Wait for Me

by Tia Louise

“If you ever need saving, I want to save you.” Somehow I’m certain Noel LaGrange can take care of herself no matter what. Still, everybody slips off a kitchen counter sometimes. “And I’ll save you back.” I pull her to my chest, wanting to kiss her again. “It’s a deal.”

This is what heaven must be like. Heaven is finding the thing you can’t live without and being able to hold it. Hell is knowing you’ll have to let it go.

He scoops it away with his thumb. “I fell in love with you. I love you, Noel Aveline LaGrange.”

Leon’s voice cuts through my spiraling. “I owe you an ass-kicking.”

“It’s for my daddy. Mamma said he’s a handsome prince. She said that’s why I have blue eyes when hers are brown.”