Chapter 20
But, of course, this time it was different, this time I knew I was
going to see him. When I went to Sydney I had no idea. And this
time the flight only took about two hours, which I was extremely
happy about considering the fact that the man beside snored very
loudly and his breath was a perfect example of a ‘fresh mint
needer’. I turned my head and looked out of the window trying to
get away from the smell, but it didn’t work that well. Instead I tried
to think about something else… I wish you all could’ve seen Sara’s
smile as she realised the phone call I was making the day before
was to book a one-way ticket to Dublin! She literally screamed out
her happiness and started her typical Sara-dance around her room.
A smiled formed on my lips as I thought about it, but it soon faded
away again… What if he wouldn’t be happy to see me? What if
everything was too late to fix? What if… if… he had someone else…?
I got into one of the cabs that were waiting outside the airport and
told the driver where I wanted to go. About twenty minutes later we
arrived at what according to the address was the McFadden house.
I paid the driver and slowly made my way to the front door. I
hesitated a few seconds before I rang the door bell. I waited but
there was no answer. The thought about noone being home had
actually never entered my mind. What do I do now? I rang again,
eventhough I knew it was no use.
“Oh hi, I’m sorry, can I help you?” a very familiar voice behind me
said. I slowly turned around to look into those beautiful blue eyes I
hadn’t seen for more than two months…
“Oh my God…” he whispered as he saw who it was and he looked
like he was in a state of shock.
“Hi Bryan…” How stupid was that? I hadn’t seen him for two
months and all I said was ‘Hi Bryan’. But I couldn’t say anything
else, I was paralyzed. I had almost forgotten how deeply I loved
this man and now he was standing right infront of me.
“I didn’t think I’d ever see you again.” He slowly started walking
towards me, “I didn’t think you’d ever wanna see me again…”
“I’m really sorry Bryan…” I started but he interrupted me by placing
his finger on my lips.
“Shhhhhsh, don’t be. You have nothing to be sorry about, I’m the
one who ruined it, I’m the one who tore us apart…”
“But I didn’t contact you for two months! Two months!”
“I understand why you didn’t, I don’t blame you…” Since it was
almost winter and getting quite cold he led me inside the house
and we sat down on the living-room couch.
“It would really make things easier if you actually were mad at me
right now”, I said with a smile, “Here I have prepared this whole
apology speech…” He didn’t say anything, the only sounds I could
hear was the wind in the trees and my own heart beating faster as
it had a tendency to do when I was near him. Hesitatingly I reached
for his hand, half expecting he’d pull it away, but he didn’t.
“Is it too late, Bry? Is there any possibility that we’ll get back what
we once had?” I lowered my voice and dropped my eyes as I
continued, “Cos if there is I’m ready to fight for us like never
before…” I slowly looked up afraid of how he’d react to that last
part. He went silent for a few seconds, but then he placed his arms
around me and whispered: “I hope you only got a one-way ticket…”
“Yeah, why?” I asked stupidly, trying not to get my hopes up about
what he meant by that, trying not to think anything that could end
up getting me hurt.
“Why do you think?”, he smiled, lifted his hand and slowly stroke
his finger from my forehead down to my cheek and my lips, where
he then placed a soft kiss.
“Do you know what I’m more sure of now than I ever have been?”,
he asked after slowly pulling away. Still numb, from finally feeling
his lips against mine again, I shook my head. “That you are the
one… you are the one that makes my life complete. And cos of
that, you are not just a part of me, you are me, my life, my soul
and my love…” Once again tears were now rolling down my face
because of Bryan, but this time they were tears of happiness.
“I love you Bry.” He smiled at me and gently kissed away a tear
from my cheek. We just sat there for a few minutes in silence,
cuddled up together.
“May I have this dance?” he then said in a gentleman voice, which
made me laugh. “Of course, but, ermmm… there’s no music.”
“I’ll take care of that”, he took my hand and led me to the floor
infront of the couch. He put his arms around my waist and I
wrapped my arms around his neck. We looked deeply into each
others eyes and then he started singing:
“It’s all in the way you look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies
Are not hard to overcome
It’s all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two, now we are one…”
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