Chapter 4
I drove up to the place where David and I had decided to meet. I
didn't really know what he looked like, but he had a general idea of what I
looked like. I found his car, only because he had told me what he drove. I
finally got up the courage to go inside. Usually I was never this nervous
about meeting anyone, heck, I had opened right up to Jason. But this was my
own flesh and blood, someone I had not known about for 17 years, and now
all of a sudden I was meeting him. I was pretty nervous. I wasn't sure
about him. I wasn't sure if what Jason said would turn out true..what would
he be like? Would we have anything in common? and how would he react to me?
Would he treat me like a brother after so many lost years? All those
questions and more were running through my head. When I looked behind me, I
had left the parking lot and made it inside the building. Just then a dark
skinned guy with short, brown hair came over to me. "Are you Tommy?" he
asked. I nodded. I figured this was David. He smiled and held out his hand.
"I'm David." he told me. He indicated the table that he had been sitting at
and invited me to join him. I sat down, not saying anything. He smiled at
me, putting me at ease only a little bit. "Are you nervous?" he asked. I
nodded. I was actually starting to like him. He nodded. "It's
understandable. To tell you the truth, I am too." he said. I looked at him
curiously. "How so?" I asked. He chuckled. "Well, for the same reasons you
are. I just found you after 17 years, and that makes it hard on me. I can't
do the things with you that I would of liked to have done. I missed out on
17 years with you. I'm nervous because I'm not sure how you're going to
react to me, and whether or not you will accept me as your brother." he
told me. I smiled. "The same reasons as me." I told him. He laughed. "We
already have something in common." I nodded. I already liked him, and I'd
only known him for about 5 minutes. He looked at me. "Listen Tommy. I'm not
sure what you want to do, or if you even want anything to do with me. But
I'm offering this proposal to you. I'd like to make it up to you for
missing out on 17 years of your life. That shouldn't have happened, we
should never have gotten seperated for this many years. I've known about
you for quite awhile, but I only just got up the courage to call you and
set up a time to meet. I know your upset at this, and that's
understandable, but at least give me a chance to be the brother I should be
to you." he said. I held up a hand to slow him down. "Slow down. First of
all, I'm not going to reject you, I have no reason to. If anything, I want
to get to know you. Second of all, I'm glad you called me. If that had been
me, I could have never gotten up the courage to do so." I explained. He
shook his head. "Sure you would have. You have the Trueheart blood in you,
you have the courage to do anything." he said. He laughed when he noticed I
was looking at him with a clueless expression on my face. So he explained
it to me.
