The Rites of Spring Break by Shane Morton

Author:Shane Morton [Morton, Shane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Hunter

The Past

Sally and I talked for days. I had cried on her shoulder so much it was perpetually damp. I had been avoiding Kris’ calls as much as I could this week. I had to make this decision myself, and if I talked to him right now, I would jump in my truck and speed towards him. I missed him so bad it hurt my skin. It tingled whenever I thought of him, and my scalp ached. Sally said that was because my nerves were so clenched it was causing me to have shooting pains. I hated it. I hated missing him. I hated that I let my fear stop me from leaving with him two months ago.

I called him last week and told him it was going to be a little longer. The disappointment was heavy over the phone, and it depressed the fuck out of me. Listening to him cry and telling me how much he missed me made me insane. I needed to feel him in my arms and run my fingers through his hair. But I had made my decision, even though now I was making a different one.

I wanted him to have everything he ever wanted without any expectations blocking the large dreams he had for himself. The Pleasant was where I always thought my dreams lived. Now I realized that I was wrong. My dreams were intermingled with Kris’ on a molecular level. My dreams, my life was wherever he was, and I could live with that. If we decided to stay in LA after college, I could be happy, as long as I was with him.

Sally insisted on reading my cards before I left. She oohed and aahed over each and every one of them, telling me that she had always been right about us. Our future was to be together, and no matter what Kris and I did, fate would bring us together somehow. I had stopped thinking she made this shit up, by now. I had come to believe in Sally’s fortune-telling. In fact, I needed to believe in it.

She walked me to my truck and laughed at the few possessions I had decided to take. I really was leaving my past behind and rushing towards the future that I would have with the man I loved. She kissed me on my cheek and told me to be careful. I watched her wave as I drove away, hoping that the life I chose would be as lucky as the life I was leaving.

Honestly, I didn’t know what I was leaving. Sure, I had planned to go to college, but I didn’t even know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Kris’ ability to make plans and be so sure of himself had always been a block for me about my own. I know I didn’t want to be a farmer or work in an office. That wasn’t me. Maybe I could be a football coach or someone who was in charge of a construction crew.

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