When the Past Becomes the Future

Photos from the Past

It had been 2 days since Brian got the biggest shock of his life. He hadn't slept, every time he went to eat he felt nauseous, he was useless at work; his entire world felt like it had flipped upside down. After leaving the library that day he did something he hadn't done in years, he called his brothers for advice. He never liked to bother them since they were busy with their own lives but right now he needed them more than ever.

Jimmy and Danny Quinn could tell by their brother's voice that something was wrong and after work were at his front door. They were shocked and a little upset that they had a nephew that was a complete stranger. After sitting with Brian for over an hour it was decided to wait by the phone until she called and then go from there. After a little persuading, Brian was able to convince them to keep it a secret from their parents for a little while longer. Their grandchildren were their lives, the brothers knew they were going to take this hard.

Finally after 48 long hours, Brian's phone rang.  She asked him if he would like to come over and talk, he accepted and decided that his anger towards her would have to be put on hold for the moment. A text came through from her shortly after they spoke with her address in Oakwood Beach, 15 minutes from his house. He couldn't believe they were living just 15 minutes away from his front door and she had no intentions of actually tell him.

After five long years, Brian got in his car and drove to Juliette. This time being much different than the first time he had driven to her, of course then she was a young woman hiding from the world staying with her aunt for the summer. For different reasons, Brian's nerves were just as pumped as they were back then

June 2010:
Getting out of his 1999 Toyota Camry, Brian felt his palms sweat. He had just finished a 72 hour shift at the firehouse but sleep was the last thing on his mind. The girl from the hospital yesterday kept running through this mind and after going home to shower, shave, and change his clothes he was now walking up her driveway about to approach the front door.

Quickly glancing over to the house next door, the damage from the fire yesterday wasn't as bad as it could have been. People really didn't understand the danger of candles but as bad as he felt about a woman's house almost burning down he did get a date with a gorgeous girl out of it.

He waited a few moments after knocking before it flew open and a beautiful petite brunette answered the door. She was only wearing jeans and a Denver Broncos T-shirt but Brian was positive he had never seen anything so beautiful in his life. "Hi!" She smiled sweetly, "Come on in!"

"My aunt's away for the day so I made some snacks and thought we could just chill in the living room if that's okay." She explained.

"Sounds good to me." He smiled taking a seat on the white couch.

They chatted for a little bit, Juliette talking about her decision to drop everything and spend the summer in New York helping her aunt at her art studio and Brian talked a bit about the fire department and a side improv group him and his friends did for fun.

"Wanna rent a movie?" She asked after they had exhausted the conversations about themselves.

"Sure." He smiled grabbing the remote from the coffee table. He began scrolling through all the titles and stopped on something that looked of interest. "I heard this was really good."

"Haunting on Winchester Hill?" She read. The look of the cover was of a creepy doll head with an old abandoned looking house in the background, "I'm not much of a scary movie person." She smiled shyly.

"Oh come on!" He joked, "Getting scared is the best." He teased.

"Fine!" She caved, "But if I get nightmares tonight, I'm calling you and you'll have to stay on the phone with me all night."