[No Happy Ending, Part 1]
Casey Barnum and Delilah Vex at been married for 200 years, yet they never had any kids. It wasn't that they didn't want them, nothing like that. It was that they couldn't have them.
When Delilah was born to her parents, Hopeless and Madeleine during the War of Melovent she immediately was in danger. Her father and uncle were both in the Dead Men which made her a target for any of Melovents lackeys. At age 13 she was attacked by Lord Vile, leaving her mother dead and her unable to ever have kids. Well that's what she thought anyway.
"Casey! CASEY!" Delilah screamed one morning. The couple had recently moved into a small apartment in Scotland, beside Delilhas uncle Dexter.
"What is it babe?" Casey asked in a frenzy, running into the bathroom. She looked at him, smiled and whispered "I'm pregnant"
After 9 months she gave birth to a little girl, she had big, soft blue eyes and the cutest little yawn. Her name Ivy Barnum.
Life was perfect for 2 years after that, they were a happy family of 3 and Casey was a doting father.
But after Ivy's 2nd birthday she started showing signs of unusual behaviour when Dexter and Saracen, her next door neighbours, were babysitting her. She was always hyperactive and her learning was a little underdeveloped so they took her to see Kenspeckle Grouse.
"Autism, ADHD and Diabetes type 1" he read of the sheet Infront of him. "Y..y..your joking, right?" Dexter stuttered "Sh...she can..can't h..ha..have all that w..wrong with h..h..her" Grouse smiled sadly "im sorry Mr Vex but your niece is certainly very special, I've never seen anything like this before in a 2 year old.
"Thanks Mr Grouse" Saracen said shaking his hand "but really I'm not sure which way to take your special" he laughed.
For the next year that followed Casey and Delilahs relationship went down hill. Casey wanted to put Ivy up for adoption and try for another child while Delilah cherished her daughter. They fought every night in till Ivy's 3rd birthday when Casey snapped. "Fuck you and your stupid daughter and faggot uncle, I'm leaving this fucking place you bastard" he screamed at his now ex-wife slamming the door and catching the next flight to Ireland, Ivy sat in her room listening to her daddy shout at her mummy, the words he said ringing in her head.
Delilahs POV.
I had to stay strong for Ivy's sake but it was hard, the love of my life walked out on me and his daughter while screaming abuse at me. For the first year I smiled all through the day, laughing at Ivy, my miracle, and acting like everything was alright, at night I cried to myself, cut my wrists willing to die. I wrote many suicide notes, each time ripping it up and burning it my daughter needed me.
The second year I did pretty much the same, Ivy started school and I started working longer hours, my depression was worse at night, I wrote down many suicide notes a night, wrote and re-wrote my will, cut my wrists and my thys. I missed Casey so much, he was the light to my life without him I was nothing. On his birthday, instead of sitting at night crying I wrote a song;
I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd
Need you there when i cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie
Is made up on your side
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missin' you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missin' too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear
To always get me through the day
And make it okay
I miss you
I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do
Reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you seen how much I need you right now?
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missin' you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missin' too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear
To always get me through the day
And make it okay
I miss you
We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah, yeah
And all I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I do, I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe; I need to feel you here with me
Yeah
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missin' you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missin' too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear
Will always get me through the day
I miss you
General POV.
She spent a week writing that song and a month trying to publish it, when she did it Immediately became a top hit. She still received abuse and her depression didn't leave her. It all became to much
"Goodnight honey, mummy loves you so, so much" Delilah said to her Ivy and kissed her forehead. She bit her lip as she left the room, it teared her up and it killed her mood. She went downstairs and wrote a note for Dexter, he was taking Ivy to school in the morning and always got to the house and hour before she woke.
Dear, Dex and Sar
I love you both so much, you two and Ivy are the three most important things in my life. I will miss you all terribly but I can't live like this anymore
Love, Delilah xx
She left it on the kitchen table and went into the living room, she stood on the sitting chair and tied the rope around her neck. A tear fell down her cheek as she looked out at the moon, just don't think it'll all be over soon. The chair fell down as she took her final breath, it's all over, all gone and now she's greeting death.
