Rm 217 - Monday after work and classes

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Coming down from working on the senior project, Johnny showered, dressed, and sat on his bed. He needed to talk to Savannah and he'd put it off for far too long. He was bracing himself for an argument because he knew she was going to be upset and he assumed pissed that he was leaving early.

So yeah, he had some explaining to do.

[[ For Savannah and SP is the name of the game. ]]

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Savannah squeezed his hand, but still didn't look at him. She had made a promise to him back when Chris and Summer left that she wouldn't fall apart on him when they said goodbye. She just knew if she looked up, he'd see her tears and that would make him feel even worse.

She nodded. She knew she'd be fine, but damn it, it hurt having to say goodbye to him.

"When?"

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"Next week," he managed, bracing himself.

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Savannah gasped looking up and completely forgetting she was trying to hide her emotions from Johnny.

"So soon?"

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"The end of next week," he corrected, thinking that might help. "Pretty much two weeks still, babe."

He swallowed. "Please don't cry, babe. Please."

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"I'm trying," she said softly, looking back down at the floor. "Really, I am."

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Shit.

He dropped to his knees in front of her, his hands moving to lay against her thighs. "Baby, it will be okay. You know it will. I'll be a phone call away. We'll get together, okay? I love you."

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She nodded and made herself meet his eyes.

"I know. I know we will. I love you."

She swallowed hard, trying to keep to the dumb promise she had made.

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He reached up, took her face in his hands, and kissed her, leaning his forehead against hers. "It will be fine," he whispered, "trust me, sweetheart."

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"I do trust you," she whispered. "Always." She reached out to hold onto him.

"It's just a year... just a year. If it's as full of things as this past year has been, it will go by in no time."

She meant it to be comforting.

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It wasn't comforting; not with the year they'd had.

He breathed out slowly and held her close. "It will fly by, seriously. You'll be with me again before you know it, sweetheart."

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Savannah nodded against him. "It will. Soon it will be graduation for me and then no more having to live so far apart."

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"See? You'll be fine. And you know, we've got time to say our goodbye's. Let's save the tears for that say, hm?"

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"I'm not going to fall apart on you," she whispered, hugging him.

Uh huh. Sure.

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"You won't," he agreed. "You're too strong for that."

He was trying to believe it.

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"Of course I am," Savannah agreed, not moving away from him. "I'll be fine."

Johnny might need to get Savannah a boat for the nice little trip on River Denial she was taking.

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He knew it. He knew it yet was afraid to steer her away from that river. He wasn't sure he could take the emotional break down yet.

"You'll be fine," he assured her. "We both will."

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Savannah nodded and then looked into his face, doing her best to drop a mental mask over her eyes and hide the emotions there.

"Of course we will be. We're just damn awesome that way."