Promises from a far away land -addison-

[Parker Owen]

Parker was your typical all american kid. He didn't do much in the line of sports except running. He was fast so that was his exception. He had a girlfriend, a high school sweetheart to be more exact; Addison. She was his whole world but being a teenage boy he was somewhat stereotyped as stupid.

It was lunch time and Addison was sitting down giggling with her friends. He sat sideways so that she was leaning against him with his arms around her waist. He kissed her cheek, So you guys going shopping? Of course we are silly. We all have to get our prom dresses. Addison giggled and he wasn't really paying much attention. Parker? He didn't hear her the first few times she said his name. It was when she finally kissed his cheek that he snapped back into reality. Babe? Yea sorry. What's on your mind? He shook his head, Not yet. She looked a little bit scared but didnt say a word about it any further. As the bell rang she laced her fingers with his and pulled him into an empty classroom. What's wrong? She sat down on a desk and stroked his cheek. I don't want you to find out here. She frowned and kissed him gently. You can tell me anything. Later. he said as he pulled her off the desk and to her class.

At the end of the day Addison pulled him out the door and into his car as fast as she could. He knew she wanted to know what was going on with him and she was worried. Come on now tell me. Well I got into law school as you already know... but in the mean time I enlisted in the army... She refused to meet his eyes, Take me home. she said with a tight throat. Please don't do this babe. He tried to soften her up. Take me home. Now. He sighed and took her home, she got out without a hug or kiss. It was gonna be a longgggg night and he knew it. As she walked up he could see her wiping her eyes, she was crying hard. With a sigh he drove home and went up to his room, he knew his phone wasn't going to ring anytime soon. She was pissed at him for not telling her, for leaving her, and for her just in general of him not giving her a choice in the matter.

Around an hour later he texted her, Please answer me addison. I'm sorry I didn't ask you what you thought about it. He sighed and laid back on his bed and closed his eyes. He had nothing really else to do, she always kept him busy. In a minute his phone went off from a text message. You should have told me, yes i'm mad. I love you and you have no idea how much it hurts. You don't know how much i'll miss you. You don't know any of that parker and it's not fair. I dont think i can do this... I don't think I can lose you. Don't say that. I'll come back, i will if its the last thing i do. I love you so much, please don't end this.

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[addison]

Addison was talking to her friends about prom and going shopping for their dresses. Prom was coming up soon and she was getting excited. She giggled at what her friend said and realized Parker wasn’t paying attention. Parker? She kept saying his name, this wasn’t like him. He usually answered the first or second time she called his name. She kissed his cheek and he was back. Babe? Yeah sorry. What’s on your mind? He shook his head. That was weird, he hardly ever made her wait to tell her something, it must have been important. Not yet. It scared her a little that he wouldn’t tell her. She knew that if she just waited that he’d tell her, and that’s exactly what she did. The bell signaling the end of lunch rang and as she laced her fingers with his she pulled him into an empty classroom. What’s wrong? She sat on a desk and he was right in front of her as she stroked his cheek. I don’t want you to find out here. Again another let-down. Addison frowned but kissed him gently. You can tell me anything. Later. He pulled her off of the desk and to her class. The rest of the day went pretty slow.

At the end of the day Addison was on a mission, she wanted to know what he wasn’t telling her. It made the rest of the day feel like forever. She pulled him to the door and then to his car as fast as she possibly could. She was getting kind of worried because of the time she sat in class…she really didn’t do much paying attention during those classes. Her mind was wandering about what was wrong, if he was ok, he did something. They got into the car, Come on now tell me. Well I got into law school as you already know…but in the mean time I enlisted in the army… She didn’t see this one coming. Addison couldn’t look at him, she knew that if she did she would break down crying and that was the last thing she wanted to happen. Take me home. She said with her throat tight. Please don’t do this babe. He tried to soften her up but it wasn’t going to work this time. Take me home. Now. He sighed but did as she demanded and took her home. She said nothing the rest of the way home and said nothing getting out of the car. No hug or kiss, just a slam of the door and went inside. She couldn’t help it as the tears started to fall. She couldn’t bear losing him and it hurt to think about it. She wiped her eyes as she reached the door. She went up to her room without a word to anyone and laid face down on her pillows and let herself cry hard. How could he not tell her about this when he thought about it? How could he just go and say he’d risk his life without asking her what she thought? Would he even care that she was torn up about this? Would he even want to come back? When she thought of the last one it hit her pretty hard. The tears started flowing again and they had no intention of ever stopping.

