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“In the morning?”
“Yeah.” I laugh at his reaction.
“I’ll have to check and see if I have a gig the night before. I’ll let you know.”
“Okay. If you can’t, Henna already said she could. I would just,” I pause. “I’d much rather ride to the airport with you.”
“You would, huh?” He grins, amused by how flustered I get for no reason.
There is a reason. It’shim.
“Most definitely.”
“Would you ever move out of Chicago?” he asks, seemingly out of the blue. “Talking about New York made me think of it.”
“I don’t know. I guess it would depend on the circumstances. Why?”
“Just curious.” He lifts his shoulder in a half shrug. “Sometimes I think about moving, starting over somewhere new.”
I ignore how the thought of him leaving makes me feel.
“Where would you go? Back to California?”
“Nah, I’m not much of a West Coast kind of guy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful there, but I don’t know. It just never really felt like home.”
“I get that.”
“Where would you go? If you could pick anywhere in the world to live, where would it be?”
“In the world or in the country because those would be two very different answers.”
“Let’s start with if you could live anywhere inthiscountry, where would you live.”
“Hmmm.” I hum aloud. “That’s a tough one. I guess if I had to pick it would be Maine.
“Maine?” He seems surprised by my response.
“I’ve never been but I’ve always been obsessed with the idea. But I’d wanna live on the coast. I want to be able to see a lighthouse from my backyard and be able to hear the waves of the ocean at night.”
“Just a quiet little costal town in Maine.” He leans his head back onto the armrest.
“Exactly.”
“I like that.”
“What about you? Where would you go?”
“I don’t know. Probably south. I’ve always loved the Florida Keys. Maybe I would find me a little beach cottage. I could spend my days on the beach and my nights playing music at the local bars.”
“Do you think it’s something you’ll ever do?”
“I don’t know. Maybe.”
“Maybe?” I playfully smack his leg.
“Unlikely,” he tries again.
“That’s a little better,” I agree with a smile.
