Always and Forever

The story begins with a girl named Emeline Emeline was walking through the crowded market on her way back from med school she was studying in the library then suddenly a creepy man grabbed her arm and pulled her into a dark alley he was tall muscular and had a large collection of scars and there were two other men with him one short with a g*n holster on his belt and the other even taller than the first guy and really muscular he looked like he could've squashed her head with his bare hands the first guy appeared to be the leader but then out of the conner of Emeline's eye she saw the shape of a boy "Stop harassing this poor girl" he yelled in a heavy accent Emmeline couldn't quite place he stepped forward he had dark hair and light tan skin the leader said "Tiny take care of him" the big tall man stepped forward how ironic Emeline thought Tiny swing his fist at the mystery boy's head but he dodged nimbly but Tiny stomped on his leg he crumpled to the ground with a grunt of pain and tears in his eyes Emeline scanned the area while they were busy watching the boy on the ground she saw an old metal broom handle in the dumpster she grabbed it and turned back just in time to see Tiny pick up a big piece of broken concrete and threw it at his head it knock him unconscious Emeline mustered all her strength and hit the leader in the back of the head as hard as she could the leader fell to the ground unconscious Emeline yelled holding the broomstick like a baseball bat "You better get lost unless you want to end up like your 'fearless leader's' "they ran like they're lifes depended on it she looked down at the unconscious boy on the ground his leg was bent at a weird angle she thought about what all she knew about him she knew that he was not from around here maybe German judging by the accent and blushing she realized that he was actually kinda cute and that he would risk himself to save a not so defenseless girl he was little and she was pretty strong so she decided to bring him back to her house to get him patched up it was about a little less than a mile away for the longer way but it was out of sight from the city roads so it wouldn't look suspicious so she grabbed his limp body and adjusted him to look somewhat like a piggyback ride she held his arms over her shoulders his head was leaning against her's and his feet were dragging on the ground when she was infront of her house she collapsed she had never felt so sore or tired good thing he was so skinny still breathing hard she painfully turned to see the boy scrawled out on the ground face down she realized a small trickle of blood pooling underneath him Emeline thought man he is going to be in a whole world of pain when he wakes up she told herself to suck it up and get him inside before mom comes back she had a small house on her parents property she gasped in pain as she stood up she rolled the boy over his nose was bleeding and there was a gash half a foot long on his chest from a sharp rock it also tore his shirt she half dragged half carried him into the house she set him on the small cot that served as her bed she cleaned the blood from his nose stitched the gash in his chest and set his leg which was sticking out at an unnatural angle and put a cast up to his knee on it was moments like this when she wished she had her own xray instead of having to fell where it was broken she gave her self some pain medicine and finally got some well known deserved sleep she woke up and it was 11:00am she had to think about what day it was luckily it was saturday and she wasn't late for med school she made some bread for lunch and dinner and muffins for breakfast she heard a loud goan she ran over to the cot where the boy lay "Where...where ...am I Who are you?" He said groggily he tried sit up but let out a cry of pain and sank back down "So it's a long story you tried to save me from those thieves but one of the them broke your leg and threw a big rock at your head and gave you a survire concoction that knocked you out cold-" the boy interrupted he saying "wait how did you get away let alone get me here?" "I was getting to that I found a metal broomstick and knocked out their leader and threatened the rest with it and carried you here to my house but collapsed from exhaustion that's why you have stitches on your chest" Emeline continued "How I mean I am skinny but how? How far was it?" The boy asked "Never underestimate a woman and it was a little less than a mile" the kitchen timer went off "Be right back" she came back with a plate with muffins, fresh bacon, orange juice, and some pills "Thanks I am starving" said the boy he looked at the food like it was a feast "Oh! How rude of me my name is Emeline" "This is is so good how can I ever repay you?" "Don't worry about but you could start by gracing me with your name" Emeline said jokingly "Oh sorry about about that you saved me and don't even know my name" he laughed but winced and gasped with pain "I am Josch Schmied" "So is that German?" Emeline asked "Yes it's Deutsch" he said "I was here on... what's the word in English... Oh! Holiday" Josch said remembering the word Emeline thought his fumbling with English just makes him even cuter she realized she was blushing and looked down at Josch and thought she saw him blush too but it was hard to tell because of his tan skin "Maybe when I can walk again I can treat you to a nice dinner" Josch said "I would like that" she said noticing how hot her cheeks were "Hey Emeline would you mind if I call you Emy as a nickname?" "Yeah I would like that" her cheeks getting even hotter a week and