Disclaimer: I do not own In A Heartbeat
A/N: I wrote a Tyler story! Can you believe it? LOL.
Daddy's Back
Chapter One: Reminiscing
(Summer 1994)
"Robert! Where are you going? !" Isabelle Connell yelled to her husband, who stood with bags packed and heading for the door.
"I need to get away. I can't deal with this anymore." Rob replied not daring to look into her eyes.
"I lost a child too! We can't just runaway from Annie's death." Isabelle yelled further. "What about Tyler, are you just going to leave him too?"
He didn't answer.
"Are you coming back?" Isabelle asked sad and quiet now . She had just realized her husband was leaving her.
Rob grabbed the doorknob. "I just can't stay. I am sorry." the nine year old, Tyler stood up out of bed when he heard the yelling from all the way downstairs in the kitchen. Standing by the doorway he could see into his baby sister's room - Annie's room, well what use to be. It had only been three months since that day. That day that forced his father to leave and never come back.
*~*
( Three months earlier)
" Mom can I go to the pool?" Tyler asked they were on vacation at Isabelle 's sister's house and Tyler was dying to go in his aunt's pool and was tired of waiting for the grown-ups to finish talking.
"I don't know …. there's no one to watch you. " Isabelle replied.
Tyler pointed to the bay window that was directly facing the pool, where he could already see is father and uncle talking, as three and a half year old sister Annie chimed in motion.
"I'll only be an hour or so, can't you wait honey?"
Tyler pouted and Annie pointed to the pool with puppy dog eyes. "Can I go Mommy?" she said.
Isabelle gave up, with two kids begging and her sister calling her , she said yes not knowing it was a fatal mistake.
'Fine, but only 20 minutes alright? Stay where I can see you and Tyler watch your sister ok?"
Tyler smiled already jumping the steps to the pool . "Sure , Mom."
"20 minutes." Isabelle repeated climbing the opposite stairs to the deck ad into the house. "Be careful."
Minutes later Tyler and Annie were in the pool, Tyler already a great swimmer going to the deep end, Annie flouting on a flouting device, which Tyler though was safer then swimmies. Suddenly, almost in unison Tyler's goggles fell to the bottom of the pool as Annie fell from her device. She had lost balance and fallen in the pool , drowning in the shallow end because she could not swim. Tyler had not been watching her - not wanting to be bothered by his baby sister , a mistake he too would regret for the rest of his life.
*~*
Isabelle counter reacted. "We can move, far, far away from here. We can be happy again Rob I promise." But Rob opened the door, suitcase in hand.
"It's too late for that… I don't know if I can ever forgive you and …him." He said breaking the reminder of his family.
That was the last time Tyler never really saw his father again after that night as he stood by the kitchen door , feeling as if he, just a little boy, had caused the break up of his family. A guilt he'd spend the rest of his childhood trying to make up to a father who hardly ever saw him or returned his calls or bothered to care.
*~*
(Present)
"Hey, Ty." William, his stepfather said as Tyler came into the living room from school.
"Hi." he mumbled. Truthfully, he didn't have anything against William, he was probably a great guy. But, Tyler couldn't face that his parents were never going to be as one again. and William symbolized that to him. He symbolized Tyler's failure to get them back together.
" Your mom wants to see you in the study."
Tyler nodded and found his mother, she much happier then that night when his father left. Not forgetting but forgiving herself for what happened to Annie. Moving on with her life without her littlest baby. She only wished Tyler could too.
"William said you wanted me?"
" Yes I do, honey. Your father's back in town."
*~*
A/N: How do u like it so far?
A/N: I wrote a Tyler story! Can you believe it? LOL.
Daddy's Back
Chapter One: Reminiscing
(Summer 1994)
"Robert! Where are you going? !" Isabelle Connell yelled to her husband, who stood with bags packed and heading for the door.
"I need to get away. I can't deal with this anymore." Rob replied not daring to look into her eyes.
"I lost a child too! We can't just runaway from Annie's death." Isabelle yelled further. "What about Tyler, are you just going to leave him too?"
He didn't answer.
"Are you coming back?" Isabelle asked sad and quiet now . She had just realized her husband was leaving her.
Rob grabbed the doorknob. "I just can't stay. I am sorry." the nine year old, Tyler stood up out of bed when he heard the yelling from all the way downstairs in the kitchen. Standing by the doorway he could see into his baby sister's room - Annie's room, well what use to be. It had only been three months since that day. That day that forced his father to leave and never come back.
*~*
( Three months earlier)
" Mom can I go to the pool?" Tyler asked they were on vacation at Isabelle 's sister's house and Tyler was dying to go in his aunt's pool and was tired of waiting for the grown-ups to finish talking.
"I don't know …. there's no one to watch you. " Isabelle replied.
Tyler pointed to the bay window that was directly facing the pool, where he could already see is father and uncle talking, as three and a half year old sister Annie chimed in motion.
"I'll only be an hour or so, can't you wait honey?"
Tyler pouted and Annie pointed to the pool with puppy dog eyes. "Can I go Mommy?" she said.
Isabelle gave up, with two kids begging and her sister calling her , she said yes not knowing it was a fatal mistake.
'Fine, but only 20 minutes alright? Stay where I can see you and Tyler watch your sister ok?"
Tyler smiled already jumping the steps to the pool . "Sure , Mom."
"20 minutes." Isabelle repeated climbing the opposite stairs to the deck ad into the house. "Be careful."
Minutes later Tyler and Annie were in the pool, Tyler already a great swimmer going to the deep end, Annie flouting on a flouting device, which Tyler though was safer then swimmies. Suddenly, almost in unison Tyler's goggles fell to the bottom of the pool as Annie fell from her device. She had lost balance and fallen in the pool , drowning in the shallow end because she could not swim. Tyler had not been watching her - not wanting to be bothered by his baby sister , a mistake he too would regret for the rest of his life.
*~*
Isabelle counter reacted. "We can move, far, far away from here. We can be happy again Rob I promise." But Rob opened the door, suitcase in hand.
"It's too late for that… I don't know if I can ever forgive you and …him." He said breaking the reminder of his family.
That was the last time Tyler never really saw his father again after that night as he stood by the kitchen door , feeling as if he, just a little boy, had caused the break up of his family. A guilt he'd spend the rest of his childhood trying to make up to a father who hardly ever saw him or returned his calls or bothered to care.
*~*
(Present)
"Hey, Ty." William, his stepfather said as Tyler came into the living room from school.
"Hi." he mumbled. Truthfully, he didn't have anything against William, he was probably a great guy. But, Tyler couldn't face that his parents were never going to be as one again. and William symbolized that to him. He symbolized Tyler's failure to get them back together.
" Your mom wants to see you in the study."
Tyler nodded and found his mother, she much happier then that night when his father left. Not forgetting but forgiving herself for what happened to Annie. Moving on with her life without her littlest baby. She only wished Tyler could too.
"William said you wanted me?"
" Yes I do, honey. Your father's back in town."
*~*
A/N: How do u like it so far?