Another Chapter..... ( A Short Story )

"This is very special. I am not going to let you go..." he looked at her and whispered.

"Tell me that in the morning when the sun is up!!" She smiled.

"And.... Why is that?" his obvious question.

"Men say a lot of things in the darkness of the night that they haven't fully thought through..." She replied calmly.

"Well I am not like the others," he protested.

"Well.. That's what they all say.." She smiled again.. Followed by a wink..

He pulled her back from his arms then, she saw his puzzled gaze. He paused, smiled and added confidently, "And I am NOT like them."

But that's what they all say, except she didn't say it out aloud this time.

Instead she leaned in so he could kiss her again. And he did.
He slightly brushed his hand against her cheek before he pulled back and she smiled.
He walked her to the door. They quietly talked for a few more moments before they said goodnight and she started to leave. He knew she didn't want to leave but she had to.

He watched her walk out, and when she was out of sight... He turned around and pulled his sweater to cover his chest and crossed his arms over it. Somehow he was cold then. He walked into his dimly lit room, and looked at the clock: 2:53AM. He sighed audibly and suddenly felt an urge to make some coffee. A few moments later, he was holding his (and her too) favorite coffee mug as he made his way to the desk. The warm coffee felt good against his cold hands. Sleep was far from his eyes then. He logged on to the PC - the sound of the key strokes of the keyboard started shaping words, forming sentences, pouring emotions. And that is how he started writing his Another Chapter - Another Heartache...


-omi