Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
Chapter 17
We laid under the covers of his bed in each others arms naked, just talking about nothing. That's how I wanted to remember Brian forever. Just how sweet he was. How he wasn't this big sex fiend like so many other guys. How he liked me for me, and not for what I had to offer him. How he was just himself around him which let me be myself. When I was with him I didn't have to worry if my hair looked okay, or if my make-up was on just right. It didn't matter to him. He loved me for all of me. Not for my looks, or the sex. Just for me, and that's what I loved most about him.
"I love you," he repeated for about 15 billionth time that morning.
"I love you more."
"No ya don't!"
"Yes I do!" I said running my fingers through his hair. He leaned over and kissed me.
"I'm really going to miss this. Just being able to lay here with you naturally and talk," he said as we pulled away.
"I know. So am I. But don't worry, one day we'll be able to do this again."
"Promise me," he said looking into my eyes.
"I promise you." He smiled widely. I smiled back at him as he leaned over and kissed me again. When we pulled away, I looked over at the clock. It was 10:30. I had to leave in an hour and a half and I still had to pack.
"Brian, I think I need to leave."
"What? But why baby?"
"I have to pack, and then I have to catch the plane," I said pulling out of his arms and off his bed. He fell silent. He just watched me as I got dressed. A small smile crossed his lips and I could tell he was thinking about the time we had spent together because I was thinking about it, too. He got out of bed and walked over to his dresser and got dressed. When we were both done getting dressed, he came over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist, with his head on my shoulder.
"I love you," he said again.
"I know baby, and I love you, too. Come on let's go," I said taking his hand. He nodded and we started to walk out the door when he stopped me.
"Hold on a second," he dropped my hand and walked back into his room. He came back out with his Pamela Anderson poster. I started laughing as he handed it to me.
"So, I get to ruin Pamela's face, huh?"
"Yep! Here, I'll help!" he said and ripped the poster right down the center. "I want you to be the only girl in my life," he whispered into my ear. I smiled widely, but at the same time, tears started falling from my eyes. He was so sweet. I wipped the tears away with his thumb, then kissed me again. We pulled away and through my tears, I smiled at him. He smiled back, then took my hand and walked me down the hall to the living room.
"So how was your shower?" was the first thing anyone said to us. It had come from AJ. Everyone in the room started cracking up. I could feel my face turn red.
"How about you shut up, huh AJ?" said Brian when he noticed my embarassment.
"Sorry, man. I couldn't resist." Brian smiled and nodded.
"Where's Erika?" I asked looking around the room. Only AJ, Jenn, Kevin, and Howie were in the room.
"Nick took her back to your uncle's house to pack. They didn't want to...uh...disturb you!" said AJ laughing again. Brian picked up AJ's shoe that was laying in the middle of the floor and threw it at him. AJ shut up.
"Well, we're leaving."
"It was really nice meeting all of you," I said as tears welled up in my eyes. "I'm really going to miss you all." Kevin stood up and hugged me.
"We're going to miss you, too." I broke down and started crying into Kevin's shirt. I didn't want to leave. Kevin kissed my forehead and stepped away. Howie walked up to me and hugged me also.
"It was really nice meeting you, Howie," I said between tears.
"It was nice meeting you, too. Keep in touch, alright?" I nodded. AJ came up to me next. That's when I really started to break down. Next to Brian, AJ was the sweetest guy I knew. He wrapped his arms around me and I cried into his shoulder.
"I'm going to miss you and Jenn so much AJ."
"We're going to miss you, too, Kaitlyn. You'd better call us."
"I will. I promise."
"Alright!" he said as he stepped aside. Jenn came next. She was also in tears. She had become my second best friend in the short time that I had known her.
"Take care of Brian for me, alright?" I said to her through my tears. "Just make sure he knows that I love him everyday, and don't let him forget about me, okay?" she nodded as tears streamed down her face. "And watch out for AJ," I said giving her a sly grin.
"I will! Don't worry." we pulled out of our hug and I took one last look around Brian's apartment. I knew that this was going to most likely be the last time that I would ever see it, and I wanted to remember everything about it. I said one last goodbye to everyone before Brian and I walked out the door. I wanted to go back and stay longer, but I couldn't. I had to leave then, or I wouldn't have time to pack, and I might miss the plane.
Brian and I pulled into the driveway of my uncle's house. I was still crying, so he had driven the rental car for me. We went up to my room and I started packing. I could see Brian was hurting just as much as I was, he was just trying to be strong for me. I couldn't stop crying. If it was that hard to say goodbye to my friends, I couldn't even imagine how hard it was going to be to say goodbye to Brian. I didn't even want to think about it. I was done packing not to long after I had started. All I did was shove all my clothes into one big suitcase. I wanted the packing process to take longer so I could delay the inevitable, but that's just not how things worked for me. When I was done, and my suitcases were in the car, I climbed the stairs to see Brian sitting on my bed staring blankly out the window.
"Brian..." I said as I sat down next to him. He looked over at me.
"Yeah baby?" he said sadly.
"I love you." His face brightened a little bit. Not much, though.
"I love you, too," he said as a small smile crossed his lips. I looked over at the clock. It was 11:30. Time to leave for the airport. My semi-happy mood was once again crushed.
"Brian, we have to leave," I said quietly. He just nodded looking at the ground. "I'll go get Erika."
***About 5 minutes Later***
I had finally gotten everyone out of the house and we were now on our way to the airport. Brian and I took the rental car, and Nick and Erika went in Nick's car. That way, we could return the rental car, but Brian and Nick would still have a way of getting back to Brian's apartment. We pulled into the first available parking spot and got out. I looked at the airport. I just wanted to get back into the car and go back to Brian's house but I pushed myself up to the gate with Brian right beside me.
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