A Second Chance

Felicity Grace

October.

Jessica, Danny and Grayson were at a Halloween store shopping for costumes.

"Look Grayson, you can be a cowboy!" Jessica smiles holding up a little cowboy costume.

"No!" He nods.

"You don't like it?"

He nods again.

"Gray, you wanna be a football player, don't you?" Danny smiles.

"No."

"A basketball player like your big brothers?"

"Nuh-UH!"

"Well what do you wanna be?" Jessica asks.

"No."

"No? *Laughs* Okay then."

Jessica looks at all the different costumes in Grayson's size and comes across newborn costumes.

She pauses and just stares at them for a while.

"Did you find one, Jess?"

"Hm? Oh! No.." She puts the small costume away and looks down.

"You okay?"

"Yeah.. I'm okay." She smiles softly.

...

"Grayson, you wanna be a bear?"

"Bear?!" His eyes light up.

"Yeah! You like that one?" Jessica chuckles.

"Yeah!" He smiles and grabs the costume.

"I think he likes it!" Danny says.

"Yep! You're gonna be such a cute little bear, baby!" Jessica kisses his head.

In line there was a costume thrown on the counter.

Jessica picks it up and smiles.

It was a newborn size princess dress.

"Danny, look at this."

"Awe that's so adorable!" He smiles.

"For little princess!" She says in a cute voice.

Danny chuckles and Jessica sighs still looking at the costume.

"Next!" The cashier shouts.

Grayson shakes Danny's arm and points to the woman.

"Oh!  Thanks, bud!" He laughs, pats Grayson on the head and walks towards the cashier.

"Hey baby, you coming?" He turns around and sees Jessica still staring at the small costume.

"Hm?"

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing." She nods and sits the costume down.

***

A week later.

Jessica is out to lunch with Sarah.

"Is everything okay?  You seem like there's something bothering you." Sarah says.

Jessica inhales deeply, then says, "Sarah.. I.. I want another baby."

"You do?" Sarah smiles.

"I do!  I know I said I was done, but losing our baby.. It was hard.. Very hard.  But it showed me that I do want to have Danny's baby. She says covering her mouth and her eyes filling with tears.