Running into Love

Chapter 21

2 Months Later

“Have you told Jessie your plans about Europe?” Danni looked at me over her phone.

“No not yet, I haven’t found the best way to bring it up” I mumbled.

“J! You guys have been together for nearly 2 months now, I think he needs to know that in 10 months time you will be on a plane heading to the other side of the world” Danni yelled at me as she set down her phone.

“Yes I know Dan. I am going to tell him on Saturday after our Valentines dinner” I replied, fiddling with my ring.

“Ok J but just make sure you do it, because the longer you leave it the harder its going to be and the worse its going to hurt.” Danni replied as she shot me a look.

That night

“Hey Beautiful” Jessie said to me as he pulled me in for a kiss when I opened my front door.

“Hey Handsome” I replied as our lips released and we headed towards his car.

We made general chit chat about our day as we drove to the burger place I had found. I remembered when we were texting at the start of our relationship Jessie said his favourite food was a burger, and this place was said to be the best.

We pulled into the dirt car park, got out and I headed towards the counter as Jessie found us seats by the fire pit.

“Two lot burgers, one serve of chips and 2 cokes please” I said to the girl at the till. I paid the girl then headed towards Jessie. I sat down and Jessie wrapped his arm around my waist pulling me close as I shuttered at the cold wind. I leaned my head on his shoulder and started to fiddle with my ring.

“Hey what is on your mind beautiful?” Jessie asked me turning my face to his, pecking my lips then my nose.

I felt my face burn. We had been together for 2 months but I still blushed every time Jessie kissed me, like it was the first time.

“Nothing, just thinking” I replied. I was going to tell Jessie about my plans for the end of the year, but not just yet.

“Ok” Jessie replied back slowly as he intertwined his fingers round mine and squeezed my hand. I knew he knew something was up but I just wanted to have some more time together before I broke the news to him.

The burgers were so good that Jessie and I decided we needed to make coming here a tradition. That only made me more anxious about telling him, knowing that it was just another thing we did together and that it would end soon. We left the burger place and headed towards our hill, the hill Jessie had brought me too when we first went out. We had made it our hill and went there often to escape everything and just be together. Jessie piggy backed me up the steps, he always argued with me each time we came to the hill and now I knew I had no choice. We reached the top and he placed me down on the bench, and then held my hand. 

“Jessie I have to tell you something” I began to say as I turned to face him and looked into his deep brown eyes.

“Is it good or bad?” Jessie replied was a worried look on his face.

“Umm a bit of both I guess” I replied starting to feel my heart beat increasing.

“Ok, you’re starting to scare me Jane. What’s going on? I know something hasn’t been right lately” Jessie said to me as I saw his eyes start to well with tears.

“Jessie its ok you don’t need to get upset. I just, umm, I am moving to England at the end of the year” I replied back quickly as I squeezed Jessie’s hand and wiped away a tear with my thumb.

“Oh. For how long?” Jessie said as his face fell.

“Umm a year but it could be longer” I mumbled back as I felt tears start to roll down my cheeks.

“Jane you said I didn’t need to get upset and now you are.” Jessie wiped the tears off my face as he spoke. “Now tell me why are you moving there?”

“I got accepted for a nanny job and it is a one year contact for now but it could be extended, depending on my nanny family.” I replied as I sniffed and felt my hands start to get sweaty. Shit Jane not now.

“Jane. Breathe in, breathe out” Jessie repeated to me as I took in deep breaths. I had told Jessie about my panic attacks a week after we started dating. I broke my wrist when I tripped while walking and Jessie was with me, when I started to have a panic attack about it.

My breaths became normal again and I felt the weight on my chest lift as Jessie rubbed circles on the inside of my now healed wrist. I had broken it in two places and there was now a small scar from where they had to operate on it.

“Jane why didn’t you tell me about this earlier? You’ve never said anything about it” Jessie said as he continued to rub circles on my wrist.

“Well I always dreamed about leaving here and moving over there, to escape my life here. I applied for the job a few days before I met you and then we met and things changed. I totally forgot all about it till a week ago when I got my acceptance letter.”

“You have known for a week now” Jessie voice rose in volume.

“Yes. I’m so sorry Jessie. I didn’t mean to hurt you, I just didn’t know how to tell you and I wanted to spend as much time together before we broke up” I replied, my voice becoming a whisper.

“What. Jane you could never hurt me. You have just made me upset that would you think that because your leaving that we would break up and that I wouldn’t be happy for you. It’s going to take a lot more then a time difference to take me away from you. I thought you knew me better then that”

“Jessie, I do know you better then that but we are going to be apart for a year in different parts of the world, I think that we are dreaming if we think we can make this last.”

“We could make it work Jane. I want to make it work and I know you do too.”

“Jessie” I started to say before Jessie cut me off. His lips pressing hard onto mine. 

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