Prologue:

It was a cold, dark, and rainy night when I took the drive down that long windy road. The wipers were on high, swiping away the loud drops of rain that pelted off my windshield. The tears streaming down my face match the amount of rain that was falling and it wasn't helping my vision.

I had lost track of where I was about 40 minutes ago. I just kept going straight, driving fast, and trying to get away from the truth of what was behind me. Trying to drive away from the answer to the question we had asked for months. I didn't want to face him and tell him the words the doctor told me. I didn't want to see the sadness in his eyes when he found out he was the reason our dream wasn't going to come true.

We had discussed the alternatives; but the truth was, I knew deep in my heart that the alternatives weren't what either one of us wanted. We said it to make the other happy.

When a man and a woman have been together and know each other as well as we do, you can see the truth in each other's eyes. And the truth was, when the words were spoken, I knew he wasn't telling me the truth, just like he knew I wasn't telling him the truth. But we didn't mention it again. Instead we waited; hoping that it was neither of us. We avoided any further conversation. It was easier that way. Easier than lying to the person you love.

I wiped the tears from eyes and as I did, I saw in the distance, a tall man walking with his head down. The rain was pounding off his long brown jacket, a guitar case was swinging back and forth in hands. My eyes focused on him as he walked on the side of the road. He looked up when my headlights came into sight. He stuck his thumb out and my only thought was: what my husband doesn't know, won't kill him.

I pulled alongside him and rolled my window down; he looked at me and smiled. "What has you so sad, pretty lady?" He asked. I took one look in his eyes and knew that he could give us the one thing my husband couldn't…so I offered him a ride.

WOW its been a long time. This story has been in my head and this prologue has been written for about 2 years now. I was listening to Hearts 'All I want to do is make love to you' and for the first time, I actually got what the song was about. (You can laugh, it took me quite some time to get it) Anyway, I had this story idea and I had to write it...so I did and now I'm back...I hope you enjoyed it.

This is unbeta'd so all errors are mine.