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“I got you a seat next to me.”
“You did? How?”
“That doesn’t matter.”
“Owen…”
“Come on, grab your stuff and come up here. Cora is thrilled.”
“You’re not going to tell me how you got the seat?”
A man appeared in the aisle next to me with a fistful of cash and reached out to shake Owen’s hand.
“Thanks again, man,” he said as he waited for me to vacate the seat.
Owen shook the man’s hand and glanced at me out of the corner of his eye. I should have known it had something to do with money, but I guess I still wasn’t used to the way he was able to throw cash around. I wasn’t sure if it was something I would ever get used to.
“Owen, you can’t just pay people off for me all the time.”
“I won’t do it again. I promise,” he paused for a moment. “Well, at least not today.”
I rolled my eyes and grabbed my bag so I could move up next to him. Cora was bouncing up and down in her seat as I sat down next to her and Owen sat on her other side. She had already pulled out a coloring book, and was prepared to entertain me for the next several hours, which sounded much nicer than sitting alone for the entire flight.
Of course, mere minutes after takeoff, Cora was asleep on her tray table, my hopes for an exciting flight completely dashed. Fortunately, Owen was prepared to take over for her.
“I can arrange a moving company to come for your things next week,” he whispered over Cora’s head.
“Next week? I might need a little more time than that.”
He stared at me with a perplexed look on his face. Obviously, that was not the reaction he was expecting.
“I mean, I still have a lease at my apartment for six more months. You want me to move in, like, right now?”
“Of course I do. I’ve never wanted anything more.”
“Well, I’d love to move in with you today, but I guess I just need to figure out the logistics of it all.”
I could see the disappointment written across his face, and I realized we probably should have spoken about the timeline for everything sooner. I figured we would take it slow, and move in when the timing was right for both of us. And it wasn’t that I didn’t want to move in with him, I just wasn’t quite ready to move out of my apartment.
“You could just move in with me now and keep paying rent until your lease is up,” he suggested.
“Yeah, that’s a possibility. Although the frugal side of me really hates that idea.”
“Skye, you don’t have to worry about being frugal anymore. Ever. I’ll take care of you.”
“I know, but I don’t want you tohaveto take care of me. I want to feel like I’m contributing, even if it’s not much.”
“Okay, well I don’t want to force you into anything you’re uncomfortable with.”
“Thank you,” I said quietly.
“I could pay off the rest of your lease if you want me to.”
“Owen, you said you weren’t going to do things like that anymore.”
“I know…but I did say I wasn’t going to do ittoday.I’ll do it tomorrow,” he said with a cheeky grin.
I shook my head at him, admiring how much he loved me, and how I knew he would do anything for me.
