It’s been a long time since I last time posted. Lately I been busy plus I think I lost a great deal of my motivation. At the beginning I was really into this story but now… Not so much. This doesn't mean I will drop it completely but it became harder to write since I get distracted more easily.

I wrote this chapter because people didn't really like the goodbye so...

Chapter 29. Correcting my mistakes.

“Ha, ha, ha… To be pleasantly surprised like this. Ha, ha, ha…” I’m overwhelmed by my emotions rampaging deep inside me.

As I'm laughing a thought runs through my mind.

‘…? Wait. Did I even say ‘Goodbye' or 'Till we meet again', or anything of that kind?’ I start pondering.

A worry begins to seep into my heart, making it look like the happy mood from before was just a distant dream.

"Haa.." A sigh escapes from my mouth as I'm rubbing my forehead.

After a few moments of thinking I come to a simple conclusion: ‘Shit! I think I didn’t…’

I slowly lower my head down as I let my fingers slide through the hair.

"Ahhhhh...!" Finally a shout leaves from my mouth. It's hard to say if it's because of the frustration, or because of all the anger I'm feeling towards myself.

'What's wrong with me? Why do I suck at dealing with opposite sex so much?' I begin to ask myself the same questions I asked in my past life.

'Haa.. And here I thought I was making a great progress...' I start to criticize myself while still sitting with my head down.

"Noo..." I say silently.

Suddenly I lift my head and look forward with a determination showing on my face.

"What am I doing? This isn't a done deal. There is still time!" I say this and immediately stand up.

My lips curve into a small grin and with a jump I start running as if my life depends on it.

Seconds later I'm already speeding up on the road towards Landamot.

It takes me close to five minutes of running before I finally notice her beautiful figure in the distance. Since there is more than a few people on the road, I hold myself back from shouting her name and keep on closing the distance between us.

Finally when there is left about 100 meters I slow down and say loudly: "Elise!"

*Haah...* , *Haah...*

I make a few louder breaths before it becomes steady again. While my eyes are glued on her as she slowly turns around.

"Asger?" She asks with confusion.

As she looks at me questioningly I keep my mouth shut and start walking towards her. It's not because I try to look cool, but because I want to put a few final details to the speech, which I prepared while running.

'Ok! Elise... Everything happened so fast before, that I even forgot to say my farewells. That's why I had to chase after you to say this: These upcoming years will be long and lonely but I will wait for the day, when I will meet you, my northern star, again... Yeah... That should do it.' I think as I'm taking one step after another.

Finally the distance between us becomes just a couple of meters.

Feeling that I'm close enough I gather all of my courage and start speaking: "Elise..."

"Did something happen?" She asks hastily, while a worry is showing on her face.

"No, no, no..." I hurriedly try to calm her down, while wanting to get back to where I was interrupted at the same time.

"So why are you here now?” For some reason she sounds a bit angry.

‘Why is she mad? God dammit I really don’t understand how a woman’s mind works…’

Since I said nothing she asks again: “So..?”

For some reason I begin to feel under a huge pressure.

“Um… That is… I mean… AHH… WHY IS IT SO HARD?” Again I shout from frustration because it looks like I forgot my speech. But not wanting to miss this chance I keep on talking: “Well I mean… Goodbye… A - And… I really hope we will meet again since I think… I - I might like you… Quite a lot… Also if I leave Landamot I will go only to one place, it’s a Last Line town Gilja. My grandfather lives there and I have some business with him.”

‘That should be everything.’ I think trying to remember if there is something else I wanted to say.

Suddenly I notice that my hands are shaking quite a lot, so I move them behind my back in an attempt to hide it.

As I was talking I avoided looking at her face since it would have been too overwhelming for me, but now I finally lift my eyes up to look at her expression.

‘Huh?’

What I see is Elise just standing there frozen like a statue with her mouth slightly open. It takes a few seconds before she regains her composure and her full lips slowly curve into a small smile.

She takes a sudden step forward, then another one, and before long Elise is already in front of me. Without a word or any hesitation she leans in and her warm, soft lips press against mine.

Somehow the warmth that I feel from her body drowns all the reasons and doubts inside me, so I pull my hands, which mystically stopped shaking, and put them on her waist.

This last act just proves that my main computer is completely down and the body is currently under control by it’s stupid cousin: ‘Guts’.

For a seconds or two we stand like that. Then Elise slowly moves her lips away from mine and whispers to me: “Sorry, Asger. But I really need to go because my mother wants us to reach Holt before nightfall.”

She gently pushes us apart and with a smile says: "You know I worked quite hard to create a nice memory to remember and for a moment it looked like you would ruin all that work, but what happened here I think will make a much better one..."

Suddenly she closes the distance between us again and hugs me tightly.

"So I will say this one more time: Asger Haraldson stay well until we meet again." She sounds a bit saddened.

So what else is there to do other than to hug her back and say:"Yeah... You too, Elise."

Finally with the words of goodbye said we silently separate. I head back home while she moves forward.

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After walking for about a minute, before starting to climb down the hill, Elise turns around to look at Asger's back in the distance and with a small shake of her head says: "Ha, ha... That idiot finally admitted liking me... Ah..! I mean my dear, foolish husband your fate is sealed now. Ha, ha, ha..."

== End of chapter 29 ==

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