The Girl Who Has Never Been Hugged
Troy and Gabriella were taking a walk in the park after hearing the dreadful news of Gabriella not being able to have children. They were grown and married, now 27and wanting children.
"Gabs do you want to adopt instead?" troy asked taking his wife's hand,
"It won't be the same…" Gabriella told troy. They were interrupted by hearing the crying of a little girl.
"Oh troy look, it's a little girl sitting by a tree, aww she's crying. Come on!" Gabriella pulled troy along and let go as she neared the girl. "Hello, little girl, what's wrong?"
"Wah! My Mommy left me all alone," she cried.
"Oh you poor baby, how old are you?" Gabriella asked curious.
"I'm 6…I think." She answered.
"You 'think?' why? You don't know?" Gabriella asked again,
"No, my mommy never told me. She told me to sleep in the park for the rest of my life. What does that mean?" the girl asked,
"Oh, you poor baby, do you wanna spend the night at our house?" I asked,
"'Our' house?" she asked
"My husband troy," Gabriella said gesturing to him standing off in a corner, now walking over.
"Hi," he said to the little girl,
"Troy, her parents left her here, isn't that sad?" I asked him, "You poor, poor thing," she said hugging her.
"What are you doing?" the little girl asked confused.
"I-I'm hugging you," Gabriella said pulling back.
"What's a hug?" the little girl asked. Gabriella stood up,
"W-what do you mean?" Gabriella asked,
"I don't know what a hug is," the girl said.
"Oh good lord!" Gabriella shouted and started crying, "Good, Good lord. This girl had never been hugged,"
"Oh, I'm sorry lady, I'm really sorry," the girl said,
"What's your name?" Gabriella asked now calming down,
"Child," she said to Gabriella
"Child?" Gabriella repeated unsure,
"Yeah, that what my parents call me, Child."
"Can I give you a new name?" Gabriella asked.
"O.K." The girl answered,
"Lets go to my house first," Gabriella said, Troy coughed, "OUR house, come on," Gabriella held her hand out to the little girl but the girl looked at it confused,
"Why are you doing that?" She asked, Gabriella blinked back tears,
"Your suppose to hold it with your hand, its called holding hands." Gabriella said. "Come on," Troy watched as Gabriella showed the girl how to hold a hand and felt tears come to his eyes. Gabriella helped her up and when she stood up, Gabriella picked her up in her arms,
"You're very pretty," she said smiling,
"Thank you," the little girl said back. As we went into the house Gabriella came up with a name,
"Do you like the name… Shannon?" Gabriella asked,
"It sounds very cute," Troy added,
"I like it," Shannon said.
"Shannon, this is a hug," Gabriella said hugging her,
"Thanks my new mommy," Shannon said hugging back,
"You're welcome Shannon," Gabriella said holding her new daughter. "I love you,"
If you want this one-shot can be a story but I have to finish one of my other stories. So I need to finish 2 stories now. Check out my story Gone its really good!
My laptop is a brat, (dont tell her/him that) cause its not lettign a internet acess coem to it, i had to copy this onto a disc and bring it to my regular computer!
Ciao, Gabby