Last chapter! It was fun, folks, but I just loved this last chapter so much that I couldn't help but lay it on you quicker than usual.
I sit on my bed
the piece of paper
tightly held in my twisted fingers.
"He's really nice,"
I mutter to myself.
And then I almost
feel guilty.
"I know,"
I can barely hear Jim saying.
Only I can't tell
if he sounds sad
or not.
I hold the paper
in front of my face
and read the number
for the thousandth time.
"You would think he's
really funny,"
I say.
The silence in the room
isn't nearly as horrible
as the silence in my head.
Then
when I just about give up
Jim says,
"Call him."
My cell phone is shaking
and my breathing isn't normal
but when Ben says
yes, I would love to go to dinner
I feel a happiness wash over me
that I haven't really felt
in a long time.
"I won't forget you,"
is what my whisper says,
while I run my finger
over the diamond
of the ring
I still wear
on a chain
around my neck.
"I know.
No go along, Beesly,
and get ready.
It's been two years
since you went
on a first date."
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