"What would you like to do today Ryan?" I asked him.
I could see he was thinking, both of us not really sure on what to do.
"We could go out for lunch? Go shopping? I want to buy you something to remember me is that okay?" I asked him.
"Really like I could ever forget you Tom." Ryan said smiling.
"I want to buy you a piece of jewelry, your choice, but something really nice that you can wear for the rest of your life if you choose to do so." I suggested.
Ryan only smiled, I hoped I could find something that would make him smile when he looked at it thinking of our wild weekend together. We had a light breakfast, a shower dressed up and out the door,
We decided to try the mall check out the jewelry stores in there, I did not want to make the choice for him I wanted it to be something that would make him see me when he looked at it. He tried on rings, bracelets, nothing that really caught his eye. We tried two other jewelry stores ending up back at the first one, the lady suggested a chain, Ryan tried on different ones, one finally caught his eye, a gold serpentine chain, it looked amazing on him. Ryan looked at it and then again, he had a tear in his eye, I knew this was the one.
I paid her for it, buying insurance if it was lost or stolen or damaged he could get the same or something similar to replace it. Ryan hugged me after I paid for it, I held him till he composed himself.
"Lets go for lunch Babe." I said to him.
Ryan stayed close to me as we exited the mall, his arm intertwined into mine like I would leave him there. Ryan kept putting his hand to the chain to make sure it was still there. We found a really nice place for lunch our second date, we toasted to a fun weekend, to some amazing sex,and to the future, whatever it may bring.
Ryan still kept bringing his hand to his neck to make sure the chain was still there. We talked about his choices for university, which one he preferred to attend. Most were quite far away but they were much better than anything in the area.
"Ryan you have to make the right choices for you, staying close to here is not the right choice, you need to attend one that will get you somewhere in life." I said to him.
"But Tom I want to be able to be close to you, I want to be able to see you as much as possible." Ryan said to me.