Beside her, Oliver is craning his neck to read the signs for customs, already thinking about the next thing, already moving on. Because that's what you do in planes. You share an armrest with someone for a few hours. You exchange stories about your life, an amusing anecdote or two, maybe even a joke. You comment on the weather and remark about the terrible food. And then you say goodbye.
Jennifer E. SmithSomeone once told her there's a formula for how long it takes to get over someone, that it's half as long as the time you've been together.
Jennifer E. SmithBecause the truth is that now that he’s here, she can’t imagine it any other way. Now that he’s here, she worries that crossing an entire ocean with someone between them might be something like torture.
Jennifer E. SmithWhen you’re on the other side of it,” she says, “fifty-two years can seem like about fifty-two minutes. Just like when you’re young and in love, a seven-hour plane ride can seem like a lifetime.
Jennifer E. SmithHe’s like a song she can’t get out of her
head.
The stories had become a part of her by then; they stuck to her bones like a good meal, bloomed inside of her like a garden. They were as deep and meaningful as any other trait Dad had passed along to her: her blue eyes, her straw-colored hair, the sprinkling of freckles across her nose.
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I guess so,” she says, unable to keep the sigh out of her voice. “But not everyone keeps that promise.” She looks over toward the woman, still fast
asleep. “Not everyone makes it fifty-two years, and if you do, it doesn’t matter that you once stood in front of all those people and said that you
would. The important part is that you had someone to stick by you all that time. Even when everything sucked.
The important part is that you had someone to stick by you all that time. Even when everything sucked.
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And being here like this, so suddenly close to him is enough to make her lightheaded. It's a feeling like falling.
Jennifer E. SmithCheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers.
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