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No One Can Explain
No one can explain what happened to us on April 7th, 2013. Some people called it impossible; others called it a miracle. All I know is it was the day life changed forever.
This was it, 11 years after the plane first took off from Jamaica, and the death date was finally here. I had no clue what to expect. No idea what was going to happen to all of us. I so badly missed Zeke, my mom, grace and I was okay with the thought that today was going to be the day we would all be reunited. But then my heart stopped, what about Jared?
Jared, my ex-fiancé. The man I loved with everything I had was going to lose me again for a second time, only a year after we finally got back together. How could I do this to him? He knew about the death date and was still willing to be with me. Said he wanted to make up for lost time. Almost 10 years' worth of lost time. But now what? I was not ready to leave him again.
I knew he and Drea were close, but they were nothing more than just friends. So she could sleep with him when he was lonely but that wasn’t the type of relationship, I wanted him to have. In all honesty I wanted him to have me, to be with me. But here we were, the death date was almost over and I knew I was running out of time to tell him how I really felt when all of a sudden, a plane showed up out of nowhere.
We knew we had to get on, but I didn’t want to. I couldn’t say good bye to Jared, I couldn’t leave him alone again. My heart was breaking but we had no choice, I had to get on the plane.
Michaela: Jared, baby please. I love you. I have always loved you. Promise me please that you will find happiness, baby please.
Jared: I love you too Mick.
I threw myself at him and kissed him like my life depended on it, because it did. One by one the passengers got on the plane and I was the only one left standing. Dreading to get back on the plane that had ruined my life a decade earlier.
Jared: Mick, it's time to go.
Michaela: I can't leave you again, I just can’t
Jared: The last time I watched you walk on a plane I was waiting for you to get home, to give me an answer.
Michaela: I know, Jared. I’m so sorry I didn’t answer you right away. If I could do it all over again I would, I would have told you right then in the park how I felt, what you wanted to hear.
Jared: I am still waiting for your answer baby
Michaela: I was going to say....
Ben: Mick, we're out of time you have to get on the plane NOW!
Michaela looked at Jared and with tears in her eyes she stepped onto that horrible plane just as it took off from the ground flying into the sky. Jared stood there feeling like his heart had been ripped out of his body. It was like 2013 all over again. And somehow even after all this time he still had not gotten an answer from Michaela.
The passengers sat on the plane not knowing what to expect when all of a sudden it stopped flying and looked out of the windows and noticed they were parked in an airport. Ben opened the doors of the plane and was shocked to see that they had somehow landed back in JFK in the year of 2013.
Everything that happened, the plane, the missing years the death date, it was all a dream. One big bad terrible nightmare.
Michaela saw her parents, yes, her mother was there. All of the passengers who had gotten on the plane had made it back safely to New York. Michaela was so happy to see all of these people but the one person she yearned for, hoped to see most of all, was standing right next to her mom a huge smile on his face.
Jared: You said Yes? Baby you said yes!
Michaela: Of course, I said Yes. I’m sorry I needed time but this trip made me realize a lot of things and most important of them all is I don’t want to spend even one more day without you by my side. Jared, I love you more than I have ever loved anyone else and it would be my honor to be your wife.
Jared: She said yes! We're getting married! She said yes.
Michaela, knew that things weren't perfect between them, she knew that there was a lot they would have to talk about and work through but she was confident that Jared was her soulmate and was looking forward to seeing where she would be, come June 2, 2024.