I'm Different
Next Day
Juliet walked into the kitchen where her mom was cleaning up the dishes from dinner. "Can I help?"
"Yeah, sure." Caroline replied handing Juliet a dishcloth and a pot to dry. The two cleaned in companionable silence for a while until Caroline broke the silence, "So, who is he?"
"Shawn." Juliet replies without thinking and then looks up in surprise, "How'd you know?"
"Let's just say you didn't get all of your detective skills from your father." Caroline laughed.
"I think I might be in love with him." Juliet says with a distant look on her face.
"So what's the problem then?"
"I'm afraid he can't commit, I just need a sign that I'm different, that I mean something more to him."
"Don't worry about it. Just relax, let it happen." Caroline says soothingly, "I had my doubts about your dad, but with time he built up enough courage to commit. I may have prodded him a little bit in the right direction once in a while though." She admits jokingly.
Two Hours Later
Juliet was positioned on the end of the couch next to her father watching the movie Pretty in Pink when the doorbell rang. Juliet got up and walked towards the door calling out, "I'll get it."
She glances at the clock as she leaves the family room; it was 11:30. Who could be coming this late? She opens the door and can't contain her surprise, "Shawn?"
Shawn jumps back in astonishment and says, "Oh, hey, umm…I was in town and…can I come in?"
Juliet opens her mouth to say yes and then closes it again. He had left her, how did she know he wouldn't do it again? Then her gaze inadvertently lands on his hand. No way. She couldn't believe it. He was wearing the decoder ring she had given him at the station. She looks back up at his face and she sees something in his eyes that she's never seen before. Nervousness. He's never nervous, even when he has a gun pointed at him and especially not when it came to women. She was different, and that was enough.
"Of course Shawn." Juliet says.
Willing to write an epilogue if I get enough reviews asking for it!
~Phoenix