Before driving all the way through the town I stopped by to see our tree. I took my camera and did some shots. While visiting our sacred place for one last time, I made an addition to the writing that Kate carved on the tree
"Kate loves Sean"
"no matter where in the world I'm going I will always come back here with you Kate, just here with you"
I pressed down on my tears and collect myself again, but then I heard someone from behind me
"Just here, with me?"
I turned around and saw Kate smiling at me
"Kate?"
I was astounded.
"Am I a little late?"
she cried and wrapped her arms around me. I held her so close, there's no letting go this time.
"You are just in time"
I just kissed her and kissed her more.
She then explained everything to me about what had happened that day after her accident. She said that her dad took her home. She had amnesia after she revived from being comatose for almost a year. Her dad kept it from me because he was scared of losing his only daughter, but as her memories came back, her dad finally came to believe that it has to do with her strong love for me and also because I never gave up on loving her.
"When I had amnesia I kept dreaming about this place, the lake, the trees and you. I even painted them and your face. You were totally a stranger to me but my heart aches every time I dream of you. The doctor told my dad to bring me back here. two years after the accident, dad brought me here during fall. Little by little I regained some of my lost memory. Especially about the lake, it made me feel that I am found. Then all the lost memories came flooding back."
I brushed her tears away from her cheeks. What matters most to me is that she is alive, and she's here with me-just with me
"I went in the lake hours ago. I even saw someone who looked like you, but it can't be-she was with someone."
I recalled
"It was me, see what I'm wearing? It was my cousin, my personal chaperon here. You already know dad, he doesn't want me to travel alone after that accident."
she slightly giggled and held her white dress a little higher to her knees, mimicking the girl I saw in the lake.
"I love you Kate"
I whispered to her ears, she then cupped my cheek both palm, kissed me and half breathed
"I too love you Sean"
then bit my lips. I stopped and asked
"No more goodbyes?"
she put her arms around my neck and whispered back
"No more good byes, only hellos."
*Fin*
-1804-
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My very first short story...
hope I can write a new one soon...
-1804
