Chapter 44
Anya
There are so many emotions scrambling my brain I can’t sort them straight anymore. The main one being my nervous excitement to surprise Kodi tomorrow. Carrie helped me find the perfect gift when we were shopping and was just . . . she was the real MVP of the whole thing, honestly.
I don’t know what I would have done without her. I miss her already, and that’s so weird for me because I’ve never had an attachment to another girl like this, and I definitely didn’t expect it to come in the form of the girl my mate—now fiancé—used to mess around with, but here we are.
Now, Kodi and I are working together to wrap the presents we bought his parents and put them under the tree with everything else already resting there. Carrie gave me some professional present wrapping tips. Kodi’s mad it’s my first time and all mine look better than his.
We’re wearing the matching Christmas pajamas that Kodi got us as part of a new Christmas tradition that’s all ours.
His parents’ sitting room couldn’t look any more like a Christmas commercial than it does right now.
I thought I hated Christmas; it turns out I just hated being alone and feeling unloved.
Kodi has taken my life and completely turned it on its end. I don’t even recognize the old version of Anastasia Greene anymore, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I also managed to call the hockey scout while I was out with Carrie and let them know I would have to decline their offer at this time.
Hockey isn’t my whole life anymore and while I love the sport and everything that’s come from playing it, I want to find out what else there is in this life to love when the doors and windows are wide open.
The thought reminds me that when winter break ends, I’ll have to leave this magical place to finish college, and that kind of sucks. I already know I’ll miss it every minute that I’m away. It’s a piece of me now. But it will give me time to finish school, graduate, and make a plan.
We’ve talked about our future a little bit, but there are definitely more in-depth conversations and planning that needs to happen. All of that can wait until we get back to Phoenix and the rest of the real world, though. For now, we’ll just enjoy every enchanted moment we can.