Then There Was You

Chapter 10: Just A Chance

It's been about three-month period from the crash. Looking back on the calendar. Ari sighed heavily as she got her stuff together. Walking out the door Vince was true to his word standing there bright eyed and bushy tailed. Man what I'd give to have that energy right now. "Hey Vince, how you doing?" Ari asked him with a smile reaching her hand out to shake as he went to go in for a hug. Awkward. Both laughing Vince just walked up and hugged her.

"It's good to see Ari. You look good." "Do I normally look that bad?" She teased him. "Is that what you going to do today you going to be mean?" Teasing her back. "No. Not all day at least. Just a little bit." She told him squeezing er hands together to show him making him smile. "The restaurant is just over here. I need to be a little closer to the office today I got a client coming in I can't be late for." "Sure, I understand that's fine." "On the plus side I get a little over an hour." "That sounds nice. Must be good running the office." Teasing him again.

"That's right. It is. Maybe you should come be my P.A we could slack off like we used to." Making them both laugh hard at the old memories. "No I don't think I got the energy for all that again. Was good times though." "Best times." Opening the door for her with a wink and giving his name at the hostess. She noticed they were taken back to more of a private area. Looking at him confused as this was supposedly his usual table now. "I've taken a couple of clients here. Most time we need more privacy to protect their privacy. So now they just give me a table back here it's more personal to speak to those who don't like lots of attention. I also have a feeling you still don't like being around groups of people anyways. Hope you don't mind." Vincent told her.

"No this is fine. I still don't like large groups and I understand abut the work thing. HIPPA is important as well as making sure our clients are comfortable in their environment." Smiling to him they both looked over the menu and placed orders. In. "It's going to take a little longer today for the meals I'm sorry only one chef today." The waiter apologized as he hurried off. "Well good thing we got time than huh." Vince smiled to her in the old way that used to make her heart swell. Now its affect wasn't really there.

"How are you adjusting to the town?" Ari asked him drinking her soda. "It's been good. I actually have been out with some colleagues, couple of friendly clients. Even Preston and Liam went for drinks with me the other night we going back out again Friday I think. Everyone is really welcoming here. I mean you right it's a big town but also a small one. People are way more nicer than where we were living before. The sad thing is it's not even that far like what two hours and it feels like a whole other world." Vince told slightly shaking his head drinking his drink.

"Yeah. I didn't think I missed it so much until Brently and I got here. I'm really glad we came back. After being here again I don't think I could ever really leave again. It just feels like home. Well it feels more like home now." "Is that because of everything that happened or because you finally letting yourself live a little bit again?" Vince asked flatly being one of the few who truly understands her.

"I guess all of it in a way. You know just trying to catch up with the living life thing makes me realize all the things in front of me. I'm starting to take a better look at things around me. Things I never knew I even wanted. Changing things I thought I did. When you're life is put in a spot where you may not wake up again, your mind kind of clears up a little bit in the oddest ways. Things still hazy while other things you see clear as day." She told him with a shrug not knowing how else to explain it.

"Yeah it's crazy how the mind works. I mean you get so use to things being in a certain way and then one day it's just gone. Nothing follows the same after that. It's crazy how life works I mean we go through all these experiences and we ground down what we think we want. You know when you think you're so sure. Until you wake up one day look around at what you got left and realize maybe it's not what you wanted after all. Maybe the plans we have for ourselves isn't the plan we really wanted. Maybe we get a little blind sighted until life event happens to help us change our mind." Vincent told her looking her in the eyes as if he was a different person.