Side By Side

We were all at the airport with Austin. He was saying his good byes to everyone; Austin finally made his way over to me. Everyone walked away, and I broke down in tears. “Please don’t cry” he said, while giving me a great big hug. “I’m going to miss you too much.” Austin bent down and lifted my chin so I was looking at him. “This isn’t goodbye. I’ll be back and we will keep in touch everyday.” We hugged again until we heard the flight attendant say “Flight 174 to Miami now boarding.” He squeezed me tightly before heading to the plane. I watched sadly as the plane took off….