Keeping 13: Boys of Tommen #2

"I love you," he went right ahead and rocked my world by saying again. "Present tense – as in I mean it now. And maybe I shouldn't be saying that – maybe I'm fucking everything up by telling you that when you're in the middle of your family stuff, but it's the truth." He shrugged helplessly. "I'm in love with you. I think I've been that way for a while now – a long fucking while, if we're being totally honest." Exhaling shakily, he added, "And that scares the shit out of me worse than the thought of not making the U20's. You scare me more than anyone I've ever come up against on a pitch."

"Absolutely," he replied. "I want you."
Gibsie snickered. "Boom, boom."
"Here," Johnny quickly amended, casting a warning glare in Gibsie's direction.

I c-can't forget and I won't ever forgive