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be a mess, having just said goodbye to Ryan for the last time.
    “Yeah. Hey, Harris.” I said to Ellie’s hot boyfriend. He was gorgeous; blonde wavy hair and light blue eyes. Our boys were all so incredibly handsome…Ryan the most beautiful of the three.
    But I’m biased, right? Nah, he is the most beautiful .
    I smiled as I kicked off my shoes and shoved them in the closet next to the door.
    “Julia, don’t take this wrong, but I thought you’d be crying. You’re smiling…so what’s up?” Ellie asked incredulously.
    “Can I talk to you?”
    “Is this serious?” She got up off of Harris’s lap and came toward me to take both of my hands.
    “It might be. Ryan has asked me to go to Boston.”
    Her face lit up. “That’s great, Julia! You should spend some time with him. I mean, you guys love each other, right?”
    I nodded. “Uh huh.” I glanced at Harris.
    “Oh, hey, do you need me to leave?” he asked.
    “Um…” I began.
    “It’s okay to talk in front of Harris.” Ellie returned to the couch next to him and I took a chair across from them.
    “Ellie, you know how important you are to me, but Ryan is, too.”
    She flashed a beautiful smile and her face softened. “I know, sweetie. You and Ryan belong together.”
    My throat tightened, but I tried to swallow it and continue speaking.
    “He asked me to concentrate my job search in New York. I am not ruling out L.A. completely but he… we need to be closer. Please don’t be angry.”
    She was silent for a moment but she didn’t appear upset. “Of course, I understand. You should have decided this a long time ago, but New York is still not Boston.”
    “But it’s a lot closer. I’ll be able see him more often and I need him, Ellie. I’m…scared to let him go completely. I’m just not ready for that.”
    She got up to hug me. “Julia, you’ll never be ready to let go of Ryan. Does this mean you guys are finally a couple?” Ellie asked expectantly.
    “Um…we’re still friends. I’m not really sure what this means.”
    “It means he loves you and doesn’t want to be without you. It will all work out, I promise.”
    “Yes.” I said as my stomach fluttered at her words. “You’ll be a famous designer soon and rich enough to fly to New York at least once a week for drinks.” I hugged her again. “I really appreciate your understanding, Ellie. I love you.”

    The week had flown by and Julia was flying back to California tomorrow. Aaron and I had new student orientation in the morning, so I’d be forced to put Julia in a cab to take her to Logan International. I hated it, but I had no choice.
    The three day trip to Boston left us exhausted and the next two days were spent unpacking and setting up the apartment. Aaron and Jenna moved into the larger of the two bedrooms and I was left with the smaller one. By the time I got my bed, desk and keyboard set up, it left only 5 square feet of open floor. It felt more like a closet.
    Jenna groaned at the lack of closet space and Aaron told her that he liked her better without clothes anyway. Julia and I laughed and Jen blushed. “Shut the fuck up, Aaron, or you’ll be missing what you like best about me.”
    Julia kept us all fed, whipping up amazing meals in the tiny kitchen. She grunted at how small the freezer was. “So much for my plan to stock your freezer. Shit, this is small.”
    My heart thumped in my chest. She was still trying to take care of me and it made it even more obvious why I loved her so much. I was finally able to face it, even if I couldn’t act on it.
    Our time on the road and since we’d arrived in Boston had been bittersweet; a mixture of happiness and sadness as the minutes and days ticked by.
    The trip had been a blast, but we couldn’t keep up the constant driving and were forced to spend one night in a hotel near Cleveland. I wanted to let my instincts take over and my instincts told me to make love to her. In fact, they were screaming in the darkness,