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“Beauty… we talked about this.”
This wasn’t supposed to be this hard.
Three years…
Two words on constant repeat in my head for the past few days as if it were suddenly the tune of my favorite song.
Inhaling a quick breath, she lifted her hand to the side of my face like she was trying to memorize it. Her green eyes locked with mine, and it was the first time I realized how white they’d get when she’d cry.
“Don’t cry, beauty. Look.” I nodded to her. “I got you something.”
Reaching into my pocket, I grabbed the rings I bought last week. They weren’t much. They were just silver bands, and despite it not being an engagement ring, I slid it down her ring finger anyway.
“One day, this will be a huge diamond, and I’ll get down on one knee and ask you to marry me, beauty, but for now, it’s my promise to you that you’ll be my wife.”
We were only twenty-two years old and had our whole lives ahead of us, so in the grand scheme of things, three years were just a blink of an eye.
She half smiled, softly whispering, “I love it.”
I cupped her chin. “There’s my girl.”
She watched as I slid my ring down my finger, and it was only then two steady tears streamed down her cheeks. Parallel to one another.
“I’m going to miss you so much,” she added in a tone I’d remember for the rest of my life.
“Please don’t go. I don’t want you to go, Elias.”
“Capri…”
“What if I never see you again?”
I kissed her lips, desperately hanging on by a very thin thread. “That’s never going to happen. We’ll FaceTime, text, and visit each other when we can. We’ll make it work, beauty. I promise you.”
My flight would be boarding soon, but I couldn’t get my feet to move. I didn’t know what to expect from this goodbye, but nothing could have prepared me for what happened next. It was by far the most devastating moment for me out of all this. I was being pulled in two directions, and for the life of me, I stood there silently praying I was choosing the right one.
As if reading my mind, she asked, “What if I ask you not to go?”
My eyes widened, waiting for I don’t know what.
For the first time in my life, my heart wanted one thing and my mind wanted another. I was battling a war of what felt right but could also be wrong. My mind spun on an endless loop of “what am I doing?”
Capri must have sensed my hesitation and laid her hand over my heart. “What if we started our lives now, Elias? What if we don’t wait? What if we leave this airport together and say to hell with our plan?”
“Beauty…”
Life was full of choices, and all it took was one decision to change the course of our lives.
“Who’s my girl?” I kissed her again, harder that time. “You’re my good girl. You look gorgeous in this yellow dress. It’s always been my favorite color on you. It brings out your hair and eyes and makes these freckles so fucking enticing.”
We kissed until time stood still.
Until the world stopped spinning.
Until all that mattered was us.
“I love you so fucking much.”
The truth was, I was ready to throw it all away…
