How they romanced summer (going the distance)

It was almost as if he wasn’t alive. He felt like a zombie living his old life. The life he left behind when she walked into his world.

Everything reminded her of him. Even classes she had known about last semester had his mark on them. It was bad enough that couples reminded her of how they used to be. Now she knew how others must of seen them, on the back of the bus, on the train, their open displays of affection. It was payback. Oh, she knew that every couple was not secretly against her, but it sure felt like it. She day dreamed about him during class, remembering little stories to tell him at night when they would web cam.

It felt so good to seem him again. Even if it was through the internet. To see his smiling face, it was almost as if he was right there in front of her..almost.

He lived for the web cam nights. He would get so distracted by her beaming face that he would forget to speak, he would just stare. Of course his awe struck staring would just make her blush. A blush that was hidden under her soft brown cheeks. He would watch tenderly as her cheeks turned into pillows that he had kissed at night as they would say their good nights over the summer. Even then saying goodbye was hard, even knowing they would see each other the next day, only hours away, still goodnight was never easy.

She had wanted to pack him up in her suit case an take him to school with her. Their last night together was hard on them both. For the first time he saw tears roll down her beautiful cheeks. Though she had never cried in front of him, and had never heard her cry, his heart felt a sharp pain as she turned away from him to go up the steps of her apartment. Something was wrong. It was all to much for her, not seeing him again, for three months. They had just shared three months together and were already inseparable. They were already made for each other. She didn’t want a long distance relationship. She didn’t want..

He turned her around and saw her cheeks stained by a single tear as it streaked down her face. He couldn’t stand it. It almost broke him. It almost brought him to tears. He took his hand and with great care dried her face and wiped away her tear. He held her. He held her tight for the the last time and again, almost cried.