"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."              ~ Ephesians 4:32

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Since there's so many people in Abel's family, I'm not completely expecting Abel to be the one to open the door.

I'm not sure if I'd prefer it to be him or someone else.

Either way, the decision is made for me as soon as Abel's mum answers.

"Oh Keziah! I thought I'd never see you again!" She exclaims with relief.

She doesn't seem annoyed at me for upsetting Abel which is what I expected.

"Yeah, I'm sure Abel told you everything." I say sheepishly.

Adah gives me a tender smile and pats my back gently as she pulls me inside, "He did honey. And I'm sure from your point of view it looked bad so I can understand why you acted as such."

My eyebrows raise in both shock and surprise, "You're not annoyed at me?" I ask incredulously.

"Not at all honey! Despite it all you make Abel happy and I can't fault you for that. But please for the love of God talk to him. I've had enough of his moping about." She releases a low chuckle before walking off.

Assuming Abel's in his room, I make my way there while giving myself a mini pep talk.

Before I can talk myself out of it, I knock twice before holding the cake box tightly.

My heart starts pounding loudly against my ribs, thrumming like the wings of a caged bird.

"Leave me alone, I don't want to talk mum!" He shouts.

Clearly he doesn't realise it's me so I knock again.

"I said I-"

Abel opens the door wildly, stopping half way through his sentence once he sees me.

"Hi." I whisper delicately.

Abel swallows deeply but doesn't say a word.

"Can we talk?" I ask.

He silently makes room for me to enter and shuts the door behind me. Since Abel has become mute right now, I'll just say everything I need to and hope that he forgives me.

I take a seat on his sofa and place the box next to me. Abel's eyes briefly glance at the box before focusing on me once again.

I clear my throat and start, "I um. I'm guessing you got my last two gifts for you right?"

Silence.

"Right, well they had a purpose. Um, the origami heart was just to show how much you mean to me and the fact that out of everyone, you're the one I've given my heart too. The second one was showing the memories we've made so far together and how happy I am with you. I also added the jelly snakes because I know they're your favourite sweets." I laugh lightly and open the box, "And this, is to say sorry."

I pass him the box for him to see and watch as his hardened façade melts slightly. That's the only encouragement I need to keep going. So I do.

"Abel, I'm so sorry for everything. I'm sorry for not listening to you that night and giving you the benefit of the doubt. You've been nothing but kind and loving to me and I shouldn't have written you off like that. I guess I was scared you know? It's my first relationship and seeing that made me panic so I did the only thing I could think of at the time. I regret it now, I should have believed and trusted you so I take the blame here. I- I would like for us to try again. I'm not even sure if we were broken up but that's how it felt and it wasn't great. So just like the cake says, please forgive me?" I wring my hands together nervously and glance up at Abel to find him smiling deeply.

"Gosh Brown Eyes, you don't know how long I've been waiting for this." He pulls me into the biggest hug and even lifts me off the chair. Abel tucks his head into the crook of my neck and inhales slightly, "I've missed you so much."

My body relaxes into Abel's touch as I hug him back with the same amount of fierceness, "I missed you too."

Abel pulls back and smirks at me, "You know you didn't have to do all this right? A simple apology would have been fine for me."

"I know but I felt bad. I wasn't fair on you."

Abel's face drops slightly as he leans away from me a bit, "I'm most upset that you didn't trust me Brown Eyes. How could you even think I would do something like that to you? You didn't even give a chance to explain and that hurt me the most. Do you even trust me?" Abel scrunches his brows at me and frowns.

My heart breaks at how he's feeling especially knowing I'm the one that caused it.

"Of course I trust you Abel! But it was so easy for me to believe what I was wrong you have to understand that. The first thing I felt was sadness and anger so I focused on those two things and ignored everything else. It didn't help that it was Eliza too, but I really am sorry Abel. I don't know what else to say to you."

I look at him in a pleading and hopeful manor while biting my lip softly.

Abel sighs and runs his hands through the curly locks that I've missed so much and grabs hold of my hands, "There's no way I could stay mad at you for long Brown Eyes. Especially after all of this. And is that cake red velvet?" He points towards the cake box and slides towards it.

