Seven Words
Written by: Ren
Part 7
Will these memories ever go away…or at least fade into the background? They were particularly strong tonight. One by one they assaulted her. She couldn’t get all the things that had happened out of her mind. She let her mind wander back to her last full day…that first week. What a killer it had been.
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They woke up wrapped in each others arms. Today was their last full day together. Kira’s mind was fully awake the moment her eyes opened. How am I going to get through today? I don’t want to leave.
Morgan was having similar thoughts. Never before could she remember being so happy with someone. Why can’t she stay? Get over it Morgan…you know she has responsibilities at home she needs to take care of…you’re just being selfish. Oh damn…I can’t help it. How am I going to be without her here?
They looked at each other for a long time before either one of them spoke. Each one lost in their own thoughts. Kira finally broke the silence. “Good morning.”
“Is it?” Morgan replied.
Kira felt tears well up in her eyes. “I don’t want to leave hon…but I have to.”
“I know…I know…..I just….” Morgan said so quietly it was almost a whisper. “I just ..what am I going to do without you here?”
Kira stared at her. “The same thing I’m going to do when I leave here. Think of all the fun we had….think of how much in love with you I am…..think of how soon I can get my ass back down here….”
“I hope you can come back really soon.” Morgan said sadly. “I’m gonna miss you so much!”
Kira kissed away the tear that had escaped Morgan’s eye. “I’m going to miss you too.”
Morgan got herself together. “Well....you’re not leaving until tomorrow morning. Let’s make the most of today. We’ve still got pictures to take.” She grinned.
Kira smiled back and gave Morgan a soft kiss. “Yes…that we do….but I think they can wait a little while longer…don’t you?”
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A few hours later they meandered downstairs. Morgan’s friends, who had come in from out of town the night before, were sitting casually at the kitchen table.
“’Bout time you two got out of bed.” Dawn smirked.
“Yeah, we were beginning to think we were gonna have to send in a search party for you two.” Jem added.
Both Kira and Morgan blushed furiously. “C’mon you guys…” Morgan whined pitifully, “give us a break….she’s leaving tomorrow.”
Dawn winked at them both. “Yeah…yeah…we know…that’s why you didn’t get the search party.” she laughed. “We figured you’d be up for air eventually.”
“Oh Gods!” Kira replied as she blushed an even deeper shade of red. She leaned over and whispered in Morgan’s ear. “You don’t think they….um…..heard anything do you?”
Morgan burst out laughing. “I don’t think so.” She turned to her friends. “You two didn’t hear anything last night did ya?”
They all started laughing. Kira hid behind Morgan. “Oh my God…you DID NOT just say that!?”
“It’s ok honey…they make love too.” Morgan teased.
“Nawwww….we didn’t hear anything…did we Jem?” she winked again.
“Oh no…not a thing. Nope…nothing.” Jem giggled.
“Oh Gods….” Kira mumbled again from behind Morgan.
“Alright you two….that’s enough.” Morgan stated with a grin. “We don’t want to freak out the newbie.”
“The newbie?” Kira asked.
They all laughed again. Kira popped out from behind Morgan’s back. She smiled. “Well I may be a newbie….but someone I know wasn’t and or isn’t complaining.”
It was Morgan’s turn to be red faced. “You did NOT just say that!”
Dawn and Jem laughed even harder. “Well Morgan, you gotta give her credit. She learns fast.”
Kira grinned knowing full well she had gotten Morgan but good. “Yeah…let that be a lesson to ya!”
Morgan grinned sheepishly, “Can we change the subject now please?”
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Morgan grabbed the camera and tossed it to Dawn. “Get some pictures of me and Kira will you? I want to use this roll up so we can go get them developed before she leaves tomorrow.”
“Well….get over there by the counter. I’ll snap away.”
Morgan and Kira stood side by side, arms around each other, while Dawn took the shot.
“Give her a kiss Kira.” Dawn taunted.
“A kiss huh?” she grinned an evil grin. “My pleasure.” She leaned over, laid her hand on the side Morgan’s face and promptly planted a kiss on her cheek.
CLICK! “I hope like hell that one turns out!” Dawn gleefully shouted.
“Sheesh you guys…..knock it off.” Morgan grumbled. “You know I hate having my picture taken.”
“Well this WAS your idea….” Dawn laughed.
Morgan shrugged. “Yeah it was…wasn’t it? Remind me next time I get an idea like this to have my head examined.”
“It’s not that bad is it dear?” Kira asked playfully.
“No…I guess not.” Morgan grinned. “But can we still hurry up and get it over with?”
“Awww c’mon Morgan. Now it’s your turn.” Jem jumped in with her two cents. “Give her a smooch!”
“You want me to give her a smooch?” Morgan asked sarcastically.
