The Perfect Wedding

Chapter 23

       "So you just broke up with him?" Lana questioned after Evie finished telling her friends about her and Daniel's talk the night before. They were all at the airport lounge waiting for their flight to Vancouver.
       "How did he take it?" Ginny asked.
       "He was fine with it I guess..."
       "See I told you that he just wants the best for you," Lana smirked.
       "Soo... have you talked to Jared yet?" Jennifer asked.
       "I just broke up with Daniel!" Evie said sharply. She didn't break up with Daniel so that she was free for Jared. While maybe she kinda did... Did she really want to jump right into a new relationship. For some reason it felt kinda wrong. For so long she was convinced that Daniel was the one. How could all of those feelings just disappear? If she moved on quickly then it would seem that she wasn't truly in love with Daniel. The past years of her life were meaningless and wrong. Maybe her feelings for Jared weren't true either.
    "Stop putting so much pressure of them. We would all love to see Evie and Jared together, but it's up to them," Ginny said. Both Jennifer and Lana nodded their heads in agreement.

Evie watched the digital flight map as the little plane glided across the the screen. With each jerking movement the plane got closer and closer to the little blue dot hovering over Vancouver. What was Evie going to say to Jared when he picked her up. Would he take her straight to the hotel? Should she tell him that her and Daniel broke up? Or would that make him think that she wanted to be with him? The last thing she wanted was to rush into a relationship with Jared. They had just started to reconnect and she didn't want to jeopardize their friendship. The best idea was for them to slowly ease into things. She would spend time with him this week and then she would make a decision. They were both adults now and Evie didn't want to make any rash decisions.

      Jennifer sat next to Evie peacefully reading a novel. Behind them Colin sat with Evan, as Evan had insisted on sitting with his dad. However, Jennifer didn't mind as it let her spend some quality time with Evie which seemed to be rare these days. Jennifer had been so busy planning the wedding that she didn't have time to really understand what Evie was going through. Her break up with Daniel seemed sudden and she wondered the reasoning behind it. "What's on your mind?" Jennifer asked Evie. She could tell by the furrow on her brows that something was bothering her.
"Mmm nothing," Evie pressed her lips together. She didn't want to add any fuel to the fire. She knew that Jennifer wanted her and Jared together, so she didn't want to get a lecture on how perfect he is for her.
"Your lying," Jennifer said bluntly. "It's Jared isn't it?" She added.
"Yes, but I don't really want to talk about him," Evie clicked open her ear pod case and gracefully positioned one in her ear. She hoped that Jennifer would take the hint and just go back to reading her book instead of meddling in her love life.
"Evie tell me the truth. Why did you break up with Daniel? Was it because of Jared?" Jennifer pulled the ear pod out of her ear.
      "Hey!" Evie protested and tried to reach for her ear pod. Jennifer made a fist around the ear pod making it impossible for Evie to steal it back.
       "Come on! You always tell me everything," Jennifer pouted.
      "Fine. What do you want to know?" She gave in. Evie knew that Jennifer wouldn't drop this.
      "Did you break up with Daniel because of Jared?" Jennifer repeated herself.
      "I don't know," Evie said. She put her hand out in front of Jennifer waiting to get back her ear pod.
       "That's not good enough. You need to give me a better explanation," Jennifer said.
      "I don't know if I ever really loved Daniel. He is amazing and everything I ever wanted in a boyfriend, but I think part of me just loved the idea of being with him. I was convinced that we were destined to be together because it was like a fairytale when I found him again after so many years. I was glad to be wanted by him. After so many years I was finally good enough for him. I was no longer the grade nine girl who got rejected by him," Evie exhaled. She felt slightly better admitting her thoughts to Jennifer.
      "Ok... but what does Jared have to do with all of this?" Jennifer asked confused. She was proud of Evie for breaking up with Daniel. It isn't easy to step away from a relationship that you put so much into. She was also glad that Evie recognized that the relationship between her and Daniel wasn't working out and that she ended things.
      "I have feelings for Jared, but I'm not sure if I want to be in a relationship with him. I know that he likes me and that if I wanted he would be my boyfriend in a heartbeat, but everything just seems so complicated. Jared lives in Vancouver and I live in LA. When would we have the time see each other?" Evie explained the dilemma.
      "Have you talked to him since you guys kissed?" Jennifer asked.
      "Not really," Evie replied. "What makes everything so much harder is that it seems like everyone wants us together. What if we get together and it ends horribly?" She asked. Jennifer chuckled. She knew all too well what it felt like to have other people put pressure on you to get together with someone.
      "Evie if you have feeling for Jared and he has feelings for you there is no issue. You two can work out whatever logistical problems later. You just need to take the first step and talk to him. You know a wise women once told me not to wait to tell someone I love them," Jennifer smiled. It was time for Evie to take some of her own advice that she had given Jennifer all those years ago.

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