Strings

Goodbye

"How dare you mom! Just how dare you! Stef has goals, she's smart and she is good enough for me and I love her. I will always love her. And when I come back and finish school we will be together. Forever."

"Ok dear. If that's what you are willing to settle for." She said walking away as I let out the  most frustrated sigh ever and shaking my head.

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LENA POV

"I was worried you weren't coming." I said as we held hands walking down the boardwalk.

"Wow that much faith in me huh? I got stuck sorry."

"No I just thought, I don't know."I said looking down to the ground as she now stopped me.

"Baby, I would never not say bye to you. Even if it's hard. You should know that about me anyway." She smiled softly stroking my cheek as I nodded my head. "Hey I want to show you something."

"Yeah what?"  I asked as she lead me to a bench taking off her plaid shirt exposing her tank top. But as she turned around I couldn't believe me eye. There it was as big as day my name on her upper left back in script type.

"Oh my god. Stef. That's a tattoo."

"Duh genius. Do you like it?"

"Yeah. It's crazy." I said tracing it with my fingers marveling at it."But how did you pay for it?"

"Why do you always ask that.  A friend of mine did it in their garage." She said turning around now.

"You let a friend do that in their garage?"

"Relax baby. It was clean and sterile.I got one of Callie too." She said showing Callie's name wrapped around her upper arm as I once again traced it with my finger now smiling up at her.

"Wow. They are beautiful baby. They really are and they look amazing on you."

"Thanks I was hoping you would like it."

"I love it. I love it so much." I smiled shyly as she looked deep into my eyes hers growing more and more intense by the minute.

"Lena, I just want you to know that you're my woman no matter what you always will be. No matter the shit we went through and all the times we broke up you were always my heart. My soulmate. When I felt like I had no one which was often you always made me feel and remember that wasn't true. I um, I know I'm wild and kinda crazy but I just want a normal life, with you. Just please don't forget about me."

"Baby, I could never ever forget about you. Ever. I love you Stef. I love you so deeply that it hurts."

"I know. I'm sorry. I..

"Stef. Baby. Look I will never forget about you and the time will go by faster then we know it. Next time I see you ya'll have your GED and maybe already be in the academy. I'll be so proud of you. Hell I'm already proud of you. And believe me you are my soul mate too. I could never stay away from you that long anyway even when you pissed me off."

"Ha! Yeah." she said laughing as I wiped her tear.

"Baby, it's so hard to leave. It's impossible to leave you. If I could I'd take you with me and spend every minute with you. I would and I could look at you forever." Gently I stroked her face and running my fingers through her long blonde hair.

"So could I baby."

"And I love how crazy and wild you are sometimes. How spontaneous you are and affectionate. There's no one like you Stef. No one in this world and I would never want anyone else. Never. We have a dream and we need to make it happen and we will."

"Come here baby." She whispered as I leaned in and she softly kissed her lips. Gently I pulled her long blonde hair once again as the kiss between us deepened. It deepened more and more as I soon pulled away looking deep into her eyes.

"So I wanna get a tattoo of your name on me." I soon blurted out.

"Ha! Mrs. Dana Adams would murder you and me."

"No I'm 20 almost 21. She doesn't control me Stef.  I want one."

"Listen to you. And where might you get it?"

"MM on my ass? Or my upper thigh?" I laughed as she shook her head.

"Are you really serious?"

"Yes I am. I can be a rebel."

"It hurts like fuck."

"So. I can take pain." I said trying to convince her as she shook her head laughing at me.

"Baby, you don't need to. It's ok."

"No I want to Stef. Please. We still have time before I need to go. Please baby. Let me be wild for once." 

"Alright love. Let's see how wild and tough you are." Grabbing my hand  we giggled heading to her friends garage so I could mark her name on my body as well. This was probably the craziest thing I had ever done but I didn't care.  I didn't care at all but as I tried to be brave she was right. It hurt like hell. God did it hurt but it had been worth  it as I had gotten her full name on my upper right back in a delicate script font that wasn't too large or overwhelming. It was just right.

As we walked back to the beach hand in hand I knew the time was ticking away before I would need to leave. No matter how hard we tried we couldn't stop the time and we were trying to make each and every minute count.  Looking to the warm sun Stef held me tight wrapping her arms around my waist as I felt her gently kiss the tattoo on my back softly.

"You were pretty brave baby." she said kissing it once again and tracing it now with her finger softly.

"You make me brave baby." Turning to look at her as she held her arms tighter around me I smiled widely. "You're my woman too and I want everyone to know it."

"Yeah." she said kissing my once again as we both turned to look at the San Diego waves crashing on the sand.

"Stef?"

"Yeah baby?"

"Remember when that girl put gum in my hair when we were in third grade?"

"Of course I do. I got suspended for kicking her in the pussy."

"Oh my god you didn't?" I said looking to her surprised.

"Damm straight I did. She was a jerk and I would have done it again. Why do you think she never bothered you again baby. I threatened her. It killed me seeing you cry in the bathroom that day. Even then."

Turning around to face her I smiled at her as she smiled just as wide my hands soon holding hers.

"I wish I could freeze time."

"Me too."

"I wish...

""You wish what baby?" she asked as I looked shyly back into her eyes.

" I wish we could make love."

"We can baby." she said now rubbing my arm up and down.

"Where? My parents are home and we only have like a half hour left."

"Under the boardwalk. No one goes over there."

"Really?"

"Lena, I'd make love to you anywhere baby." Swallowing hard she grabbed my hand leading me under the boardwalk and for the next half hour we made the most passionate love of our lives.