Love...Or Something Like It........

Trowa stood and looked into Kayla's eyes. He put his arm around her waist, enclosing her. One hand went to the small of her back and gently he pulled her forward.

"Trowa?" For a fleeting second she looked startled. When she had last seen him, they had been the same height, and now he towered above her. Her breath was short and her heart beat so hard she was sure he would hear it. Slowly, he lowered his lips onto hers, then stopped. "You're supposed to close your eyes." "Will you be here when I open them?" "Close your eyes." He laughed, but softly. Then kissed her. It was soft, and it took a very long time. It was true, what they said, about cliffs and falling in love. Once you stepped off, there was no going back. "You're here, to stay?" Kayla whispered between kisses. He kissed her again- her lips, her cheeks, her nose."Say that you wont leave again?" He didn't answer her. It came in a flash. The thought rose up and washed over her like a rogue wave. Kayla wrenched back her head and stared up into his green, green eyes. "You are going away again. I can hear you thinking." "Yes, but-" "Oh, oh!" She stepped back and wrapped her arms around her stomach as if she'd been punched. "Where to? Space? The colonies?" Tears, angery and hard filled her eyes. No, not after all this time. Years and years of waiting for him. Years of worry. They had said that she was too young to know her own mind, too young to know her destiny, but they'd been wrong. She had always known that they were meant for each other, always.