Country romance now completed

Chap 42

Two miles was all, that was how far I needed to walk to the bus stop, and then I would end up where I started, at the airport.

I breathlessly began my trek, not stopping when I heard someone bellow out my name, I didn't have to turn around to know who it was, Austin.

"Brianna, wait," his Voice sent shivers down my back., his footsteps chasing after me against the gravel. I began to run, my breaths ragged as I did, I had no energy but I didn't want to face him again, not now not ever.

"Just leave me alone, go away," I cried, not daring to turn around, as tears blotched my vision.

"No, I won't, are you really gonna run away again, are you really gonna walk out of our lives just like you did last time." I didn't stop, I was so close, I could make it if I just lasted a little longer, I could get away.

Austin was to fast for me, as he grabbed my hand, throwing himself in front of me. I didn't look up, this time I couldn't,for  I didn't want him to stee my heart was too shattered.

"Just please, let me go," I whispered, my heart hammering at his touch, his breathing and everything else. The world was still around us, the trees waiting on what will happen next. We stood there in the middle of the street, the wind whipping against our faces.

"Don't go, I don't want you too, I never did," he paused for a moment when I stood, unaffected by his words. "Look at me Brianna, we can figure this out." He cocked his head to the side to gaze into my low red face, brushing his hands up and down my arms. "Please?"

"We can't, I didn't want to be here, I just, I'm not good for anyone, I will ruin everything." Austin drew in a breath, and I stood, the chilled air turning my ears to ice.

"I love you Brianna, I know I never said it before, and I always acted like I didn't care, but I do mean it, I forgive you, I need you."

When silence was all that followed, I felt his hands fall from my arms, The warmth instantly leaving me. I didn't dare look up at him, as I drew in another shaky breath, so badly wanting to repeat his words back to him, for I knew I loved him too. But that was the reason I was leaving.

I dug my fingers into my pocket, my hands trembling as I drew out the letter I had written for him so long ago, it still had the mailing address on it.

I stepped up to him, grabbing his hand and placing the parchment in it. Before I brushed past.

This would be the end, this time there wasn't a reason to return, for I was now alone, broken and alone.

As I silently cried, I pictured that seven year old, as she rolled out of here with her mother, her face pressed against the glass, and now she sat, an adult, her face pressed against the glass of the bus.

She would always exist here, for this was where her heart belonged.

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Guys I am crying, and I wanted to get this chapter out as soon as possible, I'm sorry it isn't perfectly edited and the writing isn't the best I will probably go back and revise it later.