Safe and Sound
"I'm under my bed. I'm under my bed." I said with my eyes closed. Beck and Jade are fighting again and somehow I got dragged in the middle of it. I pretended not to notice they were fighting. I even brought up global warming but to no avail. They just kept shouting at each other and suddenly, I started hearing my parents' voices.
Do you know why my brother's seriously messed up? It's because of my biological parents. Not one of my friends knows that my brother and I are foster kids, not even my best friend, Jade. Anyway, when I was about 5, my parents started shouting bad words to each other and I would close the door and play The Little Mermaid with my brother and when they throw things at each other, my brother and I would crawl under my bed and I would fall asleep while he sings to me. "Just close your eyes, the sun is going down. You'll be alright. No one can hurt you now. Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound…" And then it just started getting worse day by day until they finally got divorced and my mom gave us up for adoption because she can't take care of us anymore and my dad was killed in a bombing. When we were in our foster home, my brother used to sing me to sleep every night.
~Flashback~
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said 'I'll never let you go'
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you say 'Don't leave me here alone'
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight…
"Frankie, I had another nightmare about mommy and daddy." I said, as tears started streaming down my face.
"It's okay, Cat. I'll never let you go. Just go back to sleep and I'll keep the monsters away from you so they can never ever take away your happiness." Frankie said as he stood up to leave.
"No! Please don't leave me here alone." I pleaded and forced him to sleep here beside me. "Will you sing me that song again, please?" I asked him.
"Sure kitty cat." He said then started singing.
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be Safe and Sound…
Those were the last words I heard from him as I drifted off to sleep.
End of Flashback~
So after those years in foster homes and after years of exchanging parents, my brother lost it. When I was 13, he started to act like my dad. Destructive and suicidal. I didn't feel very safe with him around anymore and we started to drift apart. But I will never forget those last words he said to me. You and I'll be safe and sound.
~Friday Night Concert~
"Hi everyone!" I shouted enthusiastically." This is a song my brother used to sing to me before he lost his mind. It's called Safe and Sound."
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, Don't leave me here alone
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window darling
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Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound
Tears started streaming down my face because I remember him saying these exact words to me.
"I miss you, Frankie." I whispered into the night as I closed my eyes and waited for the morning light.
~Author's Notes~
Hey, so I haven't updated my story 'Murdered West' and I'm not going to be able to because we're going to Cebu this week and I may not have time to write. But I'll try to update before we leave so I think I'm gonna be able to post a chapter or two. If you haven't read it, please check it out.
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