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Capri had moved on and could actually breath without feeling a pang in her heart. She could now think about Leo and not feel like something was missing and her whole world would just come crashing down. Work was finally getting to a place of not being utter chaos as she had a foundation of people that cared about what they were tasked to do. What she did not expect was Leo popping his head in like a lost puppy.

He kept badgering Capri about having his number and for her to call or text him. After a while and not giving up she finally sent a message. Hey! Without a name or a reason. She has no idea what to say and did not know why Leo was so Adamant about her calling him. His response was almost instantaneous, what he had to say she had no words for.

Leo was professing his love after all this time and what he wanted to do within the next five year of his life. But did he even realize that five hears has passed that he did not talk to her? She could not help but question it all, Capri would not stop her life to let him in after this realization.

All the emotions and feelings were now at the forefront, that love she suppressed for him was now back. However, she could not accept him. She questioned everything and refused to let him waver her choices. He called her everyday and would spend hours on the phone. Leo was happy and so was Capri. They were now closer than ever just not the way Leo expect things to be.

Capri did not dive into her situation; that she’d got a mortgage with Taurus and that she would use it to purchase her house as it was impossible to get it on her own at this time. the plan was actually for them to move in together. As if that was a good idea. After that idea crumbled she used the file anyways allowing him to use her garage for his business. After all he was still her friend despite all the bullshit, he was someone she could talk to about anything.

Leo’s plan was for him and Belle to move in with Capri. Capri had other ideas, she was not comfortable or convinced that he was all of a sudden some changed man that was so madly in love with her. She would do things for him, but she still had a hard time with trusting herself that he was safe. She started hanging out with him a few hours at a time and he would ask her to spend the night she respectfully decline every time.

Leo’s mom and daughter were please once they realized they were now back in contact and would often stop by the gas station to see her. It was a bit awkward considering she does not trust his intentions. On capris birthday Belle strode in the store with five dozens red roses that were two times her height. They were absolutely beautiful, Capri could not help but call him with tears rolling down her cheeks to say thank you.

Belle told her grandmother that Leo and Capri talked everyday and that they were so in love. Poor thing did not know the half of it. She just couldn’t help that Capri was back and her family in her eyes would finally be completed. They had their own plan of Capri having a baby and how Belle would be the perfect big sister. They even had a baby girls name picked out “Penelope Reign,” and her being spoiled just the way Belle was. If it was boy, Leo and capri were on their own.

With them being the way they were Capris heart softened. After all Belle was always like a daughter to her. She would give Leo a chance, but not give herself to him one hundred percent. She could not go back to the naïve and gullible girl she once was. She had to protect her heart. She would allow herself to be held by him, she loves his scent. He would beg her to go out and eat with him, that she couldn’t do. He would invite her places, but she still could not get past those absent five years and how empty she was.