lantern in the Blizzard

The End (Sorry Guys)

          Our final bus ride together before we graduate comes to an end when we arrive at my stop and Asher starts to walk me down my driveway that doesn't seem so painstaking long any more. Then Asher stops walking.

"Asher, what's wrong?"

"uh, I have something I have to tell you. Its kinda important."

"okay, but why now? I don't want any bad news to spoil this romantic walk that would be the perfect ending to a cliche romantic comedy."

Asher's gloom expression didn't falter. I really shouldn't have made such an idiotic response.

"I'm sorry Andi, but this can't wait," a slight smile returned,"not even for the most cliche moment in history....i really dont want to say this, but...tomorrow after graduation...my family and I are moving."

"so what if you and your family moves a few miles ? That's not what you mean is it? You're not leaving me, Asher, please, don't tell me you're leaving me."

I feel the warm, wet, tear as it glides midway down my cheek until it turns to steam and I start to panic inside. Once again I am losing control of myself while in the presence of someone I love. I sense my body temperature rising, and start to have a feeling that something is going to go wrong. Then Asher's hand finds itself a place on my shoulder and a smile finds itself across my face while i stare into his icy blue eyes. He then backs away, sliding his hands down my arms until he is holding my hands.

"Again I am sorry, but i'm leaving Northwood. My family and I are moving to Australia so my older brother can go to college there, but the details aren't important, andi, i want you to take this rose,"motioning to his right hand where he had recreated the rose he had made for me before.

"asher I can't take this. Its going to melt"

"no it won't, hold out your hands."

"but-"

"just do it"

"ok, but now what," I say cautiously putting my hands out in front of me.

Then he places the rose in my hands, his hands clasp around mine and I can feel my hands increasing in warmth as seconds go by. I dread for the moment that i know is soon to come, when the rose melts, then suddenly I feel Asher's hands start to drop in temperature.

"now, andi, I want you to think cold, like frozen blocks of ice drifting across the arctic ocean or like that patch of ice you slipped on back in eighth grade the day we met."

"ok, wait how do you-"

"Shhh. close your eyes, now wait for just a second, and do you feel cold?"

"uh yeah- I mean yes, b b but how? Asher what d d did you do?"

"I gave you a part of me. A part that will never go away, to remind you that you will always be the lantern in the blizzard. And that I will always love you.....I promise"

"Ash, statistics show that most long distance relationships don't usually-"

"Shh. This won't be long distance. You hold a part of me now....a part of us."

At this point I was standing on the tips of my sneakers with my arms wrapped around his neck.

"I love you Asher Blue. Don't you ever forget that."

"How could I forget the most beautiful snowflake I ever laid eyes on?"

Then we kissed.

The End