he says nothing just breaks out in a grin.

"You look absolutely beautiful Ella..." He says softly to me and takes a step closer to me and kisses me gently on the cheek, feeling flutters a little in the pit of my stomach as he stepped back from me.

"You look very handsome yourself" I replied, if anything I'm lying to myself, I mean Scott looks more than handsome, he looks drop-dead gorgeous.

"Daddy did you know I'm having a sleepover with Uncle Ollie, and Auntie Manda?" Remi asks her dad, snapping us out of our eye contact towards each other. Scott walks over to our daughter with a smile on his face.

"I did, I also know for a fact that Uncle Ollie has even bought your favorite cupcakes for you....shh but I don't think mommy is supposed to know that" He whispered the last part to her, before looking back up to me with a smirk.

shaking my head with a smile, as I watch the father and daughter moment play out between them.

"Is someone ready for the best sleepover ever!" We hear a voice say from behind us, turning my eyes to see Oliver and Amanda walking into the house.

"I AM, I AM!" Remi basically shouts happily, as she runs over to them.

Leaving me and Scott standing side by side, so close together...I don't know maybe it's just tonight or maybe it's because I'm seeing things in a new light, but I swear though it's like there are sparks all-round us.

Pulling out of my thoughts as I take a few steps closer to them, putting much-needed distance between Scott and myself.

"So, she goes to bed at eight o'clock after one story, but she will try and talk you into two don't let her-;" I break off smiling at my daughter, before looking back up to Oliver and Amanda,

"No sugar until tomorrow and not a lot of it. You have my number, Scott's number, my mom's, even amber's number...if you need anything-" I added only to be cut off by Oliver with a small laugh, as he looks at me and shakes his head amused at my overprotection of my only child.

"Ella breathe....we can look after her no problem. Go and enjoy your night" He said, taking a moment to do what he said, just breathing in and out, nodding my head, and sighed.

She's going to be fine; I mean Oliver and Amanda have looked after her before. But I am her mother you know; I worry every time she's away from me.

"I know, I know..." I mumbled and then walked over to Remi, giving her a kiss on the head and a hug.

"I love you, be good for Oliver and Amanda okay," I say to her, she looks at me nods her head, before walking over to her dad and gives him a hug too, watching as she pulls away from her dad, then walks over to Ollie and Amanda, taking their hands in her own small ones.

"She will be fine, we'll see you tomorrow," Amanda said to us, just as Scott comes up behind me, gently places his hand on my lower back, with his touch of comfort my worries fades a little, knowing that he is here with me.

"Bye mommy, bye daddy" Remi exclaimed happily, as she heads out of the house with Oliver and Amanda, leaving just me and Scott alone together.

After a few moments of silence, I let my eyes move back to Scott who was smiling at me.

"Are you ready to go?" He asks me, moving closer to me, just as he wraps his arms around my waist, and I wrap my arms around his neck, without giving it a second thought.... like it was sold times even.

"Yeah I am" I replied with my own smile, we break our arms apart. Before heading out of the house hand in hand, for our first date together for the first time in years.

Dinner has been amazing with Scott; he was very romantic with flowers and twinkly lights. On a rooftop under the stars, he really put a lot of thought into this date and it's perfect.

Tonight, we have done nothing but laugh, talk like the old times, there hasn't been any tension or awkwardness, it's just been fun and easy.

"You really went all out for our date," I say to him as we finished our desserts, looking around the rooftop, it's just us here sitting on a bunch of pillows and blankets. Music from his phone playing softly around us,

Wine, chocolate-covered strawberries on the ground in front of us, I have to say it's the perfect ending to our date, it's peaceful being here alone with him, nothing but the moon and stars above us.

"You're worth it...I know how much you love the stars on a clear night" He replied, feeling a small smile on my face as he gently takes hold of my hand across the blankets where we were sat.

He's right about the stars, they are so clear and bright, I've always looked looking at them, my mom used to tell me stories, I do the same with Remi.

"Sometimes I forget that your probably the only person on this earth, who actually knows everything about me" I mumbled mostly to myself,

it's true though Scott Vaughan is the one person on this earth who knows every like, every dislike, every dream, and every secret that I've ever had, he's the person who knows me better than I probably know myself.

Nobody has ever gotten as close as he has to me, in my whole life.

"Makes me the luckiest guy than to know someone as wonderful as you" Throwing my eyes to his, he's something different now.

He's always been sweet and kind, but now he's true and I can see that, and even though it frightens me I think I might want to be with him again, but can I take that leap of faith you know.

"Can I have this dance?" He asks me, getting up to his feet before I had a chance to respond and the music slowly begins to play once again.

"Of course," I answered, just as he grips onto my hand softly and pulls me up from the ground, as we begin to dance closely together.

