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“Love matters, sweets. I hope you know that.”
“I know,” I whisper, but my family has my hands tied behind my back and I can’t reach it, and I don’t want to be the reason my family loses everything. “But I will not chase it.”
A sad mood looms over us and I wish we could dive back into the topic of me kissing my neighbour.
“Well, Evangeline, do you want to know what I think?” I nod my head, hoping he’ll offer me some wise words, or who knows, maybe a solution or two.
“Grab the bull by the horns. Live for those last few weeks and pretend you’re not going to marry some douchebag. Love Chester for the time being. Soak it up so you’ll never be able to regret not giving it a chance.”
“Maybe you’re right,” I mumble, stabbing my fork in Topper’s homemade pie.
“Of course, I’m right,” he says, grabbing my hand. I lift my head to gaze into Topper’s eyes.
“Live for yourself for the remainder of your single life.” He’s confident in his speech, in his words. Maybe Topper is right. I have a few months left before I’m married. Months to laugh, love and celebrate until I’ll be locked in my own tower of hell.
I have so much time left to soak in freedom, to see friends, and to even fall in love. But at the same time so little.
Why am I wasting it burrowing myself in what the future holds?
“Oh Lordy, you’re right.”
“Told ya,” he says smugly, but I’ll give it a pass.
I’ll have enough time to nurture my broken heart after having the time of my life. I’ll be able to get over Chester slowly and know that my family will have the means to live a decent life. I’ll have a lifetime to forget my neighbour or to hold on tightly to our memories. At least, I’ll have lived it, loved it, and experienced it.
“Awesome. Where do I start?”
“Well, what do you want to achieve in these last few weeks?” I can’t fit an entire university experience in such a short amount of time; I can’t go job hunting, only to quit a bit later. So that leaves friends. It will be plenty because, after all, they are what feeds my soul.
The door opens, and Esther walks inside.
“A note came for you, Miss Evangeline.”
“A note?” I almost fall from my chair. I already feel giddy, and my patience is non-existent. There’s only one person who has ever sent me a short note, and he kissed me almost a week ago. A kiss that leaves me up at night. I dream about it, as if the ghost of his lips is still touching mine.
I’m a goner for my neighbour.
Esther gives me the message, and the pencil drawing of the bird confirms it’s from my handsome kisser. I grow nervous while my mind flashes from one prediction to another. Yet, I know, whatever it says, his note will have been written with kindness, silly words and hope.
“Are you just going to keep on staring at it, sweets?” A chuckle leaves me. Topper sounds as excited as I am.
I open the note, and soon, I’m brimming with joy.
Princess,
I’ll be waiting for you in front of my castle. I’ll see you tomorrow at eight in the evening.
Love,
Chester
“Oh shit, he’s taking you on a date,” Topper whispers, reading the note upside down. He wiggles his eyebrows enthusiastically.
“You and a date. Those two words haven’t fit into a sentence together for a very long time.” I did have a very controlling brother keeping me at home and deciding over my schedule. I’m flipping Frederic the bird if he dares to stop me from stepping out.
I’m going on that date. Not one person can keep me inside. I’ll forcefully smack them out of the way. I will seize the day. I read over his note again, feeling a warmth spreading over me like wildfire.
“Oh shit.” Something dawns on me. “What am I going to wear?”
