in his. “Sara, I love you. I love you with all my heart. We’re meant to be together. If that means you’re going to have to spend a little bit of time away from me, and that we’re going to have to do things long distance, well so be it. I want to see you succeed. I want to see your business succeed. And this is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that just needs to be taken.”
My head began to spin. I hadn’t expected this reaction, and the more Kevin talked me into it, the more it made sense. This was a huge opportunity for my career. Who knew what it could lead to in the future? Honestly, I’d kind of been leaning away from taking the job until Kevin, being the supportive boyfriend that he was, started to tell me how good of an idea it was. I was so thrilled with how much Kevin loved me. Honestly, it almost hurt how much I loved his reaction. It was so nice of him. I mean, a few years ago a friend of mine, Katie, was dating a guy named Mark. She ran into an old friend of ours Pete, at a book store and they grabbed a cup of coffee to catch up on things, since they hadn’t seen each other in years, as Pete moved away in high school. Mark found out about it and blew up on Katie, eventually hitting her so hard he broke her jaw. All over a guy that Katie had never even come close to having romantic feelings for.
No, Kevin’s reaction was so incredible, so perfectly Kevin, the reaction I wanted from my future husband. I swelled with joy as I realized that Kevin was well and truly the man for me. He was so nice, so caring, so thoughtful. I loved him so much, I knew it was going to make it even harder for me to leave him for a while and work for Jonathan’s band. Not to mention, Kevin’s brief mention of us getting married was a nice boost to the ego. We weren’t engaged, of course, but hearing him speak of the future like that still made me feel good. It made me feel wanted.
And after all, i t would be stupid to ignore an opportunity like this just because Jonathan hurt me when I was a teenager. That was a decade ago. Surely I’d moved on now. I could go, see him and be a complete professional as we worked together to improve the band’s image in the media.
“You’re right Kevin, you’re absolutely right. I think I should do it.”
Kevin beamed at me then reached over and wrapped his arms around me. “Awesome idea, Sara. You’re amazing, you’re going to do a fantastic job for that band.”
I blushed, wondering how I could be so silly as to worry about seeing Jonathan again when I had such a supportive, kind boyfriend here for me at home.
The next day I set out to get ready to leave for LA. I called Sally, who squealed with excitement when I told her the news.
“Are you serious? Jon didn’t even tell me!” she exclaimed, ecstatic. “Oh my God, this is going to give me so many awesome reasons to come and visit you! I never really bothered when it was just Jon over there, but with you gone as well I’m totally gonna come and see you!”
I laughed at Sally’s excitement. In many ways, she seemed to be even mo re excited about things than I was.
“But what about Kevin?” she asked.
“He’s actually super supportive, which is awesome. He thinks I should do it, and we’ll keep our relationship going long distance.”
Sally let out another squeal, this one so loud I took the phone away from my ear for a second for fear of going deaf.
After hanging up the phone, I called my mom to share the news. She was at least as excited as Sally.
I had to admit, with everyone I spoke to fully in support of this plan, I was getting excited about it too. After all, it had been ten years. I had nothing to worry about at all. I’d moved on, Jonathan had surely moved on as well, and this could truly be the opportunity of a lifetime for my business.
Chapter Three
One week later I was on a plane, flying across the country for the first time in my life. With every mile we came closer to the west