The story of the Lord of the Rings were created by the wonder J.R.R. Tolkien.

Chapter 5 : The Reasons Why, Part 2

"You know, this used to be my favorite place." An unknown voice said. I turned to where I heard it. I first saw his beige jean covered knees on the right side bench next to me. I then looked up and saw him fully. He looked a few years older than me. I looked at him with my head slightly to the side and my eyes looking at him and confusion. He had light brown curls in his hair and a clean shave that made his face look soft. He wore a blue short sleeved shirt also. His voice seemed familiar to me but I couldn't remember where I had heard it before. Did I know him? I asked myself before asking him.

"Have we met before?" I asked looking at him with uncertainty. He had his arms resting on his thighs in a casual manner. He was looking at the park like I had been doing just a few seconds ago. Then he turned to me and he gave me a content smile sat up.

"Yes." He said. His voice was distantly male but very soft. His eyes...were like warm creamed coffee. My eyes looked from his liquid brown eyes and were drawn to his lips. Quickly I looked away in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry I don't remember you. " I said recovering.

"I know Jessica. " He said with a slight chuckle. Now I was really confused and felt cautious of him. I moved over slightly put off about how he knew me but I didn't know him. He looked down at the space that I no longer occupied before he looked back up to me with a raised eyebrow.

"How do you know me?" I asked not sure whether or not I should start speed walking away from him. I was waiting for him to answer but he just looked out at the park again. Waiting for him to acknowledge the question made me nervous. But then he turned his head towards me again with small easygoing smile put me at ease.

"We have never met face to face before." He said. My eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. He looked out towards the park again. "I don't have that much time to speak with you so could you please just listen?" He asked me. When I nodded at him slowly he sighed quickly and loud enough for me to hear.

"When I was a senior in high school I went through a very difficult time." He said looking at the ground then continued. "My parents were getting divorced. And I didn't know how to handle it. I was so angry all the time and needed someone to talk to. And obviously my parents weren't at the top of that list.

My girlfriend was distancing herself from me, every time I would call her she would never answer." He looked bitterly amused. I wondered why he was telling this but still listened to him."One day my parents were arguing again and this time they used me as a reason to insult each other. At the time I couldn't believe them. How could they use me, their only son, as leverage. There was nothing to say to them, I just went straight to my room. I was going to try and call my girlfriend again but came across an old number. It belong to my old best friend Mike.

We didn't talk much at all since he moved away. I was going to just delete the number but, old memories started to come up. I remembered how we used to have so much fun hanging out." He said smiling. "Sometimes he would come over my house and spend the night, because hid parents used to argue a lot. It was really hard for him. And eventually they got divorced, just like mine did. He decided to stay with his mom and moved in with her up in Georgia. I thought that we would stay close but we didn't. And looking at his number again just brought up the need to connect again. I just really needed a friend." He said looking at me. I just tentatively nodded to let him know I was listening. "Anyway, when I called him he wasn't the one that answered." He looked up at me from the ground. "It was you." He said.

I remembered now. I was a freshman in high school. He was the one call I took whose number I didn't recognize. But I still talked to him. Usually I avoided talking to strangers, but for some reason I took a chance on him. I looked at him in surprise.

"It was you." I said in wonder. He nodded.

"It was strange at first talking to a stranger about how I felt. But at the time I just did not care. You asked me was I alright. I guess it probably it was the tone in my voice that tipped you off after you said you didn't even know Mike." He said looking out at the park. I noticed that the sun was going down.

"After I confessed to you...I couldn't believe that a total stranger was so nice and actually cared. Do you remember what you said to me?" He asked me. I shook my head with my mouth slightly opened. He scooted over closer to me and smiled.

"I'm really sorry...I know that things don't seem good right now, but they will get better...My parents used to argue all the time too. I used to feel so terrible having to hear the insults and all of the drama. My dad used to start most of the arguments and I couldn't bear to see my mom hurt. But there wasn't anything I could do about it. They were my parents but it wasn't up to me to decide when someone was right or wrong or even to stop there arguments. I learned that we put our parents in such high perspectives and we think that they are way to above any of those kinds of like being mean of even jealousy. However they are people and they feel and can hurt and make mistakes just like we do. Our parents and ourselves don't differ much when it comes to our feelings about love and anger. When my parents separated my life changed a lot, but for the better."

"Things were more peaceful and happy. Even I felt happy for the first time in my life. Don't get me wrong it's never good for a marriage to end, but the people involved have their own minds and individual thoughts and feelings. It's sometimes the right thing to do to just end the relationship because all the drama just ends up emotionally damaging the two people involved in the marriage. And if they have children it could be emotionally damaging to them as well, If they lack understanding of the situation. So please don't let this effect you to much. You are your own person and your future is in your own hands." I said.

