Synopsis: Second Chances

Melanie has had what most would call a fairly normal life. For her, it was tough. Always the outcast, few friends, and usually alone. But recently her life has been hell- so it seems to her. Her past three boyfriends cheated on her, she just got fired, and worst of all, the stuffed animal who got her through her years of lonliness has gone missing.

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Roger wanted nothing more than to be in the middle of the action. Sitting still wasn't an option for him. But it was one night when all that changed. During an attempted raid he and his comrades were ambushed and left to die. Though that wasn't the end of Roger's life. He was given a choice: stay dead and live in peace for the rest of eternity or return to earth and help others. Not wanting to sit around, even after death, Roger opted to help others.

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It was supposed to be like any other assignment. He'd be with the child until he, or she, neared puberty, and then they'd have no need for him anymore. After that, he would move on to the next assignment. But she was different. Twenty-three years after he'd been assigned to the newborn babe he was still around, she still needed him. But it was when she needed him the most that things changed.

Now he's been given a small amount of time to help Melanie get her life back on track before his human form is taken away and he becomes another child's toy. But as he is finally able to talk back to her he begins to realize that he doesn't want another assignment. All he wants is what he never wanted in his first life: to settle down with someone and live out the rest of his days in relative quiet.

But the terms were for him to direct Melanie towards her career and help her meet the man she's to marry. He was never supposed to get attached. Now he has to figure out a way to stay with her, but as a human.