My literary endeavors...
She lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling, listening to noises in her empty room. She looked at the clock as the irridescent yellow/green numbers flipped slowly... 2:23, 2:24, 2:25....She thought if she looked hard enough she could make them move. She tried to breathe, to remove all of the thoughts in her head, she looked back at the numbers, it was no use - she would spend another night sleepless. She heard a noise in the house, it was too loud to be in the apartment next to her. She listened closely, it was coming from her apartment. She felt her heart creep into her throat...what was she going to do? She grabbed the phone that was next to her bed and listened, her breathing getting heavy. It was coming up the stairs, she turned the phone on. Was she imagining this or was it real? She covered her head and held the phone in her trembling hands. The sound was getting closer...her door opened, she gasped. Pressing the buttons, hoping it would go away. "Baby, baby, baby shhhh" Who was that, it sounded so familiar. "I'm here baby shhh don't be scared." Her eyes were clenched shut and she didn't dare open them. She felt her covers move - she thought she was going to be killed. She felt him touch her arm, she was almost in tears. She inhaled deeply for what she thought was the last time and it hit her. She slowly opened her left eye but it was too dark. She inhaled again, it was. It was him. She started to cry. He wrapped his arms around her "Baby I'm sorry I wanted to surprise you not to scare you." She could not talk through her tears. He pulled her close and she could smell his deep exotic scent. Her heart was still in her throat. His large hands brushed her hair and he kissed her forhead. "I missed you baby, I had to see you." She had missed him too and could not believe she was getting this chance. She was still crying tears of happiness and he wiped each one away with his hand, kissing some of them away. There were so many things that she wanted to tell him, how happy she was that he was there, how sad she had been without him, how she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. But she couldn't get the words out. What she really wanted was a kiss, the kiss she had waited so long to recieve. She looked up into his big, brown eyes framed by long black eyelashes and felt her heart melt. They looked into each others eyes, as if their eyes were memorizing the others soul. He moved his hand from her hair and opened it, running his fingers down her forehead, over her eyes, down her cheek and gently using his thumb to trace her lips. As he reached her chin he gently began to pull her towards him. She held her breath as her lips nearly reached his. She anticipated the tingle she had felt everytime they had kissed. The feeling deep inside her that made her feel like they were the only people in the world and that moment was all that mattered. She anticipated the softness, the sensual feel of his lips. She anticipated wanting more than just a single kiss. She could feel his breath and she waited. Her eyes popped open. 2:46 She had fallen asleep for a few minutes. Of course it couldn't have been him could it? He'd been gone for a year....2:47

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