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“True,” Mila nodded. “Lots to think about.”
“Really?” I asked. “I thought everything was sorted out for you. You have your fresh start.”
“Right,” Mila nodded, but she seemed uncertain.
“Is something wrong?” I asked.
“No,” Mila replied, a little too quickly. “No… nothing’s wrong.”
“You’ve been a little… different all week,” I pointed out.
“Have I?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I could say the same thing about you.”
“Have I been different?” I asked, realizing she had turned the tables on me.
“I think so,” Mila nodded. “Almost like you wanted to tell me something all week that you’ve been holding back.”
It was on the tip of my tongue. I was about to tell her the truth and say, “I love you, Mila, just stay here with me. And if you don’t want to stay here with me… I’ll follow you wherever you want to go.”
The words didn’t sound so crazy in my head, and I contemplated saying them out loud for a moment. But then my courage stalled, and I turned my gaze away from her blue eyes. “No… I haven’t been holding anything back.”
“Oh,” Mila nodded, and she sounded disappointed. “Ok.”
I looked at her carefully, wondering if there was something important I was missing. “Mila?”
“Yes?”
“You’re sure this is what you want?” I asked. “I mean… the move and everything?”
“Oh… yes,” she nodded. “I think I need some distance from everything I’ve been through here.”
I nodded. “Right.”
She took a deep breath and turned to me. “I’ve decided to leave today, Zack,” she revealed, much to my dismay.
“What?” I asked. “You were supposed to leave tomorrow morning.”
“I know,” Mila nodded. “But I woke up today with the weirdest feeling in my gut. I knew I would have to leave tomorrow and… well, anyway, there’s nothing keeping me from leaving today.”
“But—”
“I don’t really want to do a whole big goodbye,” Mila interrupted me. “I kind of just want to leave without a whole big thing.”
“There’s no big thing.”
Mila smiled. “I just came up here to take a moment for myself before going.”
“Were you even going to tell me?”
“Of course I was,” Mila sounded stunned that I would even ask her that. “Of course I was going to tell you before I left. I just didn’t want it to be a big scene.”
“Why would it be?” I asked, without thinking.
She raised her eyebrows for a moment and nodded. “You’re right,” she said. “Why would it be?”
