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It only takes her a moment to recover from her shock before she screams, turning heads from other people, and hugs me. “I'm so happy for you!”
“You are?” I wrap my arms around her, feeling such relief. I wasn't sure how she would react.
Catherine pulls back to look at me, a slight frown on her face. “Of course I am. Eva, you came to college hoping to fall in love. You have and now you're going a step further with it. Why wouldn't I be happy for you? You're getting your fairytale.”
“I thought you may be upset because I'm leaving you and won't see you as much.”
“Sounds like as good a reason as any to have mandatory girls' days.” She loops her arm through mine and we begin walking. “We could make it Sundays since Emerson has the guys over for football. You can always invite me over to hang out too. Or you could come hang out with me at the dorm. I'm not worried about that, Eva. We're best friends and need each other too much. When are you moving in with him?”
“Officially? After the semester ends, but I'll probably be over there more in the meantime. How bad is it that I'm probably more excited about putting some life into his place than moving in with him?”
Catherine laughs. “Sounds like we know what we're shopping for today!”
She leads me toward a store full of a home decorating items. It feels weird to look for things to put in Emerson's apartment. Catherine keeps reminding me that it's now my apartment as well. After all the looking we do, the only thing I buy is a picture frame and an ottoman so we can prop our feet up on it if we want. Plus, it works for storage too. Before we check out, I call Emerson.
We drove Catherine's vehicle and there's no room for the ottoman. I think it would be too big to fit in her backseat even if she did have the room.
“Hey, what's up?”
“Are you busy?”
“Not for you,” he replies, a grin instantly appearing on my face.
“Could you meet me at the mall? I kind of bought something for the apartment and I could use the truck because Catherine's car is a disaster.”
Emerson is quiet for a moment before he asks, “What did you buy?” He sounds a little hesitant, like this is a bad idea.
“An ottoman to go in front of the couch. You're all the time stretching your legs out. Wouldn't it be nice to have something to put your feet on? And just think, it works as a storage space, too.”
He laughs. “You don't have to convince me, Eva. I was just curious.”
“Mhm. You sounded like it,” I deadpan, rolling my eyes. “There's still time to change your mind.”
“I'm not changing my mind,” he scoffs. “You bought a piece of furniture. It's not a big deal. I'll be there shortly.” He voice turns gentler and my heart melts as he adds, “I love you.”
“I love you too,” I reply, lowering my voice because my brain automatically went aw.
We hang up and I find Catherine watching me with a raised brow. For a moment, I ignore her to text Emerson which store we're in.
“There's still time for you to change your mind too, you know,” she says as I slip my phone into my back pocket.
“Why would I do that?”
“Why would you say it to him then?”
“You should have heard how he sounded when I told him I bought something. We haven't even moved in together yet and he's already annoying me,” I laugh. “Let's check out, so we'll be ready when he gets here.”
We make our way to the front of the store and check out. We walk outside, sitting on a bench while we wait.
“Ugh,” Catherine huffs.
“What is it?”
“We're growing up. We have a little over a year and a half left of college. You're moving in with Emerson. I have a boyfriend who I'm managing to keep around. I'm not ready for all of this.” She leans her head on my shoulder and I pat her knee.
“Growing up is a good thing, Cath.”
“I know, but it's always hard and scary.”
