Authors Note: This is in response to the jello forever April challenge "Wish". This has accompanying art work that can be found over on my live journal: http:// kathiann. livejournal. com/8265. html just take out the spaces. almost true drabbles, 205 words total.

Wishing,Hoping, Believing, That He Will Change

I wish Jane would stop fighting me. I feel like I'm doing the same thing over and over, the same way, and expecting a different result.

Hoping that telling him not to do something will actually get him to not do it. Like, when Hightower told him to behave or I was out. I thought, hoped, wished, that he would do it; that he could change.

But no. If anything he took advantage of being the golden ticket to act out even more. It bothers me, but what can I do? I guess I'll just keep doing the same thing, hoping, wishing, that against the odds the outcome will change.


What I Mean Is I Love You

I know she thinks I'm taking advantage of Hightower; that I don't listen, but I do. She doesn't know that I used my "power" for good. That the only reason Hightower didn't jump down her throat at my latest "stunt" was because I asked her not to. I wish one day that I could tell her. But I know I can't. I can't do anything to damage our relationship, the only one that I've had since my wife died. She's too important to me to let something as silly as emotions get in the way.