"Then the other guy asked to buy her a drink, right as Jason walked up. So she asked that guy: "What happens if I enjoy the drink? What happens then?" And he pretended not to know the answer. So she told him. She asked if they would play beer pong in that shitty bar with his friends until they headed back to his place in Murray Hill. She asked if they'd have to listen to his roommate fuck Hilary or Emily, or whatever the girl's name was, till they fell asleep. And she asked him if a year later, they'd still be there in that bar. The only difference being that now he feels pressure to get married and have kids, because he thinks that's what she wants. And then in the summers, they would drive up to the shitty Hamptons."
"To meet his shitty parents."
"Wondering the entire ride if they'd think she was pretty enough."
"Smart."
"Wondering the entire ride if they'd think she was smart enough."
"Because no one was."
"And no one ever will be. And Jason knew that now. And he would give anything to go back to that moment. The moment when they first met. Before anything went wrong. Before he didn't show up for her when she needed him most. Before he understood that being there for someone when it's most difficult is really all that relationships are. Jason knew that now. And he was so sorry for what he had done. But Jason also realized that in that moment, he wasn't afraid, because he thought she wasn't the one. He was absolutely terrified because he knew she was. And if she could give him just one more chance, just one more chance. She knew where to find him."
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