Return To My Friend

It wasn't difficult to find Luke's whereabouts for Melinda after that, as persons saw him heading in the direction of the field.

'Brought up to speed!'

And here we are, Melinda said enthused about Luke's future questions.

That is dreadful, Luke responded. To endure all that, Luke continued with empathy towards her even though she was a stranger to him. Unable to move in the hot English sun.

I for one, am glad that you are alive else I would have never heard this epic tale, he joked trying to lighten the atmosphere. Or never know about the multiple gems stones that have been cast to our little town.

Then I am glad that I could be of help, she stated with a cheerful attitude.

Then a thought came to him which was seen in his changed facial expression. Remembering his vision he asked her a question. Out of curiosity, have you had any dreams or a visions when you touched the gem?

Visions, she asked curiously?

Yes. Did you see anything when you first touched the gem stone? A vision! A dream perhaps!

No she responded, shaking her head in conjunction with her words. I have not seen or had any such vision or dream.

I first saw something when I touched my gemstone. I was taken to a large room with a huge hourglass in the center of this lit room. Around it were five streams of light moving in and around the hourglass. They seemed to be alive based on their movements. They were likened that of transparent amphibious beings, swimming around in an aquarium.

They were also of a variety of colors as one was blue. Another was yellow. Another was green. The larger one of them was purple and the last one was red.

I see, Melinda said in response to his statement. They seem to be the colors of all the gemstones that I had seen that night.

"We would definitely need to find the other gem stones, he stated with intensity."

And I would be there, beside you she responded.

Great, he said joyfully, which reminds me he continued. Is it possible for me to meet your jewelry crafting friend?

Sure, when she asked?

How about now, Luke answered as he looked at the time drawing closer to five in the afternoon.

He should be available now, she responded after giving it some thought. Let's go then, she said with a smile.

Suddenly there was an extreme hush of silence that came over the crowd of spectators, which caused Luke to look in the direction of the field. Standing tall and valiantly on the winning side was Greg, commonly known as the bench warmer. Luke was surprised to see him on the field, let alone scoring a touchdown

Greg was nicknamed 'the bench warmer' as he was constantly on the bench due to the fact that everyone else seemed to be much better than he was.

Greg's raised his hand with the ball into the air as the applause finally came for him.

Even though Jeff had had the ball, Greg was still able to acquire the ball from him as well as make it all the way back to the other side of the field. A huge spike of jealousy grew in Jeff as the crowd cheered on for Greg.

Luke smiled and thought about the time he had first met Greg. Luke was looking for a training partner.

Greg had been on the treadmill that day in the gym trying to increase his stamina. He was an individual that trained long and hard everyday, to get stronger, faster and be better so that they would let him be on the field.

Today was his shining moment, Luke thought as he gave him a round of applause.

Lets go, Luke uttered as he and Melinda moved away from the bleachers and headed for the home of her friend.