He had woken up to Gabe's whimpering in his arms. He was lying on his back, in the freezing cold snow. He felt woozy. He thought he had seen Christmas lights. He thought he had seen houses with Christmas trees in the window. He thought he had seen love.
He looked up again, and there it was. He had found Elsewhere, no doubt about it. He took the now screaming Gabe in his arms, and led him to a house that looked friendly and warm. He knocked timidly on the door. A little 9-year-old had opened it. She looked so familiar to Jonas.
"J-j-JONAS?!" She said in surprise. A huge grin spread across her face,"GABE?!"
Before Jonas could speak, the little girl ran excitedly down the hall, calling her mom and dad to come to the door. His mom and Lily came in the door, yelling, and crying, and hugging and kissing Jonas. Jonas had no clue how to react. No doubt, there was his mom and his sister right there. They weren't wearing gray tunics; his mom a red shirt and nice pants, and his sister, a green dress. From what he could see, they lived in a house like in his most treasured memory. There was snow on the ground, and Christmas lights on every house. He was so confused, he had no clue what to even say.
"What a wonderful present, Mom! Jonas and Gabe came back!" Lily said, excited. His mom happily nodded her head. Jonas looked at them fearfully, though he didn't know why.
Then suddenly, "What is all this commotion? Who's here again, Lily?" soon, he saw a familiar silhouette, coming closer and closer. It was his dad. His eyes widened, and his mouth formed an O, the picture-perfect surprised look.
He didn't care. He had absolutely no clue what was going on, but he knew that no matter what, he would never forgive his dad about what he had done to the twin Newchild. He saw at his father eyeing Gabriel, Lily trying to take Gabe into her arms to hold him. He pulled Gabe closer to him, and sprinted as fast he could away from his family's house. He slid down another hill, winded around a corner, ending up under a bridge. He panted, trying to catch his breath. This all made no sense……or did it?
My first Giver fanfic, so please, constructive criticism, and no flames. I will try and update ASAP
--Maddie
