My stomach dropped. He wasn’t going to be with me all the time?
“When will you go back?” I whispered.
“Do you want me to stay?”
I wanted to scream yes, but would that be selfish? Maybe he missed his home and his family.
“Do you miss your family?”
“Yes, but I would miss you more.”
My head was telling me to let him go home, but my heart was telling me to ask him to stay. I pushed him away so many times listening to my head over my heart.
“I want you to stay but I understand if you need to go back and I won’t be mad.”
“You have no idea how happy that makes me.” He said, kissing me and pulling me into his arms. I snuggled in and it didn’t take long for me to fall asleep.
The following morning, I woke up in Gavin’s arms and I knew for sure I wanted to be with him. I decided to
