It had been a week since Jay and Emma had met, after the journal incident. Emma had never been so excited to go home, the last week was so lonely. She felt as if she was going to pull a Paige and set a dorm room on fire.
She grabbed her suitcases and headed out of her dorm room, it was winter break official, which meant Emma would spend the next month at home. She hugged her roommate goodbye, grabbed her scarf and walked out the door. She sat down at the bus stop, and started to read her book. She was so involved in her book that she didn't look up to see if her ride was there or not, she had a feeling something would tell her it was. And she was right, when she heard a loud noise emerge, she picked up her suitcases and piled them into the trunk. She climbed into the passengers seat, and prepared for the long journey home. After a few moments in silence the driver spoke up,
"You know, they had a job near Toronto after all, same company, same benefits, same pay, but a better location." He said, and she turned her head to stare at Jay, driving. She hadn't seen him since he left her in her bedroom that day, and she was missing him like crazy. It took all her strength not to lower her head and give him a little present on the way home.
"Why didn't you tell me that in the first place" she huffed,
Jay shook his head, and held on to her hand while driving with the other, "I didn't want it to be the deciding factor. If our relationship was based on a job, what would that mean? It all had to do with rather you wanted to be with me, or not"
Tears sprang up in Emma's eyes, "You act like it's so simple, Jay! It doesn't matter what I said before, I want nothing more than to be with you! I'm so sorry. Trash the journal, burn it, run it through the paper shredder, feed it to the dog, I want it gone. It has nothing significant. It shouldn't be out there anymore. It was the worst decision I've ever almost completely made in my entire life. That was coming from my head, and this is coming from my heart… I love you"
Jay smiled, "I love you too," he whispered, as he caressed her palm with his own hand, it was so hard for him to keep his eyes focused on the road when the girl he loved was sitting next to him, looking so cute with all her winter gear on.
"So, what did we learn from this whole event?" Jay laughed, reminding Emma of teachers like Ms. Kwan, who used to ask questions like that after reading passages of a novel.
Emma smirked at him, "Give Emma two weeks to make life changing decisions?"
Jay laughed a warm laugh, "Touché"
So, it's over. I hope you liked the ending. Thanks for reading and reviewing
