Golden Roses ★

Part Thirty Nine: When He Came Back

July, 16th. 1987.
Days, a month, weeks have passed.

David had been away from me for two weeks now, it was so very strange to think that he is not with me all the time.

The day before, I thought about holding David in my arms again on the platform. I was happy that it was that time again in a few days.

David had performed through several cities in Europe, I had heard many positive things about him. Because David is very popular in our town of London.

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And one morning, someone special just lay in bed next to me.

The sun shone through the curtain, the sunbeam that landed on my eyes. It woke me up. I rubbed my eyes and looked at the clock, eight in the morning.

Wow, I didn't expect to sleep through until 8am, usually around 5 or 6am the twins start crying. I didn't understand it.

After moving the curtains, I opened the window. I stretched and enjoyed the sound of the chirping of the birds who had risen early to show that it was going to be a beautiful day.

I went back to the bed to make up because it looked messy, but suddenly I noticed a bump near the side of the bed where David used to lay. Wait a minute, what did i see?

I carefully walked to the side and heard some laughter from under the covers, "Surprise sweetie!" David threw back the blanket and jumped into my arms.

"Oh my god! David my darling how could this be I was thinking about you all night last night!" I said, wow I was very surprised this time! The birds were right that it would be a good day.

David gave me a kiss on the neck, "I'll explain to you right away why I'm back sooner than you thought." David said as he grabbed my hand and sat on the bed with me.

I really almost sat on David's lap, I couldn't believe this feeling. I had already made plans when I met him again on the platform. But those ideas don't make sense now. I was happy, very happy!

David put his left arm around my waist: "The guy I toured all over Europe with got a stomach bug at the last minute. And then I traveled alone by train, and that was a few hours ago," David explained very nicely.

"What time were you home? I didn't hear you arrive." I chuckled. David thought very deeply, "Sometime around five in the morning I came in here, on my way up to give you a kiss, the twins woke up and I had given them milk."

I melted how David explained it. So this solved the mystery of why I didn't hear the twins cry!

"Only when I came into the bedroom here, you slept like a baby. I didn't want to wake you up, later on I went to sleep on the couch." David said as he took a deep yawn.

David looked sleepy, his eyes very red and watery. "How much sleep have you had now?" I asked as I rested my head on his shoulder. "Just three hours, only here I would have slept, nothing else. Stupid, isn't it." David asked with a smile.

"Of course that's not stupid darling, go to sleep. I'm very happy that you're back home, I missed you so much in those days!" I said as I hugged David, it felt great to feel him in my arms again.