Doubt That

Rose

The drive was long and endless, the rain just made it seem even more depressing. And it shouldn't have been. In my heart I was about to burst that I was going to see his face, that I could hold him, and he could wrap me in his arms and his smell would be all over me again. I loved him more than the entire world. So I was going to be pleased that I was about to pick up the most incredible person alive.

Once in the airport I stood amongst the other comers and goers and people waiting. I loved watching them embrace each other. Some people had only been apart for a few weeks, but they looked like they were about to collapse with the joy of seeing each other again.

I waited. Trying to think about which of his many jackets he would have on. I guessed wrong.

When I saw his face this numb feeling came about me and I felt unable to control myself. It was like all the feelings of shame and guilt went away when he was there. I ran up to him and hugged him so tightly, sobbing into his neck and shoulder. He had dropped his bag and was hushing me gently whilst crying himself, his arms wrapped round my waist tightly and he wouldn't let go. We stood like that for a good five minutes.

"I'm never going anywhere again," Isaac eventually said, laughing through the tears.

I laughed a bit and continued to hug him and breathe him in.

He finally pulled away from my embrace and held my hands in his tightly.

"What do you want to do?" I asked, wiping my tears.

"Can we have a kebab and watch a Matt Damon movie?"

I laughed and kissed him, holding his face in my hands for a bit longer.

"I knew I married you for a reason."

We walked to the car hand in hand, feeling like we'd always done.

***

We lay on the sofa cuddled up like teenagers, happy and relaxed. I laughed to myself.

"What?"

"Just last person I lay like this with was Adam," I turned my head up and kissed Isaac's cheek.

"Don't tell me you've been cheating on me with your sister's husband."

I smiled and didn't reply as I knew him too well.

There was a knock at the door which shook me back to life. I got up and hit Isaac with a cushion on my way to the door for being a lazy bugger.

I smiled in relief when the delivery man handed me the bag of food and I handed him a tenner.

After finding a fork in the mess of my apartment I happily let Isaac eat most of my chicken kebab as well as his own.

"So what movie we watching?"

I twirled my fork around with a chip stuck to the end of it in thought.

"I haven't seen The Martian in a while..."

Isaac shook his head, "too dramatic for now. I'm feeling something gentle like We Bought A Zoo ."

I smiled and nodded my head, collapsing into his shoulder. We were too tired to even move so stayed entwined uncomfortably with each other.

"I've got this work party to celebrate the success in Chile tomorrow night."

"So I get you for one night and then you're back off to work!" I joked, looking up at him.

"You get to wear a nice dress?"

"As tempting as that sounds I'm going to watch Teen Wolf."

Isaac rolled his eyes, "I feel like now you're an adult is slightly pervy that you still watch teenage boys taking off their clothes and running round getting sweaty."