You Captured My Heart

Chapter Two: You'll See

Chapter Two: You'll See

Tessa's POV

I sit back down and eat. I actually kind of scarf down the whole burger. I haven't eaten all day and this is way more scrumptious than salad. He laughs as he watches me and says playfully "You know if I knew you were gonna eat like that I would've let you keep the salad." How embarrassing!

He must notice the panic in my eyes because he hurriedly continues, "I'm just kidding Jones. I'm glad you're enjoying your burger. Much better than salad right?"

I smile and reply with a polite yes and thank you before asking "What's the fun part?"

He gets a devilish grin and says "you'll see."

I don't know if I should be thankful that I won't have to know what I'm getting myself into, or scared because I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. So I reply with a simple answer. "Should I be scared?"

He laughs and shakes his head. "Not unless you're afraid of heights." He winks and we walk out to his car.

Let me just say I am afraid of heights. I suspect he knows that though which is exactly why he's taking me to 'have fun'. I'm already nervous and I'm not even sure where we are going, much less what we're doing. As we pull into a parking lot next to a runway I'm slightly suspicious. "This has nothing do do with leaving the state does it?" I ask panicked.

He shrugs and says "you'll see."

Let me just say I'm tired of this you'll see crap. Knowing he won't give me a real answer I give up.

He leads me into a small building while covering my eyes. It's probably so I won't see the sight and freak out. When we get inside he leads me into a small room. I'm introduced to a tall chubby man. "Jones this is my uncle, Luke. He owns this place and I work here on weekends as an instructor." He says whilst smiling.

"Nice to meet you Miss Jones, Matt's never brought a girl here before. Imagine my surprise when he called saying.." Matt gives his uncle a look I can't quite describe and he stops mid-sentence before he turns back and smiles at me.

"I'll get the supplies and be back in a moment." His uncle says before leaving us alone.

"What exactly are we doing?" I ask somewhat curious and somewhat afraid.

"We are tandem jumping." He says this with a huge grin.

These words make me queasy. "As in skydiving?" I ask panicked. I've always wanted to go skydiving. I wasn't always afraid of heights but... That was before the accident. "Matt I... I... I can't do this. I, I don't want to go up there." I say this with my voice shaking. I won't go up there.

"C'mon it'll be fun! I do it all the time. It's not as dangerous and you would think." He's trying to plead me into doing this.

"Matt no. You.. You know what happened to my mom. I, I can't do this." I'm literally on the brink of tears, thinking about my mother. Doing this, it would scare the death out if me. Planes aren't my friend.

He must see how scared I am because he brings me into a hug and apologizes. "I'm sorry Tess, I forgot about your mother. Maybe another time?" I know he's sincere when he doesn't call me Jones. It's still not my actual name but he's being serious and I appreciate it.

"Yeah maybe." I squeeze him before letting go. I forgot where we were until Luke walks back in with the suits and stuff.

"Not today Luke, sorry." Matt tells his uncle before leading me out.

I'm still sad, thinking about my mother. How her plane crashed. What were her last thoughts? Was she scared as hell? I miss her a lot. It was only a year ago I was wishing my mother good luck on her business trip. That and my breakup with Max had made it the worst year of my life. I'm wiping away some of the tiers when Matt starts talking. "Tessa, I'm really sorry about your mother. I totally forgot. I was being selfish and I..

I cut him off, "You weren't being selfish Matt. You were trying to get me to have fun. No one outside of my family has actually cared enough to make me feel better and have fun." I sigh and look at him. "Matt I appreciate it a lot." I give him a small smile before looking out the window again.

"At the party you said you've always wanted to go skydiving. I wanted to share it with you because I love it and it always makes me feel better. I had hoped you would feel better too." He looks genuinely sad.

It makes sense I would tell him that. I have always wanted to but it's just too soon. Planes have scarred me and I'm not ready to jump in one. "Maybe sometime we can try again." I smile at him even though I know very well I won't be getting in a plane anytime soon.

The rest of the drive is quiet. Too quiet. Just when I'm about to start conversation Matt pulls over. He turns off the car and turns to me. "I promised you something fun and I'm going to take you to do something fun." He says with desperation in his eyes.

"Matt I already told you I don't want to..."

He cuts me off "No not that I want to take you somewhere special. It might not me as fun but it's just as mesmerizing." The way he says this I can tell he is remembering something.

I smile and say okay before falling asleep. I hadn't realized I was so tired until it started pulling me in its loving grasp. Sleep is my best friend. It's always there for me. I just close my eyes and everything feels better.

I wake up with a start. My breath is ragged and I'm panting. There's sweat on my forehead and my throat is dry. Thinking back to the dream I start to get teary eyed. I quickly wipe them away and turn to look at Matt.

He's looking at me with worry in his eyes. "Are you okay?" It's only now that I realize we are parked near a cliff edge. The sun is just beginning to go down. It's beautiful!

"Yeah, where are we?" I ask stunned at the beauty of the sunset. I've always loved sunsets but this one is prettier than I ever imagined one could look like. It's got blues, pinks, purples, orange, and yellow in it. It's gorgeous!

He releases a breath, I hadn't realized he was holding in, and says "We are at a little place I like to call Beauty Cliff. It's a bit cheesy but I was young when I named it though. It's a cliff and its beautiful so Beauty Cliff. My parents used to bring me here all the time. We would watch the sunsets together and I would fall asleep in their arms." He says this with sadness in his tone.

"What happened to them?" I ask wondering what it is that made him so sad.

"Car accident." He mutters with a strained voice. "It was a drunk driver. They went right over the railing and landed in the river." He's starting to get tears in those beautiful eyes of his and I pull him into a hug. We lay there like that just watching the sunset, and I fall asleep again.

The next thing I know I wake up in my bed. What happened? How did I get here? Hmmm.. I'm tired. Sleep starts pulling me in until I hear a crash. I jump up with a start and run downstairs nearly falling face forward.

"Nick? What's going on? Why....." My sentence ends abruptly when I find my dad in the kitchen.

"It's just me, I thought I would make some breakfast but I dropped a plate." My dad says staring at me with warm features.

I run up to him and hug him tightly. I haven't seen him in a while. He's always working crazy shifts ever since my mother passed. "I've missed you so much!" I tell him as I take in his smell. He smells like home. I love him so much.

He smiles and says "I've missed you too little Miss Jones."

My dad's called me that ever since I was little. I couldn't pronounce my first name yet so I would tell everyone my name was Jones. He's called me that ever since. Some would think it silly for your dad to call you by your last name but that was my nickname. It would make him smile every time I told someone my name. I miss those days.

"I love you daddy." I say in his shirt.

"I love you too baby."

We just stand there holding each other for a while. "Dad?" I ask.

"Yes dear?"

"Can I help with breakfast?" I ask knowing the answer already.

"I'd love that." He says smiling at me.

There's a side pic to give you some sort of picture of what Beauty Cliff looked like! :P Don't forget feedback! Comments & votes are greatly appreciated!

~Stay Beautiful