Hearts
Chapter 1: Traffic
"Come on! Get goin'!" yelled Tara as she honked her horn at the slow moving cars at the intersection. The date was June 27, 2009. Tara was on her way to the police academy where she had been training to become a police officer for nearly 3 months. Tara had vowed to herself to become an officer because of her father's courage serving in the Vietnam war. Her father, David became of a food truck driver about 10 years after the war ended. He retired just about a year ago because he was diagnosed with lung cancer. So, he moved in with Tara's sister, Lily, and her niece, Meghan.
Tara arrived at the academy about 25 minutes later, on time as usual. Tara always planned ahead, and was anticipating the traffic. Tara was always doing her best at the academy, but lately her chief had been noticing that Tara was slacking. What he didn't know was that Tara had found someone. A few nights ago she had found what she believed to be "the one." Her name was Sam, about 6 foot tall, long black hair and beautiful blue eyes. They hit it off really well, and later that night went back to Sam's place. This was the first time in years that Tara finally felt loved by someone. Tara was in love.
Tara's chief didn't know, nor did he care. He screamed at Tara for not being completely in the game. Tara didn't seem to mind though. Everything in her life was fine, because she had Sam. After a few months of dating, Tara and Sam went on a peaceful, discrete camping trip. Tara was super excited for this trip, she loved spending every second that she could with Sam. The first night of the camping trip was fantastic. They went fishing, swimming, and ate some s'mores. It was about 2 in the morning, complete darkness except for fire that was slowly dying out. Tara laid on her side right behind Sam, who was also on her side. Tara had her arms around Sam, embracing her. Tara scooted back a little, and looked at Sam's bare back.
Tara couldn't help but smile at how happy she was to have Sam in her life. Tara started tracing hearts with her right index finger on sleeping Sam's back. Goosebumps grew all over her upper back because of Tara's soft, gentle touch. Sam awoke, and rolled over. They made eye contact and both smiled. Sam leaned in a kissed Tara passionately. When she pulled away Tara saw that Sam was crying.
"I'm so sorry, Tara." Sam managed to get out as she started to sob.
"W-wha? Why? For what?" Tara asked confused. Tara put her arm out and wiped away the tears from Sam's face. Tara was having a great time with the love of her life. She couldn't imagine what she was sorry for.
"I have a boyfriend..." Sam said with so much regret. "I really like you, Tara, but when we first hooked up, I didn't think this would happen." Tara instantly began to cry as she heard these words come out of her love's mouth.
"I was just mad at my boyfriend, I went out, and I noticed you at the bar. You looked really nice, and to be honest, I didn't think me and my boyfriend were gunna be able to keep going..." Sam continued.
"No, please Sam. Just stop talking." Tara said as she rolled over and sobbed.
"I'm sorry..." Sam said.
Sam woke up the next day to an empty tent. Tara had left just shortly after the sun rose. Sam cupped her eyes and cried.
|| A/N: Just sayin', this first chapter was meant to be a little short. It is a flashback, and starting next chapter it will be in the present. I apologize for my amateur writing skills. Thanks for reading c: