Chapter 2 by Yinx

I starred after her 'She has a child not only a child but she in my class. How could I not seen this.' I watched them pull out of the parking lot. I grabbed my bag and head towards my car my mind still racing. 'One Lolovivi has a different last name 'Harrison'. But Mercedes wasn't wearing a ring.' I thought to myself as I drove out. My phone rang on my sync car system.

"Hey, Skye"

"Sammy how was your first day back at school"

"She's here, Skye"

"What who's there"?

"Mercedes".

"Mercedes you mean like the Mercedes Jones".

"Yeah" I couldn't help but smile.

"Wow"

"I know right."

"So how are you feeling"

"I… I don't know…I saw her in the hall she's teaching the other first grade class…her daughter is in my class… she's so beautiful, Skye like she hasn't changed since high school..."

"Hold the hell up a daughter, Sam is she married"?

"I didn't see a ring and her names the same"

"Modern era Sam we don't all wear rings or change our name anymore" I could tell by her tone she was rolling her eyes at me.

"I should call Kurt to see what he knows"

"Keep me posted on that, anyway you want to go out tonight"

"Sure, meet you there"

She hung up and I told the system to call Kurt

"Hey Sam"

"Hi Kurt"

"Sam before you start I'm going to say I don't know".

"What do you mean"

"You were going to ask if I knew Mercedes had a child or that she might be married right."

"Yeah I was"

"Well like I said I don't know. I just met her daughter today like you did."

"She doesn't have the same last name. Do you think she's married"

"No she would wear a ring...Mercedes would be wearing a ring... I guessing she's divorced or separated."

"I wish I had stayed I contact with her."

"Me too" he said quietly.

We were both silent for what seemed like forever.

Kurt broke the quietness "She been hurt deeply Sam did you notice that".

"Yeah I asked her about it and she would just change the subject."

"Whatever happened to her broke her spirit."

I nodded then realized he couldn't see me said "Yeah".

"Maybe we could help her find it again."

"That's a great plan Kurt"

"Okay well I've got to go" he said

I said good bye as I turned into the driveway of my home... It was supposed to be our home Mercedes and mine. It was a fixer upper when Mercedes and I found it our junior year in high school. My parents had helped me buy it as a graduation present and I spent weekends working on it hoping it would be done when we graduated from college. But she had broken up with me Christmas of our freshman year. I won't say I thought of burning it to the ground hadn't crossed my mind but the money my parents gave me set me straight. I finished it not knowing that I had put her wants into it.

I sighed as I went inside. I glanced at the clock on the stove. I had over and hour in a half to get ready to go out with Skye so naturally I sat down and watched Sport Center.

I met Skye at our usual gaming bar and we sat in our regular booth.

"This is new" she said to me smiling

"What"

"You grinnin' like a school boy at Christmas time."

I laughed "Sorry can't help it"

"Understandable. What was she like"

"Breath taking." I said. "She's a bit bigger but in the right place..."

"You have always been an ass man" she laughed at me

"She does have a great ass" I said licking my lips thinking of what her ass would feel like in my hands.

"Okay Sam stop picturing her naked and let's order."

We gave the waiter what we wanted and continued our discussion on Mercedes I told her what Kurt had said. And the waiter gave us our food.

"So he thinks that she's broken"

"Yeah" I said quietly as I pick at my steak

"Then why go after her if she's broken Sam this woman broke your heart by telling you she met someone better."

"I know what she did to me, Skye, thank you but I'm still in love with her." I had never said it out loud since we broke up but it was true I was still in love; deeply in love with this woman.

Skye put her hand over mine "I don't want to see you get hurt this time Sam."

I took her hand in mine and squeezed it. "I don't think I will I believe God has given us a second chance at our love"

"What if she doesn't love you back Sam what then."

I remember when our eyes met for the first time in over ten years "She still loves me Skye I saw it in her eyes. And I know she saw how I felt through mine. She's not broken she has just lost her spirit and I'm going to do all that I can to help her find it again." I pushes up my glasses and dove into my steak grinning as I thought of ways to get her back.