Taking a moment to just embrace being with Scott, and just taking in this perfect moment between us.

It's clear to me now that I don't want to keep living in the past anymore because people who do that just live in misery and I don't want to.

I want to be happy...I'm not saying that I've been unhappy, because I haven't but I will admit it and say that these last five and half years have always felt like there was something missing and I think the reason for that was because he was missing from my life, now he isn't anymore.

I don't want to keep holding onto the painful part of my history with Scott. Because we had so many great times together, we were really in love once and I thought our love story ended with the best ending anyway because we had Remi together.

But what if we could have an even better love story this time around, what if we get to be a happy family.... what if this time we get forever.

Pulling out of my thoughts as I let my eyes move back up to Scott, as we keep dancing slowly under the stars.

"Ella you mean everything to me, I don't want to wake up another day without you next to me. You are the light in my life-;" He starts to say to me, as we stop dancing, but our bodies still embracing one another. Scott keeps his gaze on me, and his blue eyes sparkle in the moonlight.

"you and Remi are my reason for breathing, I've realized that I haven't really been living these last few years because I can't without you... I don't want to anymore" Scott confesses to me, with his eyes lingering on mine and I do see the love there in his eyes.

"I love you; I will fight until my last breath for you as I should have back then. I don't want to keep my feelings hidden; I want you....and I want you for the rest of my life-;" I stay quiet letting him say what he needs to say to me.

"I know it's not going to be easy, for you to let your walls come down with me again, but I'm not going anywhere unless you tell me to this time"

Scott keeps rambling on with a nervous tone, feeling tears in my eyes as I hear his words and a smile makes its way onto my lips.

He's right this is a second chance for us to be together and it isn't going to be easy. We're probably going to fight over stupid things, our history will get dragged up again maybe in anger I don't know, I just know what he is saying is the truth I believe that in my own heart.

And the way he feels about me, is the same way I feel about him and it is scary to face, but I don't want to keep fighting it anymore either, I don't want to run from it too or be scared of the love that I have inside my heart for him, that same love that has always been there, even when he hurt me, even when I wanted to hate him.

"I want you to Scott," I said cutting him off before he says anything else, to me. Scott's eyes stay on me, and he smiles like he just got all of his dreams.

"Really?" He asks me, still sounding like he doesn't believe my words. Nodding my head and moved closer to his lips and smiled truly still moving my lips towards him.

"Yeah, this is our new beginning" I replied, he looks at me and gives me one more smile before he moves in for a kiss and finally his perfect lips find mine.

Embracing him and his kisses, I meant what I said this is our new beginning and I can't wait for it to truly begin.

Breaking apart from the kiss, taking a moment to regain my breath, my gaze locked on his. Scott is breathing heavily too, but the smile never leaves his lips.

"Can anyone see us up here?" I ask him in curiosity, he looks down at me with a raised eyebrow.

"No why? We have complete privacy" He asks me, sounding confused.

Keeping my eyes on him with a small smirk playing on my lips, I want him.

"Good....."I whisper just as I pull his lips back to mine, along with pushing off his suit jacket, feeling Scott's hands rumbling through my hair as he deepens our kiss and our tongues dance together.

After a few seconds of intense fire around us, he pulls away from me, both of us are breathing as we've just run a marathon, but that kiss was worth it.

"I have no expectations, Ella..." He says softly to me, just as our eyes lock.

I know that he's not expecting anything from me, he's not expecting my heart, my soul, or my body, but he has them all... he's always had them all.

Moving my fingers down the buttons of his shirt and then pushed it off his shoulders, letting it drop to the floor where the blankets and pillows are.

"I know, but I want you...I want to feel all of you again" I reply, running my fingers down his bare chest and torso, I feel him shiver under my touch.

Feeling a smirk on my lips as he chuckles, as he spins me around so my back was pressed against him, hearing the sound of my dress zipper opening as I feel his kisses all the way down my neck, just as my own dress falls to the floor.

And he spins me around once again until I was facing him, Scott pulls my mouth to him, our kiss gets strong, deeper, just as he picks me up, wrapping my arms his neck and my legs around his waist, he lies us both down on the pillows and blankets.

Our kiss is broken, as he lifts his head up to look me into the eyes, his body hovers over me as I lay underneath him, the chill on the air on my bare skin, is the only other thing I feel apart from his touch.

Maybe one of us should say something, but honestly, there's nothing to be said. I want him, he wants me, there's a fire burning between us and I want to feel every bit of it with him, and I want to feel here in this moment on this rooftop.

Letting a smile overtake my lips, pulling him closer into me, reaching his lips once again.

Just as we get lost in each other kisses,

Our hands join together,

As we make love under the stars.