After The Fall by Sarah Goodwin

Author:Sarah Goodwin [Goodwin, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Setting up a life from scratch was a daunting prospect, and as I sat on Nate’s sofa, eating Marmite slathered toast and writing a to-do list on a receipt from the library, I was almost paralysed with worry.

Nate thumped a mug of tea down on a coaster he’d put on the carpet next to my seat.

“Don’t worry about it, we’ll get it all sorted.”

His brown hair was even more spiky and dishevelled than usual, and he looked lighter, some of the little lines around his eyes were smoothed out, and his face, with a smudge of stubble on it, looked strangely younger. He looked dizzily youthful.

After waking up with him, I felt the same way. Young. Free.

I had a lot ahead of me that day, signing on for one, and then I’d have to find a flat, get some basics for myself like pots and sheets and the hundreds of other things that I hadn’t known I needed until I didn’t have them.

“You know,” Nate said, nursing his cup of tea between his hands, “you don’t have to move out of here right away, you could take a few weeks...”

I thought about going to sleep every night in his soft, comforting bed, eating home cooked food in the glow of the tiny TV, and having Nate all to myself. Already, after only one night, I could imagine life with him, and the thought of having to leave Nate’s flat and strike out alone made me surprisingly sad.

“That’s a nice offer, but, I think I need to try things on my own for a while.”

He gave a shrug, “Offer’s still open anytime.”

“Thanks.”

He turned the mug between his hands, looking down into the dregs of his tea rather than at me. “It was nice, having you here last night.”

There was a lump in my throat as I looked at him, “I know. Best night I can remember.”

Nate’s eyes held mine, their warm brown the exact shade of beer foaming into a glass. I was close enough to smell his minty toothpaste.

“Come on,” he said, “best be getting down the job centre.”

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