I laugh lightly at his eagerness, "Of course it is Abel. I know it's your favourite."

"Just like you know jelly snakes are my favourite sweets. But Hershey kisses aren't, so what's that about?" He focuses on me with an adorably confused look on his face.

I shuffle on my seat slightly and tug on my ear before speaking, "Well actually, I was hoping that it would all end well and that I'd maybe get a kiss after. That was the whole point of it. But since we just worked things out, I'd understand if-"

Abel cuts me off by pressing his lips deeply against mine with such a fierce intensity that it rocks me to my core. The kiss shows everything that he's feeling right now; passion, adoration and even a bit of desire. I run my hands through his silky locks and tug him closer to me deepening the kiss making him shiver with want. Abel pulls me onto his lap until I'm straddling him massages the outside of my thigh slowly until it reaches reaches the curve of my hip, moving it dangerously close to my ass. He grazes his teeth along my bottom lip making me gasp allowing him to seek entrance with his tongue. I push myself impossibly closer to him, pressing my lips against his until I know that they'll bruise.

I can't believe I stayed away from these lips for 3 weeks. Abel is truly talented, I'll tell you that.

We eventually break apart and rest our foreheads together while our breathes mingle together.

Abel's eyes are like deep waters of blue. I could swim in them all night and not come up for air.

"You never have to ask for a kiss from me. If I had my way, they'd be permanently connected to mine."

I giggle at this and peck him once more, "You're ridiculous."

"But you love it. And just so you know, we were never broken up. It was just a short break. I hated it though so let's never do it again. From now on, we talk about our problems yeah? You've got to stop running from me. I don't need to exercise if I'm gonna keep chasing after you." He chuckles and smiles warmly at me.

I look away sheepishly, "I promise I won't run anymore. I trust you. So we're good now right?"

I rest my head in the crook of his neck and wrap my arms around his shoulders.

"Of course Brown Eyes. You're everything to me. Now about that cake."

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After catching up on everything and me feeding Abel some cake, we head downstairs to the rest of his family.

"Keziah if you're trying to fatten me up just say so. Because with cake as good as that, I don't think I'd be able to stop eating." Abel rubs his stomach and releases a content sigh.

I laugh out loud and follow him down the stairs, "That wasn't my intention I promise."

"I wouldn't mind if you made me cakes more often you know."

"I'll keep that in mind."

We enter into the living room to find almost the rest of his family there.

"Keziah!" Tatiana shouts while heading straight for me. " I haven't seen you in a long time!"

Tristan walks up to us, "Abel missed you a lot."

I look up towards Abel and give him a small smile, "I missed him too."

"Does that mean you're back together again? Because Nolan said you guys were having problems so you didn't see each other but you're seeing each other now so everything has to be good again right?" Tatiana rambles at us while  bouncing on her feet slightly.

"Yeah squirt, it's all fine now." Abel bends down and picks her up before blowing raspberries on her stomach causing her to giggle endlessly.

"Abey! Stop it!" She yells while still laughing.

Abel chuckles and puts her down and ruffles Tristan's hair.

"You've finally come back for me I see." Zane saunters towards us with his usual cocky look gracing his face.

"You wish Zane." I respond back.

"Oh I do."

Abel shoves him away by his head and mumbles an irritated go away in his direction.

"Nice to see you again Keziah. I'm glad you've removed Abel from the slump he's been in. It's like we've been living with a zombie just sleeping and eating. Every time we would try and talk to him he would groan just how a zombie does." Titus chuckles at his leg while Abel just glares.

"That was my fault so I take full responsibility."

Titus shakes his hand at me dismissing my comment, "I can see the misunderstanding so don't worry. But if you hadn't spoken to him today, Abel would have come to you again. Trust me."

I look towards Abel to see if his dad is right and receive a nod, "I was struggling to stay away from you Brown Eyes. I wouldn't have lasted much longer."

My face softens at this as I feel  even more stupid for doubting him.

I grab hold of his hand and smile happily at him, "I'm a lucky girl."

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A/N:
And they're finally back to normal. Tell me what you think!
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