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Dante thought for a moment. He knew how he felt, but he was confused on how she felt. He recalled her saying that she didn't see him as more than just a friend, but then he recalled that other things were said too. He finally decided to answer. "Victoria. You're such a great person, and I hope you know that." Dante paused not knowing how to say what he was thinking. He put his hand through his hair and moved it to the side. "To answer you question..I've saw something in you since that day at the pond. I wasn't sure at first what I saw, but I knew it was special I guess." He paused again. He closed his eyes and then opened them back up. "If I didn't like you more than a friend..I wouldn't have asked you on a date." Dante was quiet for a few minutes. He took in all the words that had just came out of his mouth. He wasn't exactly sure what he had said, but he knew it was true. "I hope that answers your question." Dante hoped that she would feel the same. He wished that he could experience what it was like to be in a relationship. Yes, he had been in plenty, but he never considered them relationships. They all consisted of him going to a party and hooking up with a girl. They would date but Dante ended them after a couple of weeks. He was only out to benefit himself. He knew what he wanted and he did what it took. After he had dated Alex's sister for a while, she cheated on him, and he figured all women were like this. So after that day his goal was to be a player before he could get played. He was just a plain douche bag who was a fool.

Dante was surprised at what she had said. "I feel the same" played over and over in his head. Dante enjoyed hearing this news, but fear soon rushed over and blinded up his eyes from the happiness. He had heard this many of times before, and he had this this before, but it was never true on his side though. He thought about things. He didn't want anything out of Victoria, surprisingly, so his feelings must have been true. He didn't know what to say. If the relationship went further would he tell her what he had done in the past? He had too. He couldn't just keep what he did to the other girls away from him. If he did so, and she eventually found out, then it would only make things worse. But then he began to think again. His mind was soon overwhelmed with ideas and thoughts and emotions that he eventually just turned it all off. He looked over at Victoria with a slight smile on his face. "Well that's a relief." He became stumped at what to say next. He stumbled for words and all that came out was a big giant mouth full of mumbling. Eventually the words came to his mouth. "Was there any other questions, or was that it? And what do we do now that we established these mutual feelings?" Dante mentally smacked himself in the head. He sounded like a total fool and he hated that he had just done that.

Dante chuckled at her answers. It made him feel better that he wasn't the only one who was new to this kind of thing. He pondered on the thoughts of what he wanted to happen next. He wanted all kinds of things, but he felt that he didn't know Victoria well enough to go through with any of them. He also feared that Victoria had no idea what she was getting involved with either. Dante came to a conclusion after thinking for quite some time. "Victoria. I think I know where this should go." He paused to see her reaction. Before she could show any type of emotion or thought he continued. "I think we should get to know each other more. That way we both know what we are getting into." Dante pondered again at the thought of being in the hospital. There had to be away for him to get out, but also get the treatment that he needed. He would talk to Mr. Jacobs in the morning to ask him.

Dante say the tears come to her eyes. He stood up out of his bed and step towards her. His feet were cold and twitched from touching the cold hard floor. He hugged her and tried to encourage her. "I'll be fine. I'll be out of here by midday tomorrow, I promise." This was all that Dante could think of to comfort her. When he said that he would be out tomorrow, he was confident enough that it was true. Jacobs knew his family and knew what kind of people that they were. The way that he talked, Dante's condition did not sound that bad...at least to him, so he could reason with Jacobs to let him go home. If anything, it would come with terms and conditions, most likely that Dante come in everyday to get tests done, and he had no problem with that. All they wanted to do was make sure his kidneys and liver were okay before they would let him go home. As Dante continued to hug Victoria the nurse from earlier came into the room.

"Sorry to tell you this but visiting hours are over. Plus we have to take Mr. Reynolds to go get some tests done." She smiled as Dante looked at her.

Dante gave his charming smile to Victoria. "I promise. Promise me you won't worry all night?" Dante said as he hugged Victoria one last time. His view on women was effected by the way that Victoria acted. He thought that they didn't care, and that every single one of them was no good, since that's what he saw in the past. But he started to think that maybe they weren't bad at all, but it was only him that was no good and was out for himself and himself only. It would take time for his new thinking to be confirmed, but he did always say change is good. Dante turned around to pick up the car keys off the table. He opened up Victoria's hand and placed them in it, then closed her fingers and held them. "I wish you could stay longer, but we have to abide by the rules just for tonight. I'll make sure I get the clear to go home tomorrow." Dante said as he smiled and gave Victoria a kiss on the forehead. He eyes watered a bit, but he kept the tears from falling down his face. Even though he could just let them flow, he didn't, because his pride got in the way. Plus he didn't want to feel the tears of loneliness and self pity to wet his cheeks. It was bad enough that he had to stay, and he wouldn't make it any worse than it already was.