The song is Speak up By POP ETC!

(Hopes POV)

     I was in the gym on the treadmill, running as fast as I could on it, which was only five miles per hour. I know I should stop because it's too early for my body to handle this, but I didn't want to be in the common room with the guys, or in Evan's room with him. I was basically trapped in here until I man up and go back home to my apartment. IF I'm even allowed to go back, I'm pretty sure Evan is going to keep me trapped here till the Sydnee problem goes away. The door to the gym opens up but doesn't close.

     "You really shouldn't be doing anything physical right now. You've been bedridden for 4 months, aren't your muscles killing you right now?" Evan says as he walks up next to me and hits to stop button on the treadmill. I jog to a stop and look at Evan.

     "Why? I'm already dead like you said, might as well kill myself some more while I'm at it." I was already getting annoyed again. I get off of the treadmill and walk over to the leg press machine. I'm going to look healthy again starting right now, I hate looking like this.

     Evan stammers for a second, trying to find the right thing to say. He closes his mouth as he looks at the ground and takes off his shirt. I look at him and see new scars all over his chest. Gunshot wound scars and a huge scar running from his right collar bone all the way down to his bellybutton. I stare at it as he sighs.

     "About a week before you woke up, I thought I could take care of finding the rest of Warren's men. I guess I was wrong." He turns around and I notice smaller but thicker scars all over his back. Some even overlapping older scars.

     "This is what I wanted to show you earlier so you don't have to feel bad about your scar. It doesn't change anything about you, in fact, I love you even more with it, it shows how much of a badass you are." I go over to him and wrap my arms around him. He brings me closer to him as he runs his fingers through my hair.

     "I just want you to be safe is all. I didn't mean what I said earlier, this whole situation just has my nerves going, I mean you just got out of the hospital today Hope. You're so fragile right now that I don't want you to break." He says quietly. I nod my head in his chest before looking up at him.

     "What did you have planned for today? I still want to do whatever you had in mind." He starts to smile as he lets go of me. I let go of him and tighten my small ponytail.

     "Well, we can't do one of the things that I had in mind, because of how late it is already, but we can do the other two things I had planned, come on before it gets any darker out." I start to laugh as he grabs onto my hand and pulls me toward the door.

      Evan told Delirious that we were leaving for the night and everyone can go home whenever they wanted too. We got in his car and started to head back into Los Santos. I laid my head on his shoulder as we were cruising with the other cars. It felt nice to actually be going the same speed as them, we weren't rushing like we always are. We stopped in front of my apartment building and I looked at him confused.

     "This is just a quick stop before we go anywhere else. To get you changed into something else." He turns off the car and grabs his keys. God, I don't even remember the last time that I was in my own apartment.

     We got up to my apartment and when I opened the door, I noticed all of my things that didn't come with the apartment were gone. I give Evan a scared look, but he gives me a smile in return.

     "Well, since you said yes to moving in with me, I got everything that was yours and moved it into my apartment when you were still in the hospital. I think I left like one or two things in your bedroom. Once we leave here, this place will no longer be yours, and we'll be living together." He says giving me a kiss on my cheek. I start to laugh as I go down to where my bedroom is.

      Sure enough, there was a bag from Ponsonby's sitting on my bed. I roll my eyes as I go to the bag and open it. I pull out a knee-length black dress and hold it out in front of me, I guess we're going somewhere nice tonight. I look in the bag and see black flats as well as black lace underwear, I start to laugh as I pull the three items out of the bag. I get the hint Evan, trust me I do.

      I change into all of the new clothes that Evan got me and put the clothes that I was wearing into the Ponsonby's bag. I look in the closet and all of my clothes and shoes were gone. I guess he was serious that all of my things are at his place. I take my hair out of the small ponytail and wrap the hair tie around my wrist as I grab the bag of clothes and go back upstairs.

     Evan changed as well. He was wearing the outfit he wore back at the casino and party. He looks me up and down as I come up the stairs.

      "See, I told you I left some clothes here. I also left some here, weird isn't it?" He says with a big smile. I punch him in his shoulder and roll my eyes at him. He pulls out his phone and goes to the camera, holding it out in front of us. I wrap my arms around his waist and lay my head at his side as I look at the camera smiling. He smiles as well and takes a couple photos of us.

     "Now we actually have a photo that we can show people." He says putting his phone away. I start to laugh as I know the photo that he's talking about.

     We drove through Vinewood for a few minutes, stopping in front of Bobby's Place, a very high-end restaurant that Brian took me too only once. Evan helps me out of the car, holding his arm out to me. I take it as he closes my door for me.

     "Mr. Fong, we're glad to have you back. Your table is already ready out on the patio." The valet guy says as Evan tosses him the keys. We walk right in, cutting the line that was waiting by the door.

     "Do you take all of your dates here?" I ask turning my head to Evan. He cracks a smile as we walk toward the back of the restaurant.

     "Only for the ones that I like." He teases as he opens the patio door for me. The only table that was set up was right in front of the railing and in the background, the sun going behind the tall buildings of Los Santos. It was a gorgeous view. He helps me into my seat before taking his own.

