"This is Keavy and I kissing the Blarney Stone, and this is us kissing each other after kissing the Blarney Stone" I was showing pictures of my trip to my mother and to Kevin and Nick.
"She is beautiful AJ, really beautiful" Kevin congratulated me "you guys look great together and you look like you had loads of fun."
"The best time of my life" I said softly. A sudden feeling of loneliness and sadness overcame me and I walked out of the living room, grabbing the phone on my way out. I heard the static as the international operator connected my call and I smiled when I heard her mother's thick accent.
"Hi beautiful" I teased.
"Bey Jaysus Alex how are you?"
"I am great"
"She'll be longtoothed when she finds out she missed ya."
My heart sank, she wasn't there. "Tell her I called would you."
"I will son. Take Care"
I held the phone in my hands and I started to cry as I sat on my back porch. I cried from lonliness, I cried for love and I cried for the 2 weeks we spent together in Ireland falling in love.
"Baby" my mother sat down beside me and pulled my head down onto her shoulder "It's okay to cry, I saw it the minute you got off the plane, you are in love baby boy." My mother smoothed my hair, humming as we sat there "Alex you love her and I know that you miss her so much you think you are going crazy but honey trust me when I tell you that it will get better. Just think about how good it will feel to have her in your arms, to have her kiss you and know that she will kiss you forever. Think about how wonderful and magical it is going to be to fall asleep in each other's arms and know that when you wake in the morning it is the start of a new day, a new day to make more memories, together." My mom kissed my head "I love you Alex and I am so happy that you are in love."
"I love her mom, I love her so much"
~~**~~
I was never one to believe in love at first sight but as I think back I know that the minute I saw her smile and tease me that day in the bakery, I knew I was in love. I miss her, I miss her more as every day passes that we are not together. I miss her everytime Saffie throws back her head and snorts, just like her mother, every time that Saffie climbs into my arms and rests her head on my chest like Keavy did, I miss her.
~~**~~
I have never been one to put pictures in an album, truth be told I have boxes and boxes of pictures from tours, special events and vacations that are lying, cluttered in cardboard or tupperware totes. These pictures were different. These were pictures of Keavy, pictures of our first vacation together and a reminder of the vacation that changed my life. I was in the middle of arranging the pictures in the album when the phone rang.
”Hello?”
"Hi you sexy yank"
"Beautiful, god it is so good to hear your voice." I curled up against the fluffy sofa pillows and got caught up in her voice.
"Mah says you called, I am sorry I missed you Alex"
"Not to worry my love, I would keep calling until I talked to you"
"Ah you spoil me yank" Her voice cracked and I knew she was close to tears.
"Don't cry baby, please don't cry. We will be together before you know it" I tried to soothe her, not letting on about my outburst hours before.
"I miss you yank, I miss you so much. I started to cry in the middle of class today, my professor thought I was pickled" she cried through her tears.
"Pickled? Hmm there is another one to add to my long list of sayings that you use. I have to prepare my friends and my mom for you." I teased.
"Alex, Nuala needs me back out front. I love you"
"I love you forever, Emerald" I said, wiping the tears from my eyes as
I used
my nickname for her. I looked down at the silver claddaugh ring that
decorated my left hand's ring finger and smiled. Soon these promise
rings
would be replaced by wedding bands I told myself as I turned back to
the
photo alum.
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