"Aren't you going to marry her?"
Oliver was stunned by the question. He couldn't believe Axton would ask something so serious. They were out in the heat, and neither could last five minutes on the basketball court. They were the only two idiots out here and nine in the morning.
"Should I?"
True, Oliver had always wanted a proper family because he never actually had one. Not that he blamed his Dad, or anything. It was just a dream. And it hadn't happened with Carrie's mother. Maybe it was his fault.
"Well, Gabby is really trying. She is helping you, isn't she?" Axton said it might be the right thing to do.
"I don't know."
Oliver dribbled the ball, but found that the ball was actually hot too. It felt as strange as him and Gabby getting together. He nursed his bottom lip, thinking it was stifling out here just as much as wondering what was next with Gabby. "Maybe I'm too old for taking a chance like that."
Axton laughed at him. "Look, man, you got the teaching job now. You need to make things right. You gotta take a chance."
"I know. It's just I keep trying to just..well, make Gabby not want me around. I can't tell her I'm OK with-"
"Come on, don't make this up. You two sleep in the same bed, don't you? You feel comfortable with each other. It's these kind of things that make a marriage work." Axton's pleasant smile practically sold Oliver who tossed the ball back to Axton.
With a shrug Axton posed to shoot the ball in the basket, but he didn't. He grabbed it instead. "Let's go in. It's too hot out here."
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ReplyDeleteHello Ellie,
ReplyDeleteI wish you a happy Sunday!
As for your story, I think it reflects today's couples: no one wants to take on the responsibility of a more serious relationship, marriage! They live in the comfort of superficial relationships, those summer affairs that last a holiday and then end! Well spotted!
Keep up the creativity, I really like you! Hugs
Grease🙂love it
DeletePoor Axton
ReplyDeleteToday's relationships are more volatile, and even if they live together, often both, or one of them, don't want to commit to marriage.
ReplyDeleteeverything depends on the peope in the releation, in every kind of releation
ReplyDeleteI really love your chapter, it was amazing
thanks for everything, my friend ♥
Marriage isn't an option for lots of people. Living together works for them.
ReplyDeleteUy cada relación depende de las partes y como se sientan genial fragmento. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteO calor exagerado atrapalha tudo.
ReplyDeleteComo ficará o amor de verão?
Boas inspirações! :-)
Hello!! nice chapter, thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!!
Ellie como sempre seus capítulos são incríveis com seus personagens, Ellie boa semana bjs.
ReplyDeleteMarriage doesn't suit everyone these days, and more and more people are living without marriage.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is Oliver afraid of, the responsibility in a committed relationship?
Thanks for the chapter as always I loved it, greetings
ReplyDeleteI belong in an old mindset where marriage provides two people to evolve together as better and mature individuals. I think it’s quite a great institution where people can turn in flexible attitudes rather than hardwired ones,but it’s just personal opinion
ReplyDeleteSometimes people overthink things.
ReplyDeleteHow can you tell if a marriage or serious relationship will work if you don't try?
It's like riding a bicycle or driving a car. You just have to do it. Yes, it takes some effort, and there is responsibility for yourself and others, but that's life.