     "Don't worry about the prices, order what you want and I'll pay for it." A waiter comes out and pours us a bottle of white wine.

     "Good to have you back Mr. Fong, on your tab or card tonight?" The waiter asks. Evan pulls out his wallet and hands his card to the waiter. "I'll leave you two to look at the menu." He finishes pouring Evans glass and turns to go back inside.

     "Seems like everyone knows who you are," I say as I take a sip of the wine.

     "Well, when your one of the few richest guys in the city, everyone seems to know your name before you even know there's. Don't worry, they'll know yours soon enough Mrs. Fong." He gives me a wink as he also takes a drink of his wine. I set down the glass and give him a 'really' look.

     "I'm still De Santa you know. I'm not married to anyone yet." I watch as he reaches into his pocket for something and my heart instantly stops. He pulls out his phone and gives me an evil smile.

     "Oh, you thought I was going to pull something else out? What did you think I was going to pull out?" He asks with the same smile on his face. You know what, two can play at this game.

      "Oh I thought you were going to pull your dick out, that's all," I say with the straightest face that I can make. He gives me a confused look then goes back to his smile.

     "No, that's for later. Why do you think I got you that matching lace underwear set?" He sits back in the chair and crosses one leg on top of the other.

     "I thought you got it for me so I can show it off to the guys. I'm pretty sure they'll LOVE to see me in it." I give him a wink as I pick up my wine glass. He gives me a stern look, clearly not amused.

     "Nope, they saw your body once and that's all they're going to get. I'm the only one who gets to see you not wearing anything, no one else." I start to smile. I told you Evan, two can play at this game. I pick up the menu and start looking through it.

     "That's weird because I'm pretty sure Brian saw me naked as well. I mean, last that I remember." I say continuing to look through the menu. I can hear him move in his seat.

     "You know what, I'll let you win right now, but later I won't, and that's a threat." I felt goosebumps start to form all over me. I look up from the menu and see Evan still staring at me as he drinks his wine.

     "What's wrong baby girl? Is daddy making you mad?" He gives me a fake pouty face now. I look back down at the menu now, groaning because I know I'm not going to win this.

     We went through a whole bottle of wine together all throughout dinner. Once Evan got his card back, we were walking back through the restaurant to get to his car. As we were passing through everyone, someone harshly bumped into me. I turn to the person who hit me as they turned to look at me as well. My heart dropped. Sydnee looked like she was going to go clubbing rather than go to a nice restaurant.

     "Oh I'm so so sorry! I didn't see you there! It's so crowded in here you know? Oh! Evan! What a surprise to see you here!" Sydnee says as she looks Evan up and down. Why can't she just go jump off a cliff already? Evan squeezes my arm.

     "Yeah, what a shock! Well yeah, it was nice uh running into you, we're both really tired so we're going to go home for the night. It was uh nice seeing you again." Evan says as he gives her a smile and continues to walk us out of the restaurant. Once outside he lets out a sigh of relief.

     "We're not letting that ruin our night alright? We're going to continue enjoying our night and in the morning worry about it." He says looking over at me. I nod my head in agreement. We both need tonight, our first official date together, not to mention this will probably be the only chance we're going to get to be alone with each other until god knows when.

     We got up to the apartment and I looked around and saw some of my things decorated around the place. I start to smile, this was our home now, our together home. I turn and look at Evan, he has just as big of a smile as I do.

     "I need to get out of this. I want to get into some comfortable clothes and snuggle up with you on the couch." I say walking to the stairs. He chuckles behind me and nods his head as he goes to the kitchen to pour himself some whiskey.

     I walk in the bedroom and look around. It hasn't changed much other than the bed is more in the middle of the room and facing toward the window. I look in the closet and see how one side is Evan's side and the other is my side. I go to Evan's side and grab one of his shirts before going to my side and grabbing a pair of shorts.

     I sit on the bed and take off the flats first. I stand up and unzip the dress, pulling it down till it's finally off. I go to unhook my bra but was stopped by Evan slowly kissing my neck as his arms snaked around me.

     "I think I did a good job on picking that out for you. How about you turn around so I can get a better look at you." He whispers softly into my ear before kissing it.

     I felt his arms drop to his sides as I turn around and look him in the eyes. He looks me up and down for a few seconds before meeting with my eyes. He picks me up and pushes me against the wall, he still stares at me.

     "Absolutely beautiful." He kisses at my neck again but slowly kisses down till he gets to my shoulder. I close my eyes and tilt my head back, letting him continue.

     We were laying in bed now, looking at each other as he held onto me. I lay my head on his chest, it still thumped rather quickly. I close my eyes and listen to his breathing as it starts to slow down.

     "I love you Evan. I love you so much." I quietly say. He leans over and turns off the light, the room going dark.

     "I'm going to make sure that nothing bad will ever happen to you again Hope. I love you much more... you're my everything." He says giving me a kiss on my forehead. I move closer to him, not wanting to leave his side for the rest of the night.