Rekindled Love

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But…there is a situation within this story that could potentially be triggering to some readers. I want you to be aware beforehand because your mental health matters. Playlist Jelly Roll- Need A Favor Whiskey Myers- Stone Kameron Marlowe- Giving You Up Aerosmith- Janie’s Got A Gun Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar On Me Chainsmokers- Closer Five Finger Death Punch- Wrong Side Of Heaven Gone West- I’m Never Getting Over You AC/DC- Back In Black Falling In Reverse- The Drug In Me Is You My Breed, Jesse Howard- Welcome To My House Miguel- Sure Thing Slander, Dylan Matthew- Love Is Gone Harry Styles- Falling Post Malone- I Fall Apart Morgan Wallen- Last Night Jamie Lawson- Don’t Let Me Let You Go Lainey Wilson- Dirty Looks Ozzy Osbourne- Mama I’m Coming Home Ruelle, Fleurie- Carry You Bad Omens- Just Pretend Ed Sheeran- Eyes Closed David J- Before You SYML- Better Eric Ethridge- If You Met Me First Dedication To all of you that didn’t know me but took a chance anyway. Thank you! Quote If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don’t, they never were. -Khalil Gibran PrologueLawsonDad said his girlfriend and her daughter are moving in with us today. I haven’t even met these people he’s letting take over our house. Mom only left three months ago, why isn’t he trying to get her back? I don’t want some girl living with me. I hate girls! Girls are gross and have cooties! She better not have a bunch of pink stuff and want me to play dolls with her. Over my dead body will I play with a doll. Why couldn’t it be a boy? At least he would want to throw a football around. I’m going to be stuck with a yucky girl and all of her girly stuff. This is going to be terrible! How can Dad do this to me? “Lawson, come down here. They’re here,” Dad yells from the bottom of the staircase. Huffing and rolling my eyes, I stomp out of my room and down the stairs. Dad puts his hand on my back and mumbles, “I expect you to be on your best behavior and make them feel welcome.” I’ll make them feel welcome when they get a taste of my pranks. I’m the prank master! Dad doesn’t care for them and most of the time gets mad, but Mom, she loves them and always laughs. I stand frozen in front of the prettiest girl I have ever seen. I haven’t seen a lot of girls, I’m only six and still in kindergarten, but out of all the ones I have seen this girl is the prettiest.I blink and blink to make sure I’m not seeing things. She looks like an angel with the sun shining all around her and she’s wearing a pink dress. Pink is my new favorite color. Her hair is blonde and hangs down to her elbows. Her eyes are the color of Emerald City from the movie The Wizard of Oz. That’s Mom’s favorite movie, she would always make me watch it with her. The girl stares back at me, her big eyes blinking just like mine. “I’m Brinley.” She sticks her hand straight out in front of her.“I’m Lawson.” I hold her hand in mine and slowly shake. My hand is tingly in hers. Those tingles shoot up my arm and straight to my heart that’s thumping in my chest. Her big round eyes stare at our joined hands that we’re still shaking like she feels the same thing I am. She starts giggling, even her laugh sounds like angels singing. Maybe it won’t be so bad having this girl live here, but no other girls. “Lawson, this is my doll, her name is Fiona.” I didn’t even see her holding the green doll that looks like Fiona from Shrek. “Hi, Fiona.” What am