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A New Normal

Maureen's POV

Joanne was coming home, I couldn't believe it. Finally, things could be back to normal in our family. While Joanne stayed in the hospital learning to walk with crutches and getting physical therapy, I decided that I was going to do something special for her this Christmas. I was going to throw her a party at the Life Café and invite all our friends. Mark was even flying in from New Mexico with his family. I was only sorry that Angel and Collins and Roger and Mimi could not be there but I knew that they were there in spirit.

Joanne came home a few days later and we all welcomed her with open arms. I helped her settle on to the couch where she immediately insisted on getting out her laptop and getting started on all of the work that she had missed. After a while of having her around the house, Joanne started interfering with my daytime activities. Sure it was fun to watch the Soaps together but when I needed to do laundry, or clean or get dinner ready and she had an entirely different thing on her mind, it became annoying. But I soon got a welcome reprieve when Joanne returned to the office.

Joanne's POV

It was great to finally be home and get back into our pattern of life. Things got back to normal, but it was a different kind of normal. We were more cautious now and more protective of each other. Maureen and I were inseparable for a while but then she got tired of having me around and sitting around at home in front of my laptop or the TV became boring. Finally after a week of rest at home, the doctor gave me clearance to go back to work. That first day back sparked a lot of memories of 9/11. As I settled back into my morning routine, I couldn't help but wonder if something like what happened on 9/11 could happen again. But I was soon distracted by the colossal amount of left over paperwork on my desk. They had tried to get other lawyers to take over some of my cases while I was in the hospital, but there was a lot of paperwork only I could do.

I went home at 6pm to find Maureen and the kids' already eating dinner. I pulled off my coat and grabbed a plate and joined them at the table. We talked and I quizzed the girls on the state capitols and multiplication tables. After dinner, Maureen announced that she had a special movie for us to watch. Once we settled on the couch, Maureen put in the video and it turned out the movie that we were watching was very familiar, Today For U: Proof Positive. I watched the movie with a big smile on my face we were so happy and vibrant in those days. As I watched the scenes with Maureen and me, I looked over at Maureen who was engrossed in the movie and had Megan on her lap and Rachel cuddled up next to her. Boy had she grown up since those days when she was leading me in the Tango that was our relationship. My thoughts were interrupted by Katie pulling on my sleeve.

"Mommy was funny wasn't she?" asked Katie

"No, she was crazy!" laughed Rachel

"She still is" I replied and was rewarded for my little comment by a swat on the back from Maureen.. Then she got up and went to put the girls to bed. After she returned to the living room, she snuggled up next to me on the couch and we ended up spending the next hour making out. We only stopped because it was getting late and I needed to get up early for work the next morning. We continued our make out session in bed until I had to stop because it was too late and if we were to go any further, we would probably not get any sleep at all. As I lay in bed next to Maureen, I thought of how well things were going. Things were perfect. Finally

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