Today was the day. The day where I leave to go to training camp for a week. The day I have to leave Jon for a week, but thankfully he was taking me to the airport. When we got to the Chicago International Airport I could feel tears coming up. Jon looked over at me and reassuringly put his arm around my shoulder and whispered, "It's okay babe. It's only a week." I looked over at him and had to smile at his big brown eyes and his goofy grin. I rested my head against his chest and let out a sigh as tears fell from my eyes. "I know it's only a week but I don't want to leave you..." I mumbled. Jon just wiped my tears and kissed my forehead, I knew he understood what I was feeling.
We both got out of the car in silence. He grabbed my hockey bag and I got my suit case. As we walked to the check-in area I leaned against Jon as we walked. Once we stepped inside i felt more tears come steaming down my face. Jon set down my hockey bag and hugged me whispering, "It's okay babe...Only a week."
After a good 5 minutes of that we made our way to the check in and i got both bags taken care of while I held onto Jon's hand. "Amy.", Jon said and I turned to him. "I got something for you while you're at training camp." he said as he pulled out one of his practice jerseys. I looked at it and smiled as he handed it to me. "Thank you" was all I could make out. We walked over to the security check line and I looked up at him sadly. He just smiled and did his goofy grin, "Babe it'll be okay. I promise I'll call you every night and we can text when we're both not on the ice or doing something else. Alright?" I nodded my head and smiled as I went on my tippie toes and kissed him. "I love you." i said smiling. "I love you too Amy."Jon replied pulling me close to him and kissing me again this time more passionately. He walked me over to the line and stood there with me as far as he could with me leaned against him and his arm around me. I felt so happy but sad at the same time. When we got to the end of the line, before I entered the security check I turned to him and kissed him once more knowing that would be the last time for about a week that I'd be able to do that with him. When I finally got through I turned around and waived good-bye to him and saw a little tear roll down his cheek. As I turned back around I felt a ting of pain in my heart and when I finally boarded my flight I had known that I definitely left my heart in Chicago with Jon.