Infinite Soulmates

Back Home in Ski

You were awakened by the sound of your phone ringing. You fumbled to find the phone with your eyes half open.  You knocked the handset off of the cradle as you reached for it, you picked it up and said,
"Hello."
You heard a familiar voice on the other end of the phone say,
"Hey it's me, I'm in Chicago with a two hour layover.  I'm calling just to hear your voice...I miss you so much!"
"Oh Pelle!!!!  I miss you so much too."
"I want to fly back to you so bad.  I literally don't know how I'm going to live without you."
You paused for a moment, listening to him breathe on the other line awaiting your response.  You swallowed hard and said,
"I wish you were back here too, but you have a lot of people depending on you back in Norway.  You have to go back there and work on that album.  The world NEEDS to hear your music.  You and I will be together again soon and we'll discuss and assess our situation then."
"You're right, but this is going to be hard...for both of us."
"Pelle, we went a year without seeing each other, we made it through that and we can make it through this too."
"I know, but now I have met you and fallen in love with you.  Those are things that I didn't have a year ago."
You could hear the operator on Pelle's end asking to deposit more money into the pay phone,
"Pelle, call me back collect."
"Ok."
He hung up the phone and called right back.  The both of you talked for two hours, until it was time for  him to get on his flight which was heading for Germany.
"I have to go, but I don't want to hang up."
You moaned in agitation. The time to say goodbye for a second time today has come.
"I know.  Have a safe flight and call me when you get to Germany,"
"I will. I have a three hour layover there.  I'm gonna sleep on the plane with the shirt you sprayed your perfume on, maybe I can trick my mind into thinking that I'm back there sleeping in bed with you."
"I just woke up from a nap with the shirt your left me, it smells just like you."
"I love you." He said. You could tell that he was smiling.
"I love you too!  I'll talk to you in about thirteen hours."
"Goodbye Michelle."
"Goodbye Pelle."
You hear the click on the other line and you held the phone to your chest and began to cry just for the sheer fact that you already missed him so much that you felt like part of you was missing.  The phone began to make the annoying sound it likes to make when you've had the phone off the cradle too long.  You reluctantly hung it up and held his shirt up under your nose and breathed it in. You walked out to the kitchen and Toby followed you.  Rummaging through the fridge to find something light to eat as you were sick to your stomach and nauseous.  You opened up the kitchen door to let Toby out and returned to the fridge for something to eat.
"Maybe getting something to eat will make me feel less sick."  You thought to yourself.  You rummaged further and got a whiff of something off.  "Nope."  You ran to the bathroom with your hand over your mouth and lifted the toilet seat in the nick of time, you were still lifting the seat as you began to vomit.  You sat in front of the commode and caught your breath and regained your bearings.
You decided that maybe eating out would be a better idea.  You grabbed your keys and walked out of your house and whistled for Toby,  He came running and you said,
"Wanna go for a ride boy?"  As you opened the door, he jumped in excited, and you shut the door behind him and got into the drivers seat, started the car and drove into downtown Woodland Park to find something to eat.  You went to The Hungry Bear and grabbed a dinner to go and a T-bone steak for Toby, just because the events of the day had also taken a toll on him.  Pelle's departure was difficult on both of you.  You walked back to the car with the food and you were hoping that Pelle was able to fall asleep on the plane so that he would be coherent enough to to talk to you once he got to Germany.  Right now, that was the most important thing in your life, THAT phone call in half a day is all you care about.

You arrived back at the cabin and opened the driver's side door, grabbed the food and Toby followed you.  He ran towards the stairs and lifted his leg to pee before running up and waiting on the deck for you. 
"You smell that boy?"  He began wagging his tail.  He wasn't stupid, he knew that you got something for him.  You opened the door and the two of you walked into your quiet empty house and you shut the door behind you.