Kelsie got off the plane in Vancouver wearing low-riser jeans, purple sweater with white tank top showing through, and her white heels with pointy toe. She had put her hair in a ponytail, with her bangs pinned back.

She came through gate 10 to see Chris waiting there with a single white rose in his hand; she looked to the left of him to see that he had brought Blake with him. She wished that she didn't have anyone in front of her so that she could run right to him, but there was an elderly couple in front of her. She tried to get by them but there was no hope. It felt like forever before she was able to get past.

Chris stood there eagerly awaiting his love, with his brown hair spiked up, and his blue sweater on, that brought out his eyes.

He had missed her so much over the last couple of months. It hadn't been easy for him being apart from her, you could ask his friends. At times, he just wanted to stay home and talk to her on the phone instead of doing things that any normal senior students would be doing. He saw her come through those doors and a giant smile came upon his face, she look more beautiful to him then the last time he had saw her, like a glowing angel!

Kelsie was finally able to get to him, and when she did, she took the rose into her hand and jumped up on him throwing her legs around his waist. She leaned down and kissed his soft lips, not caring that they were in the middle of an airport. She needed to try to convince herself that she was just as much in love with him as she was before she left.

"I missed you so much," Kelsie, said as she jumped off him smelling the rose.

"I could tell!" he said bugging her.

Kelsie turned over to Blake, and gave him a hug, "I missed you too Blake," she joked.

"That's so sweet, I missed you too," he laughed, she just punch him lightly on the shoulder as she used to regularly do.

"Why don't we go get your stuff from baggage claim and then head off to the ferry?" Chris suggested, grabbing Kelsie's hand.

"Sounds good to me, but you can carry it," she told him.

"I wouldn't be a gentleman if I let you carry it," Chris said playing around.

"I'm just bugging; I know I wouldn't even have to ask." Looking over at Blake, "So Blake aren't you suppose to be in school?"

"Yeah, but since my parents are away for a week I came to keep Chris company. He would have gone crazy waiting here all day alone."

"Yeah that's true," knowing how impatient he could be.

"Hey," Chris sounding offended.

"So what did you guys do today in Vancouver?" curious to know if they had went shopping last minute for her.

"We went clothes shopping, ate, that's about it," Blake said.

"Did you get me a birthday present?" she asked now sounding like a little kid.

"Well I guess you'll have to wait and see." Chris said.

"You know I'm not good at waiting," she begged, giving him the puppy eyes.

"That's not going to work on me this time," having a hard time saying no that face of hers.

"That's what you always say," she grinned.

"No this time I'm determined to keep it a secret," trying to keep his ground.

As they walked to baggage claim, "You guys make me sick sometimes, it seems like no time has passed by," Blake wined as he watched them look so in love.

"That's why we're perfect for each other. You're just jealous that you don't have someone like me," she joked putting her arm around his shoulder.

Kelsie sat on the couch looking out the window at Chris's house, at the view of the bay, while Chris was in the kitchen with his mom. The night looked so peaceful, not a cloud in the sky. She was glad she was here, but it felt a little different being back after being away for so long. Her mind kept on going to her new life without her boyfriend there everyday, a life that she had turned to someone else and gotten a little too close. Craig came into her brain, just the thought of him right now made her angry, especially after what he pulled last night. She thought he had much more sense, especially after the talk they had after the first kiss.

Chris gazed from the kitchen into the living room where Kelsie sat. He couldn't figure out why she was in there all by herself. He looked at her face and saw that she was distant, that she was far away. Since they arrived at his house, she didn't seem herself; she hadn't talked her head off with his family as she usually had.

Something was bugging her, and he could figure out what. He got up from the stool that he was sitting on and went into the living room, and sat beside her, putting his arms around her waist. "Kels, what's the matter?" he asked with great concern.

Kelsie turned around to face him, leaning on the arm of the couch with her legs crossed right in front of her. "Chris I'm fine, I'm just a little tired from the party my friends threw me last night. We were up pretty late," she lied, knowing that it would just break his heart if he ever knew.

"Okay, why don't you go to bed and rest. I'll be in there a little later." Chris knew she was lying but didn't feel like arguing with her right now. She would be stubborn about it, and she would only get mad at him for not leaving it alone. He didn't want to ruin her stay.

"Alright, night," she said leaning in for a goodnight kiss before getting up and heading into Chris's room.

"Night, I love you."

Kelsie turned around to face him, "I love you too!"

