Molly pulled up in front of the house and looked at the peice of paper on which Skylar had written Howie's address. She took a deep breath and walked up the cobblestone steps to his front door. "Come on Molly, you have to do this" Molly closed her eyes and said a prayer that Howie would react the way she imagined he would. She reached out to ring the doorbell and waited with baited breath until the door opened and she was face to face with Howie.
"Molly, what are you doing here, I didn't expect to see you." Howie's voice was strained with nervousness. "Come in" Howie held open the door for Molly. "Nobody is home, do you want to sit in the living room or in the kitchen?"
"Actually it is so nice I would love to be out in the sunshine" The two walked out into his back yard and sat down on the loungers that were poolside. Molly shielded her eyes from the harsh sn and looked at Howie. "Well I guess you now know who I am..I am sorry to have kept it from you for so long but I couldn't think of anyway to approach the subject," Howie's finger reached up to her lips and rested it on them as he looked at her and smiled.
"Shhh, you have no reason to apologize. Molly what I did in high school I am not proud of. I was mean and unkind and I will spend the rest of my life thinking about how much I hurt you. Believe me when I tell you that I am sorry,eternally sorry." Howie's eyes filled with tears "I was young and immature and trying so desperate to fit in. I was worried about being liked that I never stopped and thought about how much I was hurting you. Molly you can believe me if you want and I pray that you do...everytime I said something mean to you and I saw how much it brought you down I did feel a pang of guilt but my need for acceptance overrid the need to be a human being and to treat other's properly and with respect. If I thought that there was anyway to make things right I would do it in a second, but I know that there is nothing I can do to ever replace the bad memories that you have of your childhood with those of good ones..Molly if I had for one second known all those years ago that I would have caused you so much heartache I would never have done it..You must really hate me, I don't think I could ever look at the person who had ruined my life. The truth is Molly I am falling for you, falling fast and hard..." Howie buried his face in his hands "How do I ever make things right?"
Molly wiped the tears from her face and gently touched Howie’s face "Howie I
have waited my entire life to hear you apologize and the words that you just
spoke were so true and so heartfelt. There is only one thing I need you to
do to make this right, to erase the bad memeries I have of you...I need you
to kiss me.....kiss me long and hard and prove to me how sorry you are" Molly
closed her eyes as Howie brought his lips onto hers. The two lost themselves
in the kisses, both praying that they would erase all the memories
forever.
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