Lifting himself to his elbows as he lay them on either side of my face, Travis stared into my eyes. “This doesn't even feel real," he whispered, taking the words right out of my dazed thoughts. I nodded, breathing in deeply, but before I could respond, he went on. “Feels like I've been waiting my whole life to do this, baby." We stared into each other's eyes, and just as they always had, his eyes spoke to me. If there was any doubt about this, about us, the emotion in his eyes eased it all away. I never knew you could feel someone's thoughts by just looking into his eyes. But I felt the profound mix of love and trepidation in his. It was the same fear I'd always seen in his eyes but never could quite make out. I knew now what it was because it was exactly what I was feeling at that very m