Please Don't Go

I nuzzled my head against his chest.

"Babe, Shouldn't you be at your parents place?" His parents lived in across the state, that's over a four hour drive. I'm not complaining, I love having him here. However, I don't want to tie him down.

"Ah! Well I did go, I just cut my trip short. I wanted to see you." He hugged me tighter.

"You should be with your parents. They are family, you know how important family is." The thought made my eyes wet. When I was sixteen, my parents died in a head on car accident. Everyone said I was lucky I wasn't in the car, but I didn't feel that way. I didn't want to live without them.

Cole stayed by my side through it all. I had many friends leave because I was constantly depressed. Cole understood me though. He knew I would be depressed, he knew I needed a friend.

I was soon called "Depressed Lily" by everyone at school. Cole got into a lot of fights over that. My parents always called me Lily, and hearing people call me that felt like knives in my chest. I made Cole promise not to call me Lily. Even now, nine years later, I still have trouble holding back the tears.

"Of course I know how much family means to you Ana. My parents know how much you mean to me, and they were okay with me going early." He looked at me with intensity.

"Still doesn't stop me from feeling guilty. You are their only child, they barely get to see you." Today was supposed to be good, I didn't want to argue with him.

I let go of him and walked back over to the counter to finish making breakfast.

"So you want me to go back to Albany then?" His temper was rising.

"I don't know Cole. Are we seriously going to fight over something so trivial? I love being with you, but so do your parents." I wanted to go and hide at this point. Cole and I never fought, why now, and over something so ridiculous?

He sighed.

"No we aren't," he walked over to me and hugged me from behind. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten angry at you. It's just, I thought you would be happy to see me back early."

"I am happy, but don't your parents miss you?It's a four hour drive from Albany to Buffalo and your parents aren't getting any younger."

"I know! How 'bout this, we both go visit them?" I turned around to see a crooked grin on his face. We had been talking about making the trip but never knew when to go. 

"I'll make up the excuse that I left early to pick you up! Please baby?" His entire face lit up. Another thing about Cole, his smile was contagious. It was nearly impossible to say no, his emerald eyes gleaming like a little kid in a candy store.

I smiled, "You sure it would be okay?"

"You know it! So when do you want to leave?"

Yep, definitely a little kid in a candy store.

I couldn't help but laugh. "Babe you just got back. How long did you plan on staying there?"

"Uhh... a week?" That's key for he hadn't the slightest idea.

Facepalm. That's all I could do.