“Yeah! A big ole smoocheroo!” Dawn added.
Morgan lunged for Kira. “C’mere…..”
Kira tried to dodge her but Morgan was to quick for her and before she knew it she was wrapped up in Morgan’s arms.
“Gotcha!” Morgan snickered. “They want a kiss…..”
“Oh yeah?” Kira replied with a giggle of her own as she wrapped herself around her mischievous lover. “You gonna give me one?”
“Yup!” She looked into Kira’s eyes. She was done playing. “I am.” she said gently as she leaned in and softly brushed her lips against Kira’s.
The only sound that was heard was the click of the camera as Dawn captured the moment on film.
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Kira pulled out the picture. There they were. Morgan’s lips on hers. Morgan’s arms wrapped around her. One of her arms around Morgan, the other resting over Morgan’s heart. It seems like it just happened yesterday. What are you thinking about right this moment Morgan? Where are you? Are you ok? Kira shook her head. So many things….so much to think about. Her mind wandered back to the rest of that last day.
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They'd polished off the roll quicky and ran to the store to get it developed. Both women were quiet. It was getting late and neither of them wanted the day to end.
"Why don't we get some dinner while we wait?" Morgan asked.
"Yeah….Ok." Kira answered slowly.
Morgan stole a glance at her partner. She could see her lower lip start to tremble. Oh hon…please don't cry…because if you get started then so will I…and I'm not sure I'll be able to stop.
"Hey…..it's not forever you know."
"I know." Kira tried to smile. "I just don't know when I'll be able to come back down here and it's making me crazy thinking about being away from you for even just one day…let alone several."
Morgan tried to cheer them both up. "Well the day isn't over yet…tomorrow isn't here yet…so let's just enjoy the time we DO have left ok?"
That got a real smile out Kira. She put her arms around Morgan's waist and kissed her cheek. "Sounds like a plan."
Morgan grinned back. "That's my girl. Now let's get something to eat alright?"
"You got it."
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They ate a quick meal and went to retrieve the pictures. "Ooooo" Kira squealed. "This one turned out just perfect. She held up the photo of her kissing Morgan's cheek. "You look so adorable. I'm going to scan this one and put it on my computer as my desktop."
Morgan looked up from the pile of pictures she was looking at and groaned. "Tell me you're not really going to do that……are you? Not with that picture…."
Kira smirked and pulled out another shot. "Well if not that one how about this one then?" It was the picture of them kissing in the kitchen. "I love this picture!"
"I love that one too….but not on your computer where everyone can see it….sheesh woman" Morgan complained.
"Oh come on now. Won't be that bad." Kira laughed.
"Yeah easy for you to say." Morgan grumbled. "And to think it was my idea to do these."
That comment earned a squeeze from Kira. "And what a great idea it was too. I'm glad you thought of it."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
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The rest of the evening passed too quickly for both of them and before they knew it, it was time for bed. They climbed the stairs and entered Morgan's room without a word. Morgan turned around slowly after shutting the door and before she could take another step, Kira had thrown her arms around her and was holding on tightly.
"Morgan.." Kira was saying through the tears pouring down her face. "I can't leave you."
"Shhhhh…." Morgan put her arms around Kira and rubbed her back slowly. "It's going to be ok." She was fighting hard to keep the tears from her own eyes.
"How am I going to walk out that door tomorrow?" Kira cried. "How can I leave and not know when I will see you again?"
"You will because you have to Kira." Morgan stated with finality. "I don’t want you to go either, but we both know, right now it's for the best." Morgan smiled. "You've already stayed…what seven days longer than you had planned."
Kira sniffled. "I know. It's just not fair."
Morgan took Kira by the hand and led her over to the bed. She sat down and pulled Kira into her lap. "I'm not going anywhere. As soon as you can, come back. I'll be here waiting ok?"
Kira looked into Morgan's eyes. God I love this woman. "Promise?"
"I promise." Morgan softly kissed Kira's lips as she gently brushed the tears from Kira‘s face. "I'm here for you….now and forever….you got that?"
Kira smiled. "Yeah, I got it." She let her fingers sift through the beautiful black mane of Morgan's hair as she returned kiss, using her tongue to explore the inside of Morgan's mouth.
Morgan's hands began their own exploration. They slid up Kira's sides until they were almost brushing her breasts. "I know something I want right now…this moment." She whispered.
Kira's body was humming. "And that would that be?"
"How 'bout I just show you?" Morgan said with a low growl right in Kira's ear.
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It was 2 am and Kira couldn't get back to sleep. She glanced down at Morgan's peaceful face and traced her cheek with her hand. How am I ever going to walk out of here tomorrow? I don't know if I can do this. The tears started in earnest. She didn't want to wake Morgan up so she eased out of the bed and slid on her robe. She sat down at the large desk that filled one corner of the room and for the longest time just watched her lover sleep. You mean so much to me…I love you so much I feel as if my heart will burst. How can I tell you how much you've changed my life just in the short time we've been together?
