Part 1
Jo looked over at the sleeping 8 month old in her car. She smiled. She was glad she had Luke in her life. He was probably the only good thing that came out of her relationship with PJ. It still hurt her to think about him. But PJ was her past. And Luke was her future. So why was she pulling off the highway to Mt Thomas right now? No, it wasn't to beg PJ to come back to her, as you might think. It was to see her parents. So Luke could spend his first Christmas with his grandparents. As she pulled into her parents' driveway Luke woke up. Her mum came out of the house and opened her door.
"Hello dear, how are you?"
"Hi mum, I'm good."
"And how's my favorite grandson?"
"Why don't you ask him yourself," Jo said, pointing to the backseat, "He just woke up."
Bev picked up Luke from his car seat and carried him inside. Jo followed, struggling with her bags, before Jeff came out and took them off her.
"Let me take these for you."
"Thanks dad."
He put his arm around his daughter and they walked inside together.
~~~~~~ Later that evening ~~~~~~~
The bauble rolled lopsidedly across the carpet and stopped in front of Jo's fluffy slippers. The baby laughed and lifted the empty bauble box over his head.
"Luke, you're supposed to put the decorations on the tree, not everywhere else," laughed Jo, gathering up the baubles.
"Mama, kijuokietshrem." He babbled back.
"Really?" asked Jo
"You didn't tell us he could talk, Joanna," Bev said, picking Luke up off the floor.
"Well you never asked." Jo replied, putting the finishing touches on the Christmas tree.
"Well go put some clothes on, we're going out for dinner." "Out? Where?" Jo asked.
"A nice little family restaurant near St David's." answered Jeff, coming out of the kitchen.
"Ok then, I'm going," Said Jo as she got up to go get changed.
~~~~~~~~ Half an hour later ~~~~~~~
The restaurant they were going to just happened to be BYO drinks, so Jo was in the Imperial getting a bottle of wine.
Jo walked into the Imperial and went up to the bar. Chris came over and recognised her.
"Jo?" She asked, "Is that you?"
"Er.hi," Jo said sheepishly.
"Oh, I haven't seen you for ages! How are you?"
"I'm good, can I please have a bottle of red wine?"
"Yeah sure," said Chris, reaching for the shelf that has the wine on it, "Which one?"
"Surprise me," Jo said.
Chris rummaged around on the shelf and handed Jo a bottle of wine.
"Here you go," she said, "So what's the big occasion?"
"Oh just family dinner," replied Jo, handing Chris $20 to pay for the wine.
"Oh no, it's on the house," Chris said, rejecting Jo's money, "so how long are you staying for?"
"Umm, not long, probably just the next two weeks till Christmas and then maybe a week or so after that."
"Oh, I was hoping you were back for good," Chris said.
"Nah, just for a holiday. But it would be nice to live here again." Jo replied.
"Well we should catch up while you're here," said Chris, wiping down the bar.
"Yeah good idea. I better go, Dad's waiting."
Jo turned and walked out of the pub but on the way out she bumped into PJ, who had a blonde slut hanging off him. They looked into each other's eyes for a second, before Jo rushed out past PJ and into the night.
~~~~~ Later that night ~~~~~
Jo rolled over and looked at the picture on the bedside table. It had been taken when the heelers went to the beach one day. Ben had taken it when he was watching her and PJ having a water fight in the surf. She smiled at the memory. They had been so happy then. She wished things hadn't changed so much, for Luke's sake at least. It would be better for him if he had his dad around. But it's no use hoping for the impossible. Still, it couldn't hurt to dream.
~ I still believe that we can be together.
If we believe that true love never has to end,
Then we must know that we will love again.
I still believe, some day you and me
Will find ourselves in love again.
I had a dream, some day you and me,
Will find ourselves in love again ~
Jo looked over at the sleeping 8 month old in her car. She smiled. She was glad she had Luke in her life. He was probably the only good thing that came out of her relationship with PJ. It still hurt her to think about him. But PJ was her past. And Luke was her future. So why was she pulling off the highway to Mt Thomas right now? No, it wasn't to beg PJ to come back to her, as you might think. It was to see her parents. So Luke could spend his first Christmas with his grandparents. As she pulled into her parents' driveway Luke woke up. Her mum came out of the house and opened her door.
"Hello dear, how are you?"
"Hi mum, I'm good."
"And how's my favorite grandson?"
"Why don't you ask him yourself," Jo said, pointing to the backseat, "He just woke up."
Bev picked up Luke from his car seat and carried him inside. Jo followed, struggling with her bags, before Jeff came out and took them off her.
"Let me take these for you."
"Thanks dad."
He put his arm around his daughter and they walked inside together.
~~~~~~ Later that evening ~~~~~~~
The bauble rolled lopsidedly across the carpet and stopped in front of Jo's fluffy slippers. The baby laughed and lifted the empty bauble box over his head.
"Luke, you're supposed to put the decorations on the tree, not everywhere else," laughed Jo, gathering up the baubles.
"Mama, kijuokietshrem." He babbled back.
"Really?" asked Jo
"You didn't tell us he could talk, Joanna," Bev said, picking Luke up off the floor.
"Well you never asked." Jo replied, putting the finishing touches on the Christmas tree.
"Well go put some clothes on, we're going out for dinner." "Out? Where?" Jo asked.
"A nice little family restaurant near St David's." answered Jeff, coming out of the kitchen.
"Ok then, I'm going," Said Jo as she got up to go get changed.
~~~~~~~~ Half an hour later ~~~~~~~
The restaurant they were going to just happened to be BYO drinks, so Jo was in the Imperial getting a bottle of wine.
Jo walked into the Imperial and went up to the bar. Chris came over and recognised her.
"Jo?" She asked, "Is that you?"
"Er.hi," Jo said sheepishly.
"Oh, I haven't seen you for ages! How are you?"
"I'm good, can I please have a bottle of red wine?"
"Yeah sure," said Chris, reaching for the shelf that has the wine on it, "Which one?"
"Surprise me," Jo said.
Chris rummaged around on the shelf and handed Jo a bottle of wine.
"Here you go," she said, "So what's the big occasion?"
"Oh just family dinner," replied Jo, handing Chris $20 to pay for the wine.
"Oh no, it's on the house," Chris said, rejecting Jo's money, "so how long are you staying for?"
"Umm, not long, probably just the next two weeks till Christmas and then maybe a week or so after that."
"Oh, I was hoping you were back for good," Chris said.
"Nah, just for a holiday. But it would be nice to live here again." Jo replied.
"Well we should catch up while you're here," said Chris, wiping down the bar.
"Yeah good idea. I better go, Dad's waiting."
Jo turned and walked out of the pub but on the way out she bumped into PJ, who had a blonde slut hanging off him. They looked into each other's eyes for a second, before Jo rushed out past PJ and into the night.
~~~~~ Later that night ~~~~~
Jo rolled over and looked at the picture on the bedside table. It had been taken when the heelers went to the beach one day. Ben had taken it when he was watching her and PJ having a water fight in the surf. She smiled at the memory. They had been so happy then. She wished things hadn't changed so much, for Luke's sake at least. It would be better for him if he had his dad around. But it's no use hoping for the impossible. Still, it couldn't hurt to dream.
~ I still believe that we can be together.
If we believe that true love never has to end,
Then we must know that we will love again.
I still believe, some day you and me
Will find ourselves in love again.
I had a dream, some day you and me,
Will find ourselves in love again ~