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Christot dressed early He and his dad had exchanged gifts the night before Earlier that week his dad gave hi the day with Tina and her fa over the summer Eric was fine with that since he wanted to spend his last day here with Sofia

Just as he was getting ready to walk out his dad stopped hio, I wanted to talk to you Since Sofia will be with us tomorrohen I take you to the airport, this will probably be o"

Eric stared at hi he needed to know about the trip and his internship

"I knoe’ve talked about this before You really believe that your relationship with Sofia is forever" His dad shrugged "Who knows,to make the most of this trip to Spain Don’t sit in your dor Sofia the whole time"

Eric nodded His dad had alorried that he wasn’t living life like a young bachelor should be But that wasn’t the life he wanted He’d known Sofia was the one since they were kids He had no interest in going out and partying it up, like his dad hoped he would

"You never knohat’s gonna happen in the future, son I just don’t want you looking back at this when you’re older and regretting that what could’ve been one of thearound thinking of a girl back home"

"I know, Dad I won’t"

His dad frowned, obviously not buying into Eric’s feeble attempt to convince hiet the ti my trip to Madrid for New Year’s Eve into awithwith us I also got us all tickets to one of the biggest New Year’s parties out there You’re gonna enjoy this trip whether you want to or not"

After his conversation with his dad, Eric walked to Sofia’s house He knew her house would be full of relatives, and the cul-de-sac she lived in would be packed with cars He thought about what his dad said on his way over there This definitely hadn’t been the first tiht want to sow his wild oats a little before settling on just one girl If Sofia knew, she’d beto worry about Eric was sure of one thing The one thing he’d been sure of since he was a kid For him, no one but Sofie would ever do

Christ himself and Sofia that this wouldn’t be the end of the world It was only going to be four weeks She tried putting up a brave front, but the tears had co goodbye to Eric and telling Sofia he’d wait for her in the car

Eric held Sofia close, holding back his own tears He had no idea this would be so hard He leaned his forehead against hers "I’ll start texting you as soon as I take my seat taldiin the plane"

Sofia strained to sonna be fine No matter how far apart we are, Sofie, we’ll always have each other right here" He pointed at her heart then at his own "Four weeks is nothing I’ll be back in no time" He lifted her chin when she dropped her face a little "We’ll figure out our schedules, and book the cruise as soon as I get back My dad said the winter rates will be real cheap he can probably get us a good deal through one of his friends"