Part Two: Lolly Pop
Kari sat at the airport twiddling her thumbs eagerly. She'd already started to bite her nails from the nerves and had to resort to buying a bag of overly expensive lollypops to stop her bad habit. Especially because she didn't want to see Tk for the first time in months looking anything less than perfect.
Before Tk had left for University in America he and Kari had had one beautiful month to spend with each other. Granted, they had spent a good part of their entire lives together but this was different. This time they'd decided to give dating a chance. They did everything a normal young couple should do in the short time they were together and then had a sad goodbye.
In the four months they'd been separated they did try to talk often but both their school schedules, sports teams and clubs, and the time difference had gotten in the way. Long distance dating was difficult and painful. Therefore, when Kari finally met Tk again she didn't know what exactly was going to happen and she hated waiting.
Kari looked at the clock. The plane was supposed to land ten minutes ago. Why hadn't anyone come out yet? She sucked on her lolly occasionally clicking it on her teeth in time to the ticking clock. Then, finally, one person came out. And then another. Kari's nerves were about to burst with anxiety.
Tk walked out. His blond hair shined brilliantly in the less than flattering airport lighting and his blue eyes searched the room with ease. When they finally connected with Kari his entire face lit up in his famous, quirky smile. He was in front of her in three big strides, enveloping his arms around her body in a tight hug.
"I missed you." He sighed while releasing her.
"I missed you, too." Kari responded with the lolly still in her mouth. She'd just gotten to the chocolate center and chewed it happily before taking the stick out of her mouth. "You have no idea how much I missed you." Kari pulled Tk down into a deep kiss. When at last it ended both had goofy smiles on their faces.
"C'mon, let's get out of here." Tk said while grabbing her hand and heading towards the exit. Kari led him to her car where she preceded to drive them back to her flat because Tk's mom wasn't getting home until the following day and he'd be sleeping over. On the way home they discussed everything they could possibly think about. Everything fell into place like they'd never left each other and when they finally reached Kari's flat their talking morphed into kissing. Their simple kisses morphed into deep kisses and at some point they were so out or breath they decided to take a small break.
While getting up for a drink of water Kari accidentally hit her purse off the table spilling it's contents onto the ground. While picking them up she discovered the remainder of her bag of lollys and offered one to Tk.
"Nah, I'd rather just have the chocolate center than the actual lolly."
"I don't know about that," Kari said thoughtfully while returning to the couch with her water and lolly. She leaned her head on Tk's chest softly, "after sucking on the lolly for such a long time when you finally get to the center it seems ten times better. It's the effort that makes the final product so great."
"Is that so?" Tk said while planting a kiss on her forehead.
"Yes, definitely."
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