Page 90 of Shape Of My Heart
“Amy, you don’t owe me shit.” He shookhishead.
“I do and I shouldn’t expect any morefromyou.”
“I don’t know what you’resaying.”
Of course he wouldn’t, because she couldn’t tell him that she loved him. “Josh, I don’t know what we are, and I know you aren’t exactly a one-woman kind of guy, so I don’t need to trust you, because it doesn’tmatter.”
He looked at her with a blank expression and sighed. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a key with a pink ribbon tied throughtheloop.
“What’s that?” She looked from him tothekey.
“It’s yours. I had it cut theotherday.”
“What’s it for?” She wasn’tunderstanding.
“The house.” He rocked back on his heels andsmiled.
She tilted her head to the side. “I already have keys to thehouse.”
“Zelda gave you those keys, to work for me as my PA.Iam giving you these keys to ask you to move in with me as my girlfriend. I want this house to be our house, my room to beourroom, I want this TV to be our TV, even if you’re watching that awful cartoon I can’t stand.” By now tears were running down her cheeks and more came as he continued. “I want you to live with me, and be my girl. I am probably by far the worst guy you’ve ever met, and it wasn’t a good look for me when we first met, but if you give me a chance, maybe one day you’ll find that you cantrustme.”
The earnest, determined look on his face gripped her and she saw the wealth of emotion in his eyes. His words stole her breath away. She didn’t realize he felt that way about her, she never expected him to. As she beheld him, she removed her fears and decided not to let them hold her back or dragherdown.
“Please,” he said, taking her handagain.
“Yes.”
He held out the key to her and she took it. “So, you’ll be my girl? You’llbe…mine?”
“Always.” She threw her arms around him and cocooned herself in his lovingembrace.
