Heaven Is A Place On Earth
By Kayleigh
"Oh, baby do you know what that's worth? Oh, heaven is a place on earth. They say in heaven love comes first. Oh heaven is a place on earth."
The music blasted out of Kirstie's car as she drove the short journey to Sainsbury's. She had a very special visitor, coming to do something she'd never thought could happen again. Well not with who she wanted it to anyway. She'd cleaned the house from top to bottom. Something she did very rarely. She hated cleaning but this time she breezed through it with not a care in the world. She hadn't even moaned to the toy rabbit sat on the television about cleaning the bathroom. All that water slopping around, they have to be self-cleaning!
Wandering up and down the aisles of the supermarket she wondered what to buy. What sort of things is Tash into now? Is she vegetarian? Does she have any allergies? The questions swum round her head as she threw random items into the trolley. If all else failed they could get a takeaway.
As she got to the checkout she glanced at her watch. "Damn it!" she whispered delicately under her breath. Tash was going to arrive in half an hour and she was stuck in what was possibly the longest and slowest moving queue in Halifax.
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Tash meanwhile was sat back in her car. An hour into the journey and her nerves had already set in. She was going to see someone she was in love with but hadn't seen for nearly two years. The only contact they'd had was 2 answer phone messages, a text message and a short, hurried phone call as they were both working at the time.
What if Kirstie is completely different? What if she's not the person I fell in love with?
"No." She told herself that it would be fine. Everything would work out. It had to have been more than a coincidence that they had phoned each other at exactly the same time. That would make a good conversation. If it went quiet she could always bring that up.
What if conversation went quiet? Were they going to run out of things to say to each other? It had never happened before. They'd not seen each other for two years; of course they'd have lots to talk about.
She kept running over things in her mind and before she knew it she was coming off the M62 motorway she had joined what seemed like ten seconds ago, when actually it must've been almost n hour and a half. She went round the island and headed towards Halifax. She was getting close now.
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Kirstie changed her top for the fifth time. Looking down at her watch again she saw it was 3:17. Tash was late. What if she's got lost? What if there was an accident?
Kirstie picked up the phone and dialled Tash's number. "Hello, Tash?" She breathed a sigh of relief. "Where are you?"
Five minutes later she had changed her top again and was sat in the comfy armchair near the window. She was finally ready to see Tash again. She'd waited so long for this moment and now it was finally coming. The time's she'd dreamed about what to say and how to act had been forgotten now.
She'd read a magazine article a few days ago in the dentists about meeting up with your ex again. It said things could be awkward but Kirstie knew it wouldn't be like that with Tash. They still loved each other. She knew it would be completely natural and things would turn out the way they were supposed to. With them together again.
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Tash had got lost and was very relieved when Kirstie had rung. She didn't like to admit she was lost but when Kirstie asked her here she was she'd got no idea. As it turned out she was on the right road but heading the wrong way!
After she'd swung the car round and was going in the right direction it was plain sailing. She'd driven past a big new hospital. It looked very modern. That must be where Kirstie works she told herself. Well she'd landed on her feet here all right! It looked like a lovely little town. Lots of houses and as she neared the town centre she saw lots of shops, a gym, swimming baths. And pubs. Lots of them!
Just Kirstie's sort of place! She found herself imagining whether there were any jobs available at the hospital. Whoa slow down now, you haven't even seen her yet! She drove up the road Kirstie told her about. "Then take the first left. Carry on until you reach the corner and go up the road, third house on the left." She read Kirstie's dictated instructions aloud.
Pulling up to the house she noticed the green door, Kirstie's old green car, the little overgrown garden. She'd not changed at all! She got out of the car and pulled her hair into a ponytail at the back of her head.
"Leave it down. I like it down." She heard a voice behind her. Kirstie was stood on the doorstep smiling.
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Kirstie was grinning like an idiot but she couldn't help it. She was overwhelmed. Tash was actually here, finally.
"Come in."
Tash picked up her bag and walked through the front door. "Wow!" she told Kirstie.
"You like it?" she asked cautiously.
"I love it. And I love you!" She walked over to Kirstie and enveloped her into a warm hug.
"So the message worked did it?" Kirstie asked with a cheeky grin. As an afterthought she kissed Tash lightly. Then she pulled away. Have I done the right thing?
The answer was obviously yes as Tash leaned in to kiss her back. The pair just stood there, lost in each other.
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Every story has a happy ending. It just depends on the way you look at it.