a half or so passed and Emy asked "Do you think you're ready to walk with some help?" "Yeah I think so" he answered she helped him up grabbed his arm and swung his arm over her shoulder shocked to see how right it felt there he tried to take a normal step and yelped "Put all your weight on me I can take after all I carried you here" he looked unsure like he was trying to decide if it what hurt me or not but after a moment he shifted his weight to lean heavily on Emy they walked around the small room once and saw he was gasping for air just then she had an idea she helped him down on to the cot and let him rest and brought a new stack of books to keep him occupied a couple days later Emy was giddy as she could be as she looked at the beautiful pair of pine crutches with cravings of flowers and leaves on them that she had been working on for the last couple days while Josch was sleeping she shook them into her room and rapped them elegantly with green wrapping paper and tied a blue ribbon into a bow it was June fourth a day before Josch's birthday she slipped into her blankets and she went to sleep only thinking of look on his face when he opened his preasant that morning her parents roaster sang his wake up call Emy got up and got and got started on breakfast she squeezed some fresh orange juice made pancakes, eggs, and bacon and delicately arranged them into a smiley face and brought the plate to him saying happily "Rise and shine birthday boy I let you sleep til noon" he groaned "It's noon already five more minutes" "What if I were to say I made breakfast" Emy said playfully "I'm up... I'm up" he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked at the food eyes wide saying "Oh M you shouldn't have" " that is not all hold on one sec..." she said leaving the room to grab the crouches and put them awkwardly on Josch's lap she watched eagerly as she unwrapped them she watched as his face light there was just something about those piercing green eyes when he was happy but then she saw his face fell "Oh I knew you wouldn't like them I don't know what I was thinking..." Josch cut her off "It's just that this is the most beautiful gift I have ever gotten" he barely chocked out he looked up and Emy saw tears in his eyes she sat down beside him Josch said "Life wasn't so good back in Germany my Dad beat my mom and right now no one is there to protect her and I was barely making a living so... I guess what I trying to say is thank you. You carried me to your home, bandaged me up, helped me walk again, fed me the most amazing food I have ever had, and now you gave me the most beautiful gift I've ever gotten why? Why all this for me?"He stopped trying to hold in the tears they rolled down his face "You saved me from those creeps gave me just the distraction I needed and you didn't even know me" Emy replied she couldn't stand seeing Josch cry she reached out and wiped tears of his face with her thumb and said "And when you are ready I bought you new clothes, a nice suit case, and I have the money saved up for you to fly back to Germany" he completely broke down crying "Are you sure you aren't my guardian angel" He barely got out when he got himself together he said I'm ready tomorrow I need to protect my mom" "Do you want to go on one last walk in the park?" Emy asked "I would love to" Josch answered he took a deep breath wiped his face and with some help stood up and grabbed the crouches the walk was amazing I felt like a fairy tale to Emy the flowers growing through the fields, ivy growing up the street lamps Emy laid down the picnic blanket and ate cake, drank lemonade, and and watched the clouds and talked about the customs and culture of their home country and then josch picked up a deep purple tulip and gave it to Emy saying "It brings out the deep blues in your eyes" "It's beautiful" said Emy blushing "Well it doesn't even come close to your beauty" he said blushing Emy thought I really don't want him to leave but he has to go protect his mom he is so caring, brave or maybe just stupid, but gosh he is so dang handsome Josch interrupted her thoughts saying "What are you thinking about?" "Just about how glad I am that I met you I don't know how I am going to live without you" Josch let out a long sigh "Me too" "Maybe we could write to each other here I have an extra notepad write your address and I will write mine they exchanged addresses they both were staring in to each other's eyes Josch awkwardly broke the silence saying "Let's go ahead and head back" he said beaming but on the inside Josch really wanted to stay with Emy she impressed him every day I mean who is strong enough to carry a grown man a mile and a half, knock out a greedy thief, scare away two more armed thieves with a broomstick of all things he thought she is beautiful, strong as a man, Brave, kind, smart, and resourceful even mom would approve of her. Little did Josch know that at that same time Emy was thinking man he is amazing he is he might not be the smartest or strongest but he is brave or maybe just stupid but gosh he is so cute they made it home Emy asked "would you rather chicken breast or steak for your birthday dinner?" "I love chicken but I've never had steak it's so expensive" Josch answered "Emy said "Okay steak it is" "Don't waste your steak on me I will eat anything you make" Josch said "Of course you would eat anything I make I'm a great chef and it wouldn't be a waste at all" Emy got to work on the steak while Josch was drawing by the window "Dinner is ready" Josch let out a sigh of pleasure "This amazing I don't know how i will survive without your