"But after 19 years of marriage! Who just lets that all go!?" He argued.

"Even then, time changes things. And think about it like this. Would you be willing to stay with a person that makes you unhappy for the rest of life? Living everyday not feeling the wholesome love that you once felt in their presence could become a type pain that rubs up up against you've spent years with that person but that doesn't mean that makes it easier to stay, it makes it harder. I know that they hurt you but i'm sure that they both love you and were angry and at their wits in when they brought you between them to help themselves win the fight. They made mistake and they probably to mad to realize that, these are two people that are older then you there's no telling how mistakes they have made in there lives. And most of all it's not like you won't have a life with them when they breakup." I said.

"...I just don't..." He sighed.

"I know you want them to be together, but will they be happy together? "I asked him.

I remembered that our conversation went something like that. I can't believe that I actually had made an impact on someone, I had picked the right day to be deep. I stared at the side of his cheek shyly.

"You really got me thinking about my parents rather than just myself. You really helped me out with your advice, I always kept it in mind. When things got to tough with them I would be able to handle it. I wasn't angry all the time and I didn't feel so bad about something that didn't involve me. After the divorce things did get better, a lot better. Things were more peaceful. My parents were moving on with their lives and thanks to you so was I. Because of you I finally was able to understand and accept my parents divorce and live again. Back then when it seemed like the end of the world I became so desperate for someone. And you, a total stranger, managed to help me." He said with a simile.

Then he looked me right in the eyes.

"Thank you." He said sincerely. He sat up on the bench and stretched his arms above his head, then folded them in back of his head. I looked out at the park.

"You're welcome." I said nodding. I opened my mouth again to speak, but before I could he said.

"So I guess you're wondering why you're here." He said in a relaxed tone.

"Yes, I am." I whispered with my head slanted to the side. He looked me in my eyes and nodded.

"Why you are here is included in my story." He said relaxing on the bench once again. I sat up and listened more intensely.

"Where was I..? Oh yes. After three years in college..." he narrowed his eyes as he continued. "I got into a really bad accident. The damage it did to me was too severe and I ended up dying." he paused and my heart tightened. "I was right outside of my dorm with one of my friends. Out of no where some drunk freshmen drove right into us." His face twisted slightly. "I remember blurry street lights fading in and out and the small bright light from the paramedics flashlight shining into my eyes blinding me. And after the world finished spinning everything just faded to still black. I was gone, dead. My friend had broken bones in all sections on his body, but he lived." He said with a small smile looking at the ground. I was speechless. Does he actually believe he's dead?

"I know that you don't believe me." He said looking amused.

"I don't, how could you be here talking to me if you're died?" I said. He looked at me as I stood up.

"You made the last three years of my life happy, when you opened my mind to a greater understanding of the people around me. I wanted to call you and tell you thank you for what you had done for me. But I thought that it would be strange for me to call you up like a casual friend when at the time we didn't even know each other's names. God, it took me a whole year to get the nerve up to do it. But when I finally called your number was disconnected. It made sense because people often change their phones and numbers." He said nodding his head. Then he wore a sheepish smile."After some time passed I thought that maybe you were something else, something more, because you were there when I needed you." He said smiling up at me. As I stood there listening to him I wondered whether or not I should believe him. His story might have been unbelievable but...the emotions I saw and felt through his eyes and through his voice was too real. The sadness of remembering how alone he felt when his parents were getting divorced. The happiness he felt when I helped him. And the sorrow he felt mentioning his early death.

"When I died, I went straight to the other side. To a place where no one felt weakness or pain. It's a place where knowledge and truth are easily found in the mountains that exists there. It was in the mountains that I found out about you. You can't imagine my reaction when I found you." He said smiling at me. I lifted an eyebrow at his excitement. "I still thought about you, the person that changed my life. I wanted to thank you for what you did for me. It was surprisingly easy to find my way to you. It's easy going to the other side and back when you're like this. And also getting around Earth, well when basic natural laws don't effect you everything is pretty much a walk in the park." He bragged. I lifted my eyes to the sky and noticed it looked like the sun was going down, but had looked as if it had just been noon. I was gonna ask him about it but then he got serious once again.

