I woke up next to Kevin, we both didn't have any clothes on so I grabbed a tee shirt, underwear and some shorts from my drawer and began to change. After I was clothed and went over to Kevin and gently shook him, waking him up.
His eyes fluttered open and he looked at me and smiled. "So" I began, "are you gonna baptize me or not." I said jokingly. "At least let me put some clothes on!" He said as he kissed the top of my forehead.
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Kevin and I walked through the church doors, our hands intertwined. "Wait here." Kevin says and with that he walks off down a hallway. I stood there in the long black dress that I bought last month and waited. I walked down the aisle, my bards grazing the pews, in the pews were the Book of Mormon. I opened it and flicked through the pages, Kevin had already read most of it to me.
Kevin comes out holding a white fabric and a priest follows him. "Here, you have to put these on. The bathrooms over there." Kevin says as he hands me the garments and points to the bathroom. I make my way over to the bathroom to change.
It was a one piece white garment that zipped in the front. It had tee shirt sleeves and was the length of short shorts. I walked out of the bathroom, and walked back over to Kevin. He looked me up and down and smiled giving me the thumbs up. He then sat down in the pew and I made my way over to the priest.
He said a few prayers and then dunked his hand in the holy water and sprinkled it on me. He then put his hand on my forehead and said a silent prayer that only he and god could hear.
After the baptism was over I shook the priests hand and he went over to Kevin as I went back into the bathroom to get changed. I put my dress back on over the Mormon garments that I had to wear now and went back out to see Kevin and the priest talking.
"I can't believe you got someone to convert during your training session! I can't even imagine how many people you will baptize in Uganda!" Said the priest happily.
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Kevin and I were walking back to his house when I realized, this was my last time seeing him. He could only be with his family tonight and tomorrow because he was leaving. I paused and turned to him, "Kevin, this is it." I said.
"Yeah, I guess it is. But I'll write you letters every chance I can, and when I get back we can get marrie-" he said happily but I cut him off "Kevin, slow down. A lot about a person can change over two years. And we'll only be 20 and 21 when you get back. Trust me Kevin, we will someday, but I wanna be able to connect with you again when you return." I said as I took Kevin's hands.
We were now outside Kevin's house, standing in his drive way. I started to cry and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face. I sat down on the pavement and Kevin propped himself down right next to me. He drew circles on my back and he cried too. And we just sat their, emotional messes not saying anything.
After a while of crying Kevin finally spoke, "(y/n) (y/m/n) (y/l/n), I love you so much. I'm willing to wait a million years for you. But promise me you won't forget about me. Promise me you will write back to every single one of my letters. Promise me the you'll save these moments in the back of your mind that we've spent this summer collecting. I wouldn't have spent this with anybody else, it's like our past have been erased. Whenever I'm with you I feel like only you and I exist and that the world stops spinning on is axis. Whenever you smile I get this giddy feeling at the bottom of my stomach that makes its way to my throat and then out my mouth causing me to say 'I love you'. You are the most gentle and caring human being that I have ever met. You excepted me for me and didn't try to change me. I love you." He said and after his soliloquy he put his hand on my cheek and pulled me in for a kiss.
It was pure and innocent and everything good in the world. And there we were, sitting across from each other, lips connected in his driveway. I never wanted this moment to end, I never wanted him to leave. But he had to. And I couldn't stop him, and I didn't want to either. This is what he wanted most in the world, this is who he worked his entire life to be. To be in this moment.
After the kiss we just sat their smiling at each other and then we stood up. We held hands all the way up to his doorstep. And then he kissed me again. Deeper this time, it was like heaven on earth. I ran my fingers through his hair for the last time until I'm 20 and then we parted.
"I love you so much Kevin price." I said choking back tears. The lump in my throat was getting heavier and heavier. "I love you more than you could ever know (y/n) (y/l/n)." We kissed my lips once again, this time it only lasted a few seconds but it felt like centuries. And then he opened the door and walked in. He looked back at me as he was about to close it and he smile at me through a bit of tears and waved. Then the door closed and there I was, standing alone in the middle of Kevin prices driveway. Who would've thought?
