Changes

Chapter Twenty Eight - Home Sweet Home

     I heard the TV yelling and the coffee machine running, but no person was in sight. I looked at the time on the microwave, it was 7am here. I figured that my mother wouldn't be awake for at least another hour, so this was probably my dad having the TV on, at a reasonable volume, and the coffee machine making his coffee. Suddenly, my dad walked out of a room and jumped when he saw me,

     "Jeez, Y/N! You scared me!" He then started to laugh. "You're finally home!" He exclaimed, bringing me into a tight hug.

     "Hi, dad!" I said, hugging him back.

     "Would you like something to eat or drink?" He offered. I politely declined, as I had eaten with John before I came here. "I'll go wake up mom!"

     Moments later, both my parents came into the kitchen, full of excitement. My mom gave me the same tight and warm hug my dad had given me about 5 minutes ago, but slobbering my face with kisses.

     "What a surprise!" She exclaimed, finally letting me go. I felt like I could properly breath again, gasping for oxygen.

     "Yeah, it was a surprise for me too. I honestly just needed to get out of the house and visit people I miss."

     "You should come here more often. We miss you too."

     We then continued to chit chat, and I told my parents about my feelings towards John and his new woman.

     "Honestly, I expected this. John from your world versus ours isn't too different. I'm sorry." My mom was so blunt, but it was the truth. Tough love, I guess.

     "But I thought I could change him, that's why this hurts so much." I suddenly cringe at the words I just said, because I sounded like the prissy main character out of a coming of age movie where the girl tries to change the bad boy to love her and be a better person. But I had to admit, it did feel like this only we were adults and there's another woman in the picture whom he truly loves and isn't a fling.

     "Well, there's always other fish in the sea. But I understand he's your husband so you have to fight for him if you still love him." My mom replied, becoming more soft.

     "I do love him very much. How do I change him, though?"

     "You can try being extra nice, with compliments, for example. Guys secretly love the little things because they don't get that treatment often." My dad told me. "That's how I stayed with your mom!"

     My mom gave him some sort of glare, which was unreadable. I wasn't sure if it was a so you thought of someone else? glare, or a wow, you never told me that! glare.

     "I guess it's worth a shot, but knowing John and what's to come in the future, I don't think the odds are in my favour."

     "We'll just have to see."

     The rest of the time I spent with my parents, 5 days, we went to all my favourite places that I don't have in my world, and I saw some extended family whom I haven't seen in a good 7 years, maybe more. Some not since my first wedding day. I also spent one day with my friends, Y/F/N and others, and someone whom I haven't seen in a very long time. Not since when I first got my locket. Logan. To be honest, I had almost forgotten about him. The one way I recognized him when Y/F/N re-introduced me, was how curly his hair was still. He turned out to be a good looking man, which was well deserved for him. Turns out, he has a fiance who works with him in the government but I didn't meet her since she was in Australia on business.

     Right before I was ready to leave, I promised everyone that I would do my best to stay in touch and visit more often. I wasn't sure how I was going to stay in touch, but I knew I would give it my all. The technology from today wouldn't work so well in my world, and sending a letter would be impossible, so the only way is visiting using the locket.

     "Love you, I'll see you soon!" I gave my parents a hug goodbye, and next thing I know, I'm back in my shared bedroom with John, and I heard a strange muffling coming from downstairs.