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Story: Happy Ending
Drew late last night. She’s been calling a little extra recently,
and I can’t blame her. I’ve been pulling away right when
things were going well.
I can’t say I’m proud of it, or that I’m even doing it on
purpose. And it is true, I have been really busy with Holy
Trinity stuff, especially with my mother pushing me into
leadership roles in a house I’ve barely taken my shoes off
in. I mean, Ijustmemorized the route to the bathrooms
last time we went to mass.
I can’t blame the distance solely on Holy Trinity,
though. I’ve been purposely missing some of her calls and
keeping myself busy so I don’t have as much time to be
around her. To get closer to her. To let myself fully love
her, even though it may be far too late for that.
But just as I experienced before with her, what is built
quickly can be broken just as quickly, and right now our
bond feels so sacred. The more time we spend together,
the more chances we have to ruin it. I can’t take that risk,
but I also can’t risk the opposite. I can’t risk her becoming
so much to me that it kills me when we have to inevitably
split, and I can’t help it if Holy Trinity gets to us before
college does.
I shoot Drew a text asking to meet at the playground
later tonight. I figure I owe her this much at least. It’s not
like I don’t want to see her either. I want to see her so badly. I want to feel her warm skin against mine, and I want her to hold me and tell me everything will work out. I want to feel like all my problems are small, and time stops
like it usually does when I’m with her.
I want to lay my head in her lap and fumble with the
itchy grass beside my ear as she runs her fingers through
my hair and tells me that neither church nor college could
pull us apart. That we’re stronger than any external force. I want her to tell me she found a magic stopwatch
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