Runner Up by Leah Banicki

Author:Leah Banicki [Banicki, Leah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781479327256
Amazon: 1479327255
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Well I have survived not seeing you for the first week but thinking up a millions reasons to get you back to Michigan, or at least your parents’ place. Been writing ideas down and finally came up with one you cannot refuse.

I know you have your roommate’s wedding the last weekend of June. Afterwards you mentioned that you hated that you were going spend the time alone in the apartment in New York when she leaves. So my plan is for you to be officially invited to our Fourth of July celebration. We stay ten days every summer at Jackson’s lodge. The kids invite a friend or two and camp out in tents some of those nights. We do fireworks over the lake, campfires, go on excursions and adventures, and generally enjoy the Michigan summer to the fullest. I want to express to you that it would be an honor for us to share our summer vacation with you. You cannot say no, unless of course, you have job that requires you to be away on a national holiday. Then I would only cry through a portion of it.

Anyway, please don't feel over pressured by my guilt trip, but also know we would adore having you. You will have your own bedroom and we can even provide a tent if you want to join the kids in their outdoor adventures. They love you and would love to see you more often. Needless to say, Jackson is praying that you will agree to come.

I hope you are being careful in the Alaskan wilderness. I cannot wait to see the photography you come home with. You are so brilliantly talented. I feel honored to have met you.

Sincerely,

Ruby Pearson I went immediately to my calendar on my iPhone and checked the dates, but I already knew that I had that week free. After Allison's wedding I was dreading my empty apartment. It would be even more difficult when they came back. They were searching for their own place, but I assured them that we could all share the apartment because I was away so much. My heart was more and more against moving back to New York. I had this feeling that New York was no longer home for me. But where was home?

I opened my email to reply an affirmative to Ruby's request but I paused. I heard the wind outside my cabin window and saw a few snowflakes blowing around. The fire in the hearth was crackling away and the moment seemed right to just lay open my heart.

I stared at the blank email screen and new words poured out of me to my new friend. “Dear Ruby,” I typed and then kept going. I shared all my fear and doubts about moving back to New York, about the upcoming wedding of my roommate. How strangely angry I felt that I went on a TV-show to find love and my roommate found it by accident. I explained how guilty I felt for letting my friendship slide with Allison, when I was just plain jealous.

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