I’ll admit it’s not the best name, but who cares? All that mattered was that I was working toward betting my life.It took almost a year before I h...d enough saved up. By then, I’d decided what to do with it. I could have blown it all by putting a minor dent in my debt, but I instead chose to do something far more drastic. I quit my job and bought a plane ticket. The plan was to get as far away from my life as possible for a few weeks. In my case, that meant going to Australia. I didn’t know what. I enjoyed seeing him and talking, but since he'd never asked me out I assumed he wasn't interested. I smiled and greeted him as he came through the doors. He smiled back as he came over to the desk."How can I help you today?" In my head I was thinking about how he could help me. His smile all but dazzled as he asked me about a particular book, leaning against the counter with his head cocked at just the right angle to look up at me through those long, thick lashes.I looked up the book in. I collected Raj from the airport on Christmas Eve, it was cold and trying to snow and after all of the traveling she was tired, as I helped her in the house with her baggage she said she was so exhausted and I was sure I would not get a fuck that night so I gave her a kiss, put her Christmas card and present of perfume on the table and went home, she said thanks for everything and she promised me a special present in a couple of days, so I left and she went to bed.While Raj had been away in. I get out of the car but don’t move until he’s standing right in front of me. NOW I know his smiles are for ME, and I immediately feel like I can finally breath again. He takes my hand and leads me down towards the lake. I look back at the car but he tells me not to worry about my things. ‘They’ll still be there when we get back.’ So I follow his lead and now the lake is in full view. I see a blanket sprawled out on the ground with a picnic basket, a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. He.