It's Always Darkest before the Dawn

Chapter 1

"I don't know what I would have done the past few months without you" said Sophie, with a sincere tone in her voice.

"Well you've got me now.. forever" replied Sian, just as sincere as her girlfriend.

Sophie smiled, grabbed her and kissed her with a passion ; a new kind of passion – one that thirsted for more. She loved her, and she had promised herself she'd never let Sian go.

"SOPHIE! Wake up it's getting late." shouted Sally from the kitchen. Sophie woke up in a flash, looking at the clock marking "9.30". 'It was just a dream' she thought.

Sophie knew it was too good to be true. After the day of the wedding, she had never seen Sian again nor heard from her.

As Sophie stepped down the stairs she could smell pancakes, which triggered some sort of alarm within her. Sally made pancakes on special occasions, or when something bad had occurred. Sophie walked hastily towards her mother as she grabbed a glass of freshly squezed orange juice.

"Mum.. why the pancakes? What's up?"

"Oh nothing love, I just wanted to give you a treat, you know, start your day on a good note. I even let you sleep in!"

"Oh wow mum, 9.30 isn't that late."

"Well, come on I'm going to take you out shopping so I didn't want you to wake up late."

"Aww thanks mum .. but why all this, may I ask again?"

"I'm surprised you're asking me."

Then it clicked. It was the 29th of December, precisely, a year after that fiasco of a wedding.

"Oh right" muttered Sophie, feeling a pinch of sadness taking over.

"Oh love, come here" hugging Sophie, in hopes of comforting her.

"I'm fine mum, well I guess I'm taking life day by day. Did you mention shopping before?"

"That's my girl! Let's have breakfast then we'll go."

*Hours later, back into town from shopping*

"Wow look at all these bags, we really shopped mum."

"Yes we did, although I do believe that one of those dresses was a little too revealing.."

"MUM! Come on it's strapless not transparent!"

Sally giggled, Sophie always got worked up by her comments.

"Well come on love, let's head back home and put these bags down and have some t-".

Sally stopped as she dropped 2 bags, probably shocked by what she saw.

"There is my new pair of jeans in there!" shouted Sophie, bending down to pick up the bags.

Sally still was frozen. Sophie looked at her mum, starting to worry. "Mum?"

"Sophie I think you'd better hand your bags over to me."

Sophie looked forward as the shock took over her as well.