TERRAFORMER

Chapter 2

In front of me lies the contents of a portfolio I made to reach the goal of making the world at least the slightest bit more decent, and more forgiving. It was originally for my own eyes. However, a certain someone made it evident they wanted me to submit. Not questioning it as it felt right, I made the commitment to search for a suitable company. After some time I found a place that had similar interests. I submitted, and that leads me to this very moment. I have to let Choley know of my efforts. I gather myself and move on with my working day.  For the last few weeks I have been working under a senior advisor. Any work I do is scrutinised and monitored by her and it is my job to make her happy with it. This is definitely not where I would like to be for the entirety of my career. However, I do understand this is where I need to be for me to move up in the ranks and finally be working on the project of my dreams. Of course it takes a lot of thinking to ensure its what I want to pursue. Today My advisor has appointed me with my first project. I've gotten a third into the work until i hit a bit of a crossroads. By that time It was nearing the end of the day. I decided I would use my last fifteen minutes to go over what I did have and give myself the time to think about how to continue the project back at home. After work I walk through the front door of my shared abode, and there's Choley and john seated at the kitchen table. Choley opens her mouth to say something but is overthrown by johns voice. 'Fallon I want to chat with you about our decision to move away.' I am stunned for a moment but I take a seat beside Choley. 'Alright so you have decided that we are all finally moving to a state of america then.' John replies. 'Yeah as I've said I have a lead to a possible place to stay and we will be back at work doing what we love, and we have held it off for the past month.' my facial expression deeply regrets johns statement. 'Or we could just stay here for a little longer?' Choley states this as she notices my face. 'No this will be good for you both. I am happy for you, for us.' In this moment I know that it's going to be harder to tell her I'm not coming with her or john and that this chapter in their lives is going to be all about them. In fact, I cannot bring myself to tell me that this will be the end. 'How long do we have?' I look at john for answers. 'Three weeks.' It's going to be a long three weeks knowing how things will end up. Its best to get over myself and tell her sooner. But not now I tell myself. I get up from the table and move to the lounge, picking up the television remote on the way. I turn it on and start flicking channels until I find a show of interest.  John notices and joins me, sitting directly beside me. we watched, we chatted, at some point Choley had bought dinner in for us and she joined for little bit and before I knew it time had flown by and it was ten.