Gone by By: Morgan:) (ebook reader library TXT) 📕

as he read the big red sign.
“For me?” He asked.
“For you.” I told him. He ran up to me and picked me up and twirled me.
“I love you, I love you, I love you.” He repeated.
“I love you too but don’t just stand here looking at me, go ahead and check out the inside.” I told him. He ran into the shop while I stayed and talked to Jesse.
“I can’t thank you enough.” I told him.
“Well, the sap really does love you.” He said as he twisted his towel and whipped me.
“Ow! That kinda hurt!” I told him.
“Well, it wasn’t meant to feel good.” He told me. Alan came walking back out of the store.
“Well? What do you think?” Jesse asked him.
“I’m in tears I like it so much. I don’t know how I can ever thank you.” Alan said to Jesse.
“No need to thank me but if you ever hurt her well, you better be hiding.” Jesse said.
“No need to scare him Jess.” I told him. I walked over to Alan and he kissed me.
“My dreams are finally coming true!” He said. “And its all thanks to you.”
“I can’t take all the credit. Jesse did like 99.9% of the work.” I told him with a chuckle.
“That’s true.” Jesse added.
“Thank you both.” Alan said. Jesse threw Alan the keys.
“Its all yours.”
I walked into the store with Alan and was amazed. Jesse had some serious talent. The shelfs were stocked and all the wood was carefully crafted. I didn’t know he was going to do such a good job. I hugged Jesse.
“You know you have a real talent?” I asked him.
“Its just the basic stuff.” He said and put his towel over his shoulder.
“Jesse, thats awesome. Why don’t you become and architect?” I asked him.
“Because my passion is the war. I need to fight for something.” He said.
“You’re going into war?” Alan asked him.
“Yeah. In about a year. I’ve already signed up.” Jesse said as if it was nothing.
“Its a stupid idea and I would kill you if you ever decided to.” I told Alan.
“What made you sign up for it?” Alan asked him.
“Its that sense that you’re doing something right. That you have an actual meaning. I need to be apart of something and there’s nothing bigger than the army.” He said.
“I salute you for it.” Alan said.
“Thanks.” Jesse said.
“Its a brave and noble thing to do.” Alan said.
“Yeah, well don’t get any ideas.” I joked with Alan. Alan looked up at his shop and looked back at me.
“Do you know how incredible you are?” He asked me. I just smiled. He picked me up and kissed me again.
“Alan!” We heard a voice scream.
“What that?” Jesse asked.
“Just my Mom. She had dinner made. You wanna come?” Alan asked Jesse.
“Yeah.” Jesse said and followed us back to Alan’s house.
“I brought one more person.” Alan said as he kissed his Mom on the cheek.
“Hold on, let me set out one more place mat.” She said and ran into the house.
“You know hun, you should ask instead of tell her. Its more respectful.” I told him.
“Yeah, yeah.” He said.
It really did bug me that Alan was disrespectful to his Mother because I could tell she was an angel in disguise. She really was such a nice woman and I could tell she deserved more than this. His Mother showed us to the kitchen and we all took our seats.
“Lets eat.” She said and we all stood up and fixed our plates.