The next morning Kelsie woke up with Chris's arms around her waist, and his head in the crook of her neck, it put a smile to her face. She felt a little better then she did yesterday, she was more sure that Chris is what she wanted.

"Good morning," Chris said kissing the nape of her neck. "How was your sleep?"

"Good, I feel much better," she said as she rubbed his hand.

"Happy Birthday!" making her smile, knowing that she was here, spending it with him.

"Thanks," looking into his eyes, with her hand on his cheek, "being with you makes it an extra special one."

"So what does the birthday girl want to do today?"

Kelsie turned around to face Chris. "How about we visit our friends this afternoon, and then have the whole evening to ourselves," she said kissing down his bare chest.

"Sounds good to me if this is what I can expect," he joked, rubbing her back.

"Yeah and maybe a little bit more," she teased, biting on his ear lobe.

Being turned on, but knowing that they had to get up and going, "Stop it; you can't tease me like that."

"You know I can," tugging on it even more.

Wining, "Stop, that's not nice."

"No, maybe not for you, but its fun for me," she laughed, sticking her tongue at her.

Glaring at her, "You're mean, you know that."

"I know, but it's my job."

Chris pushed Kelsie off him, pinned her to the bed, crawled on top of her, and began tickling her, making her laugh uncontrollable.

"Chris, stop it," she laughed. "That's not fair."

"Then you stop teasing me."

Kelsie puts out her hand out for Chris to shake, "Deal."

Getting up off her, "Now why don't you go take a shower and get ready, then we can go out."

"Alright," she said jumping off the bed, heading to Chris's bathroom.

Kelsie and Chris drove down the highway towards Halfmoon Bay where Blake lived. Since his parents weren't home, he invited people to come over and see Kelsie. His place was in the middle of nowhere, in the boonies. There were trees everywhere, and not that many streetlights. It was like living in the woods. How anyone lived out here Kelsie did not know.

When they got there, Tanya and Connor were sitting on the porch steps talking among themselves, so when they seen Chris's car pull up they ran to the passengers side to greet Kelsie.

"Hey chicky, how's it going?" Tanya said as she gave Kelsie a big hug.

"Not bad. How about yourself?"

"Good, Connor and I are going back out."

"Since when, I talked to you Wednesday and you said nothing about it."

"Thursday night, it just kind of happened," she shrugged.

"Wow! It's about damn time."

Chris came around to the other side of the car where they were all standing, and talking with a smile on his face. It was nice to see that Kelsie was in better spirits today then she was last night.

"Connor come and give me a hug," she said with open arms.

"So how is life in Toronto…wild?" Connor asked curios to know if it was as he had always heard it.

"No, but it's very much different from Sechelt. You have much more to do besides getting yourself into trouble," she joked.

"Good to have you back; it's not the same without you."

"Glad to be back!" she smiled.

"Come on Kelsie lets go inside," Tanya said grabbing Kelsie's arm, pulling her away from the boys.

"Yeah, let's see what Blake's up to." Turning to the boys, "You boys coming?"

"Yeah in a minute sweety," Chris said.

Walking towards the house, "Kelsie, so tell me how the situation with Craig is going?"

"It's getting worse, putting a sour face just thinking about it.

"What do you mean?"

"Thursday night they threw me a birthday party, and he wrote me a song, and in it, it said that he's falling in love with me."

"I can see what you mean."

"I talked to him about it, saying that I told him that the kiss meant nothing. He told me that I was lying, and then he kissed me again. So now I've decided that I can no longer be friends with him anymore."

"Maybe it's for the best to stay away from him if he's going to try to break you and Chris up."

They both heard the boys getting closer so they stopped talking about it. The last thing Kelsie wanted was to have Chris know about it. She didn't want to hurt him, or even lose him.

As they walked into the living room, Kelsie saw all of her best friends from school sitting in the living room, chatting away. There was a big sign hung up that said Happy Birthday.

"Hey, I'm home!!!" Kelsie said coming in through the living room.

"Happy Birthday," they all said, greeting her with hugs.

"Aw you guys are so sweet!" astonished that they had done this for her.

"Now why don't you come in the kitchen, we made you lunch," Karen said.

Kelsie turned around to Chris, putting her hands around his waist, "You planned this all didn't you?"

"Yeah," he smiled.

"I can't believe it, you're the best," kissing him on the lips.

"Well I try. Now let's go enjoy this," he grabbed her hand, leading her into the kitchen where there was a platter of food.

Kelsie grabs a Bacardi Silver, "Thank you all for being here so that I can really enjoy my visit."

