H&J Lockdown

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"I can't believe your leaving me tomorrow." Hero says into my neck. We just finished making love and haven't moved from our position on his bed- me on his lap straddling him, him sitting up straight, still inside me with our arms wrapped around each other. Neither of us caring to clean up our mess.

I can't seem to get my mouth to work so I just sit there with my head laying on his shoulder. Thankfully my face is turned away from him so he doesn't see that my eyes are filled with tears. Its so hard to leave him, but with everything going on in the world because of this virus its even harder because I don't know when I will see him again.

He can read my body and knows I'm just as upset as him. He moves to lay down on his back taking me with him so I'm laying on his chest. "Baby." He says quietly. I can't lift my eyes to look at him but I sit up a little so that I'm looking down at his chest, he takes a hold of my jaw forcing me to make eye contact with him, "Stay for another week, Jo. Please?"

I shake my head slightly. "We both know I can't, if I don't go home to Australia soon I might not be able to leave for weeks. You and your roommates don't want to be stuck with me for that long. I will feel like such a burden."

He rears his head back slightly looking offended, "How could you think that? They love having you here, plus if anything happens they all plan on going back home to their parents. Do you not want to stay with me?"

"Babe, no its not that. I would love nothing more to stay with you but what if my mum and dad need me? Because of their jobs I worry about them."

"And I worry about you traveling and being exposed. Hell Josephine, you could be even at more risk going home because of their jobs."

I roll my eyes not wanting to fight with him anymore about this. I know he is worried but I don't know what else to do. "Lets not spend the rest of the night fighting please my flight leaves in less then 7 hours."

He rolls his eyes back at me. I lean forward taking his bottom lip between my teeth and tugging on it making him moan. He flips me over onto my back and starts moving in me again slowly never breaking eye contact, "I don't think you understand how much I love you Jo."

I wake up a hour before my alarm is set to go off and Hero is out cold. I stare at his sleeping face for a minute then sneak out of his bed and into the bathroom connected to his room. I shower and get ready trying not to make too much noise. When I am finished I exit the bathroom and see that he is still asleep- we haven't gotten too much sleep since I arrived a week and half ago so I am not surprised.

After packing all my things in my bag as quietly as I can I walk over to him and kiss him gently on the lips deciding it is for the best if I sneak out. I just know he will try to talk me out of leaving again and that will either lead to me staying or us fighting. My parents are expecting me so I can't exactly stay. I go over to his desk and write I love you forever on his notepad, I put on my hat and facemask (works well against catching anything and doubles as a disguise.) grab my two bags and exit his room.

A couple hours later I am sitting in the airport when my phone starts vibrating in my hand. Heros picture shows up on the screen and just as I am about to answer it a voice comes over the speaker announcing that my flight has been cancelled. I stand shocked and grab my things heading to find out what happened and to book another flight home.

2 hours later I am defeated and stuck at the airport. All the remaining flights to Australia have been cancelled, delayed or are full and the UK is going into lock down tomorrow. I finally check my phone and see I have several missed calls from hero and other random numbers along with many texts from him. I open his texts:

Where are you?

How could you leave me like this?

Babe?

Baby?

Does this mean we are done?

Why?

Please answer me baby.

Jo?

I close out of it not wanting to read anymore and call him immediately, but it goes directly to voicemail. I try again several times getting his voicemail each time. Shit. I screwed up. I completely forgot about him calling in the midst of trying to get my flight worked out.

I text him a couple times and try to explain what happened but receive no response from him. Finally I decide its getting late so I call my mum and let her know whats going on. After I am finished talking to her I try to call him again with no luck. Giving up, I collect my things and head outside to find a cab to take me to a hotel because I don't dare go back to his place, hoping that he calls me soon so that I am not stuck in a hotel in a foreign place during the lockdown.

I still havent heard from him hours later after checking into a hotel and showering again. I lay down in bed and check the ringer on my phone making sure its on loud before setting it on my nightstand.

I sit there for a couple minutes before the tears start to come. How could you be so stupid? I think to myself over and over again before finally crying myself to sleep.