Thankful by Edie Bryant

Author:Edie Bryant [Bryant, Edie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-11-03T06:00:00+00:00

8

Elise

I felt like my dreams were coming true. I had just had sex with Danielle. I kept repeating it over in my head, because I really couldn’t believe it.

It was a little awkward to go see my mom after I’d just experienced such passion with Danielle, but I would get over it quickly.

The real hard part about today was going to be keeping up a show for my family. I wanted nothing more than to wrap my hand around Danielle’s as we cooked. Or give her the occasional kiss on the head as I walked by.

I finally, finally had her. And now I had to spend the whole day in front of family pretending like we were just friends.

But at least I’d still be with her. And I loved Thanksgiving with my family too. It would be a good day.

“Danielle, Elise, can you two help me peel and cut potatoes?”

“Absolutely, Mrs. Taylor!” Danielle said quickly. I think she was a little more nervous than me.

She’d have fun today too, though. And my extended family would definitely be stoked to see her again. And she could actually have a family holiday, something she’d never really been able to do before.

God, I still hated her parents for the way they treated her. They acted like she was the daughter they never wanted. Really, they couldn’t have been luckier to have her for a daughter.

She was so sweet, and so genuine, and she had turned out to be very well adjusted despite her upbringing. She had a great IT job in New York. She’d built a life for herself.

That was what was a little scary to me, actually. She’d built a life for herself… That I wasn’t a part of.

She asked me last night what this meant for us and I told her I didn't know. Which was the truth. I had no idea what I was going to do about us. But I knew I wanted to be with her, more than anything.

What did that mean, though? One of us uprooting our entire life to be with the other? And which of us would do it?

I couldn’t expect her to give up the big city just for me. And a job that paid excellently. Not that IT jobs didn’t pay well everywhere, but they paid especially well in the big city.

But did that mean I needed to move to her? I may work a crappy real estate job, but I had built clientele where I was at. Moving to New York City, I’d have so much competition it would be difficult to break into. I made a lot in the city I lived in now.

And that wasn’t even addressing the fact that I couldn’t stand the city. Living in New York City sounded nothing short of painful to me. I grew up in this small town and I liked the small town vibe. Obviously I didn’t have to live here; I had already moved and I liked the town I lived in. But wherever I lived, it had to be a town.

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