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"Yo Mouth!" Yelled a voice from the screen door the separated Haley from the outside world. The hallway seemed like a journey too close yet too far for her to risk. Haley closed her eyes and just wished her lucky stars that she could take it all back and wake up. She counted to five then opened her eyes. No hope for her now.

"Who is it?" Haley mouthed to Mouth across the table. In the back of her mind, she knew who it was. She only hoped that he hadn't come so soon. He peered over his shoulder and titled his chair back. He mirrored a sympathetic look at her after.

Haley's voice got caught in her throat. She shook her head. No! She wasn't ready for this. She knew it would come but she wasn't ready. She never was going to feel ready to deal with this part of coming home.

"Hey man! You gonna ever answer the door or are you going to keep munching on the free food? Whatever, I'm just coming in." The voice came from the front door. Soon, the sound of the door shutting echoed through the empty home.

Haley looked around hastily for an escape route. The smart ass contractors of her house left her with only one way. With her kitchen being in the back of the house she was left to go outside and pray to God that he wouldn't peak out the windows.

As he listened to the loud slam of the door behind him he noticed a large black purse sitting on the door bench. He eyed it for a moment then grinned to himself. "Does he ever give it up?" He softly said with a smirking sigh. "Entertaining the ladies I see!" He called again as he began to take his muddy sneakers off.

Haley's eyes bugged as she tried to quietly get out of her chair. 'Go' she gestured to Mouth with her whole upper body. The sliding doors to the backyard laid in clear view of the guest if he were to look up for just a moment. 'I need to get out' Haley pointed. 'Distract him'.

Mouth caught on and nervously left the table. As much as he had been working out, there was no way his body could shelter her. He outstretched his arms and took the broad shoulders in a hug. "Hey!" He said trying to his best to move the slightly larger body in a 180-degree rotation. "Haven't seen you in a while." He remained tight with the friend as he managed to turn his back towards Haley while she was able to escape to the backyard.

He grabbed Mouth by the shoulders and pushed him back. "You saw me last night, and you talked to me this morning. In fact, you told me to come over."

Mouth nodded. "Oh yeah, right."

"Anyways, so what have you been up to buddy? I see you have been keeping yourself busy?" He smiled as he crossed his arms across his chest.

"What?" He tensed his brows as his friend pointed out the lone black purse by the door. Mouth nodded as he subconsciously shot himself in the foot. "You know." He added with a sly grin.

His friend chuckled. "Sure I do." He hit him on the arm. "So what you got here anyways?" He turned towards the kitchen cabinets in search of food. He spotted a package of Oreo cookies and grabbed a handful as he retreated to the table. He sat down and noticed the tea cup. "Never knew you were the type for tea my man?" He pointed out with a smile.

"Um, yeah. Trying something new I guess." Mouth grabbed the cup quickly. But not quick enough for he noticed to sparkly pink lip stain on the cup. "So, you wanna get out of here?" He directed to the door.

"Nah, you got an air-conditioned house right here for free. It boiling out like no tomorrow." He shrugged off as he stuffed another cookie into his mouth.

"Yeah well I…" Mouth trailed

"Hey man, sit down, stay awhile." He joked as Mouth felt the nervous energy continue to rise. He took a seat as he used a different angle to pear for Haley. "You okay? I think that girl messed you up a bit?" He noticed with fierce eyes.

"Yeah, guess so." He smiled playfully.

Haley leaned against the brick way as her chest heaved up and down. Up and down. She could over hear them talking. His voice still sounded the same. Husky and deep. His boyish tone was still there when he laughed. She could hear it in his voice. But somehow his voice just wasn't enough after six years. She let her curiosity get the better of her as she felt her heart pace get faster. She peered her head over and peaked out of the brick wall. A hair fell into her right eye as she starred. He looked experienced but his boyish qualities still resonated. He still had his baby face but it was covered with a little bit of a scruffy look. She liked it. She smiled as her heart sank. She had missed it. She had missed seeing what had transformed him into this. What life changes had occurred that made him into this man she saw before him. 'I'm sorry Buddy' she whispered under her breath finally before hiding her face again.