Mouth and Haley sat across from each other at the James' kitchen table. Haley leaned on her elbows while playing with her spoon as it danced in her tea cup. Mouth's fingertips dashed on the opposites of each other while he leaned on his elbows.
"So, you went to Boston College right?" Haley remembered from her high school days.
Mouth nodded. "Yep, graduated two years ago. Majored in sports medicine. I still wanted to keep my dream alive of announcing. I worked a bit with the local high schools and for a couple state teams. But I'm going back to school in the fall. I decided to become a doctor since the announcer thing just wasn't in the cards for me." Mouth finished.
Haley's heart sunk for him. "Oh, I'm sorry Mouth, I mean it's great for you to be going to Med School, Wow! But sorry you had to give it up, you know."
Mouth nodded. "Yeah, thanks. So what about you runaway?" Mouth tried to joke as she sipped her tea
She swallowed the steaming liquid. "Um…after the whole ordeal, I left. Went to go stay with a couple of my sisters and brothers. I helped them out for a bit. Then after a year, I decided to go back to school. I went to University of Kentucky and studied Literature and Music. I took a few summer courses so I was able to graduate early. Then I got my teaching degree. I worked as a substitute teacher for a bit then did some odd jobs. Now I'm back here." Haley finished with a small sip of her tea.
"Mhmm." Mouth nodded. "If you don't mind me asking Haley…" He trailed as Haley put her cup down and nodded at him encouragingly. "Why come back? You left it all for reasons only be nonce to yourself, and now you're back."
"You're the first person to ask that Mouth and for some reason I didn't expect it from you…" she said scratching her neck. "But I do owe everyone an answer." Haley said slowly. "A lot of things happened around the time that surprised me Mouth. I left …" Haley tried to form words but failed.
"Don't feel obligated to give me an answer now Haley. In fact, I didn't even ask you to tell me why you left. I can understand the desire to breakout from everything you have ever known." Mouth said with apologetic eyes.
Haley smiled earnestly. "Thank you." She softly said. Mouth offered her a giving smile. She starred off for a moment. "You can just never run from home can you…" she started looking towards Mouth again. "As much time as I spend running and no matter what I do, my home will always be here. Despite all the horrid memories they are accompanied with beautiful ones." Mouth nodded as her positively. "Thank you Mouth. It's funny how one of the first people I became friend with is one of the first I return home too. In my home nonetheless." Haley added with a smile and a shrug.
Mouth gave her a wide grin. "Funny how life turns out sometimes, huh?"
"Yep, definitely." Haley reciprocated.
"YO MOUTH!"
