Lost Love

One

"Aww, come on Lilly, you know I'll protect you." Markus pleaded.

"No. Markus, I already told you, I don't like the forest. Too many bad memories." He was pulling me in, but I jerked out of his grip and dropped to the floor. Asking the wind to help keep me down.

"Lilly," He whined. The Powers, did I have to fall in love with such a child?

He sighed and dropped next to me, laying down and putting his head in my lap. Without thinking I brushed the hair out of his face and he closed his eyes as the bond started humming.

My answer was yes. I most certainly did have to fall in love with him.

"Lilly?" He asked, his eyes still closed.

"Yes?"

"Why do I love you so much?"

"Because I'm just that amazing?" He gave a slight laugh and pulled himself up wrapping his arm around my waist.

"No really. I mean, I know I would do absolutely anything for you, I'll walk to the core and back if I had to, but why is my question." I looked up at him, his introspection face on, and he held me tighter as I leaned against him.

"I ask myself the same question sometimes." I sighed. "Whenever I think about how one day one of us will have to leave on assignment far away from each other, my heart breaks. The thought of being even a city away from you is so painful I'd rather die."

Tears sprang to my eyes and he pulled me in front of him and wiped my tears away.

"Hey, no crying." He said softly. "Your fears are meaningless. I would never leave you. I would sooner quit the ranks than ever be away from you." He held so much sincerity in his eyes I couldn't hold back the tears.

I pulled him into a hug and cried on his shoulder. I don't know why I was crying, I've never done it in front of him before but I just felt so depressed at the thought of leaving him or him leaving me. I wanted to hold him close and never let him go.

I whispered, almost to myself, "I love you so damn freaking much."

He was beyond surprised at my tears but at my words he came to his senses and held me even closer. If that was even possible.

"I love you Lils. You're my forever." He kissed the top of my head as I sighed and settled into his arms as he stood up and carried me back home.

~~~~~

When I woke up, my heart felt heavy and my breathing was labored. Dreams of him have been coming more and more recently and every morning I wake up feeling like he left just moments ago. It's already been three years, why can't I get him out of my head?

"I love you Lils. You're my forever."

A few tears leaked out of my eyes and quickly moved to wipe them away. Its been three years already Jacobson, no more crying. After staying in my bed for an hour or so, gathering all my sadness into a tight ball inside my heart, I got up and took a much needed shower. I dressed in a red sweater dress, black tights and my Mrs. Claus knee high gold buckle boots. I put some blush and lipstick and prepped myself for the fest downstairs.

We have one with the other Spritz every year and every year we're somehow the hosts of it. When I join the Council in a few years, I'll put an end to this madness. I mean, come on, seriously, do we have to have a celestials fountain and a real thirty foot Christmas tree?