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I’m deeply in love with him, and living in Toronto when he’s not here doesn’t make sense to me anymore.
I’m moving to Alaska for Jonah. The blunt, abrasive yeti who made my life hell, who I hated only months ago, who I’ve been through so much with since. Now, I’m leaving everything I know behind to be with him.
“I love you,” I blurt before I can give it too much thought.
“I was wonderin’ how long it’d take you to get up the nerve to say it. Especially
after you chickened out at the airport.”
“Thought I might have to wai...
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“I can’t remember what it feels like not being in love with you, Calla.”
“I can’t remember what it’s like to wake up and not have you be the first thing I think about. Every morning, I roll over in bed to check for a message from you. Every night, I go to bed annoyed because you’re not beside me. Because you’re so far away. I need you in my life like I need to fly. Like I need this Alaskan air. More than I need this air.”
“You were made for me. I am madly in love with you, Calla Fletcher.”
I note how he says us and we, as if that house is somehow partly mine, and my heart warms.
“If I’m not inside you in the next three minutes, I’m gonna die.”
“Following Jonah around Alaska while he flies planes won’t be enough. Not for a girl like you, Calla. Loving him won’t be enough. Not forever.”
“What will be enough, then?” Because I can’t imagine my life without Jonah in it anymore.
“Find your place here. Something that’s going to give you—Calla Fletcher—purpose. Something that feels like you.” She nods slowly, as if agreeing with her own answer. “Find that, and then give it your all.”
“This the missus?” “Not officially yet but, yeah.” My heart sings at Jonah’s response, at all the promises and intentions buried within—though we haven’t discussed marriage seriously yet—and delivered without hesitation or fear, in typical blunt Jonah style.
It’s easy to trust a person unequivocally when you don’t have to worry about what they’re not telling you.
“Whatever makes you happy.”
“Making you happy makes me happy,” I answer truthfully.
“Well then … you’ve just made me the happiest guy on earth. God, I love you so much.”
“Told you, Calla, I don’t care. I have you and my planes, we have this place …” His eyes are bright and wistful as they roam the beams in the pitched ceiling. “We have it all.”
“Fine. But I will always find my way back to you,” he whispers against my lips. “Love you. See you in a few hours.” “I love you, too.”
“You ever wish you could hit rewind and relive that night?”
“Where we are now is perfect,”
“It is.”
“I remember thinking that night how I was gonna fall hard for you.”
“Really? Because I remember you being ready to stop doing this so I’d stay.” So we didn’t complicate things.
“Nah, I was just tryin’ to be ...
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“One thing is for sure, Barbie. This was never gonna end. Not if I had an...
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“In all that time, I’ve never doubted that you’re the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.”
I would have been shocked speechless when he asked, but I would have said yes, as I said yes to Alaska and yes to this house, because being with Jonah is not optional. Because, despite knowing him for less than a year, I can’t imagine my life without him in it anymore. I never want to be without him again. I would have said yes.
“You’re more important to me than work, Calla,” he says evenly.
“I found out she posted another naked picture of me.”
“You weren’t naked!” Well, technically he was. “You can’t see anything!”
“And tagged our company’s pro...
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“It’s great marketing.”
“Is it really? Because I’ve got an in-box full of private messages from both women and men who are not interested in booking a flight with me.” “But they’re definitely looking for a ride.”
“You know … you don’t belong here, girl.”
“I belong wherever Jonah is.”
It’s strange how your relationship can feel impenetrable one day and vulnerable the next—with a misunderstanding, a few words, and a mountain of repressed worries that finally swell to the surface.
I’m truly afraid that an end date to us is inevitable, no matter how much I love him.
“And then I met you, and you were like a wrecking ball comin’ into my life, Calla.” He laughs. “A fucking beautiful, hot-pink wrecking ball. And everything changed for me. All these things I didn’t want before, suddenly all I could think about was havin’ them all with you.” His eyes land on my mouth. “And I haven’t stopped thinking about them since.”
“Same. You did that to me, too.”
He pulls back long enough to peer down at me, the agony in his eyes piercing my heart. “I can’t ever lose you, Calla.”
“You won’t. Ever.”
She grips Jonah’s shoulders in a fierce hug, adding in a whisper that I catch, “Take care of her for us.” “Always,” comes his gruff response.
That Diana was a Band-Aid for our ongoing challenges. And that’s exactly what she was, if we allow it. If I allow it.
“You’ll always worry about him, no matter what. I’ll always worry about him. That’s what you do with the people you love.”
“Your own slice of heaven.”
“I think I like my slice more when I’m sharing it.”
“Marry me, Calla.”
