Leaving On A Jet Plane~Chantal Kreviazuk

I...I...All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'This early morn
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin his horn........


John Black stood outside his bedroom door watching his wife sleep. He watched as her body breathed in and out....in and out. He wanted so badly to wake her before he left for Europe but she looked so happy....so at peace when she slept that he knew it was best if he didn't. He heard the taxi horn outside and blew his wife a kiss before he turned around and started to walk down the stairs. He grabbed his luggage on the way down and walked out of the penthouse.
As he walked into the cool morning air, the sun was starting to rise casting rays of orange, red, and yellow light. He got into the cab and looked up into their bedroom window, wishing she was with him.

Already I'm so lonesome I could cry........

John boarded the plane and sat down in the same seat he sat in all these years ago, the night Belle was conceived. John laughed as he felt the warm moisture falling down his face.
"Geez, Marlena, do you know what you do to me," He said aloud,putting his face in his hands."Yes, of course I do." John looked up and saw her standing at the door looking like an angel. The sun reflected off of her already golden hair and she wore a short, white tank dress. "Marlena, what are you doing here?" John asked getting and walking into her arms. "Did you honestly think I would let you leave Salem without a *proper* goodbye?" John smiled and picked his wife up and carried her over to the couch.

So Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go........

John got on top of her, kissing her entire body, never wanting to let go. Marlena brought her face up to his and kissed him, slipping her tongue between the parted cracks in his mouth. He rolled her over,unzipping the back of her dress. He watched it slide off her body and continued to kiss the areas that was now left open."I love you John," Marlena breathed heavenly. "I love you too baby. You better give me a welcome home, like you gave me a farewell," John laughed."Oh you know I will.

"Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go........

Marlena laid in John's arms, their bodies molding as one. "I hate to go after this," John asked kissing Marlena's neckline. "Especially since I don't know when I'm coming home...." "I really wish you wouldn't go," Marlena said sitting up in his arms. "My, how I'll miss you. But I know you'll be back when you can, nothing can keep you away from me.""That's a fact."

I...There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now
They don't mean a thing
Every place I go
I think of you
Every song I sing
I sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring..........

As Marlena got dressed she glanced over to the mantel on the far edge of the plane. She started to laugh and John grabbed her from the waist pulling her into his lap on the couch. "Why are you laughing?" He asked kissing her. "Because that picture over there shows you singing, and you sound so funny when you sing," she said in hysterics. "Hey! I could take that offensively you know! I only did it because I loved you so much! And plus you did look pretty hot that night baby," John teased her. "I know, I know, I had to impress you." Marlena looked down at the gold band that encircled her finger and she smiled. He noticed her looking at it and walked over to the desk drawer next to them. He pulled out a gold chain and took off his wedding ring, slipping it onto the chain. "Marlena, I know you have a wedding ring, but I want to give you mine while I am away. Wear this around your neck, close to your heart, likemy heart is beating right next to yours. I love you Marlena and being awayfrom you, even if it's for a week, is the hardest thing I'll ever have todo." Tears slid down her face and she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oh God, I'll miss you. I love you."

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again

Oh babe I hate to go...... Marlena dug into her purse and took out a picture of the four of them from the wedding. She wiped that tears that fell from her eyes and kissed the picture giving it to John. "If you give me your ring, then I want to give you this picture. I carry it around with me always but I want you to have it while you're gone. If I can hold your ring to my heart, then I want you to keep this picture within your soul." She kissed him, and he took the picture holding it to his heart.

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Close your eyes
I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the time when I don't have to say...

"Mr. Black, are you ready to take off?" John looked towards the cockpit and saw his pilot standing there. "Yeah, just give me a second, all right?" "Of course." He went back into the cockpit and John turned to face Marlena. He wiped the tears that fell from her eyes and gave her a hug. He kissed her, stroking her hair as their lips parted. "Marlena, if you are ever missing me, just close your eyes and dream, because I am in your dreams and you are in mine........forever. I can't wait to come home, so I never have to leave you again. I love you so much. Never forget that all right?" "I won't. I love you babe." As she walked off towards the door she turned back and kissed the precious metal that was around her neck.

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh Babe I hate to go........

Marlena watched as the plane took off and she blew a kiss to the window John was sitting in. He smiled and as his lips parted Marlena knew what he was saying and she mouthed them back. "I love you." She held the chain in her hands as she walked towards the car, wanting to sleep so she can see John again.

Leaving on a jet plane........

By Jess Dallow
August 15, 1999
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