(Lucas writing in italics)
Devotion is a sublime word in the English language.
It is something we hold dear as a standard but fail to live up to.
Keith looked over the city, from his vantage point. He knew he would be grounded. At this point he didn't care. It didn't matter anyways.
It is something that could our existence apart when we share equal devotion to more then one person or group.
Mr. Burke sat on his back porch and watched the river. He drank his beer and thought. His two youngest were almost adults now. Some much he had missed since his second wife had passed on.
He spent two many hours away. He would work his nights and his day shifts and take what ever Over Time he was offered. His late-wife Darcey always understood that he had to work extra, not just to support the family but also to pay for college.
His job also gave him suck a charge. He was alive there. Also she understood his other commitment outside his job.
He looked down at two pictures. One had Bobbi-Lee, Huck and Kelly in. It was the last one taken of all three of them. The other was of a blonde haired woman a few years older then Bobbi-Lee.
He sighed and went back to drinking his beer. He eventually pulled his Dale Earnhardt hate down over his eyes and stroked his fu Manchu. It would be a few hours before he went to bed.
Devotion makes us go the extra mile, even though we do not know where it leds.
Angela was surfing her computer. She looked up at her emails and then later she checked the High School Basketball Scouting reports. She smiled that she was mentioned a few times.
Finally she looked up a band online and waited to see when they would be playing nearby.
Devotion gets you the greatest thing you want.
Lucas cuddled up closer to Peyton. Just his presents would usually kept the nightmares to a minimum. But they wouldn't end until she went on her yearly pilgrimage.
Devotion allows you to make the tough decisions.
Brooke sat on the hospital bed that Chastity laid in. She rubbed her seventeen year old daughters head. She smiled as she looked at the mini-her and knew she made the right decision.
Devotion gives us strength to carry on and fight for what we know is right.
Nathan stood in the Bobcat's training complex and started to move his stuff into his locker. It had been a long hard road but he was here finally. The beginning of the end and in five short seasons he and Haley would be able to enjoy retirement together.
Devotion puts us in between a rock and a hard place.
Bobbi-Lee came into the office early as always. The staff of the House of Davis always started early for some reason. They were driven by their boss who wanted perfection and dedication, and only hired the people she thought fit that bill. But today the office seemed different, people seemed out of place.
The Business Manager/Assistant to Ms. Davis was waiting for Bobbi-Lee in her work space when she got there.
"Excuse me, Ms. Burke, Ms. Davis would like to see you in her office," Marshall said.
Bobbi-Lee nodded and walked over to the corner office. She knocked on the door and Brooke looked up from her paper work on the desk.
"Bobbi-Lee, please come in and close the door."
Bobbi-Lee stepped in and closed the door. She looked over at the owner of the Design House.
"Ms. Davis, what is up?"
"Sit down," Brooke said, "and I'll guess you've noticed something different about the staff today."
Bobbi-Lee sat down and looked at Brooke, "Yes I did."
"It was just announced, that Marshall will be taking over running the business end of the House of Davis and the New York Office. I will be creating a personal staff and moving to North Carolina for the good of my family."
Bobbi-Lee nodded. "So what will happen to the New York Staff?"
"Nothing they will still do the bulk of the grunt labor and I'll be up here once a week to inspect the prototypes and designs. I'll still have creative control and input on sketches. But the North Carolina stuff will work on the high end stuff with me."
Bobbi-Lee nodded. "Since I'm the junior designer her, I'm being let go?"
Brooke shook her head. "On the contrary, you are my most promising person and I want to work with you more, and more directly. I'm offering you a position on my personal North Carolina Staff."
