Twenty-Four Days by Janet Albert

Author:Janet Albert [Albert, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Gay, Lesbian, Romance, Lesbians
ISBN: 9781935053163
Google: p25oPgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1935053167
Publisher: Yellow Rose by RCE
Published: 2009-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

JAMIE ALMOST RAN back to her cabin. Alicia was nowhere in sight and the room was dark. Thinking she was alone, she threw herself on her bed and sobbed. "I have to find a way to get through this. I have to," she said, pounding her fist on the bed.

"What the hell's going on out here," Alicia burst out of the bathroom and ran over to her friend. She wedged her way onto the side of the bed and sat next to Jamie.

"Why are you crying? What happened?"

"I didn't know you were here."

"I just got in and I had to pee. I didn't even turn the light on."

"It's Miranda...she...she...," Jamie cried even harder.

Alicia placed her hand on Jamie's back. "Okay, cry it all out and then we'll talk." Alicia rubbed her hand on Jamie's shoulder. She reached over to the nightstand, handed Jamie a few tissues and waited.

After a short time, Jamie sat up against the headboard. It took her a while to catch her breath and dry her tears. "It hurts so bad, Alicia."

Alicia reached out and put her hand on Jamie's arm. "What does, honey? What did she do to you this time?" She shook her head. "I told you she scares me."

"No...she's wonderful. I'm in love with her. She's the nicest person I've ever known. You've got it wrong, Alicia. She's the one who's scared."

"You're in love with her? Seriously?"

"I know...crazy, huh?"

"Well, no, it's not crazy. I just didn't expect it."

"Me either, but it's true and she's leaving tomorrow." Jamie pressed the tissues to her eyes one by one, trying to soak up the never ending flow of tears. "I finally meet someone who matters and now I'm never going to see her again or talk to her again or..." Jamie closed her eyes and sighed. "I don't know how I'm going to get over her or even if I can."

"I hate to ask this, Jamie, but I take it she doesn't love you?"

"I don't think so. She admitted to being attracted to me, but that's all. She said she had to go back home and get her life together and she doesn't want any complications. I guess that's what she thinks I am...a complication."

"She didn't say she wanted to see you again?"

"No. Nothing. I gave her my phone numbers and address, but she didn't even look at it or give me any way to reach her. I'm never going to hear from her again, I know it as sure as I know my own name."

"Well, I feel sorry for her. She's a fool to pass you up. A damned fool."

"I'm the one who's a fool."

"I don't think so. Did you...I mean, have you..."

"Made love? No, we kissed and hugged, nothing more. It's not that I didn't want to. I ached to be with her, to touch her, to belong to her. That's one of the hardest things to bear about this...that I'll never have her."

"Jamie...it'll be okay, you'll see."

"No, Alicia. It'll never be okay."

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