"When I found you, you were very unhappy. I saw how you would cry at night before going to sleep. And sometimes coming home from school you would burst out in tears. I wanted so badly to help you and make you happy." He said reaching for my hand and taking it. I felt tears swelling and sliding down my face as the memory of those times arose in my mind. "I also saw how you used to look for dog ads online but nothing good came up that your family could afford. Well at least I was able to help you out with that." I looked up from the ground at him in surprise. He couldn't mean...

"Did you..." I said blinking through the tears but I wasn't able to get all of the words out.

"Yes, I led Sparkle to you." I smiled with my mouth slightly open in awe." She was alone without mother or siblings. Animals most of the time can sense supernatural things, so I was able to have her safely follow me to you." He said pulling my hand to make me sit down on the bench again. I sat down remembering the day I found Sparkle.

I opened my front door because I was curious of the wining sound coming from the other side of it. At first I thought it was the rain beating against something. After I opened the door I didn't see anything so I went to close it. However just before I did I saw something furry on the ground. I focused on it and saw that it was a small puppy with big shiny dark brown eyes and a black brownish coat. I looked at her awe struck then slowly picked her up. She was wet and shaking from the rain.

I didn't want to just claim her because her real owners would feel the same heart break that I did when I lost my first dog. So I posted found dog adds. When no one came to claim her she was happily mine.

I was skeptical about his story at first but now...not at all. There was no way that this could be a lie. I looked at him with swelled emotion.

"Thank you." I said. He smirked and nodded.

"Don't thank me yet." He said. I gave him a confused look. "I noticed other things about you as well. Although giving you Sparkle made you a little happy, she only resulted in helping you cope with some of your pain. I needed to open up your mind and your heart for the better like you did me. You were unwilling to go out and experience life, just unwilling to live. So I decided that I needed to give you a push." Now I was getting suspicious. "I went back into the mountains on the other side and found out something amazing. I found out something that most people would render impossible. " Now I was nervous.

"What was it..?" I asked him.

"Do you know who J.R.R. Tolkien is? " he asked me. I nodded slowly. "Well, I found totally by accident the section on ancestry and one of the knowledge of Tolkien and his family are the few in the history of Earth gifted with the knowledge of past, present, and future, for our world as well others. Though when he wrote them down from his gifted mind they were not meant to be believed even if they were very were real." He said with excitement in his eyes. Now I was lost.

"What..?" I asked.

"Amazing I know. He was me favorite author of all time. Not long after that I realized that perhaps there's a way that I could use the world that I thought he created to help me help you." What..! I thought. "I opened a way for you to find yourself, to live, and to open up. It's no accident you being here. It is in this world. I led Sparkle into the woods towards the opening and i'm glad you love her so much because you followed like I knew you would." He said looking at me from the side of his eyes. What..! I started to breathe heavily. I shook my head and tried to gather my senses. I remembered following Sparkle and Radagast finding me not to long after... Radagast...Another world...

"I remember! I'm in Radagast's house! How'd I get here then!?" I said looking around the park frantically. There was more light from the sun. The moon was out shining over the park and no cars were passing by. I looked back to him once again worry expressed on my face, but he stayed calm.

"I know you don't understand now, but this is necessary and will work. I would have tried another way if you weren't so stubborn." I looked at him defiantly. "Come on. I've seen you with your mother, the one person you do actually listen to, talk to you numerous times about getting out more and living your life outside of your room, you just argue back. Talking had no effect. But when it came to physical situations that were unavoidable you would react more and handle it as positive as possible. This is the best option, I just know it is! Somewhere down the road you will learn to live again." He held both of my hands in his as he told me this and looked into my eyes. I shook my head in helpless disbelief. The situation was overwhelming. He looked up at the sky finally noticing that time had gone by rather fast. I held on to his forearms as I stared at his chest lost. He put his face closer to mine and put his hands on my cheeks wiping what tears he could with his thumbs and I stared helplessly at his face.

"It's time for me to go. Don't worry you'll find out where you are soon enough, and you're not going in completely blind. You know Tolkien's stories correct?" he asked.

"Somewhat. I know some of the characters I really like and I remember some things that happen..." I mumbled quickly and he pulled me up with him when he stood.

"Good. Ya see you have cheat sheets, kind of." He said smiling down at me.

"I hope I can be your reason for a turning point to a better life. This is goodbye for now." He said to me holding my shoulders. Then he kissed my forehead and started to walk away. I was rooted to the ground but managed to find my voice.

"Wait! What's your name?" I asked him. He turned back with a slight smile.

"It's Henry." He called.

"Henry..." I said to myself and nodded. He nodded back at me and turned back around then continued walking away. As he walked away my surroundings started to blur together and faded quickly together. Then all I saw was a black empty space until I heard a barking dog.

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