Give Me Love

I didn't call or text him. I sat, with my phone next to me willing myself to call him. To tell him how sorry I was. I felt embarrassed about the morning after. It had been a few days since Tyler and I slept together and since he told me he loved me. It had also been a few days since I had broken up with Markus.

But I was doing what I had suggested in the first place, which was giving us space.

To say my family was happy was an understatement. They were thrilled that I was officially done with Markus. But they had been urging me to call Tyler and start to figure that whole thing out. But I needed to breathe for a second. I just needed to sit for a second and center myself again. To get my head on straight. The only thing that didn't need to be thought about were my feelings for Tyler. I knew what they were. I was in love with him. There was no question in my mind.

I knew the guys had gotten back that morning of the twenty third, and I debated calling Tyler as soon as I woke up. But I refrained. I wanted to surprise him. So I picked my phone up searched through my contacts before I clicked on his name to call him. I pushed the phone to my ear until I heard his voice.

"Hey," I said, "I need a favour."

Jamie chuckled on the other end, "You know Tyler would like a phone call."

"I know," I sighed, "I just...needed to sit for a few days, Jamie. Besides, we agreed it would be better not to talk for a bit."

He sighed on the other end, "I know, and I get it. That's what I told him. I know he loves you and I'm pretty sure you love him too. So I told him just to let you have some space for a few days. I think he thought that when you got back to Dallas and sorted everything out, that you would call him right away."

I couldn't help but giggle, "I think part of me was hoping that he would call too," I said, "I hope he does understand why I didn't though," I said, "I wanna be with him, Jamie. There really isn't a question in my mind," I told him.

"Good," he said happily, "so, back to this favour?"

I grinned, "I need a ticket for the game tonight."

He laughed on the other end, "It'll be waiting for you at the arena."

"Perfect," I smiled.

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I sat down at the glass again, for my third live Dallas Stars game. My heart was pounding because I was nervous about seeing Tyler again. But there was that part of me that didn't know why Tyler liked me, or wanted to be with me. I wasn't used to the affection that he had shown me. I wasn't used to the romance, or the care or just the kindness in general.

But...he did love me. I could see it in his eyes when he told me. Looking back on it, I should have been able to see it a lot sooner than what I did. And I loved him too, more than I think I could have ever loved anyone. There wouldn't be anyone else in the world better for me than him. And I was so blessed that he felt that way too.

The boys came out to warm up and I couldn't wipe the smile from my face as I watched #91 skate out. Jamie came out and looked over towards me; I made eye contact and smiled at him. He smiled, almost relieved. Maybe he thought I would flake out or something. But there was no way I would do that. Not to him.

Jamie skated to where Tyler was taking some shots on net and nudged him, Tyler looked up at him and Jamie spoke to him. I could see Tyler looked confused at best before Jamie just ever so slightly looked over at me and then said something else to Tyler.

Tyler snapped his head to where I was and searched for only a second before he saw me. He looked shocked but he smiled at me tentatively and raised his stick slightly. I smiled back at him and lifted my hand to wave back at him.

His smile grew at that. We kept the eye contact for a few more seconds before Jamie nudged Tyler and spoke to him for a moment with Tyler nodding along. Tyler sent me one more smile before skating and doing his warm-ups. Every little bit though his eyes drifted back to me and we would share a smile before he went back to the ice.

I only half paid attention to the game, my eyes were only focused on Tyler as he skated around the rink. But finally the game came to an end. And even though Dallas lost, I was so ecstatic to see him. I had missed him so much in the short time we were apart. And not talking for that little while I think really strengthened my love for him. I couldn't imagine not talking to him or seeing him again. I wouldn't let that happen.

He was all that I wanted.

I followed the directions that I still had on my phone from Tyler and found the locker room quite easily.

I waited against the wall where I had waited for him the other couple times I had been to a game. The girls had all come over to me and talked, happy that I was there for the reason I was there. They kept telling me they knew it was only a matter of time, my response was always a shy smile and an 'I wish I had done it a lot sooner.'

