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“You catch more flies with honey than vinegar,”
“No you wouldn’t, you’d wear linen and bikinis and spend half the day outside.”
“These were secrets?” I question. “They are to someone like me.”
“This is the first time I’ve seen you in months and you’re staring at the woman you see every day?” Shaw laughs and I tear my eyes from Ellie. “You’re worse off than I thought.”
“Life is more than a game, Miles. I won’t be a hockey player forever, but I will be her husband. I’m investing in what matters most.”
“You don’t get it,” he continues. “And that’s okay. Hopefully you will someday.
“That was the worst joke I’ve ever heard,” she says through her giggles. “It made you laugh though,” I say with a smile.
He doesn’t want to get married or even be in a serious relationship. I want a husband and a family in the future. I’m not going to waste time knowing that he doesn’t want that, even if we’re both in our early twenties. Maybe his mind will change, but I can’t count on it.
“I don’t think this is the fun kind of mess.” She shrugs. “Then it’ll be a lesson learned. But you can’t learn from it if you run away.”
Because holding Ellie feels like stepping onto the beach, like home.
If being delusional was a sport, I’d be smiling on the podium with my gold medal.
He taught me to open up more, to laugh easier, to let people help me. Him rejecting me doesn’t erase those things.
