JORDAN POV
IT WAS THE SECOND WEEK OF THE TALENT SHOW AND I HAD YET TO SEEN HOPE SING HER SONG. I WAS WONDERING WHY SHE HADN'T PRACTICED IT IN FRONT OF US. IT WAS A SATURDAY AND I WAS HOME ALONE BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE OUT DOING SOMETHING. IT WAS ABOUT 3:45 WHEN MY PARENTS FINALLY WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR WITH TEAR STAIN EYES. THEY LOOKED OVER AT ME AND MY MOM SIGHED.
HOPE POV
I HAD JUST FINISHED HELPING MY DAD OUT AROUND THE HOUSE AND I DECIDED TO GO TEND TO MY GARDEN I PLANTED A FEW YEARS AGO. I HEARD A SCREEN DOOR SLAM AND SAW A FIGURE A COUPLE HOUSES DOWN GO IN THEIR BACK YARD. IT LOOKED LIKE JORDAN, SO I STARTED MAKING YM WAY OVER.
JORDAN POV
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. OH COULD IT HAPPEN, IN MY FAMILY OF ALL PLACES. I FINALLY LET ALL OF MY TEARS SPILL OUT OF MY EYES. I FEEL TO MY KNEES. IT ENDED UP THAT THE DAY BEGAN TO GET DARK EARLY.
HOPE POV
I SAW JORDAN ON HIS KNEES CRYING. I WASN'T SURE WHAT COULD BE MAKING HIM CRY. HE WAS ALL-ALONE AND HE WAS STARING INTO THE DARK SKY. MY HEART BEGAN TO MELT FOR HIM. HE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SO COLD AND I HAD NEVER SEEN A SOFT SIDE, BUT I WASN'T ALWAYS SO SURE. I ENDED UP STEPPING ON A STICK AND IT CRACKED. JORDAN TURNED AROUND QUICKLY. HE BEGAN TO GET UP AND WALK INSIDE. "JORDAN WAIT!"
JORDAN POV
I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED IN WHEN HOPE CALLED MY NAME. "WHAT?" I ASKED IN A MEAN TONE.
HER FACE WAS REALLY SOFT. "ARE YOU OK?"
I WIPED MY FACE REALLY QUICK. "YEAH." I LOOKED AWAY. "BESIDES YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND."
I BEGAN TO WALK IN AGAIN. "TRY ME JORAN MICHAEL TRAY." SHE HAD A LOOK OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT COULD I REALLY TELL HER MY PROBLEMS.
"NO. NOTHING IS WRONG HOPE ELIZABETH CARTER." I WALKED INSIDE MY HOUSE.
HOPE POV
I JUST STOOD THERE. HOW I WISH I COULD REACH OUT TO HIM. I JUST WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW I WAS THERE FOR HIM. OUT OF NOWHERE, A SONG POPPED INTO MY HEAD. I SMILED AND FINALLY DECIDED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SING.
OH NO, WHAT'S WRONG WITH JORDAN AND HIS FAMILY, AND HOW HAS JORDAN INSPIRED HOPE'S NEW SONG. READ THE NEXT CHAPTER TO FIND OUT.
IT WAS THE SECOND WEEK OF THE TALENT SHOW AND I HAD YET TO SEEN HOPE SING HER SONG. I WAS WONDERING WHY SHE HADN'T PRACTICED IT IN FRONT OF US. IT WAS A SATURDAY AND I WAS HOME ALONE BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE OUT DOING SOMETHING. IT WAS ABOUT 3:45 WHEN MY PARENTS FINALLY WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR WITH TEAR STAIN EYES. THEY LOOKED OVER AT ME AND MY MOM SIGHED.
HOPE POV
I HAD JUST FINISHED HELPING MY DAD OUT AROUND THE HOUSE AND I DECIDED TO GO TEND TO MY GARDEN I PLANTED A FEW YEARS AGO. I HEARD A SCREEN DOOR SLAM AND SAW A FIGURE A COUPLE HOUSES DOWN GO IN THEIR BACK YARD. IT LOOKED LIKE JORDAN, SO I STARTED MAKING YM WAY OVER.
JORDAN POV
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. OH COULD IT HAPPEN, IN MY FAMILY OF ALL PLACES. I FINALLY LET ALL OF MY TEARS SPILL OUT OF MY EYES. I FEEL TO MY KNEES. IT ENDED UP THAT THE DAY BEGAN TO GET DARK EARLY.
HOPE POV
I SAW JORDAN ON HIS KNEES CRYING. I WASN'T SURE WHAT COULD BE MAKING HIM CRY. HE WAS ALL-ALONE AND HE WAS STARING INTO THE DARK SKY. MY HEART BEGAN TO MELT FOR HIM. HE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SO COLD AND I HAD NEVER SEEN A SOFT SIDE, BUT I WASN'T ALWAYS SO SURE. I ENDED UP STEPPING ON A STICK AND IT CRACKED. JORDAN TURNED AROUND QUICKLY. HE BEGAN TO GET UP AND WALK INSIDE. "JORDAN WAIT!"
JORDAN POV
I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED IN WHEN HOPE CALLED MY NAME. "WHAT?" I ASKED IN A MEAN TONE.
HER FACE WAS REALLY SOFT. "ARE YOU OK?"
I WIPED MY FACE REALLY QUICK. "YEAH." I LOOKED AWAY. "BESIDES YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND."
I BEGAN TO WALK IN AGAIN. "TRY ME JORAN MICHAEL TRAY." SHE HAD A LOOK OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT COULD I REALLY TELL HER MY PROBLEMS.
"NO. NOTHING IS WRONG HOPE ELIZABETH CARTER." I WALKED INSIDE MY HOUSE.
HOPE POV
I JUST STOOD THERE. HOW I WISH I COULD REACH OUT TO HIM. I JUST WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW I WAS THERE FOR HIM. OUT OF NOWHERE, A SONG POPPED INTO MY HEAD. I SMILED AND FINALLY DECIDED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SING.
OH NO, WHAT'S WRONG WITH JORDAN AND HIS FAMILY, AND HOW HAS JORDAN INSPIRED HOPE'S NEW SONG. READ THE NEXT CHAPTER TO FIND OUT.