cooking" later that night they went stargazing and Josch gave her the drawing he was working on early that evening it was of them sitting on the bench in the park looking out at the fields of tulips holding hands "I um... made this for you" Josch said bashfully "I love it she" said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek she pulled away both blushing "Let's go to Mrs. Smith's bakery to get cupcakes" Emy said breaking the silence he tried to get up by himself but put his bad leg down and let out a sharp gasp of pain and fell back into his chair his head spinning Emy reached out and grabbed his hand and said "I don't think you put the good foot down first" "I guess you are right" Josch said smiling "When am I not right?" Emy said being sassy "Okay ready up we go" they walked one third of a mile to get there and Emy could tell Josch was reaching his limit "Are you okay? we can take a break if you need to" Emy asked gritting his teeth said "Nah I'm fine" man he was being stubborn but sweat was dripping down the back of his neck she glanced over and saw that his arms were shaking and the good leg was barely able to hold his weight "Why don't you sit here on the bench outside of the shop" "No I'm good" he said and took another step and flinched she said "I'm not taking no for an answer"Josch begrudgingly sat down on the bench "Thank you I will be right back" she went in and got the cupcakes and they started to walk back but still a forth of a mile away from home Josch collapsed unconscious from exhaustion he didn't look to good she reached down and pulled him into the same position she carried him last time but with one hand she had the cupcakes and crutches in the other oh the irony this is just like when we met Emy thought but then a voice came out of nowhere "Hey pretty girl need some help with your drunk boyfriend" "No I'm fine and he is not drunk!" Said answered "Think what ya want beautiful"the man who the voice belonged to it was the leader of the g**g that attacked her and Josch she set him down on the ground behind her "So you came back for more did you" she noticed a big bruise on the back side of his bald head where she hit him with the broomstick he rushed over to Josch and pointed a g*n at his head and stomped on his bad leg and said "Why don't you come and get a drink with me?" he said Emy kicked him in between the legs hard as she could he doubled over you're gonna pay for that!" he yelled angrily and shot her in the shoulder Emy thought I hope Josch won't be to disappointed she grabbed the cupcakes and shoved them into his eyes so he couldn't see for just long enough for her to grab her heavy duty metal flashlight and hit him as hard as possible in the the back of the head and you guessed it he got knocked out by the blow for good measure she grabbed her lipstick and wrote loser on his forehead she picked Josch up again and grabbed his crutches in the other hand and started the one fourth of a mile walk home after they made Emy did the best she could to set Josch gently on the couch she sat down next to him wandered after all that is he still going to leave and her shoulder felt terrible she felt tears running down her face and stroked his soft dark hair after who knows how long of just crying and stroking Josch's hair she heard him moan "What... what happened?" Josch asked slowly coming to "Why does my head and my limbs feel so heavy? Don't tell me I passed out" he said getting embarrassed Emy did her best to suck it up so he wouldn't see her cry "So you being stubborn caused you to pass out from a mixture of pain and exhaustion..." Josch cut her off "Wait then why does my leg feel like crap ?" "I was getting there you will never believe what happened we were on our way back and you collapsed and I picked you up and made it about on sixth of a mile or so and then then moron of a thief came out of no where and held a g*n to your head and stomped on your leg so I kicked where it hurts then blinded him with the cupcakes and knocked him out again with my flashlight the carried you back to the house again is it just me or is this irony to the max" she finished "YOU ARE LIKE A REAL LIFE SUPERHERO!!!" josch said "No I just defended you and myself" Emy said "Well then you're my hero i mean who knocks out a major jerk brain twice, carried me a full grown man all the way home twice, took care of me, made me the most beautiful pair of crutches ever, and you are the most amazing chef in the whole world! So I think that qualifies you as a SUPERHERO" josch said/shouted when he finished his face turned beat-red "Wait what's wrong it looks like you were crying?!" "It's nothing just a little sore and shaken from the everything that happened tonight" Emy answered trying her best to keep the quiver out of her voice "Stop lying I know you got hurt I can see written all over your face and how your holding your shoulder and OH MY GOSH! Is that blood on your shirt why didn't you tell me! I thought I was supposed to be the stubborn one you stay here" he unsteadily got to his feet and walked over to the medical cabinet and pulled out pain medicine, tweezers, butterfly bandaids, hydrogen peroxide, damp paper towels medical tape, and gauze and shuffled over and dropped the supplies on the coffee table then grabbed his pocket knife and cut the shirt off so all she was wearing was her tank top she blushed and asked what to do first "Use the tweezers and gently remove the bullet" Emy gasped with pain as he pulled it out "then use the paper towels to remove the blood from around the wound" she gritted her teeth as he carefully dabbed the paper towel "now