Second Chances

Justin.

       The horn of the car makes me realize that I'm still standing in the garage. I move away from the road and get inside my car, putting the bracelet in my jacket pocket. On my way home, all I see is her face when I called her name. It was as if she isn't there anymore and all that I can see through her eyes was pain. When I arrive home, all I want to do is make her forgive me. I put on my grey hoodie and shorts and my Nike quest 3 running shoes to go for my regular run. I stop by a food truck and head back home. I take my shower and head to bed, holding the bracelet in my hand.

       "Justin....baby," her angelic voice wakes me up. "Come on, wake up!" she grins. "Good morning!" I stare deep into her grey-blue eyes. "Good morning!" a little girl's voice appears from behind Rachel. "Hey, Emma" I bring her to my chest. "Good morning honey," I kiss her cheek and hug her tightly. "Breakfast is ready," Rachel says. "Oh I'm not really hungry, but I can eat a piece of you." and I start tickling Emma. Rachel joins me and their laughter fills my heart with the most beautiful feeling ever.

       The stupid fucking phone rings and wakes me up. "What?!" I pick up. "Where are you, man? You are late,"  Micheal's voice says through the speaker. "What meeting?" I ask him, "Oh shit! Rachel's meeting! I'm gonna be there in 10 minutes." I tell him and hang up. I  take my shower and wear a light blue t-shirt with beige slim pants and black boat shoes. I wear her favorite perfume and head out to my car. I drive as fast as I can to the company. When I arrive at the office, I head to the meeting room. "Mr. Justin, Miss Donna wants you to respond to her to-," Laura says, "Later!" I interrupt her. "day," she continues.

       As I enter the meeting room, I see her standing there in sleeveless black crop top one-shouldered and brown leather pants with white high heels sandals. Her hair is put up in a ponytail with a few strands loose. She looks stunning. "Mister Justin! It's an honor that you have finally come to join us," Rachel says. "I'm so sorry."  I take my seat at the center of the table and keep my gaze at her. She's so fucking beautiful. I just want to go there and kiss her, feel her heartbeat through me. "Okay, we could finally start." She starts talking about the system she is planning to be using and how we all will have a role in it. "Any questions?" she asks, closing the file. "Nope. Once again, Rachel, you outdid yourself," Micheal tells her and she smiles. "Amazing Rachel!" Sara smiles at her. "Thank you guys," she replies, and then she looks at me like she's waiting for my opinion but I'm sure she knows how I feel about her work. Everyone starts leaving, "Are you coming?" Maria asks. "Yeah, go ahead. I'm right behind you." I nod to her.

       As she's packing up her stuff, I go to stand next to her. "Great work Miss Rachel, you never prove me wrong," I tell her. She clears her throat and takes her stuff with her, heading to the door. I stand in her way, "Rachel, we have to talk someday." I tell her. "No, we don't!" she snaps. "Look, sooner or later, we will talk about this." I get closer to her and whisper in her ear. Her smell comes through my nose. She's wearing my favorite perfume. I stay there a little longer and god, I've missed her smell. She pulls away and looks through me. I really want to kiss her so bad but I don't want to push her.