Title: She Didn't Have Time

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, except for Sophie.

Comments: The story is titled after Terri Clark's song, She Didn't Have Time.

Summary: He left her and their infant daughter all alone. She would have cried, but she didn't have time. She could've been afraid to fall in love that night but she didn't have time.

Terri Clark's song is the theme song to this story…

He said goodbye from the edge of the porch
like she'd been some casual friend
he said "your better off with out me
i'm not what you need"
like her momma had said about him
he started the car
pulled out of the drive
didn't waste any time lookin' back
she watched him go
thinkin' even a stranger
would show more compassion than that

she could've cried but she didn't have time
she had a baby to feed
a pink blanket to find
to rock their little one to sleep
she could've laid in bed for hours
giving misery the power
but she didn't have time

she got a sitter, she got a job
'cause she had a promise to keep
her day was a factory and evening survival
at night was exhaustion and sleep
sometimes she felt life was passing her by
and watching was all she could do
her friends said "you gotta get outta the house
and maybe you'll meet someone new"

she could've tried
but she didn't have time
she had a five year old to feed
she had ballet class, piano lessons
and t-ball little league
she could've laid awake for hours
giving lonely nights the power
but she didn't have the time

not time where would she find the time
to trust a man again
not time for that flat tire
a crowded parking lot and then
not time to just have coffee with the man
who got her tired fixed
she was thinking gosh he's handsome
when he asked " do you have kids"

she could've lied
but she didnt have time
all she said was "she's five"
he said "i saw the car seat I love kids
does she have your eyes?"
and they sat and talked for hours
giving destiny it's power
she could've been afraid
to fall in love that night
but she didn't have time

she could've been afraid
to fall in love that night
but she didn't have time

"How can you do this to me Lucky?" she yelled from the front porch, watching her husband leave.

"I'm not what you need. Remember what your mother had said when we first got married? You're better off without me in your life," Lucky said as he climbed into the car.

She screamed, "Rot in hell Lucky. Leaving our little girl without her father. You sorry bastard!"

"Goodbye Samantha," he said as he shut the car door and drove out of the driveway, not once looking back.

Sam watched him as he drove off, with tears in her eyes. Two years of marriage, down the drain. When she heard a cry come from inside the house, Sam immediately turned around and quickly walked into the baby's nursery. Picking up the little girl, she softly said, "Don't worry Sophie. Mommy's still here," Sam smiled when Sophie quieted down, "Okay hunny, let's find your blanket."

Shortly before nine o'clock that night, Sam sat in the rocking chair in Sophie's nursery; rocking her little one to sleep, with the pink blanket wrapped around her. She thought about Lucky and how much she hated him for leaving their daughter. If he wouldn't have stayed for Sam, why couldn't he have stayed for Sophie? She didn't know the answer to that question and felt she never would. She got up and gently laid the baby in the crib, then watched the little girl sleep. She hadn't even cried since she held Sophie from earlier that afternoon. She just didn't have the time.

Sorry, this chapter was really short. It's kind of a prologue to the story. Please comment!