Risk and Reward by Rachael Duncan

Author:Rachael Duncan [Duncan, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Risk and Reward
Publisher: Rachael Duncan
Published: 2017-03-05T18:30:00+00:00

MY LIFE HAS done another one-eighty, and I have yet to fill anyone in on the changes.

Me: Anyone around for lunch today?

Lydia: I could use a couple hours to get away.

Paige: I’m down.

Scarlett: I have a stack of papers I need to grade and looking for a reason to put it off. Tell me when and where.

Me: Our usual sushi place? 12?

Once everyone agrees, I hop in the shower and get ready. I thought it would be easier to tell my friends Nate and I were reconciling, but it’s not. I know they’re there for me, but a small part of me wonders if they’ll judge me for bouncing back and forth.

It feels like forever before it’s time to leave my apartment to meet the girls. On my way there, I decide to call my mom now that it’s not super early for her.

“Hey, sweetie. How are you?” she answers.

“I’m good.” I can’t stop the small smile that forms on my lips. “What are you doing?”

“Not much; just cleaning up after breakfast. You sound better.” I love my mom and how she notices the smallest of changes even over the phone.

“I am better.” For the first time in I don’t know how long those words ring true. “So I talked to Nate yesterday.”

“And?”

“I think we’re going to try to work things out.”

“Is that what you want?”

I nod even though she can’t see me. “Yeah, it is.”

I tell her how I’d been having a lot of doubts over the last several months, but it finally clicked that I needed to give him a chance to change. She listens as I unload my guilt, heartache, and hopes. Ethan wasn’t a topic I discussed. I normally tell my mom everything, but I never told her I was casually dating. I was afraid she’d worry and assume I was rushing into another situation I’d regret.

“You know your father and I like Nate, but like we said before, we just want you to be happy. Will he make you happy?”

“I think so.” And I do. We have a long road before we’re back to where we were, but I’m optimistic. I know I need to communicate better, and if I had, maybe we could’ve avoided this. So while I work on that, Nate has already solved the issue of him being away so much, which makes my heart beat easier knowing we can get back to the way we were if we work at it.

As I pull up to the sushi restaurant, I tell Mom I have to go and that I’ll call her later.

For once, I’m the first one here, so I secure us a table and anxiously wait. My knee bounces up and down as I stare at the door, waiting for my friends to arrive. I’m not waiting long as Scarlett, Paige, and Lydia trickle in through the door.

We make small talk, which mostly revolves around baby Ella and how big she’s getting. Other than that, everyone’s lives are pretty much the same.

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