Somewhere, beyond the realm of mortals, someone……nay, two someones….smiled down on the lovers, then looked at each other.
I think we owe it to them…… said Ami’s mother. Her husband nodded beside her, and the two joined hands and closed their eyes. Back in the mortal world, David began to glow with a soft white light. Ami stepped back a pace and looked at him with wonder. He looked down at his hands, and his eyes widened as they took on substance, becoming flesh and bone. He could almost feel his heart beating again. He looked at Ami, and their eyes met. Then a voice, deep and regal, broke the silence.
“Beloved children…….” The voice began, “This is our gift to you, to make amends for the suffering we have caused you both. Your love for one another will traverse time and space, it is true, but it is unfair and unjust that you, so young, should be denied your time together as lovers. And so we grant you this wish that is in both your hearts, and give you, David, another moment in the mortal world.”
David gasped. There was no mistaking it this time: his heart was beating. He smiled joyfully at Ami as the light around him disappeared, and opened his arms to her. A cry of joy passed her lips as she ran to him and practically leapt into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her as she buried her face in his shoulder, holding onto him tightly. He rested his cheek against her hair, stroking it gently with one hand.
“Ami…” he said softly, aloud this time rather than into her mind. She drew back and looked at him, an expression of sheer joy transfiguring her face into one of light and beauty. “You know this is not forever. I only have a moment before I must leave you again….”
Ami pressed a finger to his lips, silencing him. “I don’t care,” she said softly, caressing his cheek. “At least I have this one last moment with you…….this is all I need.”
David smiled at her, running his fingers through her hair, then holding her face in his hands. “I’ve dreamt of holding you like this for so long……I can be at rest now……..I love you, Ami,”
“And I you, my love…” she replied softly, and he drew her close, kissing her passionately. The moment seemed to last forever, and perhaps it did. But finally David began to fade away, his body once again becoming airy and intangible. Her drew back from the kiss, and saw a tear running down Ami’s cheek as she looked at him adoringly, her eyes shining. He reached up and caught it with his finger, and holding her shoulders gently, he kissed her forehead lightly as she closed her eyes. The kiss lingered long after David returned to the air, and when she opened them again the room was empty once more. He was gone.
*I will never be gone, Ami, not really….* his voice said into her mind once more. *If you ever need me, I will return to you my love.* Suddenly the air before her began dancing once more, and in a flash of light a beautiful silver locket appeared in front of her. She reached out and closed her fingers around it, and plucked it out of the air. She opened it and saw a picture of David on one side, smiling at her as if it were alive. *Just hold this and call to me with you heart, and I will be with you. I promise.* he said, and Ami held the locket close to her heart, turning her face heavenward and closing her eyes as a gentle breeze kissed her cheek. *I love you, my darling Ami……..* he said, his voice fading into the depths of her mind. The breeze left and she opened her eyes. Looking down at the locket, she gasped as a second picture appeared in the other side, somehow captured in their last moment together, gazing at each other lovingly. She smiled and a tear rolled down her cheek. “Farewell my love,” she said softly, and closed the locket.
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