"We did it because we love you and really missed you," Jenny said.

Kelsie sat on Chris's lap as she talked with her friends, trying to catch up on all that's happened since she left. They all helped her keep her mind off the events that had unraveled these last few weeks. Making her feel like she never left, as if she still had a place here.

Kelsie and Chris sat in the living room around the fireplace drinking hot chocolate. Kelsie was leaning against Chris's chest, while he played with her hair. They didn't even need to talk; they just enjoyed being in each other presence.

"Chris am I ever going to get my birthday present. I've been waiting all day," she pouted.

"Patient is a virtue," saying it to irritate her.

"You know I'm far from that," making fun of herself.

"Alright," he said as he grabbed the present out of his hoody, presenting it right in front of her. It was a little velvet box.

Kelsie took it from his hand and started to unwrap it. She looked at it; it was a silver band with hearts indented all around it. "Aw what's this for?"

"It's a promise ring, promising that one day I will exchange it for an engagement ring when we're ready to take that leap into marriage."

Leaning back against his chest, "Chris that's such a sweet gift, I couldn't have asked for anything better."

Putting his arms around her waist, kissing the top of her head, "I just wanted to show you how much you mean to me, and that I know we will get married in the future."

"I've always thought that," she said.

"Let me put it on," She turned around to face her, but still sat upon his neck. He took the ring and put it on her ring finger.

"I love you."

"I love you too," brushing her hair away from her neck, and then he started to kiss her neck. Kelsie tipping her head a little to allow better access to it, leaning back farther into his chest. He soon went to biting her ear softly causing her to moan aloud. Luckily, his parents had gone out for the night, leaving them to have the house to themselves.

"Why don't we take this into the bedroom?" Chris suggested.

"Alright."

Chris picked her up and carried her to his room where he placed her on his bed. He joined her on the bed, lying beside her. She leaned in kiss him, and started to get rough with her kisses crushing his lips. She rolled on top of him taking control of the situation; she wanted to prove to herself that this is where she belonged.

"I love you," Kelsie moaned.

"I love you too."

Kelsie pulled off Chris's shirt and started to kiss down his chest, before going back to his lips. Chris took back control, rolling her back on her back, ripping open her blouse. He kiss down her chest, down her tummy, when he hit her pants he reached for the top button and started to undo her pants, then slid them off. It went on to get even hotter between the two, letting out the sexual frustration that they both had after so many months.

The next morning was a sad one, a day they both didn't look forward to. Saying good-bye again, who knew when the next time they would see each other? They both woke up with big smiles on their faces after what had happen the night before. It had been a night to remember.

"Morning," Kelsie said looking into Chris's eyes.

"Morning, have a good nights rest?"

"Yes, especially after last night," she smiled.

"Yeah, I enjoyed myself to," he laugh. "We better get up, you need to pack, have some breakfast, and then we need to catch the ferry."

"What time is it?" hoping they would have a little time to just relax before they would have to rush about.

Chris looks at his watch, "10 o'clock."

"Yeah I guess you're right," a little disappointed.

Kelsie and Chris did all they had to do, and rushed to catch the 11:30 ferry. They just made it in time, and that was a relief because other wise she might not catch her flight, and her parents wouldn't be too impressed about that. With the ferry ride and the Vancouver traffic it took about two hours to get to the airport, just thinking of her going home made Chris depressed. It just like losing her all over again. He really hoped to get into a University in Toronto so that they didn't have to do this long distant thing much longer.

"Chris thanks for everything you did to make this a special weekend, I only wish it could have been a longer trip, maybe next time," she smiled slightly.

"Me too, but it's always worth seeing you even if it's only for a few seconds."

Kelsie kissed him, "How am I going to live without you any longer?"

"I know what you mean, but lets cross our fingers, and hope I get in a school there."

"I know." She held him in her arms hoping not to have to let him go, knowing that she will have to deal with Craig tomorrow. She wasn't looking forward to that, not one bit. She would do all she could to try to avoid him.

"I'll phone you tomorrow, to see how your trip was."

"Everyone going to Toronto, this is your last call to board the plane."

Hearing this, "Well I guess I have to go, I love you," she held him tighter, not wanting to let go.

"I love you too," he leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on her lips.

"Bye," she waved as she went to the gate, then mouthed I love you again before turning to walk through the door.

Tears ran down Chris's cheeks. All of a sudden, he felt like this was going to be the last time he would ever see her, and it startled him. What could tare them apart? This just made him to start to worry more.