Finally Jamie came out, followed by Tyler who looked down the opposite way quickly before looking down where I was and spotting me. He pushed past Jamie and walked to me quickly, dropping his bag on the floor and pulling me into a hug.

"I've missed you so much," I heard him say as his face was pressed against my neck.

I smiled and held him tightly to me, "I've missed you too, Tyler."

We stood there a couple minutes, not saying another word to each other, just holding one another until I pulled back from him.

"I'm sorry," I breathed, "about everything, Ty. I should have listened to you months ago," I said, tearing up.

He smiled and put his hands on each side of my face, "I don't care, Rae. I'm just happy you're here."

"I broke up with him," I told him, feeling emotional, "the day I left Nashville. I told him about me and you and how I was feeling about me and him and you and me...I'm sorry. I should have gone back to you that day."

"It's okay," he repeated, "its okay. I just...God I've missed you so much."

"I wanna be with you," I whispered staring at him, "I want that so badly, but I don't want you to think of me any differently than you have this whole time."

He smiled and kissed my forehead, "I love you more now than I did back then," he said quietly, lips still pressed to my forehead.

That's when the tears spilled over from my eyes, I let go of him and wiped at my face. He pulled away from me and looked, with a small smile growing on his face, "Hey, don't cry."

"I love you too, Tyler Seguin," I told him.

He smiled and pulled me to him, catching my lips with his. And in that moment, I felt something that I don't think I had ever felt when Markus kissed me. And that was such an intense want and love from that person. From Tyler. When we first kissed that night in Nashville, I think all of my senses were just overcome with an intense want for him that I didn't feel what I was feeling right then. It was love and it was pure and I was feeling it just as much as he was and that meant everything to me.

"Alright, there are kids here!" Jamie called from behind Tyler, causing us to break apart and looked at him. Me with a smile to him and Tyler flipping him off.

Tyler kept his arm securely wrapped around my waist and I couldn't help but smile the entire time. This was it. I knew it. I just knew it. There was nothing else that was gonna come between us. It was us and that was it.

Finally Tyler and I decided it was time to go, so I walked with him to his car since I decided to Uber it to the game. Ty and I got in his car and just sat there, both of our heads resting against the head rests with our heads facing each other smiling softly at each other.

"I love you," he murmured.

I sighed, "I love you too," I whispered, "I'm sorry it took me so long."

He shook his head, "You're here now," he told me, "That's all that matters to me."

I bit my lip ad nodded, "That's all that matters," I agreed.

He huffed, "Well, I mean, there is one more important thing," he said letting the sentence drift off.

I raised my eyebrows and looked at him, "And what's that?" I asked.

He looked at me and smirked, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

I laughed and rolled my eyes playfully at him as he chuckled, "Nothing would make me happier," I told him.

"I just...wanna give you love, Rae, the love you've been deserving the past six years...well, you're whole life, actually," he told me, watching me.

I felt the blush spread across my face instantly. I couldn't believe I was this lucky, I couldn't believe Tyler picked me.

"Give me love," I whispered.

He smiled at me, "Can I kiss you?" he asked me quietly.

I couldn’t help the small giggle that bubbled past my lips at his sweet request, "You can kiss me any time you want," I told him softly.

He grinned and leaned across the console, bringing a hand up and tangling it in my hair, pulling my face closer to his, with our lips connecting a second later. And it was heavenly, just beyond perfect. I had never felt calmer than I did when I kissed him. I felt at peace for the first time in years. I wasn't worried about when the next fight or break up would be. I wasn't worried about if I would be talking to him the next day or if his temper was gonna fly off the handle.

This was Tyler, and it was perfect already. Nothing would change that, I could basically guarantee it. And I knew Tyler and I trusted him and I knew that my life was only gonna go up from there. He was giving me love that I never knew I deserved. He was giving me love in such a pure a beautiful form. And I was so ready for it. I was ready for my life to finally begin.

Notes

SOOOOOOOO this is technically the last chapter. But!! I have a few epilogue chapters that I'm working on that should be up soon!! The support from all of you has been amazing! Thank-you all for sticking with me through all of this. This has become one of my favourite fics I've ever written. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you all enjoy the epilogues that I have coming up!!