What I Want by LN Cronk

Author:LN Cronk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LN Cronk

That night I lay awake, stretched out on my bed, for a very long time, thinking about Jamie, a little girl I had never even met, and thinking about how truly precious life is.

And how short.

I wondered if I was really living the life that I wanted to live, and then I decided that no, I wasn’t. Not really.

And it was there – lying on my bed that night – that I decided I was going to make some changes.

~ ~ ~

THE NEXT MORNING I got up and cooked chocolate chip pancakes.

“What’s the occasion?” Josette asked when she wandered out of her bedroom and saw that the little table in the kitchen that we never used was suddenly set for two.

“Life is short,” I answered, pulling out a chair for her.

She gave me a little smile and took a seat.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about what you told me last night,” I said, putting a plate and a glass down in front of her.

“Oh?”

“Yeah.” I handed her a fork. “I decided that I’m going to talk to Grace.”

“Really?”

“Yeah,” I nodded as she poured herself some water.

“What are you going to tell her?”

“That I love her,” I said, “and that I’m glad she’s my sister.”

Josette looked at me skeptically.

“I am,” I insisted, spearing two pancakes and putting them on her plate.

“Well good,” Josette said, giving me another smile as she picked up her glass.

“I’ve decided something else, too,” I went on, sliding the syrup toward her.

“What’s that?” she asked, taking a sip of water.

“I’m going to ask Bizzy to marry me.”

Josette choked and grabbed for a napkin.

“Because of what I told you last night?” she asked in disbelief, wiping her mouth.

“Life is short,” I reminded her.

“It is short,” she agreed, “but I didn’t mean that you had to go and get married.”

“But I want to get married,” I said. “Bizzy is smart and funny and talented and beautiful, and I wanted to ask her to marry me before I even moved here, but I didn’t.”

Josette looked at me expectantly.

“I don’t want to wait anymore,” I explained.

“Are you going to move?” she asked, looking mildly alarmed.

“No,” I said, shaking my head, “but there’s no reason we can’t go ahead and get engaged and then get married as soon as we’re both through with school. Right?”

“I don’t know.” Josette shrugged. “She’s your girlfriend.” She picked up the syrup and then added, “But it sounds good to me.”

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