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"Okay I’ll ju?"

"Helicopter ride over Grand Canyon"

"Really?" I’ve never been in a helicopter and it’s been years since I visited the Grand Canyon

"Yep" He sured between the bus and the hotels, you could use a little outdoors today"

"I love the Grand Canyon My dad and I went ca back soot around to it"

"I know" Dylan walks toured it would be a good choice for today I haven’t beento work on that over the next week" He leans down and kissesyou can take"

I let the shower rain down onto loosenaround the drain Dylan’s right, he hasn’t iven him the chance since the day Flynn Beckham walked into my life Maybe today is just e need Just what I need to finally know I’ht decision as the bus rolls on to California to along the river’s edge, yelling over the whirl of the chopper There’s aso that the pilot, Dylan and I can all hear each other

Dylan reaches for o back one day"

The pilot dips to the left, takingon me lately" He cups my face with his hand and runs his thumb back and forth on my cheek The contact feels…nice

The pilot’s voice comes over our headset as he points out spectacular views--the Hoover Das us over an extinct volcano and then flies deep within the canyon for otherworldly views of the Colorado River running between multihued rock formations that are millions of years old

I look down in awe of the natural beauty, a gift thoughtfully given by the man I’ve called my boyfriend for almost a year, and think to myself, the shade of blue in the shallow part of the river is almost the exact sah ht up yet, my heart has already made its decision

The ride back to the hotel in the town car is quiet Dylan’s gaze is troubled when he callsout the"Is everything okay, Lucky?" His forehead puckers to a frown that matches his lips

"Yes," I lie "I’ Guess I’ on the road any of it You need to stop getting up so early You get out of bed like you’re anxious to start the day"

I force a s one of us is Will cohtened look on ? You do want kids, don’t you?"

"Sure So time away"

"I don’t want to be forty-five when I start to have kids"

The ten-year age difference between us has never mattered "I’m nowhere near ready to have a baby, Dylan"

"We’ll have to negotiate that one"

"Negotiate?"