29 July 2012
I traveled down to base at Lucy's request. I opened the door to her room, barely putting a foot inside before she hugged me tightly. 'Abby!' she exclaimed, 'I've missed you so much.' she said with tears filling her eyes. 'I've missed you too .' I said, hugging her back.' she told me all about the training exercise, and I listened intently as it reminded me of the times we used to have together, before adam. 'but Abby, I didn't ask you to come here to listen to me babble away about a stupid exercise... I've got some bad news.' she said quietly. 'I'm going away on a mission.' I felt my shoulders sag and my head drooped. 'I'm sorry...' she pleaded. 'when do you go?' I mumbled. 'in ten minutes.' she said guiltily. My head snapped up, 'what!' I exclaimed. 'can't you tell her you don't want to go...quit and come home with me.' I begged, she shook her head sadly. 'abby this is my job, I want to do this.' she said firmly 'please don't make me feel guilty.' she said quietly. I nodded and we walked silently to the helipad. When we arrived she turned and crushed me in her arms. 'I'm going to lose you both.' I whispered. She pulled back and looked me in the eye, 'no, you're not going to lose me. I'll be back in a week, I promise.' she said convincingly. I nodded and wrapped my arms around her again. It started to pour with rain, and for once I was relieved as the rain masked my tears. I stood waving, the rain soaking me in seconds. I stood waving as she got into the helicopter, I was still waving as the blades began to spin, I continued waving until the helicopter was a tiny black dot in the sky, and only then did I lower my hand. I was about to turn to walk away, when strong arms wrapped themselves around my waist, I quickly span around, and found myself staring into Adams dark eyes. A grin slowly spread across his face as he saw the pure happiness spread across mine. He slowly bent down and gently placed his lips to mine. I pulled his head closer, crushing our lips together. He pulled away and whispered in my ear, 'I remember.' with that I kissed him again, letting my love for him show. I cradled his face, 'don't ever leave me again.' I whispered. He picked me up, cradling me to his chest. 'never.' he smiled, kissing me again as the rain soaked the landscape in life.
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Love And War Chpt.77 • Opuss № I