Driven by Love

The Return Home

        The music played, the fresh morning crisp air came in threw the truck window, i drove, my last stop before heading home, home... the more i thought about it the more i woundered, what ever became of my old friends, my first high school sweetheart, or even my parents. god its been to long since i've been home, almost 5 years, i can't believe it. i was finally on my way back, how much has changed?, who all were still their?, will they remembe me? these throughts raced threw my mind the closer i got to home a little town known as buffilo creek.

        I pulled into the Sugar dale truck stop. i sat their thinking of how maybe i should call my parents and tell them i can't come home yet, or anything to not come back. but i took a deep breath and walked into the sugar dale eat and sleep, reaturant i sat down in a red and white booth and I felt my stubble covered face, i could use a shave but im just not ready to yet, an older woman came over and poured me a cup of coffee and told me that i should just relax and enjoy my time home, i wanted to ask how she knew but i figured that her working here for years she learned the expressions of the drivers. i sat their and took my time drinking the coffee because i didn't have to be at my parents house until 3:30.

        2:58, i pulled my big mac truck into my parents driveway, as the smell of a cook out was in the air, i knew they we're celebrating. i climbed out of the cab and was greeted with a hug from my mom, she had tears of joy in her eyes when she welcomed me home, i smiled and huged her back, we talked as we walked threw the house into the backyard and she wanted to know everything about the places i've been and my experences with the world. i told her it would have to wait till, later as we stepped threw the back door a bunch of people yelled welcome home and it was all my famaly and friends then i stopped as i looked around at one person, she stood 5'9 wearing a black and white flannel shirt with her dark brown hear up and curly, she smiled at me with her lovely lips and her green eyes twinkled in the sun. and i knew it was her.

        I stood their dumb founded, looking back at when we were in high school...

"the bell rang we were off to chemestry, i was holding her hand she was holding mine everything was perfect, life was easy then, we had no care in the world, our lives were about to start and we planned out our whole future to getting mairried and having kids everything... but that all changed that very same day, around nine O'clock i went over to her house and i over heard her and her parents talking, her parents we're telling her that she was going to college, and she was arguing that she wanted to stay here with me... and i knew what i had to do, i saw a young boy walking home from school and i asked him for a peice of paper and a pencil and he generously gave them to me and told me to have a wounderful night.i took the paper and wrote a letter and i placed it in the screen of the door and i walked away, i ran from my problems like a coward, i left school and got my GEd and i started to drive truck because thats the first place that would hire me"

        To: my love

        , i'll never forget you, and i hope we see each other in the future
        but i got to go, im afraid that if i stay i'll ruin your life like im ruining mine

I came back from my pitty party memory when everyone was asking me to say grace before we eat. I held my mother and sisters hands, as I started to say grace, as soon as I finished I sat down and looked at her, I couldn't believe how beautiful she was, I sat their thinking of how much I screwed up.

After we ate, everyone was in the living room discussing many things while I was in the kitchen doing dishes when I heard a familiar voice say "welcome home boo."

I turned and smiled at the beautiful girl before me. When I mumbled" thanks."

She smiled as the moon light from the window glissened in her eyes, she said " so how long you staying for?"

I shrugged my shoulders at the question, bc honestly I don't know, I think I might leave tomorrow or maybe even tonight, then she walked up to me and said " why don't you stick around for a while and maybe grab some brunch with me tomorrow morning?... plz it'll be fun."

I smiled and said, "it couldn't hurt to go out with an old friend."