Autumn moons

He could feel her mixed emotions. It made his stomach twist painfully as he looked at her, taking in her freckled face with eyes as blue as winter. He cleared his throat “hey… no it…. Nothing is ever that easy. Your dad….” He trailed off and shook his head. Her dad.

“Things aren’t always just… black and white… a lot of things have happened and I just…. Never wanted to hurt you.”

Allison wanted to scream but she held back, biting the inside of her cheek instead. She knew her dad played a part in this somewhere but wasn’t aware of how much it had been affecting their relationship. “I don’t care what he thinks of you or us. It’s not his choice. I don’t care about his status or the money, I just wanted you Wes.”

He was right though. As much as she wanted to be mad at him, he had his reasons too. She just wish he had expressed them instead of running away. A goodbye would’ve sufficed, even if it hurt. “But you did.” She replied softly with a sniffle, wiping her cheeks of the tears that began to spill. “But I guess I am the fool for still wishing for second chances.”

He acted impulsively, something he rarely if ever did, and pulled her to him by her hips, kissing her ferociously, passionately, pouring everything he has inside him into this one kiss like it would be his last. He kept his hands on her, his lips pulling every ounce of emotion out of her before pulling back and pressing his head against her’s. “Allison, don’t you DARE say that I don’t love you…. Don’t you ever say that again!”

001. ALLISON & WESLEY

❝  Oh, baby, I am a wreck when I’m without you I need you here to stay I broke all my bones that day I found you Crying at the lake Was it something I said to make you feel like you’re a burden? Oh, and if I could take it all back I swear that I would pull you from the tide.  ❞

He didn’t know wether to step back, hug her, or cut his losses and walk into the water. He struggles to think of something coherent to say, fumbling over his words for a long moment before he was able to get it together enough to speak. “I’ve… been home about a month now. Been fixing up the old place…. It needs it….” His old man had been a bastard, that much was true, but he didn’t have to sleep on the beach so that was something.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” She asked, confused but still obviously hurt. “You always have a place in my home, you should know that. I thought you knew that.” She paused, trying to hold back tears. Allison was strong-willed but it was a different story when it came to Wes. He knew how to push all her buttons without even realizing it. “I mean–I just thought.” She paused not knowing how to form her sentence correctly. “ I thought we were okay.” She spoke quietly, looking down for a moment as the waves crashed against their feet. “Then poof one day you’re gone..vanished from the face of the earth. Just like that.” She trailed off, lifting her chin up to meet his gaze again.

“Things aren’t always just… black and white… a lot of things have happened and I just…. Never wanted to hurt you.”

He made his way quickly through the sand, walking right where the water lapped at his feet, and planned on pushing through until he saw her there. The flash of spun gold hair was unmistakable. His heart plummeted and his feet, usually so sure, caught on themselves and sent him sprawling. No… no this wasn’t possible. It wasn’t fair! “Allison….”

Wanting to clear her head she found herself at the beach. Walking slowly along the shore and taking in the sea air. It was quite cool–Allison wrapping her sweater tightly around her body to keep warm. It was so foggy that she could barely see five feet in front of her, but there was no mistaking the features of someone you loved. There he was plain as day, almost as if he had appeared from the mist like a dream. He spoke her name and her heart immediately skipped a beat. She wanted so badly to run into his arms, to hold him and never let  go. But she was angry, seeing him now. He left, how could he leave?

Slowly she inched towards him until they were about a foot apart. The sound of the waves hitting the shore filled the silence between them. “When did you get back?” She finally spoke, not knowing exactly what to say. All her emotions were hitting her at once like a bag of bricks.