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- “The Way
It Was Meant To Be”
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- Matt and Rachel walk in the
door setting their boxes on the floor. They look up to see their
parents dancing. Matt clears his throat. “Is this why people
have kids? To do the manual labor?”
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- Nora laughs. “Well it
is one of the many joys of parenthood, yes.” Nora kissed
Bo’s cheek. “Are there any boxes left in the car?”
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- Rachel laughed. “Yes…
you two own more CD’s and records then most music stores!
There are about three boxes of them in the car.”
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- Bo grabbed Nora’s hand.
“Come on Red we will get those… they are our most prized
possessions.”
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- Rachel laughed. “Wait…
I thought that was supposed to be us children…”
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- Bo stopped at the door, his
mouth dropping open. “Uh yes of course… children…
and music…” Nora grabbed his hand.
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- “Come on smooth talker
we have boxes to get!” As they left Rachel and Matthew started
to laugh.
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- Rachel moved some boxes over
to the coffee table in front of the sofa.
- “So Matt, how are you
doing with all this? It has to be quite an adjustment.”
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- He walked over to her to
help unpack the boxes. “What do you mean?”
- She shrugged. “Well
you have never lived with mom and Bo under the same roof.”
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- He smiled. “It’s
cool… so far so good. It‘s not really all that different.”
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- She turned to him and grinned.
“Oh give it time…”
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- Matt furrowed his brow. “What
do you mean?”
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- She laughed. “Well lets
see… your dinner will consist of take out…”
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- He laughed, “Nothing
new there.”
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- “True… but then
there are the awkward moments.”
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- “What?”
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- She laughed. “Lets just
say… be sure to knock before you enter a room.”
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- He made a disgusted look.
“Ugh … seriously?”
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- “Oh yeah…trust
me. Then there is the dancing.”
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- “I am learning that
one quickly Rach. Their music sucks!”
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- “Oh come on… its
not that bad.” She turned towards the radio when Good Golly
Miss Molly came on and started to laugh. She started to move
to the music, and held out her hand to Matthew.
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- He looked her up and down.
“What?”
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- “Dance with me kid…
this was one of mom and Bo’s wedding songs.” He rolled
his eyes and took her hand. They started dancing around the room
laughing.
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- Bo and Nora turned the corner
walking towards the Garrett. They heard the music playing and
smiled at one another. Bo shifted the boxes in his arms and opened
the door. The site before them made their mouths drop and they
stood their in shock. As Nora watched in shock she whispered
.
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- “Bo?”
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- He blinked rapidly. “Yeah
Red?”
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- “Should children with
our DNA dance like that?”
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- He shook his head. “Uh…
I don’t know. Maybe it’s not inherited.”
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- She sighed. “Oh…
so they got our eating habits… but not our dance skills?
That’s so sad…”
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- He laughed and walked through
the door. “Nice moves kids… you’re no Fred and
Ginger, but…”
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- Matt looked at him perplexed.
“Who?”
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- Nora held her hand to her
heart mockingly. “Oh good grief… “
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- Rachel laughed and walked
over to Nora placing a arm around her shoulders. “It’s
okay mom… I know who they are.” She walked over to
the coffee table. “How about we start unpacking this stuff
before we bring another load. Otherwise there will be no room
to move in here.”
- She starts removing the contents
of the box. “You two sure are pack rats!” She turned
towards Nora. “Please don’t tell me you still have
that dead fish.”
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- Bo laughed which earned him
a glare from Nora. “Excuse me… but that was very traumatic
for me!”
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- Matt stopped what he was
doing. “Mom… are you talking about the fish we buried
at the old house?” This caused Bo to laugh even harder.
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- Rachel laughed and continued
to unpack. “Look at all this stuff“… she pulled
out a few ribbons… ”You two sure were in a lot of dance
contests.”
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- Nora smiled at Bo. “To
bad we don’t still have that TV.”
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- Bo laughed. “Now that
was some prize.”
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- Rachel removed a handful
of stuff and placed it on the table, but stopped when it made
a loud noise. She dug through the pile, “What on earth is
this?”
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- Bo and Nora looked over…
the site of it made the air catch in Bo’s throat. “That’s
uh… a brick…”
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- Matthew frowned. “A
brick? That’s a odd memento.”
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- Nora drew a ragged breath
and cleared her throat. “I… uh… I’m going
to go take a shower, I feel all grimy.” She exited the room
quickly.
- Matthew stood their unaware
of what just happened. Rachel looked over to Bo and frowned.
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- “Bo… is that…”
Bo nodded sadly. Rachel nodded in understanding, she new that
she had unpacked a unpleasant memory. She stood quickly. “Well…
umm Bo are we done with the child labor for today?”
