"Sarah Jean! I demand you come with us!" Alyssa stomped her foot and
continued, "I won't take no for an answer!"
Sarah shook her head.
"You know I have to get a jump start or else my schedule will get all screwed up. You of all people should-"
"I know, I know...and I do but it was worth another try to convince you. Mexico won't be the same without you, you know. We'll probably get lost and wander around some tiny village looking for our hotel until the locals take pity on us and air freight us back to San Diego where we belong." Alyssa grinned and Sarah couldn't help but grin back at her.
"It won't be that bad and besides, David speaks Spanish as well as I do and he wouldn't let you get lost... for long." They laughed together but stayed quiet. Sarah knew she would miss them while they were gone and wish she was with them the whole time but the senior trip coincided with her college's summer session.
Sarah sighed while she thought about her plans. This summer session couldn't be helped and she hated that it would separate her friends from her. They had been together all through High School and while Sarah knew this day would come she had avoided coming to terms with it as long as possible. In her heart she knew this was the dividing point and it would never be the same. She sighed again but Alyssa interrupted with a pillow.
"Quit being melodramatic! We'll be back in time to help you with your first test!"
Sarah nodded and surreptitiously grasped a pillow. Weapon in hand she muttered, "Whomp me with a pillow, will you?" and engaged Alyssa in a pillow fight to the death. Well, not quite death. They still had to finish packing Alyssa's suitcase with her vacation sundries.
The next day, Sarah went to the airport with David and Alyssa and stayed with them as far as security would allow her. They were leaving today for the Mexican resort the senior trip was headed to. Since Sarah had spent the whole day with Alyssa the day before she said a short goodbye to Alyssa before she passed through the 'passenger only' area. Then she turned to David and started to speak the normal, "Be safe, Don't drink the water, and Don't get so drunk you can't find the hotel" but halfway through her litany she forgot what she was saying and became lost in David's deep blue eyes. The emotion that glinted there was unfamiliar to Sarah and she frowned. David saw her concern and stopped her before she could speak again.
"Sarah Jean," he said, "we've been friends for a long time now and I know it probably isn't the best time to tell you this since I'm on my way to a foreign country, but I can't not tell you any longer. I can't say for sure when I first began to feel this way but I knew the first moment I saw you that you were unlike anyone I had ever known. You know, I think it was that math test you helped me with Sophomore year, or maybe it was Freshman year. You remember that test that had absolutely no numbers and was all letters and theory..."
It was then he spared her a glance and realized he was rambling while she was hanging on a thread. There was laughter and annoyance warring in her eyes because this behavior was common to David but she was waiting with baited breath to hear the cause of his spiel.
David took a deep breath and came to his point. "Sarah Jean," he repeated, "I'm in love with you."
Sarah expelled her breath and smiled the most luminous smile David had ever seen.
"David," she began slowly, "I remember that math test and all the formula memorizing we had to do. I had nightmares about that test for a week and then the teacher decided to let us use note cards for the formulas. I-"
David stopped her with a look and she gave him all sugar and innoncence.
"David," she began again with a smile, "I'm in love with you too."
David picked up her up before she was even finished saying it and was spinning her around. He set her down and held her in a tight embrace.
"Can we talk when I get back, Sarah?"
"I think we better"
"Great," he said and released her so he could pick up his bags.
"David?" she said.
"Yeah, Sarah?"
"Aren't you forgetting something, David?"
"What do you mean? I checked my suitcase, I've got my carry-on, boarding pass, ticket, baggage claim..." he looked at her for clarification and it finally sunk in. Sarah stepped closer to him and looked up into his eyes.
She raised her eyebrow at his continued hesitancy and then he acted. Gathering her into his arms, he kissed her with all his heart and she returned in kind. When they broke apart, she hugged him close and repeated her list of cautions, adding "Stay away from the local girls" to the end.
David grinned and gathered his stuff once again. Another quick kiss and a goodbye and he was gone.
