There you stand open heart

open door

Full of life in a world

that's wanting more

I walked into my living room and flipped on the TV. to wait for Alex to come home. He'd been working late the last couple of weeks. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Who could possibly be at my door this late? I got up and opened the door to see someone I hadn't seen in years. "Talia?"

She smiled, "Hi Hadley." She looked exactly the same, she hadn't aged at all.

"What are you doing here?" I asked stepping aside to let her in but she didn't move from her spot at the threshold.

"I wanted to drop by and catch up. It's been so long," she explained with a saddened expression.

"Yeah it has. Come on in and we can talk over some hot chocolate." Talia smiled, gave me a small hug, and walked inside plopping down on the couch. I went into the kitchen and quickly made two mugs of hot chocolate. "Here."

"Thank you," Talia said accepting the mug.

"So where have you been the last fifteen years?" I asked honestly curious.

"It's a bit of a long story..." Talia began. "It all pretty much started right after my dad died..."