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Jason smiled at his reflection, he was an attractive guy and he knew it. Blonde hair and dark green eyes coupled with a charming, Colgate, white smile and an athletic build made him practically irresistible to the ladies he frequently courted. Especially after his latest accomplishment, pitching two no hitters in a row. Jason was good no doubt about it, and he made sure that everyone around him was aware of it. He picked up his iPhone and dialed, it rang a few times, and the voice of a teenage girl picked up on the other end. "Hello?"
Jason smiled "Hey babe. Ready to go?"
Jason could hear the annoyance in her voice "I asked you not to call me that."
He chuckled "Come on Amanda, you know you enjoy it!"
"I'd like it even more if you stopped calling me that!" the girl on the other line said although he could hear the smile in her voice.
Jason smirked "Alright fine, pick you up at 7:00?"
"That sounds great!"
Jason ended the call and made sure he had a condom in his wallet. Although he doubted he would actually use it, he still remained hopeful. Normally it would have been a non-issue, his good looks practically guaranteed him access and if that failed, the fact that he was only seventeen and already being scouted by the MLB was enough to seal the deal on even the prudest of women. Amanda however was different, she was nothing like the rest of the girls in his school that wore skimpy little dresses and threw themselves at him. She was…pure and a challenge and he had always liked a challenge. Jason checked himself one more time, before grabbing his leather jacket and heading down stairs. As always he found his father, laying on the couch with a beer bottle in one hand and several empty ones around the room. Donald Tucker was an alcoholic, who had never worked a day in his life. Not that he needed to, considering the large sum of money he had inherited. Jason loved his father but his weakness angered him, there was a time when his father was able to hold off on drinking, back when his mother was alive. As soon as his mother died, Donald had spiraled into a deep depression and had left eleven year old Jason to raise himself. Jason turned his father on his side and threw a blanket over him.
"Good night dad."
Jason stared confusedly at the attractive girl in front of him. Dinner had gone perfectly, there was none of the awkwardness that went with the first date. They had discussed their lives, their hopes, and their philosophies on life. Jason had even found himself getting lost in her blue eyes, but he stopped himself. He didn't do girlfriends or love, he simply hit it and quit it as his friend Mando had so eloquently put it. Still the date had gone better than expected, that is till she build out her bible.
Amanda smiled sweetly at him "I know this is weird but please hear me out?"
Jason almost groaned, but instead he smiled and nodded "Anything for you babe."
Amanda gave him a grateful smile that made his heart skip a beat. She flipped her worn bible open before looking at him "first things first, are you a follower of Christ?"
He was taken aback by the intensity of the question. Jason had to think about it, he had gone to church when his mother was alive but he couldn't really say that he was a Christian but he wasn't Jewish either and his mother had been a hardcore Christian so he figured he qualified "Um I guess" he answered growing more uncomfortable by the minute.
"Why do you say that you are?"
"Well my mom was a Christian and I'm not Jewish or a Muslim so…"
Amanda smiled at him, she leaned forward and rested her hand on his "Honey, I don't think that makes you a Christian actually I know it doesn't."
Jason's defenses immediately came up again "How do you know that?"
"Because the Bible talks about having a personal relationship with Christ?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"It means knowing him, not knowing of him."
Jason was starting agitated "huh?"
She smiled "It means just knowing his name and facts about him isn't enough. You have to realize that he is your only hope, that he loved you enough to bear the full cost of your sins, you have to surrender."
Jason scowled, the evening was going downhill...Fast "Surrender?" he smirked "What are the consequences if I don't surrender?" he said his fingers forming air quotes around the word surrender.
Without missing a beat she said "You go to hell, or get left behind when he comes back."
Jason rolled his green eyes "Comes back? Oh yea I remember that's when your God comes back and takes all the good people with him right?" he said his voice dripping with sarcasm
"It's not about being good."
"Yea yea save it!" he was beyond frustrated now "If God is so great why did he let my Christian mother die a slow and painful death because of cancer!"
Amanda at him with deep sorrow in her eyes "Jason God loves you, he loved you enough to die a horrible death just so you could be with him." Tears filled her eyes "Don't waste this chance…especially if you want to see your mother again."
Jason was surprised at the sincerity in her voice, she truly did care. However his heart was to hard "No, I can't follow someone I can't even see."
"What would it take? To get you to believe I mean."
Jason pursed his lips "I guess…Maybe if God did something big and extraordinary…Something that modern science would have a hard time explaining it. Maybe then I'd believe."
Amanda gave him a small smile "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it."
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