He frowned and turned onto his street, and I was relieved to see that Paris was sitting on Jess' front steps, looking peaceful (a strange look for Paris) reading the Iliad. She saw us stop in front of the house and stood up, hurrying over to her car. "You realize that grand theft auto is a felony in all fifty states." I laugh and when she see's us both smiling, she smiles (yet another strange look for Paris) I take it everyone is smiling and happy again, did you visit Munchkinland?"
"Ha, ha. Keep it up Paris we might have to stop at the hospital for my busted gut." Jess hurried into the house.
"What's his problem?"
"You scared him. I'm surprised that you aren't use to that kind of reaction."
"I'm good at it aren't" She says buffing her nails and blowing them off. "I take it you want me to drive home."
"I'd be eternally greatful."
"You will won't you." She hops back into her car and I venture up the steps and see Jess coming down the stairs carrying his army surplus bag.
"That's all you brought?"
"I hadn't decided if I was going to go back or not. You know I might've spoken to you on the phone if you'd waited another day." He deserved the punch in the arm he received a few seconds later. "You punch like a girl."
"Good." I sit down in the miniscule backseat, he joins me a few seconds later after loading his stuff into the trunk. I pull out his journal and hand it back to him. He opens to a particular page and shows it to me silently.
Sometimes we get
Second chances
Sometimes we never
Make it past the first
It really makes me wonder
Why some things happen
When they do
It really makes me wonder
Why it wasn't me
Instead of you
And when you say
It doesn't matter
Well it does
And all it takes is a mistake
To eat your words
Just one more time I think
I'll drive on home tonight
Sometimes
We never see the warning
And the voice in your head
Tells you not to go
It really makes me wonder
Why some things happen
When they do
It really makes me wonder
Why it wasn't me
Instead of you
And when you say
It doesn't matter
Well it does
And all it takes is a mistake
To eat your words
Just one more time I think
I'll drive on home tonight
And when you look
It's gone
It's too late to turn around
And it's another day
Facing yourself and
The things that you've done
And when you say
It doesn't matter
Well it does
And all it takes is a mistake
To eat your words
Just one more time I think
I'll drive on home tonight
It's then that I realize I'm at a cross roads of my life then and my life now. I'm not sure what direction I'm moving, I know things will never be the same, not between us, I think we've both grown a lot stronger, he's learned to trust. I've learned to think before I act and both of us have grown together, all I know is, I've come full circle.
**The End**
Yep, that's all folks. Maybe I'll do a sequel, maybe I'll do a whole new story with a whole new angle. I want to know what you guys like to read. WrItE mE a ReViEw PrEtTy PlEaSe. Tell my what you want to read!!! Maybe I'll do something interactive. Just let me know..KK.
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Second Chances-Michelle Branch