Prologue
It was the beginning of spring, the air was breezy, buds were awaking after a long winter's sleep. It was perfectly cliché. It was a Saturday, most slept in but there were a handful of happy troopers awake basking in the purity of a new life. Some however, just took time to contemplate and one silent figure did just that. Just then he felt a pair of arms snake around him, then a face resting itself in his nape. The scent of lilacs infused his senses; uncharacteristically he smiled, and in a swift and slick movement pulled her unto his lap and nuzzled into her nape. This was the only place he felt truly at peace, in her arms. Then she just rested herself on his chest, both breathing rhythmically. Everything that was needed to be said was already said in the silence that surrounded them. A single perfect green leaf made its way swaying and spinning, finally with a perfect landing into her palm.
"Why
did the leaf leave the tree? Was it because the wind courted it or
was it because the tree didn't ask it to stay?" she said,
twirling the leaf.
He
looked into her eyes and said, "Stay."
"Silly
boy," she said, giving him a small kiss on the ear. Lingering there
she said, "I'll never leave you."
He
pulled her ever closer and whispered in her
ear.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
He
smiled lightly and pulled away, then gave her a lingering kiss on the
lips.