"Joon's Dia"

(Chapter 17: Saying Goodbye with a Promise...)

"Please don't go," I pleaded like a desperate man lost in a desert and longing for water. I was missing her even before she left. She was true to her word. She did have to leave today and her flight was at 9:30 but in the evening. We had spent almost the whole day together. First on the tour, then we had lunch and after a few of my meetings were over, I went to meet up with her at a park. It was wonderful. She arranged for us to ride on bicycles from her hotel to the nearby park where we took a boat ride and sat on a bench feeding some ducks.

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We were sitting there right now taking some pictures and just enjoying the sunset. The scenery and the sky were beautiful but only because she was next to me. Blue made me feel like I was an ordinary man in love and I loved it when she put her head on my shoulder. It reminded me of the old Paul Anka song my mom used to sing so I started to sing:

"Put your head on my shoulder, hold me in your arms, baby
Squeeze me oh-so-tight, show me that you love me too"

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Then after a yawn, she began to sing the next verse:

"Put your lips next to mine, dear. Won't you kiss me once, baby?
Just a kiss goodnight. Maybe, you and I will fall in love (you and I will fall in love)."

The last part she sang slowly and softer in a decrescendo.

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"Will you?" I asked softly because I really wanted to kiss her and to know if she would fall in love with me so badly. But I didn't get an answer from her because her head fell heavy on me and I think she fell asleep. Great timing, Blue.

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I lifted her into my arms and carried her to my waiting limo. I put her on my lap and held her all the way to her hotel. We entered through the back entrance and went undetected into her room. I put her on the bed and just sat looking at her. She was so beautiful even in her slumber state.

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I looked around and saw that she had already packed her bags and cleaned out the room. She was dressed in the blue dress she bought to wear to our lunch date. She insisted on purchasing it herself and I was just happy watching her try on a few dresses. It was nice to see her shopping. It felt domestic. She told me she wasn't a lover of shopping and only chose about three dresses to try on. Hmm... If it was my sister, we'd still be in the boutique looking for unnecessary clothes. Blue was so different from other girls. More and more I was falling deeper and deeper for her.

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I touched the front of her hair that fell over her face and put the strands behind her ear. She whispered something but I couldn't make it out. I chuckled, "Talking in your sleep, eh. Well that's one other thing I know about you now," and I kissed her forehead. Then I heard her voice loud and clear,

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"Joonie..."

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OMG! My heart began to race. She was dreaming of me. I saw as the necklace I bought for her was around her neck and dangling. I gave her my heart. A heart filled with so much glitter and glam yet so empty inside. I couldn't believe it when I first saw the necklace and immediately thought of her. Giving her my own heart was far more valuable than the precious stones that adorned her chest and somehow I knew she knew that too.

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"I love you," I whispered in her ear and then she gave me the best gift ever.

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"I love you too," she whispered and I saw as her eyes were slightly open.

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"Hey baby... Wait... You do? Do you really love me?" OMG my heart was rolling down Mt. Everest causing an avalanche right now. Did she really mean it? Well I got my answer in the sweetest way ever. Blue pulled me down to her and kissed me gently on my lips then she sang over the line from earlier changing one word: