"See the difference?" Jasper asked, pointing to the flatscreen. "Babe, you have an HDTV. Watching regular channels when you have this - it's just uncivilized."
"Hmmm," Maria hummed, her head on his shoulder. She didn't care. Rolling his eyes, Jasper wrapped an arm around her and held her body against his.
It was pleasant until he looked down, realizing she was flipping through a real estate book displaying all the homes for sale in the area. He frowned.
Maria had been dropping hints for a while now. She tentatively spoke of the 'distant' future, when they would be married. She wanted the house with the 2.5 kids and a dog in the yard. They'd been together for a year and a half - she had a right to dream of those things with him.
As he watched her and the faraway, dreamy smile that played on her lips, he knew he had to be honest with himself and fair to her. He loved the woman - she was strong, ambitious, witty. He loved being with her -she was fun. But when he looked at the future, he couldn't imagine happily ever after. When he really made himself examine his feelings, there was no depth to the emotion that tied him to her.
She deserved more than that.
Even though nothing was technically wrong - he was far from unhappy in the relationship - it couldn't be fair for them not to be on the same page. Since he'd spoken to Bella a few days before, the idea that maybe, just maybe, he had a problem with commitment bothered him. But he couldn't hold on to Maria just to make himself feel better.
Flipping the TV off reluctantly, he shifted them so they were face to face. "We need to talk."
A/N: So, I'm thinking 4 updates today because that will get us through the non-slashy chapters. What say you?
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