by Beth Burnett
Davey blinks back a tear and smiles at me from her place at my side. For a time I thought I was in love with Davey. Maybe I was. Or maybe I just don’t really know what being in love means. I can only say that though I never want Davey to be out of my life, if she and Danny suddenly split and she said she wanted to be with me as a lover, I would have to say “No.” I love Heather. I may have had some ups and downs in becoming a good girlfriend to her, but I made a choice to be with her, and I have done my best to follow through.
Now, standing at the altar, waiting for her to come down the aisle, I know I made the right decision. We may not always be on the same path, and we may not always agree, but two years ago, we made a promise to try. And every day, we make the same promise. “Today, I’m going to try. I’m going to try to treat you the way you want to be treated. I am going to try to be a good girlfriend. I am going to try, and when I mess up, I’m going to try again.” I told her long ago that I couldn’t promise a happily ever after, and even now as we get ready to make our marriage vows, I still won’t promise a happily ever after. Maybe there is no such thing. Or maybe the people who promise it to each other are tempting fate. I don’t want to tempt fate. I don’t want to give the gods or the universe or karma a reason to prove me wrong. Whatever else happens, I can only promise this. I am going to try every day to be the best wife that I can be. If Heather does the same, maybe we’ll have our happily ever after anyway.
The End
About the Author:
Beth Burnett is a banjo-playing, universe-loving, ever-searching, constantly-learning writer and unapologetic dreamer. She has lived in several states and the Virgin Islands and has recently been wandering about trying to figure out where to land. “Andy’s Song” is the sequel to her award-winning first novel “Man Enough.” Beth is currently working on both a third novel and a non-fiction book. When she isn’t writing, taking college courses, or fumbling around with the banjo, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, and womyn’s music festivals.
Check out Beth’s other books.
Man Enough
ISBN - 9781939062093
Things are going well for Davey Carter. She loves her job and she has a comfortable bed. Granted, her love life is non-existent, her pot-smoking mother is wreaking havoc in her apartment, and she is starting to suspect that her lesbian best friend might be secretly in love with her. But none of that matters when Davey meets Danny, a kind, loving, intelligent man who just may be the love of Davey’s life. Until it turns out that Danny is harboring a secret of his own.