grab the hydrogen peroxide and clean the wound so it doesn't get infected" she held her breath as it burned the place where the bullet pierced "Now use the butterflies to hold the wound shut skin touching skin" she let out a cry of pain "So the invincible woman feels pain" Josch said "Not in the mood" Emy said sounding strained "now put the gauze on the wound and use medical tape to keep them in place and please give me some pain killers" "I just happen to have the best pain killer ever" "Oh really what's that?" he cupped her cheeks in his hands and kissed her with the passion of someone who wanted to do it a long time at first she was surprised but then she kissed back and all the pain faded away he pulled away both gasping for air "You have no idea how long I wanted to do that" Josch said blushing but all the pain came back to Emy I think going to go lay down she stood up but her head swam and she felt dizzy then the world went black Josch looked down at her now I guess it's time that I return the favor of her carrying me I can left her up on the couch right? he leaned on his crutches and put one hand under her he shuffled over to the cot the pain in her shoulder was bearable compared to the pain of her broken heart so he was leaving tomorrow after all she knew his mom needed him more than she did but still she wanted no needed him in her life but he was as good as gone forever she finally got to sleep the next mourning when the roaster sang it's wake up song Emy has to drag her self out of bed which normally doesn't happen because she is a mourning person she made the biggest breakfast she had ever made sausages, pancakes, eggs, orange juice, and muffins Emy yelled "Breakfast!" When she saw that no one was coming she went over to the room where the cot was and expected to wake him up but he was packing his suitcase happily singing London bridge is falling down she just stood in the doorway listening to his beautiful singing voice when the song ended he glanced up and his face turned beat-red Emy said "You are a amazing singer" Josch said "I've actually never sang infront of anyone before I normally just sing to calm myself down in my room or while I am hiking Germany has some beautiful mountains maybe you can come and we can hike to the overlook and have picnic or something" "yeah that would be cool" Emy answered for a moment they just stood looking into each other's eyes Emy thought man his eyes are so beautiful like the green rolling hills or the deep green of the ocean while Josch was thinking her eyes are like the clear blue sky on a Summer day Josch was the first to snap out of it "so you made breakfast I'm starving" "uh... yeah in the kitchen" Emy said they ate the huge breakfast Josch said "this is truly the best meal I've ever had" after a little bit Josch said "Do you want me to change your dressing on your shoulder?" "If you don't mind but this time I am going to wear a sleeveless shirt let me go get changed" Emy answered "Wait I'll help you so you don't open the would again" "Okay thanks" she picked out a cute light blue top with frills instead of sleeves "ready?" Josch asked "ready" Emy answered he very gently moved the shirt down on her bad shoulder first and then pulled it down and grabbed a sling for her "there you look great you pull of the tough girl look with that gash on your shoulder" he said with a smile "look at us we are a complete hot mess you with your shoulder and me with my leg, chest, and cuts on my face" he said laughing Emy laughed thinking only of how much it hurt that he was leaving "are you up for the walk to the air port I only have one bike?" Emy asked "yeah if you are" he hobbled over to his suitcase and struggled trying to figger out how to pull the suitcase and use his crutches Emy thought he is so cute when he is confused "here let me get it" Emy said "no you hurt your shoulder" Josch said "you act like I hurt both shoulders I won't take no for an answer" Emy replied "fine but don't hurt yourself" Josch said begrudgingly they started the walk to the airport about forty five minutes later they made it and Emy could tell that they made it right on time because Josch looked like he was about to fall over they sat down for the wait in between getting the ticket and and boarding they talked about what they would do together when they saw eachother again and then the called to line up for boarding they looked at eachother and hugged crying "Thanks for everything you are my hero for real" Josch choked out "no thank you, you cleaned and dressed my wound which was very gross looking most people I know could never keep their dinner down..." Emy said "and I don't know if you realized but we are even now if you were wandering why you woke up on the couch in what you were wearing the day before it's because you passed out and I used my impressive muscles to lift you on to the couch while balancing on my crutches" "you're kidding" Emy said "I'll show you how serious I am" he grabbed her face and kissed her even longer than the first time Josch quickly closed the space between her and him when the speaker lady said last call for Germany board now they broke apart tears streaking down their faces "I love you and we will see eachother again i promise" Josch said "I love you too" Emy said she stole another kiss then he boarded the plane and the flight attendant followed him with his suitcase Emy waited at the window till the plane took off thinking there goes a piece of my heart that night all she could think about was his piercing green eyes and back to Josch the whole flight he stared out the window and drawing her face.