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- Bo smiled. “Yeah you
two are relieved of duty.” Rachel turned to Matthew.
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- “What do you say I treat
you to dinner and a movie… and then a sleepover at your
sisters new digs?”
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- Matthew nodded. “Sounds
good to me. Dad?”
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- Bo walked over and ruffled
his hair. “Sure bud… that’s fine. Have a good
time with your sisiter.”
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- Matthew grabbed his coat.
“Cool… tell mom I said bye.” He walked out the
door, when Rachel stopped and turned towards Bo.
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- “Bo I’m sorry…”
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- He smiled sweetly at her.
“It’s alright sweetheart. We are going to have to acknowledge
the bad stuff… so we can move on to the good stuff.”
- He kissed her on the cheek
and watched her close the door behind her.
- He turned around and looked
at their new home. “The good stuff.” He smiled as a
light bulb went off in his head. He scribbled Nora a note and
hurried out the door.
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- ~~~~~
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- About twenty minutes later
Nora came out from the bedroom. She looked around the empty,
yet cluttered room. “Good one Nora… you ran everyone
off.” She shook her head and walked over to the sofa. She
picked up a piece of paper.
Red,
Went out to grab some stuff. Be back soon!
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- She reached out and ran her
hand over the box in front of her. She reached inside and pulled
out the thing which caused her to run out of the room earlier.
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- She was still sitting in
the same spot ten minutes later when Bo came through the door
carrying a large box.
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- He smiled at her. “Hiya
gorgeous!”
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- She smiled “Hiya handsome.
Where’s Matthew, didn’t he go with you?”
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- Bo set his box down. “No
I relieved the kids of duty for tonight… he’s spending
the night with Rachel.” He set his box down and sat on the
sofa next to her.
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- He looked at Nora and she
seemed to be a million miles away. “Red? Honey what’s
wrong?”
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- She starred at the box. “Nothing…
just thinking I guess.”
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- Bo followed her gaze. “Are
you having regrets? About moving in together?”
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- Nora turned to him quickly
and caressed his cheek. “Honey I have many regrets…
but that’s not one of them.” She smiled weakly. Bo
nodded and glanced at the box then back at her.
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- Bo studied her face. “So…
you are thinking about the past huh?”
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- Nora shrugged. “Well…
it’s kinda hard not to ya know?” Nora scooted off the
sofa to sit on the floor bringing the box down to the floor beside
her. She removed the contents and placed it on the table in front
of her.
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- Bo moved down to sit next
to her and pulled some stuff out of his box setting it on the
table. He wriggled his eyebrows at Nora. She couldn’t help
but laugh. “Chinese food huh? You must have read my mind.”
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- “No need to read your
mind Red… I know it by heart.” He kissed her quickly.
“So … you wanna talk about what’s in the box?”
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- “Nah… it’s
just a bunch of silly stuff I saved from…”
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- “From when we were married?”
Nora nodded as she picked up the piece of brick off the table.
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- She quickly wiped away a
tear that ran down her cheek. “Pretty silly huh?” Bo
popped a piece of egg roll into his mouth.
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- “Nah… I don’t
think so.” He turned and grabbed something out of his box
and placed it on the table.
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- Nora laughed. “You kept
it too?” He smiled.
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- “Of course I did Red…
it was a piece of us. I could never get rid of it.” She
leaned in and kissed him deeply then pulled back and smiled at
him. He drew a deep breath. “Actually… I…”
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- She looked at him and caressed
his creased brow. “What?”
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- “Well I wasn’t
going to tell you this, but… I tried to get the barn back
for us.” Her smile beamed.
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- “You did?” Bo nodded.
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- “Yeah… but the
new owners didn’t want to sell.” She giggled
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- “Well I can’t say
I blame them… it was a great house. But I love you for trying.”
She rummaged through the box while she ate her wantons and sesame
oil. Bo smiled at her sadly.
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- “What else you got in
there Red? I bet I can match you memento for memento!”
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- She rolled her eyes. “You
are so competitive Bo Buchanan!”
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- They spent the next hour
going through memories from their past.
- Sharing the good memories…
and the bad. Bo was laughing at Nora’s last memento.
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- “I can’t believe
you kept that!” Bo doubled over laughing. Nora turned towards
him.
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- “And what is so funny
about it?” He looked at her trying to keep a straight face.
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- “Come one Red! It’s
a note saying that I went out to get bread and coffee!”
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- She held it to her heart.
“Yes… but… it’s the first note you wrote
me as my husband!”
