Chapter 5: The Moment Of Truth

AMANDA'S POV:

Early the next morning, my phone rang six times waking me up. As soon as I picked it up to answer, Mel texted me. The text read, "Girl, wake up, I want to hear all about your date last night!"

Instantly, texting her back, realizing there is another unopened text message. When checking on the text, it was from Antonio, It read, "Good morning beautiful." In an instant, my cheeks became a rosy red from blushing about his text. Before calling Mel, I texted Antonio, it read, "Good morning handsome."

When I called Mel, she heard the excitement in my voice.

She said, "Gosh, girl, why are you so excited this early in the morning?"

"Mel, you're not going to believe this. First let me say, our date went terrific! He took me to an exquisite restaurant, it was the most beautiful Italian place I'd ever been to. Then, earlier in the day yesterday, I got a call for a teaching job! You aren't going to believe where!"

"Where?" Mel asked. "In Italy, can you believe this, In Italy!" I said loudly.

Hearing Mel's excited voice made me happy!

"Can we meet at the cafe in about an hour?" I asked Mel.

"Yes, it sounds good. See you then." Mel replies.

While waiting at the cafe for Mel, Antonio texted me again, saying, "Hey babe, whatcha up too?" When I texted him back, I added a smiley face and said, "Just hanging at the cafe, I'm waiting for Mel to get here." His reply was, "Okay. Just wanted to ask you if you would like to come over to my condo when I get done with work?" I responded with an exclamation mark, "I'd love that!"

"Great, I'll pick you up around 4:00. He replied.

Mel walked into the cafe and she instantly saw the gleam on my face. She sat down and said, "Girl, now tell me all about the good news! I can't wait to hear it."

'Looking straight at Mel'

"He took me to an Italian restaurant called La Mangia. I've never even heard about it before. As soon as we arrived there, I could tell how beautiful it was going to be inside, just by the looks of the outside of the building. The inside was to die for, the food was amazing, and everything about last night was amazing. He even kissed my cheek! Our dinner was expensive too.

Mel's jaw started to drop, listening to me.

"Before we went on our date, I got a call from a school in Italy, offering me a teaching job! I'm taking the position as an Italian teacher in Italy. I'm moving out of this town. Can you believe this Mel?"

Mel stares at me in shock.

"Oh My Gosh, Amanda this is great news! But how do you feel about moving to Italy?"

"Well, I'm good with it, the only thing is, how do I tell Antonio? I haven't put much thought into that!" I replied.

"Just tell him that you are offered a job in Italy and you are going to move there, christ! It's not like you two have been together for a long time! I mean, just tell him." Mel said loudly with a smirk.

"He asked me if I wanted to go hang out with him at his condo after he got done working. Do you think mentioning it tonight will be okay? I'm just nervous, what if he never wants to talk to me again?" I said.

"Oh, Amanda. Stop. He's still going to talk to you, and yes, tell him tonight." Mel replied.

"Thank you, Mel, you're the best!" I said.

"I called off work today, just to figure out everything and to start getting things ready to leave, I have so much to get done before I go. My boss was not too happy that I called off, but what do I care, I'm leaving!" Melissa just looked at me when I told her about the call-off. It seemed like she was getting upset, but maybe it's just me, who knows.

After we talked, Melissa had to get to work. We both left the cafe. The card shop is just around the corner from the cafe. I'm going to pick up Antonio a card and give it to him tonight to show my thanks.

Arriving home quickly after, because it was getting close to the time Antonio would be picking me up, I had to jump in the shower and get ready. I'm just going to wear jeans and a t-shirt, nothing special since we are just going to his condo.

Antonio texted me, it said, "I'm on my way, babe!" I replied, "Okay, I'm ready."

Antonio arrived at my house and greeted me at the front door. We walked to his car, he opened the door for me, then he got in and we left.

When we arrived at his condo, we walked in, and again, my eyes became wide open. This condo is gorgeous. The furniture is brand new like it has never been used, and the kitchen is spotless like it has barely been used. Antonio shows me around his condo, everything looks like it has never been used before.

He seated me on the love sofa and offered me a glass of wine. He brought us a glass of wine and set it on the glass table in front of the love sofa. He sat close to me with his arm around my shoulders. Suddenly, he starts kissing me, passionately. We kissed so passionately that our tongues touched, multiple times. When our lips parted, he smiled and said, "that was nice!"

"Yes, I liked that!" I whispered to him.

'This is the moment of truth, I'm going to tell him that I'm moving.'

"Antonio, I gotta tell you something!" I stuttered.

"What is it, babe?" He replied.

Speechless for a moment.

"I'm moving to Italy!" The school in Italy offered me a teaching position! I could not be any happier than I am now!" I said.

"Really?" Antonio's reply.

"Yes. And I'm taking the position! How amazing does this sound?" I asked.

Antonio became silent, he didn't say anything after mentioning it to him.