About an hour later her phone went off on the bed next to her. She almost didn’t want to even look at who the text was from but something pulled her to it. Please answer me Addison. I’m sorry I didn’t ask you what you thought about it.

[/i] This was all he had to say? Sorry I didn’t ask you about it? She couldn’t believe him right now. She had to keep herself from calling and screaming at him. Addison quickly texted him back, she could speed text when she was angry. You should have told me, yes I’m mad. I love you and you have no idea who much it hurts. You don’t know how much I’ll miss you. You don’t know any of that Parker and it’s not fair. I don’t think I can do this…I don’t think I can lose you. Don’t say that, I’ll come back, I will if it’s the last thing I do. I love you so much, please don’t end this.[/i] She was so tempted to just end it there, but when she thought about it she couldn’t lose him this way either. Breaking his heart wouldn’t solve any of her problems; it would only break hers even more. Can you meet me here soon? Yeah, I’ll be there in 5 minutes.[/i] She set her phone down and like he said five minutes later he was there. Her dad must have let him up and he was soon knocking on her bedroom door. Addison got up and let him in and wrapped her arms around him and held tight. Woah baby. Shh it’s ok. She was shaking and he face was beat red because of crying. I don’t want to lose you…I’ll miss you too much. There was no way she wanted him to leave but it was too late and nothing she could do, he already enlisted and she couldn’t change it. She’d be the girlfriend of an army man now…[/Blockquote][/Blockquote]

[Parker Owen]

Parker was sitting in his room while he was texting Addison. She was explaining how she felt about the whole army thing to him somewhat. He didn’t want to end what they had, he loved her so much. Can you meet me here soon?

[/i] He texted back the only logical thing he could think of, Yeah, I’ll be there in 5 minutes.[/i] He knew that it would be easier for her to just end it there so she wouldn’t have to worry about him and feel tied down when he left. Truthful to his word he went outside and walked to her house, he made it in five minutes easily. Her dad answered the door and he went up to her room. Not knowing if she was mad he knocked on the door and seconds later she was there wrapping her arms around him. He held her close as he realized she was shaking against him. Woah baby. Shh it’s ok. Her whole face was red from crying and she was shaking so bad as she clutched onto him as if he was going to disappear. He held her close to him and lifted her off her feet so she didn’t have to move at all. Carefully he carried her over to her bed and set her down. When he tried to stand back up she wouldn’t loosen her arms around his neck, forcing him to stay with her right there.

Parker laid down on the bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She was so small in his arms and her shaking made her seem so fragile. He kissed her head and ran his fingers though her hair gently, I’ve got you baby girl. She melted into his side and cried and cried. He hated to see her cry but he didn’t know what to say to make it better. After half an hour of her crying to him she sniffled and he wiped away her tears. She’d moved on top of him so he just rubbed her back with his free hand. I’ll be fine. I swear. I love you baby so much. He kissed all over her face and she smiled a little bit. I wanna get married when I come back. Her breath caught in her throat but he didn’t say anything else, he let her think about it for a little bit.[/font][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[addison]

They were lying on her bed and she was crying into his chest. Parker kissed her head and ran his fingers through her hair gently trying to calm her down a little bit. I’ve got you baby girl. She couldn’t control herself as she cried and cried as she was completely melted into his side. Parker wasn’t saying anything and it kind of scared her a little bit. She cried for what seemed to be hours but in all reality it was only about a half hour. Addison sniffled and Parker wiped away her tears. She moved on top of him and he was rubbing her back with his free hand. I’ll be fine. I swear. I love you baby so much. Parker started to kiss all over her face which made her smile a little. I wanna get married when I come back. Her breath caught but again Parker didn’t say another word for a while. She didn’t’ know what to do…what to say…what to think. After a few minutes of thinking it over she finally thought of something to say. But sadly it was, Why me? It came out more of a whisper as she sat up next to him. Why you? Yeah…why me? Why would you want to marry me? I want to marry you because you’re everything I could ever want, you’re perfect to me. She blushed and hid her face in her hands. Parker laughed and rubbed her back with his hand. I want to get married to you…but you have to promise that you’ll come back to me. I promise, I’ll always come back to you. She leaned down and kissed him gently.

