Wednesday Afternoon around the woods at Collinwood

David was walking around the woods at Collinwood. He had something on his mind that he had to think about. Maggie had asked him if he was finding the lesson plans boring, and then he told her that he was. She suggested that maybe he would do better if he went to school now since he was a teenager and be around other teenagers as well. He told her that he had to think about it since it had been a long time since he had attended a real school.

As he was walking, he spotted his new friend Jill, and smiled at her. He approached her and they sat down on a tree log that was there. She smiled at him and then spoke to him.

"David, on Saturday make sure that you stay at home after the cook out in the afternoon. Please do not go the show that will be there that night. It's very important that you have someone, or find a way to get home." She told him with sadness in her voice.

"Why Jill? Is something going to happen on Saturday night? If so, I have to tell someone." He told her in a worried voice.

"You can't David because there are events that are set into motion that cannot be changed. You will learn of a major change that will affect everyone here at both Collinwood and Collinsport. Just be accepting of the announcement that will happen from your family David." She told him with a worried look on her face.

"What's going to happen and what's this announcement that will happened? Please tell me." He said with a pleading look.

"I can't David. Now I must go because someone is coming. I will see you again soon." Jill said with a smile on her face while vanishing before his eyes.

David heard the bushes rustling, and then he saw his cousin Brian's friend Maverick. Maverick saw David, and spoke with him.

"Hey kiddo, what are you doing out here?" Maverick asked David.

"I was walking through the woods with something on my mind. And I decided to stop here to think about it." David told him.

"That's good to hear someone like you to do something thinking. Reminds me of the things I use to do when I was your age." Maverick said while lighting a cigar.

"What did you use to think about?" David asked while seeing Maverick puffing on his cigar.

"Oh a lot of things. Like the time I met your cousin for the first time. I was in a tight spot with some people, and he offered to help me if I went to work with him while he was on some jobs that he had to do." Maverick said while remembering those days during the War.

"So you took him up on his offer then, and started to work with him." David wanted to know.

"Nah, I told him let me have a day or so to think about it because I had owed some people money that I could not pay back." Maverick said more to himself that to David.

"So why didn't you start to work with him then?" David asked.

"Because I thought I could find a way by myself because I had to do things myself while growing up. I then saw there was no way out, and looked Brian up real fast and he help me with the problem that I was having." Maverick told David.

"So you two have been together since then." David said with a smile on his face.

"That I did kid. So what's your problem then that would bring you out here."

"I have to think if I want to attend a real school now instead of the lesson plans that Maggie keeps coming up with."

"If I was you kid, I would go with the school. There you can meet other kids and maybe a girl or two to ask to a movie or something." Maverick said while remembering his wild teenage years.

"That sounds like I will do that Maverick! I will tell Maggie that I would like to attend school, and hopefully make some friends now! Thanks for your help! I'll see you around!" David said while heading back to Collinwood.

Maverick sat on the log a bit longer, and he could have sworn he smelled a scent that he had not in a long time! I thought he recognized it, but it couldn't be! She was dead, and she was buried back in New York! There had to be somebody that had that same perfume that Jill use to wear for Brian! He could not get the smell out of his senses until he left the log and headed back to the Old House.

He didn't see Brian around, but saw Willie. He asked Willie where Brian was, and Willie told him that he went into town about something. Maverick thanked Willie and decided to head towards Kennebunkport to see if that girl he met a couple of days ago was working at the bar he was at. Maybe this one would be the one for him this time. Only time will tell with Maverick and everyone in the Collins family for what the future holds for them.