A Reunion chapter 2 by: Guitar Hero
Keith slowly approached Babette's house hoping she didn't hate him for leaving so unexpectedly ten years ago. When he left ten years ago he did not just bail on his mom and dad, he bailed on Stars Hollow. The people trusted him. He got into their hearts and their heads. He won over their trust and how did he repay them? He bailed on them. Stars Hollow was his family and he repaid them by turning his back on them. But, he has changed and he is going to show them how much he has changed!
Keith walked up to Babette's door and knocks on it. "Hello?" A short woman with a deep voice came to answer the door. "Hi Babette," Keith said preparing for the worst. "You should be ashamed of yourself, Keith!!" "Excuse me?" Keith asked knowing the answer. You left Stars Hollow without saying good-bye! Keith looked down in shame. "I know." She motioned for him to come inside and he excepted the invitation. All Keith could say to Babette was, "I am so, so, sorry. She shook her head knowing he had changed.
Keith knew he still had a long day of saying sorry to everyone in town. Keith had said sorry to Babette, Miss Patty, Taylor, and Dean. He still had a lot of people to say sorry to. Next up was the Reverend. The reverend was a very good friend to Keith. It took a lot of time to make up to the reverend, one of his best friends, but he excepted his apology, then gave Keith a hug. Two hours later Keith only had to apologize to Jesse, Ryan, Kevin, Jane, and of course the person he was hoping to not run into, Melissa.
He had soon apologized to everyone in Stars Hollow, well everyone except Melissa. Melissa was Keith's best friend. The relationship they had was exactly like Luke and Lorelai's relationship before they got together. Luke and Lorelai were different than just casual friends. Although they weren't exactly more than friends at the time. Luke and Lorelai were just like Keith and Melissa. Keith walked gingerly up the all to familiar porch steps then he remembered all the times he was a welcomed guest to the Cambridge's house. Keith was always invited to the Cambridge's house for dinner, tea, or sometimes just to hang out and watch movies.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. As weird as it sounded Keith would not mind if Melissa answered the door as much as he would mind if her mom would answer it 'cause her mom would hate him and throw him out. Fortunately Melissa opened the door. She tried to talk but she just could not form words much less sentences. Keith was trying not to stare at her, but she was too beautiful for words. Surprisingly, Melissa did not throw him in front of a moving car, which she had a pretty good reason why. She motioned for Keith to come into the house. Keith had a questioning look on his face which was code for is your mom home. Melissa knew Keith well enough to know what his question was. She shook her head no. They would talk in sentences, but not tonight. Tonight was a night for friends being reunited with old friends. Tonight was a night for silence, after all, actions speak louder than words.
She lead him upstairs to her room to talk. They sat on her couch quietly. Finally, Melissa managed to say something to Keith, the first time either one of them had said a word all night. "Keith." Keith was just one word, one word that said every emotion on the face of the planet. The strange part of her saying his name was how she said it. The word was not a noun. It was not a verb, part of a sentence, or an adjective. It was just what it was. Keith.
Melissa saw the tears welling in his eyes. She went into her closet and pulled out a bottle of scotch. She offered him the bottle and he gladly accepted the bottle. Keith took a long swig and gave the bottle to Melissa. She then also took a long swig and put the bottle on the table in front of them so they could grab it when needed. Keith knew that they would have to talk in full sentences, but not now. "So," the two old friends said. "I am so sorry. I should have kept in touch." Keith said with complete honesty. "Damn right you should kept in touch with me! I mean we were the best of friends!" A this moment she was being extremely loud. She sat there looking hurt and it just killed Keith to see her like this because he knew he was the one who caused all this pain. She started to cry. He caused the crying. Melissa was relieved to be rid of the pain she had been bottling up for ten long years.
It was 12:00. Keith had spent hours talking to his best friend after all these years apart. She had stopped crying long ago thanks to Keith's charm and honesty. Keith snuck into his parents house and decided to just sleep on the couch that night. Keith knew the people of Stars Hollow accepted him again for who he really was.
End of Chapter 2