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"When are you going back to New York?" I asked.

"I'm not."

"But your work."

Aaron gave me a little smirk.

"Truthfully, when I came out here the first time, your mom had it all planned out. A place to stay, she contacted a friend and got me a job. I spoke to her before coming here, and the offer still stands."

"Oh."

So everyone knew that he would just drop everything and come be with me, except for me.

"Yes."

"So what job is it?"

Aaron gave a bigger small.

"You know how much I love painting?"

I nodded.

"Well, she knows a of people who are interested in my work."

"Wait, mom knows that you can paint?"

"Yes, the painting I gave to you. She found it abandoned in your room, and right from I left to go back to my mom, she asked me about it."

"You had all this planned out?"

"I did. That's how serious I am about you, Mia. I want to be with you and only you."

I put my fork down to shuffle closer to him, and then, I was sitting on his lap.

"And tell you what, I also know someone who is intereste