A Second Chance

It's not your fault

"Mom, you are so Phoebe!" Samuel laughs.

"Hey! I am not that ditzy!"

"Not ditzy, just.. Special." Michael taps her leg.

"Gee, thanks." She chuckles then asks, "What time is it?"

"Um.. Damn, it's almost four o'clock." Sam looks at his phone.

"Watch that mouth, Samuel!" Jessica points her finger at him.

"Sorry." He laughs.

"It's okay...

Guess what time it is!" She smiles.

"Almost four, Sam just said that, ma." James looks at her funny.

"No, it's popcorn time!" She jumps out of bed and runs downstairs.

They all follow her and grab all kinds of junk food.

"James, grab a few Dr. Peppers. Ooh Oh! And Sam, grab those ding dongs!" Jessica says leaving the kitchen with her hands full.

Even though it was junk food, they wanted to take advantage of their mom's sudden want for food.

"Michael, hand me that Hershey bar, please baby."

Michael hands it to her and Samuel says, "This is the life.. Friends marathon, junk food, Dr. Pepper, and family.. It doesn't get any better than this." He smiles.

***

6:00 a.m.

"You guys, the sun's coming up! We stayed up all night!" Jessica smiles.

"Hey, we did!" Michael smiles.

"Yeah.. It's beautiful, isn't it?" She says looking out the window at the sun shinning through.

"It sure is.." James answers.

*Yawns* I think I'll sleep now. I don't have anywhere to go tomorrow, so I'm gonna sleep till my eyes just pop open." Jessica chuckles.

"That sounds good, I think I'll do the same!" Sam agrees.

***

"Jessie.. Jessica! You need to be careful!

... Something's com--

... Take care of yourself...

... Take care of ou--"

Jessica jerked up from her dream, and gasped, waking the boys up.

"You okay, mom?"

"I just dreamt of your father.."

"What did he say?"

"I don't know, there was fog or something between us.. His voice kept going in and out, but I heard him tell me to take care of myself."

"See mom? It's a sign from dad! He wants you to live life and stay happy, and healthy."

"... Yeah."