Sweet Caroline (Corey Crawford)

Try Again

Corey

"How many flowers do you want" the florist asks and I look around. There was a lot of pretty ones but I was thinking big.

"Can I have 10 of your biggest bouquets" I ask and the guy looks at me skeptically.

"Are you sure" he asks.

"Yes please" I nod and he just shrugs his shoulders.

He brings out the ten largest bouquets he has and I pay for them. It was hard to find fresh flowers in December in Canada but this was the best place I've see. 

I get them all loaded up in my car and head over to my house in Montreal. Once I get there I take the flowers out to the back yard and arrange them how I want them. I set a piece of paper next to each bouquet and look around. This looks pretty good and I'm hoping that I can even get Caroline over here to see it.

I drive over to Caroline's house and I see her dad was home. I think about calling my parents and telling them I love them because he might actually kill me. I know he knows what happened. I know he is pissed at me and I know he isn't afraid to show me just how angry he was. But I would have to get through him eventually and I don't think I can take it much longer, not being with Caroline. It's been arguably the worst week of my life and Christmas was right around the corner.

I knock on the door and pray that Caroline answers it. But to my despise her dad answers and I almost run away, I would have if my feet didn't feel like lead sunken into the porch.

"Crow" he says monotoned and I almost started crying.

"Hello sir, I was wondering if I could talk with your daughter" I stutter.

"Not if I have anything to do with it" he claims.

"Well can you give her this" I ask handing him a envelope. I had it just in case this happened. He snatches it out of my hand before looking at it and back to me.

"I'll give it to her" he says calmly.

"Thank you. And I just want to tell you I deeply regret what I did. I'm sure you don't want to hear it but I just wanted you to know. I love your daughter more than I am ever capable of explaining. And I will never stop loving her. Kind of like how you never stoped loving your wife after she passed. I know it's not the same but that's the closest thing I have to explaining the pain I feel now that I don't have Caroline. I've made a huge mistake and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me" I insist.

"It takes a lot of balls to say that" he admits.

"When you love something you have to fight for it. I know you see it in her too, that something special. I know you feel it when she looks at you. I know you hear it when you hear her talk. I get that same way too. I wish everyone could have someone like her, I know I'm blessed that it was me she fell in love with. I broke what we had but I'm trying everything in my power to fix this" I explain.

"I don't know, girls like that don't heal easily, she has been locked in her room crying for four days. She's pretty upset" he claims.

"I know she is. I am too. I'm better than that guy I was, I learned too much to throw it all away in one night" I defend.

"I don't want you guys apart. I really don't. But I don't want to see her sad either" he explains.

"I want to be the reason why she laughs, not cries. I want to be the reason she smiles, not frowns. Knowing that I can make a difference in the life of someone like her is such a good feeling. I can't let her go, and I won't stop until I get her back" I insist.