We meet at Dawn

Chapter nine - Dawn

Cam had made my birthday magical, I didn't want to celebrate it due to me moving soon. But I loved it, I wouldn't change a single thing about it.

And when I opened the envelope with his plane ticket to Chicago I was on the edge of bawling my eyes out. I knew that his stay was only going to be temporary, but it still made this whole thing just a little easier. Needless to say that this month
came and went in the blink of an eye.

Graduation for Cam was here, he had finally
graduated and was the honor student in his class. Both our families were there to celebrate us both, but we all knew Cam was the star of today. I gave him a bouquet of roses and a silver ring saying "Alaska" you know, for good luck.
We went to grab a bite and then went to a party with his class. It was the first time I'd ever tasted alcohol, and I was truly a lightweight. I had passed out super early and didn't remember much from the night. So, waking up to me moving was a big punch in the gut. But at least I woke up with Cam holding me tight against him,
he looked at me with a groggy look and gave me a kiss. "Ready?" He said, trying to adjust his eyes to the light. "Never" I replied, hoping that this would all just be a bad dream.

We got up and packed the last of my stuff. The moving truck had picked up our stuff the week before, and the rest that was here was going to
good will. I packed my stuff in the car and turned around to Cam. As I was just standing on the driveway looking at me I could feel the tears starting to stream down my face, I ran right to Cam and jumped up in his arms. "Promise you'll call every day!" I said sobbing. He wiped my tears away and kissed my forehead.

"Every day at Dawn, I'll call you." He said, but this pain was killing me. I had almost known Cam for a year, but yet it felt like a lifetime. "I'll call you at Dawn, every day. And I'll see you next month." He said, trying to comfort me, and it did.

But how was I going to survive after that week? When would we ever find time to meet once he's started university? I hugged him tighter and begged to whatever god or upper power there is that I could stay here. But mom interrupted my
praying, "sweetie, it's time." She said. I kissed Cam, long and desperately holding on for as long as I could. "I love you" I said, still crying. "And I love you" he said, and hugged me tightly.
I sat in the car and waved him and his parents goodbye.

I hated this, I hated mom and dad for this. Fuck them, fuck their stupid jobs. Mom reached back and took my hand, "sweetie, this isn't the end of the world. You'll meet someone new one day" and as she said that I felt furious. How could she
imply that I was ever going to be okay?! "No mom! I love him! I hate both of you! I hate you for doing this to me!" I said and pushed her away. My dad tried to calm me down, but neither of them did any help. Instead I just turned on my music and plugged in my headphones, and after what felt like forever we had arrived.
Our new home. Fucking Chicago.

We stopped outside an apartment building,
what a disappointment. We used to have a house, a garden and nature. Now we lived in a tight apartment, that had no privacy due to the neighbors. Well, at least my room was decent. It was big with a small French balcony, a walk in closet and a small bathroom. But the light were bright and annoying, something I had to change before Cam would come and visit. All of our belongings had already arrived, so it looked okay to some point. We had arrived early so I asked my dad if we could go buy some paint, witch he said yes too. I bought a dark green paint and some tools. We also ordered pizza on our way home, so I stuffed some pizza then headed to work. It took me all day but it looked great. Now all I needed was my old posters, some plants and to unpack my belongings. But I was too tired for
that, so I just went to bed.

Once I had made my room feel like a home I didn't do much, I'd call Cam at Dawn every day, we didn't say much besides that we missed each other which was enough for me. I had taken a walk around the block once in a while, and managed to go into the city. But other than that I didn't do anything than waiting for Cam to come. Time went slow and I didn't have the energy for anything at all.

Then the day finally came. Cam was on his way! Mom was picking him up at the airport after work so I had plenty of time to clean my room and get ready. Then I heard a horn shout outside, I looked down at there he was. I rushed down and out to the street. I accidentally threw myself at him so fast he almost fell. He kissed me over a hundred times, "I've missed you" he said and kissed me a little more.

"I've missed you too Alaska" I said, crying onto his chest. He took his bag and we went inside, I showed him around the apartment and then pointed to my room. I opened the door for him and allowed him to enter first. "Wow Dawn, this
is amazing" he said while looking around. I smiled a little, "it's not Seattle, but it's ok. I guess" He dropped his bag and Tackled me down onto the bed, and my oh my how I had missed this. I had missed every single part of him, I had missed the way he said my name, the way his eyes shined bright when he saw me. And his
kisses, his kisses that felt like I was on fire.

"Did you get into any university yet?"

Said and tilted my head at him. "Not yet, I'm still waiting." He said and gave me a little smile. We talked for hours about what we had missed and before we knew it, night had curled up on the sky, the stars had woken up and shined bright among
the city lights. I took Cam up to the roof where you could see the city, the stars shined ever brighter from here and the moon was big and beautiful. "Wow" Cam said and walked over to the edge, he took a grip on the fence and looked up at the stars. "This is amazing" he turned around and reached his hand out to me, I took it and he embraced me in a big warm hug. We just stood here, looking up at the stars and I felt happy. Complete.

We laid down on the fake grass and held each other. As the sky grew darker so did my eyes, I felt safe. At home in his arms. So I closed my eyes and fell asleep.