Jul 17, 2021

Time Traveler: Episode 91 - Close Encounter - Part 1


"Jul, I'm sorry, I..."
"Robin, forgive me for..." Robin and Juliette spoke at the same time, so none of the two could quite understand what the other was saying.
"You go first", he added.
"No, you go first", she granted.
"No, you", he insisted.
"Okay. What I was trying to say is I should be the one to apologize, since it was me who caused this mess".


"That's not completely true".
"Of course it is. I was the one who broke up with you, remember?"
"And I accepted your decision without questions, without a fight. I was so wounded in my pride that I just ran away".


"Had I stayed till the end of the semester, or at least one day more, none of this would've happened", Robin concluded.
"Even so, I shouldn't have hidden from you that we were going to have a baby", Juliette added.
"You were angry with me, and with good reason. I didn't understand you at that moment and when I finally did it was too late".


"And I wasn't very kind for us to say. Now those two years in Rowan's life that you've missed, I'll never be able to give them back to you".
"Well, I will make it up to you and him for every day I wasn't there".
"Yeah? How?"
"That's precisely what I want us to talk about right now".
"Alright, but there's something I gotta do first".


Juliette brought Rowan's swing from the kitchen and placed it in the living room.
"It's better for him to be comfortable in case the conversation gets long. And he needs to have dinner too. Can you put him down on the floor, please?"
"Sure".


"Wouldn't it be better to take him to bed? He seems a bit sleepy", Robin pointed.
"I will take him in a moment, I just want him to be with you as long as possible. Besides, I don't think he wants to go yet".


Juliette and Robin patiently waited until Rowan finished eating, then she took him to his swing.
"Alright, honey, stay here and behave while mommy and daddy talk".
Rowan didn't seem very pleased, but Juliette had hope that, having had dinner already, he would soon fall asleep".


While Juliette made sure that Rowan was comfortable, Robin thought of what he was going to tell her. He thought as well of other things, namely memories of Juliette and him together during those sweet University days...

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