Luke
Ten Years Later
Nothing is Too Wonderful to be True- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
"Babe, you need to get out of bed. It's past 7."
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"Honey, you have to go to work."
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"Fine. You asked for it."
I rolled over and covered my head with the blanket, feeling exhausted. I'd been at the hospital late the night before and was supposed to be at work at 7:00 the next morning, which was already an hour later than my usual arrival time.
All of a sudden, eight hands and feet jumped on top of me.
"Dad, wake up!"
I groaned.
"Wake up!"
Riley sat on the edge of the bed and shook my arm. "Your kids are telling you to do something, dad."
I pulled the blanket away from my face to look at them. "Why aren't you at school?"
Jules fell over onto me, and her blonde curls covered the pillow. She was seven going on thirty, and let everyone know it.
"Snow day!" She said, giggling. "Mom says you can't go to work either."
I shook my head and sat up, rubbing my eyes.
"Honey, I can't stay home. I have someone coming in who needs to have a baby."
My son sat on my lap and handed me a toy figure of Santa Claus.
"Dr. Stevens called and is taking over the operation." Riley said. "We got two feet of snow last night, Luke."
My responsibility kicked in for a minute, but there was still my lazy twenty year old side that was telling me to just stay home and sleep. Not that I really had a choice anyway. I looked out the window and they were right.
"Well then I guess we're going to be home today." I said, kissing the top of Jack's head. He looked up at me, his eyes so blue they were almost silver. His hair was both unnaturally white and perfect, turning heads whenever we went anywhere. People asked if I dyed my two year olds hair, and I just smiled. "It's a family trait," I'd always say.
"I have to work for a while on the Robinson house." Riley said, standing and moving towards the door. "Do me a favor and get the crazies breakfast?"
I winked at her and got out of bed.
The rest of the day was normal. Jack and Jules worked on Christmas cookies, snowmen, and watched too many Disney movies. They had me tell them stories, including why we'd named them Jack and Jules.
"Why, daddy?" Jules had asked me with this wide eyed look on her face, making it impossible to be frustrated about the fact that I'd explain this every day for the past three years.
"We named you Jules because your grandmas name was Jules."
"Where is she?"
"She died." I had to said simply. But how do you explain death to a seven year old?
"And we named Jack, 'Jack', because I knew someone named Jack once."
"Was he your friend?"
I smiled. "Yeah. We were best friends."
Jess and Sarah called after Lunch. They planned on stopping by with their baby, Rory, the next day. They'd gotten married after dating for six years, and were honestly the happiest couple I'd ever seen.
Around three o'clock was their nap time, which meant I had a solid forty five minutes without kids.
That meant one thing.
"Have I ever told you how sexy you look with glasses?"
Riley looked up from her desk and leaned against her bent wrist. "I think you might've mentioned it once or twice."
I sat on her desk and looked at the papers she was signing.
"What is this?" I asked, holding up one that looked interesting. Interesting meaning, of course, life changing.
She bit her slip and smiled.
"I was going to wait until tomorrow, when we went out to dinner."
After a minute, I had to motion for her to continue.
"Harrison Architecture Firm asked me to partner with them."
My eyes widened. Harrison was the most important, highly esteemed Architecture businesses in Chicago.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, I am."
I moved around to the other side of the desk and hugged her, wondering how our lives had ended up so great.
We were successful, our kids were gorgeous, our families were great, and our marriage was great. Something was going to go wrong.
"Just enjoy it, Luke." She said quietly. "This isn't an ending. This is a beginning."
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"Daddy, tell us a story."
I settled back on Jules's bed, smiling. They were in bed, and I was itching to get into mine.
"A story? It's late, guys."
"Please?"
God, these kids. I swear, Jules could make me do anything.
"Fine." I said with mock frustration. You guys get me every time."
Riley came into the room, picked up Jack, and sat next to me. My arm automatically found its way around her waist and she leaned her head against my shoulder. My family was here. We were safe, warm, and complete.
"Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack. But that wasn't his only name…"
A/N.
The End.
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The moments that make up our lives are the same moments that destroy us. They're the moments that cripple us, and suffocate us. They're same moments that force us to grow, and strengthen ourselves. The moments are what keeps us from making the same mistakes, and making more. They're what define us.
But what if you couldn't remember them?
They found me on a bus in Dallas. I didn't have anything on me that could identify myself, and I didn't have my memories. They were all gone.
They called me Jess. I made a new life with a new family in a new town. Six years later, I was doing fine.
Then the voices came.
They told me what I needed to do, and helped me do it. They knew things about me that I didn't, and I wanted to learn. I needed to learn, no matter the cost.
So I listened.
A new moment was born. A moment of destruction.
A moment of chaos.
A moment with the Voices.