JJ thought back to the day he was 12. He was with his mother grocery shopping. They were leaving the store and it was raining very hard. His mother pushed the shopping cart right out into the rain without considering he might stop. He sped forward to catch up with his mother. When he was in the middle of the road a raindrop hit him in the eye causing his entire body to seize up. His wheelchair abruptly stopped. A car braked sharply and just tapped his wheelchair. His mother hearing this ran up to the car, hit the roof and yelled at the driver "What in the bloody hell are you doing you god damn wanker!" His mother took JJ to the hospital although it wasn't necessary. Maya Dimeo always did stuff like that.
Amy turned on her wheelchair and drove up to JJ and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm going to the gazebo. You coming?" With that she turned around and drove off into the dark drizzling night. JJ stared at the reflectors on the back of Amy's wheelchair as they faded into the night.
There he was, 3000 miles from home, away from everything he knew. This is what he wanted, why he asked his brother Ray to gently take him out of his wheelchair and put him on the floor to make it look like he fell. This is why he purposely twisted his knee slightly, just enough to need to go under the knife one more time. Just another surgery. He knew that would get his mom to agree to this. After all, when you have had 27 surgeries, what's one more to get you what you really want? JJ took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he thought about that day at the grocery store.
He opened his eyes and put his wheelchair on the highest speed and pushed the joystick on his chair forward.
The drizzle pelted JJ's skin so he kept his head down. Soon he caught up with Amy. He could hear her laugh as they drove through the woods. The ride was bumpy. The wooden board walk they constructed was once a smooth and easy ride, but after twenty years in the Maine woods the path turned into a roller coaster.
JJ lifted up his head a little, he could see the gazebo through the rain but could feel his muscles spasming. He gritted his teeth. "No damnit, not now," he thought. His wheelchair skidded the last few feet and stopped underneath the gazebo and he collapsed when he was done driving, his head resting on his knees. He struggled to catch his breath, needing ten deep gasps to feel normal.
He sat up and saw Amy breathing even harder than he was. Her shirt became transparent with the rain, showing her pink bra. Then they stared at each other's eyes for a moment. Amy drove her chair parallel to his and they leaned over and kissed urgently, passionately. JJ went to put his hand behind her head, but then thought better of it in case his hand would clench and pull out her hair. Instead his hand rested on her breast. Upon feeling this, Amy lifted up her shirt and put JJ's hand back on her breast.
They broke their kiss and he started working down her neck slowly, a little bit at a time. He felt an odd sense of accomplishment. "Yes, I did it, I got a girl all by myself" he thought. Just then a loud clash of thunder broke their embrace and they sat straight up in their wheelchairs. They stared at each other frightened by the noise. As JJ stared at Amy he felt a strange feeling in his left hand.
