I don't own Forever.
JO'S POV:
"The single best this to do in Paris is get lost."
"Really?" I replied as we walked into his office.
"Yes, but this regime works best only if done with someone you find very special."
His words echoed in my mind like a song and it wouldn't stop. Isaac sat beside me gushing about his plans for our trip but my mind stood miles away. I just couldn't understand why Henry's words from earlier were stuck in my head. I'm going to the most romantic city on Earth I should ecstatic right now, but those two sentences keep popping up in my mind. Trying to get back into reality I looked over at Isaac and concentrated on his plans for us.
"I have a romantic boat ride planned and we'll even go to the top of the Eiffel Tower and eat the most delicious-"
Why did he look at me like so deeply when he said those words? My thoughts wandered again it was no use I had to get to the bottom of this. Why do I feel like he was trying to tell me something? Like he was trying to pull me away from this trip. Wait. What? No. I can't keep dwelling on this. I am on my way to Paris with Isaac! This is suppose to be my time away from work. But Henry. With me? In Paris? The scenario played through my mind before I could stop it. Us walking the narrow streets, stopping at a cafe for lunch, then visiting all the historical sites as he tells me every fact about it with his beautiful mind filled with endless knowledge. Oh my god I need to stop. Did I really just think that? I started to mindlessly pick at my fingers to distract my thoughts. Why am I even going on this trip? Did I say yes to this whole thing in the first place in the heat of the moment? Between Hanson telling me I need to have more fun and the Captain saying I needed the time off I couldn't help but feel like I really was pressured into this trip. And not only that but the whole relationship itself. That's when it hit me. I don't want to go to Paris with Isaac at all. The one person I can't get out of my head even though I'm going across the world to another country, whose words have distracted me since we left...Henry Morgan. His pure beauty flashed through my head. It was at that moment I understood. I'm in love with Henry Morgan. He is the one that is the most special in my life, I thought thinking of his words in his office. His deep endless eyes as he spoke to me this morning ran through my head. He was just so...breathtaking. His mind. His accent. His everything, it all just made her heart skip a beat. That's why I can't do this, why I'm having second thoughts. I've had fun with Isaac but that's all it's was. Fun. It was all going too fast and come to think of it I still don't even know if I really like Isaac at all.
"Jo? Jo? Are you listening to me?" Isaac's touch on my arm made me jump out of my thoughts and back to the present. I turned my face toward Isaac and was met with confused eyes.
"What's wrong Jo you seem like you're in another world." I looked him and although it was going to hurt him I had to tell him.
"Stop the car please." I instructed the driver and he immediately pulled over. Putting my hands in his I took a moment to put my words together and started to explain.
"Look Isaac I'm really grateful that you did all this for me and I think you're a wonderful man and I've had fun, but I've thought about it and I've come to realize this is going to fast and I can't do it I'm so very sorry to do this to you I really am, but I don't even know my exact feelings about you and I can't go somewhere with a person I'm not even sure of." I stopped to let my words sink in. Isaac let go on my hands and dropped his head. He looked at the ground for what felt like years before he replied,
"I understand Jo and honestly I already saw this coming. The way you sounded whenever I talked to you about the trip was off. I knew deep down you really didn't want to go. And I completely respect your decision." I stared at him with surprise at how well he took the news.
"So you know this means that this relationship can't go any longer right?" I answered back making sure he got what I meant.
"Yes I understand and like I said before I totally get it and I'm really not mad. I'm not going to make you do something you don't want to." I nodded at him relieved that we were on the same page now.
"At least let me drive you home then?" He asked.
"No it's OK I could use the walk right now and again thank you so much for everything and I know that you'll find the one soon." With that I opened the car door, got my luggage from the trunk and headed down the street. The wind was cold and I wrapped my scarf tighter around my neck. I kept walking with no real destination in mind but somehow my steps lead me to the door of Abe's Antiques.