Chapter 19
1 year later -
It had been a whole year now since Rita had returned to Canada. We had kept in contact, although not as much as I would have liked, however with us both being students in University we were both extremely busy. The main problem is that I haven't heard from Rita in the past few weeks and I still don't know which day she will be returning. I asked Mimi what was going on and she had no response, it seems no one knew what was going on and I was now really worried. I returned home so I could send Rita an email, when I opened the door to my room to see Rita sitting on my bed. I dropped my bags as she smiled, "I'm back Izzy," she spoke as she stood up and walked towards me. "What… what are you doing here?" I asked as I continued to stand still. "I moved back to Japan yesterday and I wanted to surprise you," Rita's eyes twinkled with a look I have never been able to resist… until now. "How could you? I was so worried about you and I haven't heard from you in two weeks. Now all of a sudden you are back and just like that can smile? How could you do that to me Rita after all of this time, I wanted to meet you at the airport and I wanted to be the first thing you saw as soon as you got off of that plane…" Tears started to stream down my face. "Izzy I am so sorry, I just didn't want to ruin the surprise." Rita cried as she collapsed to the ground; tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry Izzy I didn't mean to I just," I cut her off by wrapping my arms around her and pulling her into my chest. "Don't cry… I'm so happy to see you again Rita," I smiled as I pulled her face to mine. "I missed you too… Izzy," she gave me a sweet smile as I wiped the tears from her eyes. I leaned in to kiss her in a way that said I love you, now and forever I love you Rita. After the kiss broke she continued to lie in my arms for the next few hours.
It had been a few weeks since Rita had moved back and the two of us were closer than ever. It turns out that she and Mimi had gotten an apartment together and they were both going to the same University as yours truly. It was our second year and school was tougher than ever before. Rita had spent a few nights over at my place; my parents had missed her and invited her for dinner almost every night. There was one thing I wanted to ask Rita though, I wanted to know when she felt that we should take the next step and live together. I mean I know she was living with Mimi and all so I didn't want to intrude on that, but wouldn't it be great if Rita, Mimi, Tai and I all got a place together. We would only need two rooms and the cost for rent would be way cheaper. I first decided to ask Mimi about it; she seemed to like the idea, after all she would get to live with Tai as well. It may be hard but I think it's a good stepping-stone to our future. Future… eh? What did I want? I want to be with Rita forever I mean I plan to marry her, work for some big computer company and start a family with her. Though now that I think about it, what did Rita want? I know she wants to get married; I don't know much about if she wants kids or not. Maybe bringing all this up right now isn't such a good idea, at least the future part. However I should talk to Rita about the four of us getting a place.
School had ended for the day and from the text I got from my mom, Rita was already at my place waiting for me. I opened the door to smell cookies; I guess my mom was baking again. "I'm back," I called out as Rita came running towards me with a tray of cookies. "Izzy Izzy look look I made cookies I actually made something that didn't burn," Rita cried out with delight. "Wow they look amazing I can't wait to try one," I smiled as I then took one of the cookies off the tray and took a bite. Rita was looking at me with an intense look on her face, I could tell it mattered to her if I liked them or not. Lucky for me they were really good; "wow these are amazing Rita," I grinned as I took another bite. "Really? YAY," Rita jumped up as she ran back to the kitchen. "He liked them," I heard her tell my mom as she then ran out to greet me again. We then headed to my room where I sat her down to ask the dreaded question. "So what do you think?" I asked as Rita had a look of processing on her face. "I think it's a great idea, I would love to be able to live with you and Tai as well." Rita responded with a high pitch tone, "I'm so glad to hear that, Tai and I will have to talk to our parents about it but I think we may need to find a bigger place then" I explained. "True, but Mimi and I still have 3 months left before we are able to move out, I guess in this time we can start looking for a new place though," Rita smiled sweetly. "That is true… Although I wonder how well my parents will take this…" I sighed as Rita placed her hand on my shoulder. "They will be sad but they will also understand that you are growing up and it's time for you to move on. "I guess that's true," I responded as I pulled her into a hug. I really could feel that things were changing and it was really exciting.