Plus 1 by Erica Lee

Author:Erica Lee [Lee, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2018-08-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I stepped into the driver’s side of the big moving truck and smiled over at Todd. “California here we come,” I sang as I rolled the windows down and waved goodbye to our hometown.

“I can’t believe we’re actually doing this right now,” Todd said with excitement pouring from his voice.

“It is pretty crazy,” I agreed. “Moving across the country is a huge step.”

“I’m just so excited,” he practically screamed. The smile left his face as he gave me a serious look. “But how are you feeling?”

“I’m super excited for you as well, not to mention extremely jealous. You’re going to be living in my favorite place in the whole world. But I’m also very sad. I know we haven’t lived in the same place for awhile now, but a two hour drive was much easier than a five hour plane ride. I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be hard not seeing you as much. We’ve been through everything together.”

Todd stared at me and, for a moment, I thought he might start to cry. Instead, he reached out and grabbed my hand. “I’m going to miss you like crazy too. It feels weird making such a big move without you.”

“But it’s the right move,” I said sincerely, wanting to reassure him.

And I truly felt that way. Todd and Ryan had been dating just shy of a year at this point and were madly in love. At first, I wondered how it was possible to develop feelings like that when they weren’t physically in each other’s presence. In the 11 months they were together so far, they had each made one trip to see the other person so the majority of their time was spent texting and Skyping. When Todd told me he was going to be moving to LA and moving in with Ryan, he explained that the distance was exactly why they had gotten so close. Since their time wasn’t spent doing activities together, they talked and learned everything about each other. It made sense. I felt closer to Jenny than anyone else in my life, with the exception of maybe my mom and Todd.

Todd smiled. “It still doesn’t feel right to move across the country without you. I really thought all of my begging and pleading would be enough to convince my oldest, bestest friend to move to her favorite place in the world with me. It’s not even like you would have to give up your job to go.”

I squeezed Todd’s hand. “I’m sure you’ll find a teaching job in no time,” I reassured him.

I knew that was the one factor that made him question the move. He was still living in our small hometown at his childhood home, so he was more than happy to leave that. He just wondered if he should be leaving a stable job without having another one in place. Luckily, Ryan had promised to let him work at his non profit while he looked for a full time teaching position.

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