The Best Thing I Ever Did Novels & Stories

It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. And I wouldn't have traded it for anything.

That was always the best thing. Something new, always, coming.

Everything I ever wanted was right here and I was never going to let go. ***

“Don’t worry about it. You have me remember? I promise everything will be alright. I’ll be with you all the way.” Selena glare at him and crossed her arms. “How can you promise that? You don’t even know what he’s going to say.” Anthony nodded his shoulder. “I don’t but, every time you leave the doctor's office, everything always ended up alright. Especially when you bring home that small tub of Haagen Daaz home.”’ Selena smiled as she nodded in agreement. “ The only thing that will never disappoint me. Besides, I thought you were supposed to be working today. What are you doing here?”

He yelled, filling me up. “You're the best thing that ever happened to me, in case you don't know.” I told him, post coital, with a different glow above us. All was right with the world even though bad things kept happening to us. “Nah, it's the opposite. It's all you. You make me. You make me a better person. You make me love. I don't know what I would've done if I never met you, or met you again.” We shared a long kiss, then he lathered us before taking us out of the bathroom. I came out freshly fucked, tired but really happy.

I wiped at my eyes with the sleeve of Bryan's old hoodie - the one I'd taken in the scramble to leave, because it was warm and I hadn't packed enough. "I know things are weird right now," I continued. "And confusing. And maybe you're mad at me. That's okay. You can be mad. You should be mad. I didn't do everything right. I made mistakes, kiddo. Big ones. And I wish I could take some of them back." The apartment felt too still. The weight of my words hung in the air. "But what I never, ever regret is you," I whispered. "Not for a second. From the moment I found out about you, you were the best thing that ever happened to me."

“You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. Do you know that?” I smiled through my tears, warmth blooming in my chest. “You and Emilia are the best things that have ever happened to me too.”

He never thought that one day he would have a family. The Lord had blessed him with an amazing wife, his soulmate. He parked his car beside the road and hugged his wife tightly and said, “Sweetheart, thank you so much for being my wife, I love you with my soul. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.” Victoria laughed and kissed her husband, “Baby, thank you for loving me. I’m glad that you didn’t reject me when I was proposing to you. Thank you for putting a smile on my face.”

“I was wrong. I know I was wrong! I brought you everything—my remaining shares in the Smith Group, all my savings… It’s all yours! Just come back to me!” His hands trembled as he pushed a card and an envelope across the table. “James,” I cut him off, “you still don’t get it. I never cared about your money. And what you’ve lost… can’t be bought back with cash.” His eyes were bloodshot, his lips cracked and trembling. “I get it… My biggest mistake was getting used to your love, then taking you for granted, thinking you didn’t deserve better. “And Mia… she always told me you never really loved me,” he rasped. “That you only married me because my parents supported you.”

She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. And I will do anything to keep it that way. Even if it means letting go of everything else.