They turned on a movie and she was curled up in his arms. They had been talking a lot about the future and what that would entail for them. How things would change if he left, if they would be the same when he got back. Would he still want her after seeing the girls that were in the army with him? Could he fall in love with one of the girls that he was working with? All of these questions would be left unanswered until he came back to her and they got married. She did trust him, she trusted that he wouldn’t sleep with someone else; considering that they hadn’t ever slept together yet. I love you Addison. A smile crossed her lips and she couldn’t help but say exactly what she felt for him too. I love you too…so much. I don’t think I can tell you how much, words can’t explain it. He laughed, Addison felt like she was rambling on and on but she didn’t really care. Her parents knew that she was upset but they didn’t dare go up to her room when they knew that Parker was there. They trusted her and Parker enough to be up in her room without checking in on them. But they reserved the right to open the door if they couldn’t hear talking and that was fine. Most of the time they were just sleeping or watching a movie that they both wanted to see so they weren’t talking. Her eyes started to get heavy and she was drifting off. Sleep tight baby, I’ll wake you up before I leave. She nodded and snuggled into his side. I love you. Addison mumbled as she started to fall asleep. He was so easy to snuggle into, he was everything that she’d always wanted and hoped that she would get one day. Now that she had him she wasn’t going to let him go for anything. Not even the United States Army could break them apart.

[Parker Owen]

Parker was up in addison's room just holding her and she was dozing off fast in his arms. She loved it when he held her close to him and personally he liked holding her. Having her close to him made his whole day perfect and nothign else mattered when she was with him. He kissed her head as she fell asleep close to him and it made him smile. Now what was he gonna do...?

Parker fell asleep apparently because he woke up to someone kissing all over his face. He smiled and laughed as lips moved around his cheeks and nose. Wakey wakey. HIs arms wound around her waist as her lips found his and he kissed her gently and pulled her down to him. Mmm I love you so much. He could feel her smile against his lips and he just held her closer. She rested her head on his shoulder so her lips were on his neck. Parker... do you want to.. you know... before you leave? He was stunned speachless at her question. Hellooooo? Earth to Parker? He snapped back into reality, I want it to be special. Not just because I'm leaving. His hand stroked her cheek gently as she started to tear up,[coor=pink] And if you don't come back?

[/color] Shh I will come back. I promise. You know you can't promise that Parker! He held her close as she broke down crying again into his chest. She just cried and cried it seemed like, he'd hurt her so much. I hate hurting you... maybe you should just see if you want someone else while I'm gone... She looked up with a look of anger and hurt in her eyes. Don't you even suggest that, she snapped. Now he was in for it, he'd made her sad first and now upset... oh god. Don't suggest I want to go and have sex with someone else while you're gone. That I want to fall in love with another man. Don't even g-- He cut her off with his lips and slipped his hand into her hair. If she kept talking that would be all he thought about while he was gone. He didn't want to spend his nights thinking about her straddling another man or getting married to someone who wasn't him. He could almost picture her in a wedding dress walking down the aisle to some beach blonde surfer boy now. His lips were more urgent against hers and she held him closer gladly. Parker pulled back breathless after a few minutes and she rested her head on his shoulder taking deep breaths too. Lets get married when I come home. That's far away from now. I don't care. Marry me in two years. Ok. He kissed her nose and pulled the blankets up... this was going to be the hardest thing he'd ever done.

~A few weeks later~

Parker was in his uniform sitting on the bed waiting to be taken to the post. Addison was on her way over with her parents becasue he knew she couldn't drive. He was just thinking about his life and what he wanted to do with it. The first thing he could see was marrying Addison and starting a family with her. He could see a little girl with blonde curls just like her's running around in a sprinkler and a little dog following her. There was a soft knock on the door that pulled him back to reality, Come on in. The door opened and addison stepped in with her head down not wanting to cry right away. She sat down next to him and let his arm's enclose around her waist and pull her close. They'd already said their real goodbyes the night before, declaring their love for each other and their futures. I'll write and call every single chance I get. She nodded and held around his waist tighter. I'll be waiting. He kissed her cheek as his mom came up, Baby it's time to go. He nodded and stood with Addison still attached to his waist. He held her close to him as they went downstairs and into the car. THe ride wasn't long and in a few minutes he was there and waiting to begin maneuvers. Parker kissed Addison gently and ran his fingers though her hair, I love you so much, his voice was a whisper. I love you too, her voice cracked as she talked to him. Tears ran down her cheeks and he held her close, I'll be home soon. She nodded and he let her go as he walked off with his duffle in hand. [/font][/blockquote][/blockquote]