“Would you stop with the liquor store already? Fine, we have enough to get by, and we have some interests in common. We’re still from two different worlds.”
“We have something else in common. We believe in destiny. Remember?”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny

“How much money do you make a year?”
“Jeeze, that’s kind of personal. About thirty thousand. I’m still taking classes.”
“I clear twenty thousand a year from my trust fund. That’s fifty thousand between us. That place over the liquor store would be pretty nice.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny

“Oh, yes, the Dead. I love that CD you found for me. The last night at Winterland.”
“Yeah, that’s a great one. And we like the same contemporaries, too.”
He nodded. “John Petrucci.”
“And Lindsey Stirling. How much do you make?”
“What?”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #contemporary

“So, you would have married me, and we would have… what?”
“I don’t know. Gotten a place, I guess.”
“Over a liquor store.”
“Stop that. You know I would have gotten you a nice place. Not like this, but nice. Somewhere our kid could play.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #contemporary #idyll

“God, you’re such an idiot sometimes. Plenty of people have dropped out of college and gone on to have enjoyable lives. Come in the kitchen, so you can clean up.”
“Thanks. Where’s your folks?”
“In Aspen.”
“Of course.”
“Don’t start with me.”
“Never.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #idyll

"You would have married me? You wouldn’t have suggested that I…”
“Hell, no. You know me better than that.”
“Yeah, I guess I do.”
“No, I would have married you and ruined your life. You would have dropped out of Harvard and gone to community college like me.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #humor

“If we make a child, it will be a girl.”
“And you know this, how?”
“I just do. What would you have done if I had gotten pregnant?”
“Marry you, I guess. Hand me the bolts. Okay, now the cover. Good. Your dad’s going to be happy to see this.”
“Are you serious?" #lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #humor

“Would you listen to yourself? You’re the one that’s biased. Of course they would never suggest that. Not to mention that we’re Catholic.”
“They wouldn’t be happy to learn that I’m the father of their grandchild.”
“Granddaughter.”
“What?”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #contemporary

“What if I were pregnant?”
“What?”
“You heard me.”
“Do you mean… I mean… are you?”
“No, but what if I was?”
“I don’t know. What would your parents say?”
“They would paste on a smile and tell me that they’ll stand by me.”
“They wouldn’t suggest…”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #shortstory

"What are you going to say when you introduce me to the other investment bankers in whatever Wall Street firm you go to work for? This is my husband? He’s an electrician? That would really help your career.”
“How do you know I’m going to be an investment banker?" #lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny

“You say that now, but wait until you and me are living in a one bedroom apartment over an all-night liquor store. You’ll feel differently.”
“That’s ridiculous. You’re exaggerating, again.”
“It’s a fact." #lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #idyll #romance

“But your dad has a Leaf. You have a charger.”
“For a Leaf. A five-hundred-dollar charger. This is a five-thousand-dollar charger for a hundred-thousand-dollar car that sits in a three-car garage. Different worlds.”
“That’s not important to me.”
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It was the best night of my life. But now it’s daytime. Back to reality.”
“Meaning, we can’t be together.”
“We come from different worlds. This charger for your dad’s car is a good example.”
“But your dad has a Leaf. You have a charger.”
“For a Leaf." #lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance

“Then I’ll remove the cover from the charging dock and wire it. Why did you ask me about that night?”
“I wanted to know if it meant something to you,” she explained.
“You know the answer to that.”
“I want to hear you say it.”
“Fine. It meant a lot." #lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #humor

“Of course, I think about that night. I didn’t check the battery in the screwdriver. Test it.”
“It’s good. Here.”
“Okay, that’s got the mounting plate.”
“What now?”
“I’ll install the electrical conduit and run the wiring from the circuit breaker box.”
“Then what?”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny

“You should have seen the look my mom gave me when I got back from Bermuda with no tan lines up top,” she said, giggling. “I almost wish we had gone to the Riviera. I might have come back with no tan lines, period.”
“Was Reggie there?”
“Yes.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #romance #shortstory

“Can I watch?” she asked.
“You’ll get your clothes dirty,” he said.
“They’re my clothes.”
“Fine.”
“What’s that?”
“The mounting plate. I’ll attach this to a stud and then mount the charger on it. Nice tan.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny #contemporary #idyll #shortstory #romance

Making Our Destiny

“Can you get the garage door?” he asked.
“Yes. There you go,” she replied.
“Thanks.”
“Where are you going to locate the charger?”
“It needs to be installed close to the circuit breaker panel.”
“That’s on the far side of the third stall.”
“Okay.”
#lookinmybriefs #makingourdestiny