Chapter 63

The next few days I found myself settling into my life the way I felt it should be. I started to see Brax every weekend. We were going on days out together and dates.

Life was suddenly simple. I found a new apartment to move into. Brax was there helping me move boxes and settling into a new life and routine. The move was straight forward and within a few days I completely had my own place, once again. I cooked a meal just for the two of us in the new home once all my boxes were empty. We were still taking things slowly under the request from Brax, so he didn’t stay over that night. He came over to my place a couple of nights each week.

Wednesday became our ritual movie night. We took turns choosing the movie to watch each week. I always made sure there was a mix of popcorn and sweets ready. It was nice to just spend the night curled up on the sofa in each other's arms and just be together and not be under pressure or obligation to do anything.

Life was as simple as it could be, I woke up, I went to work, and I came home. I slept, ate, drank and somewhere in the normality of everything went on dates with Brax. It was surprising how easy it could be. I was finally in a brilliant place where everything was working and everything made sense.

It had been 2 months since my choice, and I could not have been happier. My birthday was around the corner, and some friends were organizing a get together for a few drinks. Things were still moving slowly with Brax, but I was glad for the change of pace from previous relationships of rushing into it. Although we had not put a label on what we had, I knew how I felt and so did Brax.

I made sure the invitation to my birthday was extended to Brax and others that I wanted there. We had arranged to meet up at Elevation, which is a new club in the city. Plans were made for several of us to get ready together at one house, and all share a cab into the city. When we arrived, a few people were already there. With each passing person that arrived I was wished a happy birthday. A decent number of colleagues and friends had arrived, even if only for a few drinks before leaving. However, the one person I wanted there was Brax, but he was nowhere to be found.

The drinks were flowing, and people were dancing. One of the girls grabbed everyone in for a mass photo with me at the front. There were a few pictures of me and my closet friends. I was being tagged on social media each time a new photo or post went up.

It wasn’t long until I found myself at a table missing Brax. I messaged him a few times but there had been no response. I thought I would try to call him, so I pulled my phone from my bag to see 1 new message. To my surprise it was not from Brax though. It was Logan.