Second chances [Colifer]

Chapter 1

"I love you," I say getting out of bed. "Come back here," he hugs me. "We need to get to set," I try to stand up, but his grip is to tight. Colin and I have been together for almost 1 year. I will never forget the day I stopped a wedding. Things between Colin and I have been going okay. We sometimes fight, but we manage to talk it out.

Today we are actually telling the public about our relationship. A reporter for some website is coming to the set to interview us all. Colin and I's publicist thought I would be a good idea to break the news by telling her. To be honest I think Everyone already knows. Colin and I have been spending so much time together lately, so there are tons of paparazzi photos.

My phone rings. "Hello?" I say. "Hey Jen," I hear Justyna say. Justyna just graduated high school. We have been talking over the phone a lot. I have been trying to convince her to spend the summer or maybe the whole year with me in Vancouver. I usually go back to L.A when we aren't filming, but since Colin's custody thing is in Vancouver, I decided to stay with him. "So are you coming?" I ask anxiously. "Ya I am, and I am staying the whole year," she tells me excitedly. "Really? When are you coming." I can't wait for Justyna to arrive. I hope she is gonna be here for the Custody battle. "Well, my flight isn't until a month," she tells me. "So, you aren't gonna be here for the trial," I say disappointed. "No, sorry," She says.

"So what's the big secret?" The reporter asks Colin and I. Colin and I have been holding hands the whole interview, and she hasn't even noticed. "Colin and I are together," I say. "How long have you guys been together?" she asks. "It's been one year," I say assumed. "Wow, why didn't you guys tell anyone earlier?" she asks. "Well we just wanted to make sure we-" Colin interrupts me. "Both wanted the same thing, we both liked each other." I smile and Colin kisses my cheek. "You guys are so cute," the reporter tells us.

Day of the trial.

"Colin?" I say while putting on my necklace in the mirror. It's the day of the trial and I can tell that Colin is stressed out. When he doesn't answer me I get a little worried. I enter the master bedroom and he is sitting on the bed. I climb up onto the bed and sit beside him. "How are you doing?" I say putting my head on his shoulder. "I'm nervous," he says. "Relax, it's gonna be okay. I will be sitting right behind you," I tell him. "But I don't know if it is going to be okay, Helen could get full custody," he says worried. "Don't think like that, think positive," I try to reassure him.

When we getting the court room Helen is already there. Colin and I haven't seen her in a while. "Where is Even?" Colin asks Helen. "He is with child services," she says. Colin's lawyer comes up to us. I am going to be on the witness stand today. I am a little scared because I have no idea what Helen's Lawyer is going to ask me. I hope they don't use Colin and I's relationship against Colin's case in any way.

The lawyer goes over the case with Colin, and I sit behind them. "Please rise," the officer says. And the judge enters the room. Helen's lawyer starts "My client would like full custody for her son Even O'Donoghue and will prove why Colin O'donoghue is an unfit patent." Then Colin's Lawyer says "My client will settle for shared custody, but full custody would be ideal."

Now it is time for the witnesses. I am called up first, I take the oath. The first questions I have rehearsed many times with Colin's Lawyer, so it goes really well. Next Helen's Lawyer will ask me questions.

"Is it true that you and Colin are in a relationship?" He asks. Colin's Lawyer calls objection, but it is denied. This is what I didn't want to happen. I tell the Lawyer yes, and then it goes downhill from there. The lawyer suggests that Colin and I had a affair, which isn't true at all. Now all of the good thugs I said about Colin when I answered his Lawyer's questions seems to have slipped out if the judges mind. At the end of it all we all pretty much know who is going to win. I try to tell Colin that everything is going to be okay, but I know it isn't.

It turns out that I am right. Helen gets full custody if Even and Colin is devastated. "Colin?" I ask. He has been sitting in the same chair ever since the judge granted Helen custody. "It's okay, you can try and get custody next year," I say. "Next year, next year is so far away. I am such a bad father. I should have stayed in Ireland. I shouldn't have taken the job-" I interrupt him. "But Colin-"
"Helen and I would still be together, this custody battle would have never existed I could have just gotten a job in Ireland, we would have been a happy family" he finally stops talking. "But then you wouldn't have met me," I say. I am about to cry now. I knew it, he still loves her. I get up and start to walk towards the door. "Jen I didn't mean to..." I stop for a second and then keep walking. I am now crying. We drove in separate cars, so I drive home alone.

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