Flash Fic 6/21/13
Honorable Mention
kitchmill
Word count: 244
Long Road Home
My fingers drum on the steering wheel. The wind whips through my hair.
Three hours. Only three more hours.
What's three hours on top of thirty days? When it's all that's left, it feels like a lifetime.
My convertible continues to rumble down the highway, and the engine protests as I floor the gas pedal. I know she can handle it though. She's been there since the beginning. She was there through all the firsts. She took us on our first date, to prom, on summer road trips, to college, and now she's gonna take me right back where I belong.
I exit the highway and it feels like the car is driving itself. She knows the way.
She takes me down the familiar dirt road that leads to you. But really, all roads lead to you.
It's always been you.
When I pull up in front of the quaint white house, you're already waiting. I leave the engine idling as I step out to get to you faster, but you beat me to it.
You're down those stairs and in my arms before I can stand up. And then we're both back in the car.
Right where we belong.
"Never again," I whisper between kisses to your face. "I told them I won't travel anymore."
"Never, Edward," you make me promise.
And it's right. The right time and the right place, because everything happens here.
"Marry me, Bella."
Your smile is breathtaking.
"Yes."