Moonlight Sonata

... More Than There Are Stars

"So you're all packed?"

"Oh yes mama. I can't wait to tell you all about my summer. This was one of the best times of my life!"

The summer went by a little too quick for my liking. After I was deflowered, we visited his sister's grave where he could finally say goodbye and I was just so grateful for it. It was nice that he had gotten some closure and now he would be able to properly heal. That following day he surprised me with a promise ring, a platinum band with two open hearts at the centerpiece and two small ruby stones were at the opening of each heart. I haven't taken it off since he placed it on my finger. Not only was the jewelry beautiful, it was a gift from the man that I fell in love with. Needless to say we were attached to the hip from then on. His parents rented an apartment for the summer and we spent most of our time there with them and for some alone time, at my house.

A week after the funeral Matt, Lucy, Eddie and I went by Celia's old home and put some of her things out for donations day by day. It took most of the summer to give everything away but just last week, we made the final donations and now it was time for the house to be sold. It was morbid memory for all of us but someone else can start a beautiful life on that estate.

Lucy, Eddie and of course Matty, taught me the lovely Spanish language and I was officially bilingual. Picking up another language is so much easier when you're learning from the best. At night Matt would whisper dirty things in my ear and I would whisper something back in a little accent and it drove him wild. Everything was just so lovely this season and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Yesterday we all had one last dinner before his parents went back home to Cuba and I back to Portland. I obviously missed my mother and grandma but my relationship with Matt was just so amazing. I would miss him to death. We were going to make the long distance bullshit work because I'll lose my mind if I lose him. I even told him he could have my apartment, but his parents had already offered for him to stay at their rental, so he respectfully declined. I was pretty sure he was thanking them for it because my place was a bit too small for my prima donna of a boyfriend.

Now I was packing my bags and listening to my mom go on and on about how she thinks she heard Grandma doing the nasty yesterday. I, of course, recommended that she find a man and get busy too. She scolded me and told me to mind my business. She knew I was right though and by all the action I was getting these past couple of months, I wondered how people lived a life of celibacy especially voluntarily. And honestly, I worried about my mother and her lack of companionship. Obviously a woman doesn't need a man to survive, but I always think of her and my father's love story and I just wonder if she misses it.

I guess I'd have to ask her. I would say that I tiptoe around many eggshells when it comes to Miss Lilly Addams. She's one tough cookie but for some reason when it comes to me, she gets extra sensitive. I pushed back more random thoughts about my mother and went to pack my products from the bathroom when I noticed an unopened box of pads underneath the sink.

What the h-

"HOLY FUCK!"

"What happened baby? Did you fall?" My mom asked craning her head around trying to look for me.

"I'm fine Mama, I just stubbed my toe. I'll call you when I get bandaged up."

"Okay sweetie. Be careful and I love you and I can't wait to see you tomorrow."

"I love you too mommy." I said before ending the video chat and damned near running out the door.
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"First Response, Clear Blue- Pregnancy test. How classy, this shit doesn't even have a nice name." I was getting frustrated as I read all the brands of pregnancy tests. I ended up grabbing one of each of them and I was angry because these bitches were expensive.