Still In D.C

Friday Evening

Amy meets with Bruce for dinner. "Hi, how was your day?" She asks him. "Good. I

bought some things for Rebecca to take home. She had a list." "Wow, a list, smart girl!" What were you up to?" Bruce asks Amy. "Well, as you probably heard the law was struck down." Bruce smiles, "I heard! Your trip here wasn't in vien; your great speaking abilities never let you down." "And neither did you Bruce," she flashes him a big smile, he puts his hand onto his heart and smiles back. "I told Marty that I was done... he wasn't happy... I'm so anxious to get back to work." Bruce says "me too Boss" he laughs "I may as well get used to calling you that again." Could you excuse me please... for one minute... I told Rebecca that I'd call her before she goes to bed." "Sure... go ahead... I called Lauren before coming here." Bruce leaves the table to talk privately.

Amy takes a sip of her coffee, and then glances over to a couple at a nearby table. The man pulls the woman's chair close to his and then he gently kisses her. He takes a ring out of his pocket,and whispers in her ear. The woman smiles and looks at the ring , and he places it onto her finger. They kiss again, and then she puts her head on his shoulder and begins to cry. Amy smiles and her eyes begin to well up with tears, as she remembers the day in her back yard when she said to David "marry me... let's get married" and David pulled a ring box out of his pocket, and opened it. Then he bent down onto one knee, and held it towards her. Amy smiled at him and shook her head in disbelief, and David kissed her. Amy looks at the couple again, and then looks down at her hand, and touches her naked ring finger, a tear falls onto her hand. She dries her eyes and tries to compose herself.

Bruce comes back to the table and they order. Bruce tells Amy "I'm going back home tonight, I want to be home when Rebecca wakes up. Would you like to come back with me?" "No thanks Bruce, I'll head out tomorrow. I could use one more night of solitude."

They eat dinner. Afterwards Bruce tells her "I guess I'll see you on Monday then Amy, I mean Judge Gray." They both laugh. She hugs him goodbye, and he leaves. Amy orders a coffee and sits alone, and drifts into more thoughts of she and David, and laughs to herself remembering the time he was playing with a teddy bear and acting goofy in her office (before she lost the baby). Then later (after she lost the baby) on her porch swing, he told her that if it were up to him, they would try to have another baby right away.

Amy looks down at her stomach; she starts to choke up, then gets up and leaves. While Amy's waiting for a cab, some tough kids drive by and call out profanity at her. Amy just shakes her head. And starts to think about the day Graciela met with her in her office. Amy tells Graciela that she dreamed of living in a nice house someday, and having a happy family.( it's sure nice to know that Amy B has this dream for real, let's hope Amy G has it someday as well! ) "What's your dream Graciela?" Amy asks "I guess the same thing as you." And they both smile.

The cab arrives and Amy climbs into the back. She stares out the window, and says to herself "you didn't get a chance to live your dream, I am so sorry Graciela. I'll try to live it for you, for the both of us... if it's not too late."
Amy arrives back at her room, and lies on the bed. She pulls the covers over herself, and whispers, "I'm coming home... I miss you David McCLaren." And she cries her self to sleep.

To be continued…