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Domingo’s POV
I am so excited about the plans to propose to Charlie, everything seems to be going smoothly and I am certain that I have chosen a unique way to do it I just hope he doesn’t freak out on me. Lucas and Elliot’s help had been invaluable however over the last few day’s Elliot seems to have stopped meeting us to discuss it.
I really wanted to keep this as far from clichéd as possible and together we had come up with a brilliant plan. Charlie and I loved the movies so I wanted to do something that he would never suspect, Elliot was going to create a little argument with Charlie saying that he doesn’t spend any time with him anymore.
Elliot will then suggest a night at the movies and that’s when it will all happen. The three of us have been planning this with the help of the cinema who readily agreed to it. We have been making a trailer for a new film starring Charlie’s dad and me. In the trailer I will be asking his dad for permission to marry him, he will be warning me about married life and how I must look after Charlie.
Charlie will be sitting in the audience with Elliot and hopefully he will click on that this trailer is for him, even though he won’t be able to see our faces. He will only be able to hear our voices and see our lower bodies as we shake on the decision to ask Charlie to be mine forever.
The end of the trailer will be his dad telling me to go get him before he is snapped up by someone else and then it will be like an action film as I race towards the cinema. It will end with me walking through the doors of the cinema which I will be waiting to do in real life. Hopefully by this point Charlie will be aware that it was me on the trailer and when I walk in he will be pleased and not angry at me.
That’s kind of the point when I will get down on one knee and propose to him and in front of all of those other customers I only hope he will say yes. I am so excited about this I just hope that it will work and like I said I hope he won’t flip out at me and just say yes to being mine.
I was starting to get nervous at the same time, we had most of the video filmed but there was still a lot to do and we were running out of time. Elliot and Lucas told me I should do this for our anniversary and that was only a week away and with Elliot MIA a lot of the time I wasn’t sure we’d do it.
Lucas was still helping loads and he couldn’t give me any explanation for Elliot’s absence because apparently he hadn’t told him either. It was strange after all this was for his brother but knowing Elliot he would have a good excuse for it.
The cinema provided us with the usual piracy and warning labels that were at the beginning of every trailer to make it look official and they told us they would play it before the real trailers began. I just hoped that despite Elliot being busy that he would still have time to take Charlie to the movies to watch it or everything would be ruined.
Charlie was at work at the moment and I was sitting at home stewing about everything, I had a really hard day in class because my kids had some exams coming up. I was drilling them in math, English and science because these were apparently the most important topics, not sure I agreed with that but it wasn’t my job to argue.
They were having a rough time of it but they needed to pass these exams to continue in the higher sets in their next year. If they failed they would drop to a lower set where I knew fine well they would not be challenged hard enough and would end up giving up on themselves.
I was trying to make it as fun as possible for them but it was Math?! There is only so much you can do to make that subject more bearable and trying to be a nice, calm teacher instead of a tyrant was hopefully helping. I was proud of them all for the work they were putting in but it was tiring and I could see them all struggling, but it just made me more determined to help them pass. They all deserved it and I would feel like I had let them down if they failed when they have been trying so hard.
Charlie was due home soon so I decided to go shower, change and then cook him something nice for dinner. His shifts were so much longer than mine and I would imagine more emotionally draining, watching those poorly kids can’t be easy.
Cooking his dinner for him will just help him to relax quicker when he got home, he had been so tense lately and I didn’t like to see it. So I quickly showered and dressed in the bedroom, I checked my reflection in the mirror and noticed I had very dry skin. I knew Charlie had some cream somewhere so I searched the bedroom for it when I couldn’t find it I surmised he must keep it in his bedside table.
I searched in there and found the cream quickly putting some on my face to soothe the dryness. When I put it back in the drawer an official looking letter caught my eye and I wondered why it was in the drawer? We had a small office where we kept all of our mail and paperwork so it was strange that Charlie would put anything in here.
I pulled it out and looked at the envelope, I normally don’t do things like this. I trust Charlie with my life but the envelope was from London, England. I was shocked as I thought Charlie told me everything, and if he had applied for a job in England surely he would have discussed this with me first? Pulling the letter from the envelope and unfolding it to read I took a deep breath slightly scared of what I was about to see.
Dear Mr Adams.
I am writing to inform you that your colleague Dr Daniel Finkle wrote to us recently informing us of the excellent work that you have done in the short time you have been employed at Albuquerque general. He has advised us that you have expressed a keen wish to join our team here at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
Due to the excellent recommendations received we are delighted to offer you a full time position on the terminal illness ward. As you can imagine the job takes a lot of dedication and hard work but I am more than sure that you will be capable of this.
If you would like to accept this position please contact us no later than the end of the month so that we can prepare for your arrival.
Yours sincerely
Dr Xi Win
The end of the month? That is our anniversary, the same time that I wanted to propose to Charlie and now he is going to leave me without even talking about this with me. He is going to go to England and leave me behind, why does he need me when he has his dream in his grasp now? If he wanted me to come with him he would have talked to me about this by now, I mean the letter arrived nearly a week ago!
I couldn’t help the tears that flew freely from my eyes, hot and stinging my face as I sobbed. He didn’t need me and he was going to leave alone without even giving me a chance to fight for us. My proposal would never happen because I could never ever make him choose between me and his dreams.
I feel shattered at the fact that he wasn’t going to tell me, was he just going to go and not look back? I was suddenly no longer upset about him leaving but angry and disappointed that he had kept this from me. I heard the door go and my breath hitched at hearing him shout out that he was home, I didn’t move I waited for him to find me.
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Charlie’s POV
I called out to the flat that I was home hoping that my beautiful man would walk out and pull me into his arms as he always does. I received no response though which made me instantly frown in worry, this wasn’t like Domingo he always told me if he was going out?
I walked through the rooms of the flat finding no one until I got to the bedroom and Domingo was sitting on the bed his back to me. I froze in the doorway because that was my side of the bed, I looked at the bedside cabinet and the drawer was open- oh no!
I wasn’t ready for this I still hadn’t decided what I was going to do about us, I think I knew I would end up taking the job but I didn’t know whether to beg him to come or let him have his own dreams.
“Domingo?” I spoke cautiously.
“When were you going to tell me about this Charlie?” He asked holding up the letter.
“I am sorry I didn’t know what to say.” I replied.
“How about giving me the chance to discuss this with you, how about the truth!” He snapped.
“Ok then, Dom I have been put forward for a transfer to Great Ormond Street children’s unit.” I said quietly.
“England?” He double checked.
“Yeah, England.” I replied.
“Are you going to go?” He said eyes filling up.
“Yes, I am sorry are you ok with that?” I asked.
“I can’t talk about this right now.” He said.
“Dom I want you to-“ I started but he walked passed me.
I watched as my best friend ran from me, unable to even look me in the eye. This was my dream job I didn’t want to give it up but I didn’t want to lose Domingo either, I was selfish!
“Please don’t let me go.” I whispered as he ran.
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