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EC+AM=4ever Chapter 42

March 9, 2010
By TeamJacobArchuleta ELITE, Chicago, Illinois
TeamJacobArchuleta ELITE, Chicago, Illinois
183 articles 7 photos 484 comments

Favorite Quote:
He's the one I call in the middle of the night. He's the one who makes everything alright. He loves me with no regret...I just haven't found him yet.


July 22, 2009
3:30 p.m.
Evalynne’s House


Ash left at four, it was currently three-thirty. So I only had half an hour left with him. Then he would be gone. No, not forever. But for a long time.

I sat with him at my dining room table, as we silently, desolately waited for the bus to come and pick him up. To take him to Iraq. Away from his home. Away from me.

“Evalynne,” he spoke, breaking the silence.

I looked up at him in response. “Yes?”

“I need you to know that even though I’m leaving soon, I will always be with you in your heart. Yeah, that sound totally sappy and cheesy, but it’s true. I’ll be thinking of you every minute, every second that we’re apart. And when I return, when I get to see you again, that’s when I’ll be happy again.”

I couldn’t hold my tears back any longer, so I just let them roll down my cheeks freely. “You know,” I said, once I’d composed myself, “if I hadn’t met you, I wouldn’t like you. If I hadn’t liked you, I wouldn’t love you. And if I hadn’t loved you, I wouldn’t miss you.”

For a moment, he looked upset. He probably had himself convinced that I was angry about him leaving, but he was so very wrong.

“But I did, I do, and I will.” I added. “Besides, absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

Then a sad smile spread across his face and silence took over once again. And then, after what felt like hours, the military bus pulled up. I heard the low grown of the engine outside of my house, heard it come to a stop. Ash and I both stood up and he picked up his suitcases, rolling them out the doorway. But he dropped them in my driveway, turning to me and kissing me.

“I love you.” he whispered in my ear.

“I love you too.” I whispered back. Then I let him go. He turned, grabbing his two suitcases and walked over to the bus. A man who must have been the driver, helped him load them into the back of the large vehicle. Then Ash walked around to the front, and climbed inside.

And I stood on my driveway, crying, hurting, yet feeling proud of him at the same time. I knew how lucky I was to even know a person like Ash…someone so hard to say goodbye to.

The driver got back into the bus and I knew this was it. He was really leaving. But as I stared at the bus through my tears, I made out Ash’s face, peering at me through one of the windows. He was trying not to cry, but I could tell that this was hard for him.

After all, this was his first time going to fight in the war. Plus, he was leaving me. And if he loved me as much as I loved him, then that must have been pretty difficult too. I knew I was having a hard time with it.

As the pulled away, he waved at me through the glass. And I waved back. I stood at my driveway until all of my tears had been shed. Then I turned and walked back into my house, knowing what I had done. Knowing it was the right thing. Yet also the hardest thing for me. But I’d been strong and I’d done it.

I’d let him go.


The author's comments:
This chapter was a pretty sad one to write, but I hope you all like it :)

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Catiestar GOLD said...
on Jun. 30 2011 at 1:21 am
Catiestar GOLD, Clayton, New Jersey
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You be the anchor that keeps my feet on the ground, I'll be the wings that keep your heart in the clouds <3

So, so sad. Terrible for them both.

 


on Aug. 26 2010 at 8:20 am
MythicWeaver BRONZE, Hampton Bays, New York
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Favorite Quote:
There is no such thing as coincidence, there is only the inevitable

Why do I think Ash is going to die? IT would be horrible, but just this feeling...

Saturday said...
on Aug. 22 2010 at 11:12 pm
I agree Katherine1. And it's not like Cole was really upset with her when she pushed him away. Ash would have been.

KatB14 SILVER said...
on Aug. 20 2010 at 10:13 am
KatB14 SILVER, Chesapeake, Virginia
8 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You don't always get the waterfall short-cut in Mario-Kart. That's life."-I.P.

"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love." -Hamlet

guys, i think everyone is overreacting about Cole trying to touch her. HES A GUY. thats what guys do. he didnt force her, and stopped when she asked. that does not spell future rapist.

Saturday said...
on Jul. 10 2010 at 3:47 pm
And besides Cole really was just desperate not creepy

on Jul. 6 2010 at 4:26 pm
madmadie22 BRONZE, Wichita, Kansas
2 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is quite unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person proving you wrong is proving himself wrongly right. Right?" Lemony Snicket, The Reptile Room

I absolutely agree! :D

on Apr. 4 2010 at 6:18 am
christian.e SILVER, Dutch Harbor, Alaska
9 articles 0 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me --Pascal

I agree with Saturday. Ash broke her heart like 3 times. And cole was always there for her. He was really kind and sweet and loving. All hope is lost for Cole.:(

happy said...
on Mar. 23 2010 at 7:50 pm
Truth be told I don't think either of them deserved her

Saturday said...
on Mar. 23 2010 at 7:46 pm
true but Cole didn't hurt her as much as Ash did!!

on Mar. 22 2010 at 1:01 pm
TeamJacobArchuleta ELITE, Chicago, Illinois
183 articles 7 photos 484 comments

Favorite Quote:
He's the one I call in the middle of the night. He's the one who makes everything alright. He loves me with no regret...I just haven't found him yet.

lol thats true too :)

on Mar. 22 2010 at 10:11 am
esmeralda BRONZE, Oak Park, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"you know your inlove when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." dr suess "you are my glue without you, id be nothing but broken peices" miley cyrus
"when i saw yo i fell inlove, and you smiled because you knew"

i think she should have married ash

cole has the background of a future rapist

i mean at least ash didnt try to shove his hands up her shirt!

on Mar. 20 2010 at 8:35 pm
TeamJacobArchuleta ELITE, Chicago, Illinois
183 articles 7 photos 484 comments

Favorite Quote:
He's the one I call in the middle of the night. He's the one who makes everything alright. He loves me with no regret...I just haven't found him yet.

lol i kinda hate me too....honestly, i'm totally team cole! but in the end, i think everyone will see why i had her pick ash....plus after i'm completely done with this story, i'm thinking about writing a sequel to it... :)

Saturday said...
on Mar. 20 2010 at 2:50 am
OMG!!! No offense but I hate you so much right now teamjacobarchuleta, because not only have I been here for the last 4 hours reading, (I'm not getting any sleep tonight) but also how could you let Evalynne marry Ash. He was such a jerk!! not to meniont he shows qualities of an abusive husband!