Choosing Hope

costs me everything. I’m lucky I landed with Jane and Maura. I got another chance. You’re
different Jess.You can’t spin the lottery wheel and hope to find 2 more great parents. What you
have is what you have. Don’t screw it up.” Callie now had tears falling down her face.
Jess looked at Cailin, then back at Callie. “Thanks Callie.”
Callie nodded. “I know you two need to talk. I’ll go downstairs.”
After Callie left Cailin immediately let the tears out, as Jess sat beside her and put her arm
around her. “What now,” Jess whispered.
Cailin didn’t respond. She just started singing.
“This love could be great, but they say it would be wrong. I don’t care because I'd be lost without
you. We live because we love, we love cause we belong. Oh I swear, you heal the scars that
never felt a wound, and we’ll never need their rules, to guide the way. Love will light the day.”
Jess smiled as she recognized the song and started to sing back.
“What’s in a name, I'm ready to risk the blame. Call me your own, no matter where we’ve got to
go. Cause what we have, there is no controlling this.”
As Jess stopped singing, the two girls stared into one another's eyes for a few seconds before
sharing a passionate kiss. They pulled away and rested their heads together, neither one wanting
to say anything, but both knowing they should.
"Cailin," Jess was silenced by another kiss only to feel fresh tears stream down the brunette's
cheek onto hers.
"Jess, please don't hate me," Cailin says swallowing hard. Jess knew what Cailin was going to
say. "I love you Jess, I do but…"
"We have to stop, I know.Cailin, I could never hate you, ever. You were there for me at my
lowest points. You've seen me at my worst and if it weren't for you I probably wouldn't be here
today." Cailin shook her head, looking away from the redhead, she didn't want to think about
that.
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