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I stare at the wet rocks and then turn my gaze up to the clouds and blue sky. The sun peeks out at me, and I feel my eyelids flutter closed.
“What the fuck do I do, Mom?”
I hear nothing but the rush of water and then a bird flutters near me. My eyes pop open and for a stupid second I think that it’s a sign from above, until the damn thing poops on the rock next to me.
“For fuck’s sake,” I murmur with a small laugh. I knew my mom had a sense of humor, but that went a little too far.
“Ben?” a familiar voice says, and I look over my shoulder at Ford and Cash standing behind me. My heart gallops in my chest.
“Hey,” I whisper. “How did you find me?”
Ford throws a thumb over at Cash. “Put a tracker on your phone.”
I stare at Cash who just purses his lips and shrugs. “For the times you disappear. Like today.”
I smile at them both, my lips a little wobbly. “That’s really creepy, but kind of romantic. I want to track you both too.”
They move toward me, pulling out their phones and telling me how to do it. I see the app they downloaded on my phone, and as much as I feel like I should revolt against the idea of them always knowing where I am, a part of me takes comfort in having them know.
I love that they cared enough to do this.
I stare down at the three small blue dots on the map, and I swallow roughly.
They came. For me.
They’re on either side of me, their shoulders brushing mine, their legs pulled up to their chests, their strong, tattooed arms resting on their knees. I can see their hands, rings adorning each finger, blinking in the sun.
I want one of them, one from each of them—to wear. I want everyone to know they’re mine.
“You talking to her?” Ford asks, interrupting my thoughts.
I nod. “I was and then a bird pooped on that rock over there.”
Ford and Cash chuckle. “Maybe it was her, she always did have a weird sense of humor.”
I swallow and then look intently at the rushing stream. “Do you think she’d be happy for us?”
They’re silent.
“I think…” Cash begins. “If she knew how much…” he clears his throat, “…how much we care for you, I think she’d be thrilled.”
“Yeah, over the fucking moon,” Ford adds softly, and I lay my head on his shoulder, letting Cash hold my hand.
I don’t know how to feel. Part of me still feels guilty for lying, for going behind my dad’s back, but the other part of me…well, I was drawn to them both and them to me. All at the same time. It can’t be wrong if it feels so right.
Right?
How did we come together so seamlessly, so easily? It had to be some kind of divine intervention.
Maybe my mom is out there somewhere, a bird pooping on rocks and trying to get her point across. Maybe she’s trying to keep us together.
The thought makes me smile, and I sigh, my eyes closing as I bask in the sunlight peeking through the clouds.
It all still seems a little hopeless at worst and very complicated at best, but for some reason, when they’re both here next to me, I feel like I can do anything.
My thumb fiddles with a ring on Cash’s finger and I blurt, “I want one of your rings. One from each of you.”
They both turn to look at me, and I feel my cheeks heating.
