Finding Mr. Right

Chapter 3

4 YEARS LATER...

Life was pretty busy these days. After losing my mom 4 years ago a lot had changed. I decided to not go to college but instead help my dad run his auto repair business. My dad was in no shape to run his business alone after my mom's death and I knew I had to step in to help out. I was actually really good at fixing just about anything. I had been helping out for so long that it just became like second nature to me. The guys were really good to me and I didn't realize just how much I loved doing this. It was a blessing to have a job that I loved going to everyday but I wish that it hadn't happened the way that it did. I wanted my mom back and I wanted her to see how much I really did love this town. I had been so busy trying as hard as I could to get away from here, that I didn't realize just how amazing this little town really was.

My little sister Elizabeth was finishing her freshman year of college and I had been setting aside money to help her pay for it. She was so smart and I wanted to make sure she didn't have to worry about anything but studying. I didn't mind having to take care of her once mom was gone. She really wasn't that bad after all and we grew really close all of these years since mom had been gone. She would be so proud of us for sticking together during that difficult time in our lives. Summer would be coming up soon and she would be home. It would be so good to spend time with her and see how everything was going with college life. She had met a really nice guy and they were just fiends for now but Elizabeth wished that it could be something more. She confided in me things she would have probably told our mother. But I was happy I could be there whenever she needed me.

Rachel finished cosmology school and headed to Hollywood afterwards. She ended up having to work two jobs just to try and make ends meet. She shared an apartment with one of the girls she worked with. After about a year of that she decided that it was time to come back home. When your 18 you think you can do anything but what Rachel had discovered it wasn't who you knew but rather who you did that would get you somewhere in that town. Let's just say she never did anything with anyone and that kind of killed her career before it could even start.

She had returned home and was working at a local salon. She was saving her tip money to hopefully open her own salon one day in the future. We still hung out all the time like nothing had ever changed. She made me fell normal and sane. I could confide everything to her and she was always there to give me good sound advise or just let me vent. I was so glad she had come back home because life without her really sucked.

I had been so busy working all time that I gave up on ever finding Mr. Right. The only guys around here were the ones I had gone to school with or old men like the guys that worked with at the shop. I couldn't bring myself to go on a date with anyone. They just weren't my type. There was one boy who had a crush on me and had had one every since we were in high school. His name was Ethan. But I couldn't go out with him. He was nice and all but Rachel really liked him and I just wished he would give her a chance instead of trying to pursue me all the time. It just complicated things when we all hung out together because I felt uncomfortable about the whole triangle effect that was surrounding me whenever we were together. He would flirt with me while Rachel would flirt with him and there I was in the middle of it all just wanting to crawl under a rock and hide there forever. Why couldn't things be more simple?

My dad was doing much better since that night. He was in a state of shock for about a month. He was very depressed and I just made sure that I was there for him whenever he needed me. He had his work but he also had me and Elizabeth to be there for him whenever he needed us. When he finally realized that my first day of college had come and gone he apologized over and over again. I let him know that I didn't want to be anywhere else but right here with him and Elizabeth. I knew he felt guilty about me not going to college but I was happy. As time passed he realized that being a mechanic was what I was meant to do and he was so proud of me for following in his footsteps.

Mom would have also been really proud of me abs Elizabeth. Even though I may not of went to college I did have a job that I loved and I was making pretty good money. It was also a skill I could take anywhere with me. Things were really looking up and I was simply blessed to have a wonderful and supportive family. I still wanted to travel some but I could wait until after Elizabeth was out of college because all of my free money went towards school and after she was done then I would take a nice big to Europe.

*** So what do you think about Katherine's career choice? ***