CHAPTER FIVE
 

I've never been so certain,
I've never been sure.
We're on the side of angels,
If we believe this love is pure.
 

Elizabeth sat on the couch with Lucky beside her.

"Did you tell anyone, I mean, do they know that it was him?   Does he know himself?"

Elizabeth shrugged, "He left town.  I didn't tell anyone."

"Why not?"

"Lucky, what would they think of me?"

"Who cares?  You shouldn't have to do do anything, but focus on yourself and getting better."

"Getting better from what?"
 

Is it so hard to trust it,
'Cause we've been wrong before?
There comes a time in every life,
We find the heart we're waiting for.
 

"Lucky, I'm okay.  You should be the one upset because I--"

"No, Elizabeth, he raped you.  Don't you know that?   Did you know that after it happened?  Did you admit it to yourself?  He forced himself on you."

"I let him into my house, I let him see me upset over the fight with you--"

"Elizabeth stop blaming yourself.  It happened alright?   And right now we have to concentrate on getting you better."
 

After all the might-have-beens,
The close and distant calls
After all the try-agains,
Don't be afraid to fall
We're on the side of angels after all.
 

"Lucky, you can't help me, not after what I did to you."

"Listen to me.  You didn't do anything to me, I'm not hurt right now, or even angry.  Let me help you, please let me help."

"No." she said standing up, ready to walk out.
 

Every time you touch me,
Don't you feel it too?
The gentle hand that's guiding us
You to me, me to you
 

"Why not?" he asked standing up too.

"Because this is not like last time." she said walking away from him,  "You didn't find me lying in the snow bleeding, and ready to die.  You didn't save me from the
darkness, the night, or-- or even from death itself like last time.  You weren't there Lucky.  You--"

"I was with Melissa." Lucky said.

"I'm not blaming you."

"I wish you would... instead of blaming yourself."
 

After all the might-have-beens,
The close and distant calls
After all the try-agains,
Don't be afraid to fall
We're on the side of angels after all.
 

"Lucky, I know you took me here to find out what was wrong with me.  Well, you did just that and maybe... maybe I should go." she turned around to walk away.

"I love you." he told her.

She stopped and faced him again, "I think that you love who I was.  It's been a long time Lucky.  How can you know me when I don't even know myself."

"I know you Elizabeth, sometimes even better than myself.   Usually better than myself."

"What if the person I've become, what if you don't--"

"Elizabeth, I swear to you.  I love you.  No matter how you are or how you feel."
 

Heaven only knows
Why this took so long
But only Heaven knows
A love is right or wrong
 

Elizabeth bit her lip as though deciding whether to believe him or not.

"Do you remember Christmas?  When you gave me the oil painting and I gave you the ring." he said.  She nodded.

"And I promised you that you will always be the only girl for me." he said tugging out a necklace from under his shirt.  He unfastened it and put it around Elizabeth's
neck.  Attached to the chain... was the ring.

"You still are Elizabeth, just like I promised.   Please, let me help you."
 

After all the might-have-beens,
The close and distant calls
After all the try-agains,
Don't be afraid to fall
We're on the side of angels,
 

"Do you really love me?"

"I do."

Liz let out a small smile, "I thought I'd forget for it would feel to have someone love me.  I thought i'd never know again, but now I do, I really do.  Thank you.
 

On the side of angels,
 

"I love you Elizabeth.  And if I was given the chance, I'd fall in love with you over and over and over again." he told her.

She broke out into a full smile as Lucky pulled her into his arms.
 

On the side of angels, after all.
 

THE END

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