When the Past Becomes the Future

Goodbyes are the Hardest

He couldn't stop thinking how beautiful she looked tonight. The summer sun gave her skin the most beautiful tan possible. They sat on his back deck with a fire going cuddled under a blanket. "I'm gonna miss this." She said sadly snuggled into him.

"Let's not talk about that right now." He muttered.

"Well can I at least thank you for a great summer?" She smiled.

"Your welcome." He said kissing her temple sweetly.

3 months ago they came into one another's lives by complete accident. She saw the neighbor's house go up in flames and dialed 911 immediately, not thinking she ran up the front porch, shouting for her aunt's neighbor, Mrs. Baker. When she didn't hear anything she kicked in the glass door hoping the old woman wasn't dead.

He was one of the fireman that showed up to the scene and pulled her away from the burning house. As she looked on in fear that Mrs. Baker was seriously injured or worse, she couldn't help but look on as this certain fireman worked diligently to get into the house. After a few minutes she was relieved to see Mrs. Baker emerge with that very same fireman coughing up a storm and gasping for air.

He placed the old woman on a stretcher and helped the paramedic get her oxygen. "Wait" She cried out, "Where are you taking her?!"

That same fireman turned around, "She needs medical attention, they will transport her to the hospital."

"Can I ride with her?" She asked.

"You family?" He responded.

"Well no...but she doesn't have any family. Her husband died last year. Please! She shouldn't be alone." She begged.

The fireman looked around quickly then gave in, "Hop in!" He said opening the back of the ambulance for her, "If anyone asks, you're her niece."

Few hours later at Staten Island University Hospital, Mrs. Baker was doing much better. As she waited for the doctor with Mrs. Baker's discharge papers she was surprised to see that same fireman standing at the nurses station filling out paperwork. He looked up and noticed her right away, "Don't ever do something like that again!" He barked.

"Do what?" She questioned.

"Try and run into a burning building, you could have gotten yourself killed!" He exclaimed.

"But I didn't." She argued, "What was I supposed to do?"

"Call us, we will handle it." He said. "I'm serious, please don't do something like that again."

"Thank you for saving her life today." She said with the deepest gratitude to this man. Granted she had only been in New York for a couple weeks but her aunt's neighbor had been nothing but sweet to her. After having an awful breakup back home in Colorado, her aunt Joyce had been kind enough to offer her a summer in New York. It was the perfect place to escape to and forget about her asshole ex boyfriend.

"Your welcome." He smiled at her.

As she walked away she heard him call out to her, "Boyfriend?" He asked.

"I'm sorry?" She said turning back around.

"Do you have one? Because if you don't I'd really like to take you out?" He responded.

Without answering she walked back to the nurses station, stole a pen and piece of paper and jotted down her number, "Call me fireboy."

It was an amazing three months and the two had been obsessed with one another since the first date. Now here they were on their last night together before she left for the airport very early in the morning. He had to be at the firehouse early so unfortunately wouldn't even get to see her off.

The fire outside was dying down and after kissing on the deck they decided to move things upstairs. Shirts, shoes, pants, and undergarments were shed with each step. As they busted through his bedroom door he shoved her onto the bed and licked his lips at her naked body. "What you got on your mind fireboy?" She teased.

Without answering he attacked her neck kissing each and every spot not wanting to forget her taste, "You're so beautiful." He whispered as he worked his way down.

"More baby please." She begged wiggling from side to side underneath him.

He took one breast in his mouth and teased it with his tongue causing her nipple to harden instantly. "Tell her how you feel, you idiot!" He was screaming at himself internally.

He reached down between her legs and moaned at the wetness he felt, "So fucking good." He growled as he began moving his tongue inside of her.

She bucked her hips up to meet his mouth, something he became obsessed with, he chuckled at how impatient she was. As he repeatedly flicked her center with his tongue and bit down gently on her clit, he was having a battle in his head, Will you stay? Just fucking ask her! Don't go home, stay here and be with me!

She was moaning underneath him begging for him to fuck her. "I want you baby please!"

He couldn't deny her anymore and after ripping a condom open and sliding it over himself he entered her roughly, just how she liked it. "Your so the tight baby, so fucking tight." He didn't want this night to end, he fucked her until they were both completely exhausted but satisfied. A worn out used condom thrown on the floor.

She laid on his chest playing softly with his coarse chest hairs. "I'm gonna miss this so much."

"Me too baby, me too." He sighed. You don't have to miss anything, you idiot! Ask her to stay, tell her you love her. Say it! He kept screaming in his head over and over again.

But he never said it, and a few hours later he watched as the woman of his dreams left his apartment for the last time. "You're a damn fool Quinn." He said out loud as he watched her car disappear over the hill and out of his life for good.

A/N:New BQ story I hope people enjoy. Special thanks to two new friends; SecretCharlotte and TinyInkStainedBird for their advice and ideas. Hopefully you ladies liked how I started!!