"Is there something you forgot to tell me? Like, maybe that your dad is planning to take over the world?" I said as I stormed into our room.

Her head snapped up and she stared at me. Then, she slowly put her book down and faced me. "How did you find out?" Her voice was too quiet, too calm for a situation like that.

"I had to hear it from your sister. Your sister. Doesn't it seem a little odd to you is that my girlfriend knew that her father is the world power we're trying to stop and didn't think to tell me!" My voice got louder with each word.

"I-I don't know... It-It was too hard to admit." She said quietly.

"Yeah? Well, it was hard to find out my girlfriend was lying to me for months!" I was almost yelling. The only thing that stopped me from continuing was the tear that rolled down her face and fell on her shirt, creating a small darker dot.

I sighed and climbed on the bed beside her and pulled her against me. Tears streamed out of her eyes, wetting my shirt. But I still held on to her until her breathing slowed and she stopped shaking with sobs. We laid on the bed, with her head on my chest and my arms hugging her.

"I'm sorry," she whispered hoarsely after a couple of hours.

I took a deep breath and said, "it's okay, it's just... secrets divide us. They tear us apart. I don't want that to happen with us. I want us to be honest with each other."

"I know. I should've told you everything. I was just scared you'd hate me. All these secrets... they're not good. And most of them are about me and my family. It just proves that I'm not a good person..." She falls silent.

"Oh, who cares if you're a good person or not? I love you for you. No secret could change that. It's just... secrets are dangerous. If you have too many or if you keep secrets for too long, it will break you. I don't want to see you broken." I answered, turning my head to look at her, she looked up at me.

"I think I already am." She said carefully.

"Then let me help heal you," I answered.

She smiled her warm smile, "ok."

We kiss and the terrified, hurt, damaged hole in me becomes smaller.