What does it matter if there is no physical contact, she thought, as the familiar ache filled her.

The familiar aches and pains of marathon driving had set in.

Her stomach hurt with the old familiar ache of unsureness.

All the little familiar aches were gone out of my body.

"No," Maggie said with a smile, as the familiar ache stabbed at her.

A tremor ran through her, and deep down a familiar ache began.

A now familiar ache collected at the very center of her being.

A familiar ache settled under her throat, and she felt the tears rising.

And he won't do that, she thought with a familiar ache of hurt and loss.

As she walked away, he felt a familiar ache inside him.