Heartfelt Resilience Ep 2: The Rekindled Connection

𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑏𝑜𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙'𝑠 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡.

*Someone knocks at the door*

Shaine

(in a hurry) wait! I'm coming!

*opens the door*

Shaine

(Surprised) Oh, Hi Carl!

Carl

(Smiling)Am I late?

Shaine

No, you're just in time, come in.

𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ.

Carl

(Shyly greet) Hello Mr. and Mrs. Roces

Shaine's Father

(Welcoming) Welcome Carl!

Shaine's Mother

Carl, is that you? You are already so tall and handsome.

Carl

(Shyly) Oh, not really.

Shaine

(Giggles) he's still the old Carl you meet before mom. *chuckles*

Shaine's Mother

Come in Carl and join us for dinner.

𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑.

Shaine's Mother

So, how are you and you're parents. It's been so long since you visited us here.

Carl

We're fine, my father found a new job with a big salary, and his boss seems so good and kind to him.

Shaine's Mother

Oh that's so good.

Shaine's Father

It's a good thing you're still studying at the same school as Shane.

Carl

Yes, I actually beg my father to stay at the same school even though it's too far from our house so that I can keep seeing Shaine there and talk to her every day.

Shaine

(Shock) What? so you did that just for that?

𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑏𝑜𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.

𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟, 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠.