Getting Things in Order

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I knocked on the door and Claire opened the door. Her face lit up when she noticed who had knocked on her door.

"I have been waiting for you." She softly said and let me in.

"Claire, you know what you mean to me, right?" I wanted to get straight to the point but I knew that she would never take it well. So, I started with what I knew she loved to hear.

"Of course, Xavier. And you mean so much more to me, too." She stepped closer and looked up at me.

"You know you are one of the most important people in my life, yes?" I held her hand in mine despite Spike's growls in my head. He and I were going to have a conversation later because he needed to accept my decisions or we would live the rest of our super-long lives at odds with each other.

She nodded as her smile widened and I resumed, "And you know that you have always been irreplaceable in my life. From the moment we met to our years in school and college. "

"I know, love. And you are the most important person in my li