Text message- DexterDelilah, hey good looking, just letting you know that Hopeless will be in to take Ivy to school tomorrow, he will be there at like 6:50 so 10 mins before the sleeping beauty awakes. Sorry I can't do it but me and Saracen finally have time for a date x
She never got that message, even though she didn't know it her plan had failed.
Her plan was that Dexter would come in and find her dead, sparing Ivy from finding her. Little did she know that was not true.
Ivy's POV
I woke up in the morning and looked at my clock, it said 6:30, I didn't know what time it was but I knew that I should've been able to smell Uncle Dexters cooking. I sat up, rubbed my eyes and yawned. Quietly slipping out off my room the house was quiet but I knew I wasn't alone, it felt like someone was watching me. Slowly my bare feet hitting the cold floor boards I crept down stairs, something didn't feel right, it felt like when daddy left me and mummy alone. Sometimes he would call mummy when he was drunk and beg for her back, she reminded him of what he'd done so daddy wouldn't phone back in till he was drunk again. I stopped on the second last stair and smiled sadly at the thoughts of me, mummy and daddy. Lots of people think my ADHD and Autism make me stupid but I'm actually quite intelligent and I know a lot that others don't.
I looked out the kitchen window and saw uncle Dexter and Saracen in their house across the street, they were dressed up and holding hands. Probably going out on a date, but then where was mummy? Her shoes and jacket were beside the door. Something was definitely wrong. Trembling slightly I made my way to the living room, something was hanging in here. Intrigued I felt along the wall for the light switch and flicked it on.
I froze.
My breath caught in my throat.
There hanging from the pull up bar was mummy.
Suddenly my legs gave out, I fell down to the floor.
And nothing can take back what I just saw.
The lady that raised me was just hanging there.
Her body limp.
Her face violently bare.
The tears fell freely know, loud sobs breaking the eerie silence in the house.
I cried and cried and cried till there was nothing left to cry. My throat was sore, vision blurred with tears and an empty feeling was welling up in my chest. I stood up stumbling slightly and ran to the front door, I threw it open and ran across the street. Once I was outside Dexter and Saracens door I banged and banged on it with my little fists, the tears were falling down again and I was feeling very sick. The image of my mum permanently imprinted in my fragile mind.
Dexters POV
Me and Sarc were just about to head out for our date in Edinburgh when little fists started banging on our door. It was 6:45 and Delilah still hadn't answered my texts... Shit I thought and ran to the door.
I opened it in a hurry and immediately hugged a distressed Ivy. "It's okay sweetheart, shh your okay" I soothed her, millions of thoughts going through my head.
"M..mum..mummy" she chocked out, poor mite her throat must be red raw by the amount of crying it looks like she has done.
"Hey, hey where's mummy sweetheart?" I asked
"Dead" she cried "mummy's dead"
Hopeless pulled up outside the house and walked over. I shoved the distressed Ivy into his arms and ran across to Delilahs house. Leaving him very confused and concerned. As soon as I entered the house I saw the note and unfolded it with care, all I did was stare, how can this be fair? Tears were in my eyes as I sprinted into the living room. Delilah was hanging from the pull up bar that she'd installed. I fell against the wall, struggling to breath. I stood there a few moments regaining my balance and then I walked dully outside, my good mood failing rapidly. Saracen was on the phone with the sanctuary telling them what had happened. Of course his ruddy powers told him AFTER the event not BEFORE. Deuce was calling Ivy's school saying she wouldn't be in today and Hopeless himself was hugging a feart Ivy.
Life's shit I decided.
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Okay so thanks for reading, I really do hope you enjoyed reading this. I'll try update soon.
I do not own any of the characters Except Delilah and Ivy! The rest belong to Derek Landy.
Also there was 3 songs in this, 4 if you want to be smart and they are;
When you're goneAvril Lavigne
Her last words Courtney Parker
Million Questions Patrick Jorgensen
These days Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen.
Anyways please review, Love y'all- Madman2.60