Kira spotted a pen and a piece of paper. She snapped them up and before too long was engrossed in her writing. She finished writing and looked at the clock. I have to leave in 3 hours. How am I going to do this? I don’t care what it takes, I will be back here before she realizes it. I’m coming back and next time I’m not going to leave.
With her writing done, she looked lovingly at Morgan all curled up alone in the bed. She slipped off her robe and gently slipped back into the bed, wrapped her arm tightly around Morgan, curled up tight against her, and was soon back to sleep.
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What the hell? What is that? Morgan let one sleepy blue eye open and realized with a shock that it was the alarm going off. She rolled over and hit the snooze button. Just a few more minutes. I don’t want her to leave quite yet.
Kira had heard the alarm and didn’t want to move. She felt Morgan roll over and heard the buzzing stop. Morgan settled back into the covers and Kira gave her a squeeze. “I’m awake.”
“Hi.”
“I…uh….need to get up Morgan.” Morgan had wrapped herself around the smaller woman’s body.
Morgan whispered, “I know…..but I don’t want to let you go.” Morgan could feel the tears starting. I told myself I wasn’t going to cry. Stop it! I won’t let her walk out this door seeing tears.
Kira looked up and into Morgan’s face. “I don’t want to go Morgan. I know I have to….but….” She couldn’t say anything else. Her throat closed and it was beyond her capabilities to speak. She reached her hand out caressing the side of Morgan’s face and kissed a tear off Morgan’s cheek.
Morgan let the tears fall. I feel like I’m losing her. I know I’m not, she’ll be back, but when? How long will I have to wait? Who is this precious woman who has captured my heart so completely?
“Promise me you’ll be back.” Morgan finally managed to get out.
“I promise.”
Kira captured Morgan’s lips with her own. “Make love to me before I go.” she said quietly.
And so Morgan did.
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Kira had packed her things, loaded them in the truck, and was standing by the door ready to go.
“Pretty wild how things turned out huh?” she heard Morgan ask.
Kira chuckled. “Yeah, pretty wild indeed.”
“So….I guess this is it?”
“Yeah, I….I gotta go.” Kira said sadly.
“You’re coming back right?”
“Just as soon as I can. And you’re going to be here right? We promised.”
“I’ll be here. Always.” Morgan moved over and wrapped her long arms around the smaller woman standing in the doorway. “Hurry back….please.” she whispered in Kira’s ear. “I love you.”
Kira threw her arms around Morgan and held on tightly. “I love you too.” Kira tried to smile. “I’m not going to cry. I’m not!” A stubborn tear found its way down her cheek. “Ok, well maybe I am….I can’t help it.”
“I know baby, I know.“ She rubbed Kira’s back. “It’s hard for me too, but it’s not forever. We have to keep telling ourselves that.” I have to keep telling myself that. She WILL be back.
“Ok. Well, I have to go.” Kira turned to leave but not without one last squeeze.
“Drive safe. Call me in an hour.”
“I will luv. Talk to you in an hour then.”
Morgan gave Kira a dazzling smile. “In an hour then.”
Kira started to say goodbye but felt Morgan’s fingers resting on her lips, silencing her. “No goodbyes…..this isn’t goodbye. It’s just until next time.” A tear streaked its way down Morgan’s face. “Just until next time…” It was barely a whisper.
Kira kissed her softly, using her thumb to gently wipe the tear away. “Until next time…I love you…don’t forget that.”
“I won’t….I love you too.”
With that said, Kira turned and walked out the door and over to her truck. Keep walking. You know you have to go. You can do this. She climbed into the truck. You can do this. Come on start the truck. She felt the keys slide home into the ignition and the engine roar to life. She slowly backed it up and pulled out of the parking lot. She looked to her right and sure enough, there was Morgan, standing in the doorway, watching her leave. I can’t believe I’m leaving. Gods help me. I can’t do this. The tears fell unnoticed. She made a quick decision. She pulled the truck over and ran back to the door.
“I just had to kiss you one more time before I go!” she blurted.
Morgan, through tears of her own, bent her head and kissed the waiting lips.
Kira gave her another quick squeeze. “I love you!” and she turned and ran for the truck.
The last thing she heard before climbing in was Morgan saying she loved her too. She quickly put the truck in drive and drove down the street.
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Kira’s heart lurched a bit at the memory. She remembered how sad Morgan had looked as she had pulled away that day. So lost and alone. It had been one of the hardest things she had ever done….or so she had thought at the time. We didn’t know it then, but the hardest thing was still to come. It nearly destroyed us both.
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