Chapter seventeen
Moe and I were sitting at a burger joint that we found while we were walking around site seeing.
"Moe after we get done eating I want you to go two places with me. Both which is a secret."
Morgan tilts her head sideways looking curious.
"It's a surprise." I said grining.
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Moe looked at me crazy when we walked up to a hair place. She got out her phone and started typing.
Why the hell are we at a hair place??
All I could do was laugh as she showed me her phone. "I want change Moe. I want a positive change. I feel like with my long hair it just reminds me of when I was over seas."
She looked at me with an "oh" face as we entered. The lady at the front desk looked up at us and greeted us. "Hello ladies. What can I do for you girls today?"
I looked at her and replied "I would like a hair cut please." The lady motioned us to follow her to one of the open chairs. I sat down as she asked me what I would like done with my hair.
"I want it chopped off I want a little bit of length on the top but the sides shaved." Morgan and the lady looked at me shocked.
The lady looked at me "Sweetie you have such beautiful hair are you sure you want to chop it off?"
I looked at her with a stern look "I'm sure." and with that she started cutting.
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All I could do was stare at my new hair. It was all gone. I felt so happy for once.
Moe grabbed her phone and typed
Damn girl you be looking hot.
All I could do was laugh. "Well thanks Moe. Now for our second destination.
We started walking in a comfortable silence, not like Moe was going to talk. As we started to get closer and closer to our destination Morgan started to relize where we were going.
The Beach.
As we got down to the sand we found a good spot and just sat and watched the waves for a little bit.
"I come to the beach to think. Kelley knows I love the beach but she doesn't know this is where I think. When I first came back I would sneak off in the middle of the night and got down to the beach and just sit for hours looking at the moon lit ocean."
I looked over and saw she was just staring at the ocean. I was hoping she was listening so I kept talking.
"I brought you here because I know something happened last night, and you looked terrified. I know you don't have to tell me, but I want you to know that I am her for you Morgan. I know what it feels like to be scared. It's okay to tell someone what you are thinking."
"I dreamed about Meghan." she said quietly. I looked at her shocked.
"Then why did you look so teriffed when you woke up?"
"I-I dreamed that something horrific happened to her. I couldn't save her. All I could do was scream and scream and try to get to her, but it was like she couldn't hear me. When I finally got to her, she was just sitting there lifeless. All I could do was look at her dead body. All I thought to myself was I never got to say loved her."
The last sentence shocked me. I knew they had always danced around their feelings, but her saying that shocked me. Morgan looked at me almost as scared as she was last night.
"Morgan," I said getting her attention. "Moe you need to tell her. I see the way you guys look at each other. Hell the whole team sees the way y'all look at each other. You guys make eachother so happy. Sometimes you need to take the risk and go for it."
She looked at me and smiled. "How do you always know what to say?"
I laughed. " I don't. Sometimes words just come out of my mouth and I hope for the best. Why don't we start heading back to the hotel?"
She nodded her head, and we both stood up. As we begin walking I added, "If you still don't want to talk to anyone, that's fine, but honestly they were worried about you this morning. And one last thing." she stopped and looked at me. "I will always have your back Moe."