After we were done eating I headed home.
“Well, I must be leaving but it was a pleasure meeting you.” I said to his Mother and kissed her on the cheek.
“And the same to you, my dear.” She said. “Come again!” She shouted as Alan walked me out the door.
“Sit with me?” Alan asked as he took a seat on the swing on the porch. I sat next to him. “You know I love you and I would do anything for you?” He asked.
“Alan, you’re scaring me.” I told him. He reached over and held my hand.
“Answer me.” He said.
“Yes, I know that.” I told him. “What is this about?”
“What I’m going to tell you is hard for me.” He confessed.
“Alan!” I said almost in tears. “What is it?” I asked.
“I never wanted to hurt you.” He said. A tear escaped from my eye. Was he leaving me? Was he really going to leave me? I’ve just met his family. How could he? “Jane, I have to leave.”
“Leave? And go where?” I asked him.
“I’m sorry.” He mumbled.
“Alan! Just tell me!” I yelled at him.
“Janey, I enlisted!” He said and stood up. He put both hands on his head.
“You did what!” I yelled.
“I did.” He said with tears down his cheeks.
“Why?” I asked him barely able to talk.
“When you brother talked about finding himself, I needed that. I need to be a part of something!” He said.
“Be apart of my life! Stay here with me!” I begged him.
“I can’t.” He said quietly. My knee’s gave out and I fell to the ground. “Jane!” He shouted and bent down to help me.
“Don’t touch me.” I told him.
“Janey,” He began to say.
“Don’t call me that.” I told him with tears still in my eyes. He reached to touch my hair. I pulled away and turned my face so I didn’t have to look him into his eyes.
“This is for me.” He said.
“And this is for me.” I told him and walked away. I heard him kick the side of the house. He groan in pain. I almost smiled, happy he was in pain too.
When I got home I charged up to Jesse’s room. I was furious at him.
“How could you!” I screamed as I bursted through the door. He was sitting on his bed listening to radio on his night stand. He turned his radio down and stood up.
“What are you talking about?” He asked. I pushed him on his bed and exploded.
“Andy! He’s going to enlist! He’s leaving, Jesse and its all your fault!” I blamed him.
“How is it my fault?” He screamed back.
“You made it sound so great, like it wasn’t stupid and you were going to find you’re self and thats what he wanted! Now I’m never going to see him again.” I said and caught my breath.
“Its his choice.” Jesse stated.
“But if it wasn’t for you telling him all those things he wouldn’t have considered it.” I told him with tears in my eyes. He stood up and hugged me.
“I love him.” I confessed.
“I know.” Jesse said.
“What if he doesn’t come back?” I asked Jesse, hoping that he would say something to make me feel better.
“Knowing that he might not come back, do you really want to have him leave knowing that you are mad at him?” He asked me. The answer to that was no but I didn’t want to say it. Some times I hated having Jesse be right. I shook my head no so he knew I was listening and then I walked down stairs. Before I got to the bottom of the stair case I heard my Mother talking to Andy. He was standing in the door way begging her.
“Please, Mrs. Johnson, let me see Jane. I need to.” He asked.
“I’m sorry Andy.” She said but just before she closed the door I came down the stairs.
“Jane!” Andy shouted and barged through the door. “I’m so sorry! I never meant to hurt you.” He said and kissed my hand. I pulled my hand from his grip.
“When?” I asked him.
“A month.” He confessed taking his plaid hat off.
“A month, Andy? Really?” I asked him about to break down. He nodded. “Why now?” I asked him.
“I don’t know, it just seemed right.” He said.
“That makes no sense.” I said and walked up to my room. Andy followed behind me.
“Something are not made to make sense.” He said and shut my door behind him.
“But,” I began.
“But nothing.” He sighed. “I’m enlisted. I’m sorry. I will come back and you will be waiting for me.” He said and graced my cheek.
“How do you know?” I asked him.
“That you will be waiting for me or that I will come back?” He asked.
“That you will come back.” I answered.
“Because my love for you is too strong to leave.” He said.
“But you’re leaving it by enlisting.” I explained. I took a deep breath of the clean strawberry smell in the air. I closed my eyes to embrace the smell to calm me and my nerves. I opened my eyes and looked into Andy’s.
“But I will come back.” He reassured me. He placed two hands on my cheeks and kissed me, and again and again. I put my arms around his neck. He slowly slid my dress off. He kissed my neck as I latched his belt. He dropped his pants and threw off his shirt. He walked me backwards to my bed. He gently laid me down. He slid off his boxers and laid on the bed with me. No words were said. It was just us and our heavy breaths. He laid on top of me and unhooked my bra. I took it off and threw it on the floor. He slid my panties off and dropped them. He kissed my lips gently. I kissed his lips back. He kissed my neck and then kissed all the way down to my stomach. He held himself over me.
“Do you love me?” He asked.
“I love you.” I told him.
“I love you.” He said and then we kissed again.


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After we both laid on my bed as the light came through my window. My blue sheets were sprawled across our nakedness as my blankets were across the floor with our clothes. He had his arm around me as I drew circles on his strong, tanned chest.
“When you leave, what am I going to do?” I asked him and sat up. I held the sheet around my chest to make sure I wasn’t showing anything but at this point, does it really matter?
“You will be fine.” He said and played with my hair.
“How do you know?” I asked him.
“Because I will write every week.” He promised. “We will tell each other everything that happens and it will be like each other are really there.” I set my head on his chest and put my hands through his soft hair.
“Can’t you just stay here with me?” I asked him. He sat up and leaned against the frame of the bed. I sat across from him.
“Because.” He said. I mean really what kind of answer is that?
“Use complete sentences.” I told him.
“Because I need to go.” He said.
“But you could stay and we could stay together and we could grow old and have kids and,” I went on. I didn’t know why I was babbling. All I knew is I didn’t want him to leave.
“Woah, woah. Jane, don’t get a head of your self.” He said.
“Please don’t leave.” I begged him.
“I have to.” He said. I dropped the sheet that was covering my body and stood up. It was chilling and I began to get goosebumps. I crawled on top