Page 96 of The Stars in the Sky
"Everything happens for a reason?" he asked. "You believe that?"
I nodded. "I'm sure I was meant to take the job at Headlands so that I could meet you. And get my head out of my ass."
"Same," he said, and kissed the top of my head and we watched the people walk by.
As we waited, a group of people came up to him, all of them about his age and country-looking like him in Wranglers, boots, and baseball caps. The women were in flashy, rhinestone cowgirl jeans.
"Well if it isn't Will Thrash?" said a stocky guy in the country boy uniform, modified with a Nascar baseball hat, stepping forward to shake his hand.
"Phil," Will replied, "good to see you, man." He nodded to everyone else. "This is my girlfriend, Marie."
I felt like all eyes were on me. This was the moment that I’d been scared of ever since we got together. The judging. The “What is an edgy weirdo like her doing with a guy like that?” The looks of disapproval from people who knew Will and thought that we didn't belong together. The comments that we didn't match.
I didn't get it.
"Congratulations!" said one of the women, a pretty brunette in really awesome heeled boots.
"Nice one," said another guy to Will. "Good to meet you, Marie," he said to me.
They all smiled and were genuinely polite. I felt relieved, like I had passed a test that I had been worried about.
Maybe we matched after all.
No.
I knew we matched after all.
