Ordinary No Chapter 7 (standard:romance, 898 words) [7/7] show all parts
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Lee leaves back to his home.

Karen and Lee had a long not to mention late night. Karen found herself
in tears quite often in the remaining twenty four hours they had 
together Lee was quiet and reflective. They lay together on the bed 
that morning gazing into one anothers eyes in quiet communication. 

Karen watched from the bedroom door and had felt ill as she watched Lee
pack his bags. She carried in cup of coffee to him. Karen knew that it 
would be hard when Lee left but she didn't quite expect this magnitude 
of heartache she felt deep within. "Suck it up", Karen said to herself, 
"its not the last time you will have to go through this". Karen let out 
a huge sigh, Lee looked at her and held out his hand. Karen moved in 
closer to Lee as he wrapped his arms around her, resting his chin on 
the top of her head. 

"I just wish we had more time together," Karen started to say as another
rush of hot wet tears poured from her eyes. Lee's arms tightened around 
her as thoughts went through his mind," Dang, I wish I could take her 
with me, I wish that we had more time together myself, I wish I could 
say something but I know if I do I too will cry, hell my eyes are 
already starting to tear up, I'm supposed to look after her, I'm 
supposed to be the strong one here." Karen's tears eased off and she 
looked up at Lee seeing in his eyes that he too had tears that were 
ready to fall. Karen smiled at Lee, and took a deep breath to regain 
her composure. 

Lee moved to his bag and pulled from it a t-shirt that he had worn the
previous day. His scent still on it, he handed it to Karen. Karen 
smiled thanking Lee and raised it to her face inhaling it. She tucked 
the t-shirt under her pillow to wear that night to bed. 

"Well, I hate to say it but...." began Lee. 

"I know, we have to get going" said Karen as she felt another onslot of
tars beginning again, She looked at Lee quickly and turned away before 
he noticed. "Shit," Karen thought to herself, "He must think I am one 
wimp. Good god, All I've done was cry." 

Karen called the taxi to take them to the airport as Lee and Blaze said
thier good bye's. "It was nice meeting you Lee," said Blaze as he stuck 
out his hand. "It was very nice meeting you Blaze," said Lee in reply. 
Karen watched the exchange paying close attention to Blaze's reactions. 
Blaze did like Lee and it was apparent in his mannerisms. She watched 
as Blaze as he avoided Lee's eye contact, and noticed tears beginning 
to form in Blaze's eyes. Blaze beat it out of the living room after the 
goodbyes to seek solace in his bedroom as his mom and Lee left out the 
door. 

Enroute to the airport all was very quiet, as Lee and Karen held hands
in the backseat of the taxicab. Once the airport was in sight, Karen's 
eyes welled up with tears that threatened to fall. Together they went 
to the check in, as Lee produced his passport and ticket, Karen let the 
tears softly fall. Lee got the information on his flight boarding time 
and seat, they had yet some time to spare as they ventured to the 
airport coffee shop. 

Stopping briefly at the gift shop to retrieve some gum, Karen hung on to
Lee, her eye's puffy from the tears, and his face solemn as he paid for 
his purchase. A lady behind them intruding on thier silence observed 
them, and spoke up. "Let me guess, he's leaving and you are staying," 
both Lee and Karen looked at the woman behind them. She appraised the 
couple recognising in them the identical emotions displayed on thier 
faces that she and her boyfriend have when he leaves. "Well, you are 
not alone, I know exactly what you are feeling. Its hard but hang in 
there!" 

Karen & Lee murmered thier thanks to the woman, and both chuckled on the
way out. "Well its god to know we are not the only ones," Lee laughed. 
"What was with that" asked Karen. "Oh well just showing sympathy I 
guess" lee replied. Karen and Lee had thier coffee and sat for the most 
part in silence as they awaited Lee's boarding call. After what seemed 
like seconds but was a half an hour, Lee's flight began its preboarding 
call. Karen could not hold back the tears as they walked towards the 
boarding area. Lee's arm draped over Karen's shoulder pulling her in 
closer to him. Karen and Lee held one another in a tight embrace, 
before Lee turned away to check in. Karen stood there, tears streaming 
from her eyes, not caring that people were looking her way watched as 
Lee went through the gates. 

Karen headed to the taxi stand and the Limousine driver that had picked
her and Lee up that short time ago, came over and ushered her into his 
car. Grateful she sat quietly in the back of the limousine as he drove 
her home. When Karen got home, the tears fell immediately and she lay 
on her bed holding Lee's T-shirt and cried herself to sleep.


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