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- He wiped the tears of laughter
from his face. “You’re a nut Red! A hopeless romantic…
and a nut!” She shoved him playfully.
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- “You’re a fine
one to talk Buchanan!”
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- “What?”
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- She pointed to the pile of
mementos on the table. "You saved the fishing lure I used
from that time you took me fishing!”
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- “Hey, now, come on Red
that was a historic event!” She nodded in agreement.
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- “You got that right!”
She picked up the Chinese food containers and took them over
to the trash bag by the door.
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- “I still think I have
you beat in the memento department!” She turned and noticed
that Bo was holding something in the palm of his hand. He grasped
it between his fingers and held it up for her to see. She was
speechless . She drew a shuttered breath and walked over to the
balcony window… staring out. After a moment she found her
voice.
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- “I … I though you
would have chucked that out a window after what I did.”
She wrapped her arms around herself to ward off the chill that
settled in her bones. Bo walked over and wrapped his arms around
her from behind.
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- “How could you think
that honey? That was the happiest day of my life.” Nora
sniffed away her tears.
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- “Mine too… and
then I ruined it!” He rubbed her shoulders.
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- “I am just as much to
blame for the end of our marriage Red!”
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- “Bo…” He turned
her around in his arms.
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- “I meant it! What you
did… yes the act it’s self was wrong… but I know
that it came from your love for me, and you had the best of intentions.
Me, on the other hand. I was cruel and pig headed… and I
let my wounded pride rule over the love I have for you.”
He let her out of his grasp and walked back over to sit on the
sofa. He picked up his wedding band and stared at it. “We
missed out on all these years together, because I was so stubborn
and unforgiving. For years… I have sat by… knowing
full well all the guilt you’ve hauled around, and how much
it tore you apart…”
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- Nora sat next to him. “But
you forget… I’m Jewish… guilt is what we do best.”
He snickered.
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- He turned towards her, taking
her face in his hands. “No… what you do best, is loving
me. And I threw that away over one mistake.” He caressed
her tear stained cheeks with this thumbs. “I’m sorry
Red!” He drew her into his arms and held her tightly. She
wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in the crook
of his neck.
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- “I am so sorry Bo…
I swear I never wanted to hurt you!” He squeezed her then
pulled back.
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- “I know you didn’t
honey.” He starred into her eyes. “I love you Red!”
He leaned in to kiss her.
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- As his lips touched hers
she whisper. “I love you too.” Her hand moved to the
back of his head to draw him deeper into the kiss. After a few
moments he ran his hands up her arms… to the top button
of her pajamas.
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- “You still look sexy
in flannel pajamas.” She pulled back and smiled, her eyes
shinning.
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- “I’m glad you think
so.” He leaned in again but she pulled back. “Oh and
by the way… we are even in the memento department Buchanan.”
- She leaned over and grabbed
a little box out of the larger one. She removed the lid and took
out the contents, holding it up for him to see. His smile lit
up his entire being.
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- “You kept it huh?”
She smiled back.
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- “Of course… next
to Matthew and your love… this is the most precious gift
you ever gave me!” She leaned in and kissed him passionately
as the strains of the familiar music filled the room. He pulled
back and grinned.
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- “They are playing our
song Red.” She was nibbling on his neck, not paying attention
to the music.
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- “They are?” She
continued her perusal of his neck.
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- “Of course they are…
you’re still My Girl!” She pulled back hearing the
music for the first time and smiled.
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- “And you’re still
My Guy!” He stood and offered his hand to her.
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- “You better believe
it Red!”
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- He pulled her close as they
danced around the room… still in perfect sync with each
other. Nora’s hands roamed over Bo’s shoulders and
down his chest… undoing a button with each kiss she gave
him. They kissed and caressed each other till the song ended
and a new one began. Bo backed her up towards the sofa, and laid
her down. Climbing over her, he caressed her cheek and smiled.
“It isn’t our sofa… but I think it deserves a
test run!” She laughed and pulled him down to her…
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- ~~~~~
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- Nora and Bo laid on the sofa.
Nora slipped his shirt over her head and snuggled closer to Bo
under the covers. “God I missed you!”
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- Bo laughed. “Red you
took the words out of my mouth.” She looked at him and grinned.
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- “Speaking of your mouth…”
She pulled him into a passionate kiss just as the front door
opened.
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- “Mom! Dad!… I…
OH GOD!” He quickly closed the door as Rachel walked up
behind him.
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- “Matthew… what
are you doing?”
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- He blinked and stuttered.
“I …. Uh…. you never mentioned that I would have
to knock on the FRONT DOOR!” The meaning of his words became
clear when she heard their mothers voice from the other side
of the door.
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