Will you come if I get married Chapter 11

couldn’t bear to see the boy I loved crushed by 

the weight of the world. 11

Jason’s Perspective 

1. 1. 

I met Lynn at the coffee shop next to our 

school. I was working, she was studying. She’d 

look up from her books sometimes, and our 

eyes would meet. She’d blush and look away. 

She started coming to the coffee shop more 

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often. I could feel her looking at me. I didn’t know her name then. Not until the first 

midterms, when she placed first and gave a speech during the school assembly. Smart, beautiful girls always attracted attention. 

One Saturday, a group of guys cornered her at the coffee shop, confessing their feelings. She rejected them all, graceful and aloof. “I like smart guys,” she’d said, pointing in my 

direction. That led to them harassing me, and 

ultimately, I lost my job. Even though I 

desperately needed the money, I couldn’t bring 

myself to resent her. I knew then that I was a 

goner. 

2. 2. 

I wasn’t smart back then, not academically. I 

was barely in the top 100, juggling multiple 

part–time jobs and skipping most of my 

classes, except the core subjects. Then I 

stopped skipping class. I don’t know why.. 

Maybe it was that vague confession of hers. 

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stopped skipping class. I don’t know why. 

Maybe it was that vague confession of hers. 

3. 3. 

By the end of sophomore year, I’d climbed to 

30th in the class rankings. Lynn was still first. 

Junior year, I was 12th. Lynn was first. End of 

junior year, I was first, and she was second. I 

gave a speech about my academic 

improvement. I recited the speech flawlessly, 

while simultaneously scanning the crowd for 

Lynn. It was strange, but in a sea of faces, I 

could always find hers. After the assembly, she 

found me. “Jason,” she said, grinning. “Very 

impressive. Smarter than me, huh?” 

4. 4. 

Senior year, we were in the same class. She 

had so many friends, it made me jealous. So I 

devised a plan a subtle way to link our names 

together. I learned to control my test scores. I’d 

let her be number one, then I’d take the top. 

spot back. Senior year was filled with exams. 

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Sometimes I miscalculated, and she’d hold onto 

first place for two tests in a row. She’d tease. 

me, “I’m number one again” She was so 

adorable. 

5. 5. 

My plan worked. I’d overhear teachers talking. 

“Lynn was first last time, Jason this time. Do 

you think they’re working together?” “No way, 

it’s just a coincidence.” But after the midterms. 

of senior year, my control was perfect. I thought 

I was so clever. Years later, after we were 

married, lying in bed, she told me she’d figured 

it out all along and was just playing along. 

6. 6. 

We got together during winter break of senior 

year. She’d had a fight with her mom and 

wandered out without her phone or any money. 

She ended up at the convenience store where I 

worked. She ate the equivalent of three hours 

of my wages that day. “How are you going to pay me back?” I’d joked. She’d smiled and said, 

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“How about I go out with you?” Logic told me 

to say no. But I didn’t. I liked her too much. 

7. 7. 

Senior year was hectic. I stopped working and 

focused on studying. That year, Lynn said, 

“Let’s both go to UCLA!” That year, she met my 

mom, who was very sick. And that same year, 

she said, “Jason, we need to break up.” 

8. 8. 

The day she broke up with me, I got drunk. My 

mom told me I’d called Lynn’s name in my 

sleep at the hospital. My mom was so 

distraught, she’d considered suicide. She 

blamed herself, thought she was a burden. But 

without her, there would be no me. And I 

wouldn’t have met Lynn. 

I resented the world back then, during our 

hardest times. But I realized that maybe 

everything I’d endured was so I could meet her. 

A few days after Lynn left, I saw her mother at 

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the hospital. Later, a doctor told me that an 

anonymous donor had paid for all of my mom’s 

medical expenses. It wasn’t hard to figure out. 

Lynn had made a deal – her leaving for my mom’s health. I didn’t blame her. At seventeen, love is easy to sacrifice. I shouldn’t have been a roadblock to her bright future. But I still hoped she’d wait for me. 

On her first birthday abroad, I sent her an email. 

I was afraid she’d fall in love with Europe and never come back. More than that, I was afraid she’d forget me. 

9. 9. 

She didn’t forget. Six years later, we were back together. I’d reached the top of my industry. I felt worthy of her. I proposed to her on live television, inviting her back to LA to marry me. She thought I was inviting her to my wedding. I was so annoyed. But it worked out. We fell in love all over again. 

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10. 10. 

My mom was fond of Molly and kept hinting about us getting married. I had zero interest. I’d paid her well for taking care of my mom, and I’d hired other caregivers. I barely remembered Molly from high school. I didn’t know how she’d 

become so close to my mom. I hadn’t said 

anything before, not wanting to upset my mom. 

But Molly crossed a line when she tried to 

sabotage my relationship with Lynn. That’s 

when I finally put my foot down. “I will never 

love you, Molly,” I’d told her. “Everything you’re 

doing is making me sick. Please, just stay away 

from me. I finally have Lynn back. I finally have 

her in my life. She’s been my only reason to 

keep going these past five years. I’m begging 

you.” 

It was the first time my mom had ever yelled at 

1. me. But I knelt before her and begged her to 

understand. Lynn was all I wanted. I endured. 

every harsh word she threw at me. I never 

It was the first time my mom had ever yelled at 

1. me. But I knelt before her and begged her to 

understand. Lynn was all I wanted. I endured 

every harsh word she threw at me. I never 

imagined Molly would lie about the donation, 

turning my mom against the woman I loved. 

Thankfully, the truth came out. 

11. 11. 

Lynn and I lost five years. But we have forever 

now. 

(The End)