Second Time Around
Chapter 2

I closed my eyes as I raised by hand and pushed the doorbell. As I waited I silent prayed that this was all just a terrible nightmare that I would soon wake up from. It's not that I hate my family, but I'm not going to lie, I think I could go the rest of my life without seeing them. I think the only one that I might miss would be my dad. I've always been Daddy's Little Girl.

Haley is pulled from her thought as the big front door is opened by an older woman, about Haley's height, with reddish-brown, shoulder-length hair and wearing a navy blue dress suit with a single strand of white pearls and matching earrings.

"Haley, sweetie, how are you? Was it a long flight, you look jet-lagged. Don't worry dear, you can freshen up in your old room and bathroom and then come down and join us." The woman told Haley before she scurried back in the direction that she came from leaving Haley standing alone in the foyer.

"Thanks mom, it's great to see you too." Haley whispered to herself before she headed towards the stair case.

As I walked up the stairs I let my hand trail along the banister. It felt so weird to be back after so long. I wonder what everyone that I graduated from high school with are doing right now. Actually, I just hope most of them are extremely miserable. The first couple of years of high school were hell. I had glasses, braces, my hair was a frizzy mess, and add on my natural clumsiness and you have the biggest dork in school. Everyone called me Tutorgirl. During the summer before my Junior year I got contacts, my braces removed, my hair cut, colored, and learned that a flat iron is something a girl can't live without. And as for the clumsiness, well I still have that one. Even though I still tutored people, I was no longer the biggest geek.

Haley's thoughts of her past were interrupted when she opened the door that used to lead to her old bedroom. It still had her bed, her desk, dresser, even the posters she put up when she was little, but those were all covered now by things for the wedding. Haley let out a sigh as she set her suitcase down and looked at herself in the mirror on her dresser.

"Jet-lagged? I don't look that bad. Then again,I never was good enough for you was I mom." Haley reached inside her purse and pulled out her make-up bag and a ponytail holder. She freshened up her make-up a bit and pulled her hair back into a low ponytail. She put her make-up bag back in her purse and took one last look before she left the room to head downstairs to see the rest of her family.

Hope I've freshened up enough for you mother.