<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/244/2/d/laura_pol_paint_by_patricia_crvl-d7xjoof.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Tessa "Tess" Cantrell | Hourglass<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Under the trees<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 5th, Evening<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Bobby<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Enjoying the rain and providing company.<br/><hr/><br/>Tess pulled the blanket tighter around her as she shivered slightly from a breeze that blew through. The blanket was beginning to become wet as well, soaking up the water that her clothes were dripping. She didn't seem to mention anything about it, though, as if she was ignoring the temperature. She was more interested in what Bobby had to say than anything else around them.<strong>"I think that everyone has a little devil inside of them. I used to have moments where I honestly thought about doing terrible things to my stepfather. I didn't, though. And I don't think I ever would..."</strong>Her voice trailed off and her eyes became out of focus before she continued.<strong>"...Unless he did something to my mother. I don't think I'd be able to control myself at that point. I mean, everything I endured was for her. And if it was all for nothing, I would probably lose it,"</strong>she admitted, surprising herself a bit. It was the first time she had really thought about it. She could've easily hurt him, or even killed him, but her mother deserved to be happy and so Tess put up with everything he did, even if her mother's happiness wasn't true happiness.<br/><br/><strong>"If my stepfather came and apologized and told me he had changed his ways and started treating my mother right... I would forgive him. I would accept him. Because you shouldn't turn someone away who wants to be a better person. And even with the scars he left on me and the painful memories that I can still feel sometimes... It wouldn't matter anymore because he'd be a new person. I wouldn't make him answer as to why he did the things he did. He would have already seen that it was wrong and that he needed to change. There's no reason to make it any more difficult on him. And I think the same goes for you. Yes, I know the things you've done in the past, but you're not the same person. You may have the same components and look the same, but the devil inside of you is no longer in control. You should be proud of how far you've come and how strong you are."</strong>