Title: Time Changes Everything...or does it?

Rating: R for lang. (for now...hahaha)

Author: BabyD a.k.a. Danielle (yes, the lead is named after me)

Disclaimer: All of TF&TF characters are the sole property of Universal Studios, everyone else here is mine alone.

Summary: There isn't one...wouldn't want to spoil the story. However, it is my first one posted here, so try to be open-minded. Gracias.

Feedback: Hell ya...bring it on. Lol. I write how I perceive people would think or talk, not necessarily "proper" English...so if'n ya don't like it, I guess ya don't have to read it. Please leave feedback & let me know what you think, please keep it pos. criticism. w/o further adieu...

Prologue:

She stopped the car just outside of the end gate, her eyes searching for someone. Nonchalantly, she wondered what she was doing here exactly. Why did she drive the 142 miles? What did she hope to find? Her answer came when her eyes spotted him. He was walking out of the front entrance, strutting like he always did. She watched as he was embraced by a small group of people, and shook her head willing the pain away. All she could think of was how there was once a time when she would have been among them. Closing her eyes tightly, she willed the tears away as they spilled down her cheeks. She couldn't help recalling just why she wasn't among them, and the tears came rolling faster.

They had been friends since childhood, familia per say, but life had changed drastically this past year. In the recent months a tenative relationship had begun, but she had loved him for so long and much more then she ever thought possible. Then, suddenly, his father had died in a tragic racing accident. In retrospect, he was loved as a father figure by them all, and it was a time of grief for everyone. She remembered walking into the house garage, going over to him, and placing her arms around him from behind. She had wanted to console him like she knew he needed to be consoled. He, however, had other ideas. She could still feel how his body had stiffened beneath her touch. How instead of opening up to her, he had pushed her away. She could picture his eyes turning cold as he told her he never wanted to see her again. Calmly telling her that his love for her had died with his father. She had protested, sobbing as she tried to make him stay with her, grabbing his arm in vain. He just looked her in the eye and coldly told her to leave and never come back.

So she hadn't, despite the heartbreak, her flesh and blood, her friends, her love...she hadn't come back. Thinking back, she watched broken-hearted as they all embraced across the way. She had managed to keep contact with some of the others throughout the years, but still felt as if a piece of her soul was missing. Now as she watched them, she touched the window wistfully. She thought of all the progress reports she had received from her friends & family...whether they were good or bad. It had pained her to hear about how he ended up in this place, caused her to smile when he survived it as she'd known he would, and made her happy to know he was safe. That was all she'd ever wanted after all. She smiled slightly and wiped the trail of tears from her cheeks as she put the car into gear and headed towards home.