Gears
Fourteen months is how long Clara made me wait before we finally got married. I didn’t mind, though. She wanted to take her time planning the wedding of her dreams. And she wanted to make it through her first year of teaching as well. She loved her job from the start. She was teaching biology at the high school and was loving every second of it. She was also quick to become the kid's favorite teacher, especially with the boys. I found it hard not to act like a complete animal and mark my territory over the school year. But knowing she had on my ring every day helped some. And then there were the few days I drove her to work and got to watch as the teenage boys watched in sadness as she climbed off the back of my bike. And then again, when I showed back up to pick her up later in the
