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getting laid.”
    “So did I . What about you? You still doing the off and on with Kristy?”
    “Nah. I finally put a stop to that. That girl has issues.”
    He laughed then and said, “She always has. You
couldn’t look past her store bought boobs to see them before. What changed?”
    Dean was walking through the living room when Ronnie
asked me that. “He’s in love,” he said.
    I rolled my eyes. “That’s taking it a little far,
Dean.”
    “In love, huh?” Ronnie said.
    “Did you just hear me tell your father he was taking
it too far? I’m seeing someone. She’s pretty special and I like her a lot. It’s
not love…yet.”
    “Whoa, that sounds serious. Where’d you meet this
girl?”
    For some reason I didn’t want to tell him. I think
that I was afraid his first thought would be that she was only with me or I was
only with her because of Emma, I guess. I couldn’t think of a good lie though,
and I’d promised Alexa I was going to stop doing that anyways.
    “She was Emma’s best friend.”
    “Alexa? Hot red-head with the….”
    “Don’t say it!”
    He laughed, “Man, Dad wasn’t exaggerating. You are
in love, aren’t you?”
    I stood up. “Well it was nice catching up with you
man but I have to get going.”
    “Avoidance. He doesn’t want his friend to talk about his girl’s shapely ta- ta’s . He says he’s not in love… “Yet.” All the classic signs.
    “Fuck you, Ronnie.”
    “Man, it’s been so long I’d almost take you up on
that.” I couldn’t keep a straight face on that one. I smiled and said, “You
should be so lucky, man. I have to go. This conversation has gotten way out of
hand.”
    “Alright man. I’ll see you tonight. Good luck.”
    “Thanks.” I left there with Dean and Ronnie’s words
ringing in my head. “Love?” It was way too soon for
that, wasn’t it?

 
    CHAPTER
SIX
    ALEXA
    After I talked to Ian, I lay there in bed for a long
time, just thinking about everything. Dad was right in a way, anything could
happen. What happened to Emma was proof of how short life was. There were two
ways I could take that, I guess. I could not live it because I’m constantly
worried about losing it, or someone that I care about .
Or I could realize that since it is so unpredictable, and you never knew how
long you would have…maybe I should live it to its fullest.
    I evaluated what living it to its fullest meant to
me. I wasn’t the type that wanted to scale a mountain or jump out of an
airplane. What I was the type to do…was fall in love and risk ending up with a
broken heart. I wanted Ian. I wanted a relationship with him and if that works
out the way I hoped, maybe a life. I snuggled back down into the blankets and
fell asleep…with a smile on my face.
    When I woke up several hours later, I had an
entirely different outlook on things than I’d had when I fell asleep the night
before. I love Dad, but he was wrong. I wasn’t going to sit around and wait for
life to happen to me. I wasn’t going to wait for tomorrow any longer to go
after what I wanted. Poor Emma had so many plans…and now she doesn’t have any
more tomorrows. I got up out of bed and put on my robe and slippers. I went out
into the dining room and found Daddy there, reading the morning paper. I kissed
him on the cheek and said, “Good morning.”
    He looked surprised, but he smiled and said, “Good
morning, pumpkin. How did you sleep?”
    I poured a cup of coffee and sat down. “At first, not so well. But I did a lot of thinking and this
morning, I had an epiphany.”
    “What’s that?”
    “You will still love me, even if you don’t approve
of the risks I choose to take with my heart…and I will still love you even if
you don’t approve of my choices in men. I really like, Ian Daddy. I’m not going
to give him up out of fear that it won’t work out. I’m going to pour my whole
heart into it and do whatever it takes to make it work. If it doesn’t, I’ll
survive. But I’ll