That was the last time she would see him.
Sarah shook her head.
"You know I have to get a jump start or else my schedule will get all screwed up. You of all people should-"
"I know, I know...and I do but it was worth another try to convince you. Mexico won't be the same without you, you know. We'll probably get lost and wander around some tiny village looking for our hotel until the locals take pity on us and air freight us back to San Diego where we belong." Alyssa grinned and Sarah couldn't help but grin back at her.
"It won't be that bad and besides, David speaks Spanish as well as I do and he wouldn't let you get lost... for long." They laughed together but stayed quiet. Sarah knew she would miss them while they were gone and wish she was with them the whole time but the senior trip coincided with her college's summer session.
Sarah sighed while she thought about her plans. This summer session couldn't be helped and she hated that it would separate her friends from her. They had been together all through High School and while Sarah knew this day would come she had avoided coming to terms with it as long as possible. In her heart she knew this was the dividing point and it would never be the same. She sighed again but Alyssa interrupted with a pillow.
"Quit being melodramatic! We'll be back in time to help you with your first test!"
Sarah nodded and surreptitiously grasped a pillow. Weapon in hand she muttered, "Whomp me with a pillow, will you?" and engaged Alyssa in a pillow fight to the death. Well, not quite death. They still had to finish packing Alyssa's suitcase with her vacation sundries.
The next day, Sarah went to the airport with David and Alyssa and stayed with them as far as security would allow her. They were leaving today for the Mexican resort the senior trip was headed to. Since Sarah had spent the whole day with Alyssa the day before she said a short goodbye to Alyssa before she passed through the 'passenger only' area. Then she turned to David and started to speak the normal, "Be safe, Don't drink the water, and Don't get so drunk you can't find the hotel" but halfway through her litany she forgot what she was saying and became lost in David's deep blue eyes. The emotion that glinted there was unfamiliar to Sarah and she frowned. David saw her concern and stopped her before she could speak again.
"Sarah Jean," he said, "we've been friends for a long time now and I know it probably isn't the best time to tell you this since I'm on my way to a foreign country, but I can't not tell you any longer. I can't say for sure when I first began to feel this way but I knew the first moment I saw you that you were unlike anyone I had ever known. You know, I think it was that math test you helped me with Sophomore year, or maybe it was Freshman year. You remember that test that had absolutely no numbers and was all letters and theory..."
It was then he spared her a glance and realized he was rambling while she was hanging on a thread. There was laughter and annoyance warring in her eyes because this behavior was common to David but she was waiting with baited breath to hear the cause of his spiel.
David took a deep breath and came to his point. "Sarah Jean," he repeated, "I'm in love with you."
Sarah expelled her breath and smiled the most luminous smile David had ever seen.
"David," she began slowly, "I remember that math test and all the formula memorizing we had to do. I had nightmares about that test for a week and then the teacher decided to let us use note cards for the formulas. I-"
David stopped her with a look and she gave him all sugar and innoncence.
"David," she began again with a smile, "I'm in love with you too."
David picked up her up before she was even finished saying it and was spinning her around. He set her down and held her in a tight embrace.
"Can we talk when I get back, Sarah?"
"I think we better"
"Great," he said and released her so he could pick up his bags.
"David?" she said.
"Yeah, Sarah?"
"Aren't you forgetting something, David?"
"What do you mean? I checked my suitcase, I've got my carry-on, boarding pass, ticket, baggage claim..." he looked at her for clarification and it finally sunk in. Sarah stepped closer to him and looked up into his eyes.
She raised her eyebrow at his continued hesitancy and then he acted. Gathering her into his arms, he kissed her with all his heart and she returned in kind. When they broke apart, she hugged him close and repeated her list of cautions, adding "Stay away from the local girls" to the end.
David grinned and gathered his stuff once again. Another quick kiss and a goodbye and he was gone.
That was the last time she would see him.