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Second Chance
Chapter 2 – Meeting you
I lean against the wall taking a shaky deep breath as I look at the girl Sam told me about. It's got to be her. There are no mistakes whatsoever. She's like a younger version of me. She has long brown hair, brown eyes and she looks exactly as I did when I was a teenager.
I feel like I'm frozen on the spot. I can't bring myself to move my legs and walk towards her. I just don't know what to do. I don't know what I'm supposed to say. And at the same time I feel something in my heart, a feeling I felt once eighteen years ago and had kept it somewhere deep within my soul to the point it was almost non-existent. It's always been there even if I tried to deny it. But now… now it's suddenly back on surface, stronger than ever and I have no clue on how to deal with this.
I feel the tears well up in my eyes as I watch her. Her every move and how she's watching the people around her. She's so grown up, my baby girl. I brush the tears away with the back of my hand before anyone sees it.
I move away from the wall and start walking to the chairs. I see her looking up as I get closer to her and the look of realization on her face when our eyes meet.
Standing in front of her, I stay silent for a minute. My voice is gone, I can't myself say anything. She looks anxiously at me, probably waiting for me to say something.
"Hi." I say quietly.
"Hi." She says back.
I wonder what's taking so long. It's been… ok, it's only been seven minutes since I talked to that nurse. I guess I'm a bit anxious. Ok, who am I kidding? I'm really anxious. I can't wait to see her and it's taking for god damn ever! I look around, looking at every person who passes through the doors, wondering if she's one of them.
Then my eyes stop at this woman. A doctor. Long brown hair, brown eyes. My heart starts beating wildly in my chest, my palms are sweaty and I can't quite catch my breath. Oh, God. It's her. It's gotta be her. And she's coming to me. Oh, my God, what do I do? Ok, calm down. I can do this.
She stops in front of me and she's clearly just as nervous as I am.
"Hi." She says almost in a whisper.
"Hi." I say. I now can examine her face closer. I look a lot like her. After a while I realize I'm staring at her. "Uh, I'm Jordan." I say not knowing what else to say. She smiles and sits next to me.
"I'm Abby." I giver her a small smile. I'm still really nervous.
"I'm sorry for just showing up like this. I'm sure you're really busy and…"
"It's ok." She says interrupting me. "I can't say this isn't a big surprise though." She says chuckling.
"I know, I'm sorry. I just had to see you. I just didn't know who else to run to. I'm… I'm alone now." I tell her. I didn't mean to blurt it all out like that but I just couldn't help it. She gives me a confused look. "My parents are dead."
"Oh, God, I'm so sorry, Jordan." She says taking my hand in hers.
"It's ok; it's been a few months." I say giving her a sad smile.
"Yeah, but still…" she says running a hand through her hair. "I'll tell you what, why don't we get something to eat? The hospital is hardly the appropriate place for us to talk." She says getting up.
"Alright." I say getting up too.
"I just have to get my things in the lounge. Wanna come?" I smile wildly.
"Sure." I say happily.
She leads me through the hospital until we get to this room. There's a blond woman sitting on the couch with the cutest baby boy in her arms.
"I thought your shift was over." She tells Abby.
"It is." Abby says.
"Then what are you still doing here?"
"Picking up my things so I can go, mom." Abby says grinning. The woman laughs. Abby turns to me. "Jordan, this is Dr Lewis, my boss and this is Cosmo, her son." I smile at them. "Suse, this is Jordan O'Connell."
"Nice to meet you, Jordan." Dr Lewis says with a smile.
"You too, Dr Lewis. And you little guy." I say ruffling Cosmo's hair. He giggles.
"Ok, ready to go." Abby asks me. I nod. "Are you on tomorrow, Suse?
"Yeah." She sighs. "Night shift."
"Me too." Abby says kissing Cosmo's head. "See you tomorrow then."
"Bye. Say bye-bye, aunt Abby." Dr Lewis says to the baby.
"Bye, sweetie. Bye, Susan." Abby says opening the door for me to pass.
"Bye, Dr Lewis." I say with a smile.
"Bye, Jordan." She says and the door is closed.
Abby and I leave the hospital breathing in the warm summer air.
"I still can't believe you're here." She says after a few minutes of silence. I look at her and smile. "How did you find me?
"It's a long story." I say as we enter in a restaurant. She checks her watch and smiles at me.
"It's only 7. We've got plenty of time." She says with a grin.
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