Bye bye Ryder

Date: 6/9/2016

Asking him to move in together with me has always been something in my mind, something I wanted. But I was always waiting for the right moment and it never came, because out of nowhere he told me he got accepted to school out of state somewhere in the East Coast. "When are you leaving?" I tried to sound happy for him. "Next month." Too soon. "What's going to happen to us? Do we see other people?" "I assume it's for the best if we do." I couldn't control my tears. "I'm sorry to leave you all alone." He held me. And I imagined his new life there. Going to school and working as a bartender, making friends and going out for a drink, and eventually meeting a new woman.