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Chapter 7: Forever and Almost Always

Emily rolled over grabbing the beeping device on the bedside table and throwing it to the floor, a loud crash going along with it. With a groan she snuggled back into the sheets and the warm body next to hers tossing the top sheet over her head hiding the daylight coming in from the window.

"That was the clock you just threw." Aaron yawned snuggling down with her. His arms snaked around her body holding her tight to his chest.

"Sleep" she moaned pressing her cold nose into the juncture of his shoulder and neck sending a small shock to his warm body.

He smiled down at her. Over the time they spent together he learned fast not to mess with Emily in the morning before she had at least two cups of coffee in her. Running his hand over her bare back he whispered "I have to get up and get ready."

Emily shook her head violently. "No, need body heat. So cold." She held onto his arms not letting him move even if he tried.

"I have to catch my flight but you can stay in bed Sweetheart." he pulled the covers over her and slipped from bed.

"No flight." She whined losing her source of heat still half asleep. But as the fog faded from her sleepy mind she snapped up. "Oh god, when is your fight?" she hurried out of the bed and grabbed a sheet to cover her cold body.

"I need to get to the airport in thirty." He told her watching with a smile as she gathered up her clothes and began dressing like a crazy person.

Hopping on one leg she glared "Hurry up I'm taking you." She told him trying hard to get her jeans on while at the same time her bra.

He shook his head. "I think you should stay here." he took a breath as she froze at his words. "It's not that I don't want you there it's I don't think I can get on the plane if you are there." His emotions got the best of his as his voice cracked just slightly.

Emily knew this moment was coming but even preparing for it didn't stop the tears pricking at the back of her eyes. "No I want to go with you." She told him. She couldn't just let him go like that. Plus it was a few extra minutes together.

"Please stay" he nearly begged. He had fallen so far he wasn't sure he could take getting on the plane with her right there. He went over it in his mind the night before as she slept in his arms. They would kiss goodbye then she would cry while his heart broke in two then he would turn around and walk out of the airport with her at his side and not getting on the plane. The only thing making him go now was the thought of his son. He hadn't seen him in a week and that was eating at him.

Schooling her face she nodded. "If that's what you really want." She knew if it was her she would ask the same of him.

The next few minutes were spent in tense silence. Both ran over what they wanted to say to the other but when it came time to say it they both just stared into the other's dark eyes. Aaron took her hands in his moving as close as he could. "I don't know what to say." He confessed as his speech before left his mind.

She smiled softly. "Me either" she bit at her bottom lip to keep from crying. "Be safe and…" her eyes told him all he needed. His lips took hers in a passionate kiss that left them both gasping for air.

"Fling in Paris, right?" he questioned.

"Yeah, fling in Paris." She agreed nodding as her forehead rested against his.

"I know this goes against that but what if I told you I'm going to come back to Paris this time next year?" he said hoping one day they could meet again.

Emily took in his words. Her heart was telling her to ask him for his address and the next time she's in his city she will meet him but in her head she knows the chances of that. "If you happen to be here at our bar next year I will be too." she smiled leaving it up to fate whether they find one another again. The chances of the man in front of her being single and in Paris in a year were slim but she had nothing else.

He nodded closing his eyes and marking the moment in his memory. The smell of her hair and how it curtained her face from the light coming in from the window, the way her body seemed to fit his perfectly, not too tall or too short. And the way her eyes burned into his and made his heart race. Everything about the moment he took in and he knew she was doing the same. "I have to go." He whispered breaking the daze they were both in.

"Right" she smiled weakly as tears welled in her eyes. She walked to the door as he grabbed his suitcase. One last glance around the room then he joined her. "It was…"

"Yeah it was." He agreed then kissed her softly. As he pulled back he saw in her eyes what he felt in his heart. One last kiss and he walked out the door.

"Bye" she whispered into the hall waiting for him to get in the elevator before closing the door.

"Bye" he waved as the cars doors closed and she was out of sight. A huge hole grew in his heart at that very moment.

Emily shut the door and sank to the floor. A few tears rolled down her cheeks but she didn't wipe them away instead she let them come knowing once she left this room she had to forget him. She had to go on with her life like he never touched her, never made her smile, never made she fall in love. So she let the tears come and wash him away.

A/N: Sorry it was so short but the next will be longer. Thanks for your lovely reviews!