A LATE NIGHT TALK (part 2)
JJ woke up the next morning to the familiar sounds of his mother making breakfast. He sat up in bed and noticed that Will was already up. JJ threw on a shirt and walked downstairs.
"Good morning JJ," Helen Pryor said as he sat at the table. "Did you sleep well?" "Is slept alright. I'm still a little tired though," JJ said tossing a glance in Meg's direction. "Well, if you'd stay in bed at night you guys wouldn't be tired, now would you?" Jack Pryor said as he walked in to the kitchen. "Helen, is my tie straight? I've got a big meeting today and I want to look good." "Yes dear, you're tie is straight," Helen said, smiling at him. JJ glanced towards his father. "Ha, I knew it was you. I don't mind that much. But, don't make it an every night habit." "Oh, that. Me and Meg just couldn't sleep. So we got up and talked."
"That's alright," Jack finished his orange juice and stood up from the table. "Well, I'm off. Wish me luck at my meeting!" "Good luck dad!" all four kids said together. "Good luck dear," Helen said as she walked him to the door. "Now, how about we start getting ready for school, okay?" Helen said when she came back into the kitchen. "School. S-C-H-O-O-L. School." Patty spelled out. "Mom! Could you please tell Patty to stop spelling! She's really getting on my nerves again!" Meg asked as she cleared the table. "Patty, please don't start that again!" Helen called back clearly aggrivated also. "C'mon Will. Let's go get ready, okay?" JJ said lifting Will up into the air. "But..." "No, buts, let's go." JJ carried Will up the stairs and placed him on his bed. "Find your clothes and I'm going to go and take a shower, alright?" "Okay," Will said, climbing off the bed. JJ grabbed his clothes and headed for the bathroom. Once there, he realized he now had time to himself and time alone with his thoughts, which could be good or bad. While the water poured over him, all he could think about was Beth. *Damn! Get your head together* he thought. * You can't stay focused on this girl forever!* a little voice in his head said. * Oh yes you can. If you really love her, you'll do whatever you can to get her back!* another voice said. "Great. I'm losing my mind now!" JJ said, shutting off the water. "JJ! Hurry up! It's almost time for the bus to come!!" He heard his mom call. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" he called back. JJ got dressed and walked downstairs. "There you are," Helen said as he walked into the kitchen. "Meg is on her way down and she'll meet you outside. Now, go!" Helen said getting him out the door. Meg came down a few minutes later and they started towards the bus stop. "So..." Meg started. "How are you this morning?" "I'm good, a little tired but good. You?"
"Same," Meg replied. They arrived at the bus stop moments before the bus came. JJ and Meg got on the bus. There were only two seats available and one was with Beth. Meg didn't notice and sat in the other one, leaving JJ to sit with Beth. "Hi, Beth," He said as he sat down. "Hi JJ," Beth replied.
JJ woke up the next morning to the familiar sounds of his mother making breakfast. He sat up in bed and noticed that Will was already up. JJ threw on a shirt and walked downstairs.
"Good morning JJ," Helen Pryor said as he sat at the table. "Did you sleep well?" "Is slept alright. I'm still a little tired though," JJ said tossing a glance in Meg's direction. "Well, if you'd stay in bed at night you guys wouldn't be tired, now would you?" Jack Pryor said as he walked in to the kitchen. "Helen, is my tie straight? I've got a big meeting today and I want to look good." "Yes dear, you're tie is straight," Helen said, smiling at him. JJ glanced towards his father. "Ha, I knew it was you. I don't mind that much. But, don't make it an every night habit." "Oh, that. Me and Meg just couldn't sleep. So we got up and talked."
"That's alright," Jack finished his orange juice and stood up from the table. "Well, I'm off. Wish me luck at my meeting!" "Good luck dad!" all four kids said together. "Good luck dear," Helen said as she walked him to the door. "Now, how about we start getting ready for school, okay?" Helen said when she came back into the kitchen. "School. S-C-H-O-O-L. School." Patty spelled out. "Mom! Could you please tell Patty to stop spelling! She's really getting on my nerves again!" Meg asked as she cleared the table. "Patty, please don't start that again!" Helen called back clearly aggrivated also. "C'mon Will. Let's go get ready, okay?" JJ said lifting Will up into the air. "But..." "No, buts, let's go." JJ carried Will up the stairs and placed him on his bed. "Find your clothes and I'm going to go and take a shower, alright?" "Okay," Will said, climbing off the bed. JJ grabbed his clothes and headed for the bathroom. Once there, he realized he now had time to himself and time alone with his thoughts, which could be good or bad. While the water poured over him, all he could think about was Beth. *Damn! Get your head together* he thought. * You can't stay focused on this girl forever!* a little voice in his head said. * Oh yes you can. If you really love her, you'll do whatever you can to get her back!* another voice said. "Great. I'm losing my mind now!" JJ said, shutting off the water. "JJ! Hurry up! It's almost time for the bus to come!!" He heard his mom call. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" he called back. JJ got dressed and walked downstairs. "There you are," Helen said as he walked into the kitchen. "Meg is on her way down and she'll meet you outside. Now, go!" Helen said getting him out the door. Meg came down a few minutes later and they started towards the bus stop. "So..." Meg started. "How are you this morning?" "I'm good, a little tired but good. You?"
"Same," Meg replied. They arrived at the bus stop moments before the bus came. JJ and Meg got on the bus. There were only two seats available and one was with Beth. Meg didn't notice and sat in the other one, leaving JJ to sit with Beth. "Hi, Beth," He said as he sat down. "Hi JJ," Beth replied.