Drabble 7

I don’t want him to leave.

I want to stay.

What will I do without him?

Her scent is like home.

I’m so safe in his arms.

            Her body fits perfectly with mine.

I love him with all my heart.

            She is everything to me.

“Can’t you get out of it?”

            “No.”

“Why? …Why?!”

            “Because I signed the papers.”

“But that was before – before we met.”

            “I know, but it’s too late now.”

“Do you want to go?”

            “God, no. I want to stay – here, forever, with you.”

“Just tell them. Tell them life’s changed.”

            “It doesn’t work that way.”

“But what if you don’t come back!”

            “I will, I promise.”

“But you won’t be the same. So many people--”

            “Shh…I’ll be the same. My love for you will be the same. I have to go now.”

“Write me? Call me?”

            “If I can get a signal out of Baghdad, yes.”