Song fic about Catherine and Eddie before they get divorced and Eddie gets killed. Little bit of violence at the end, as I included the 'extra' verse that there is. LOVE THIS SONG and LOVE GARTH BROOKS!!! Oh, and it has Lindsey in it, when she's, like, 5 or 6. (She's sooo adorable, isn't she?) Enjoy!!!
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"Hey, Cat, you leaving?" Warrick said, watching Catherine shut her locker.
"Yeah, gotta go pick Lindsey up." She said, sighing.
"Hey, you okay?" Nick said, walking in.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'll catch you guys later."
"See ya Catherine." They both chorused, and she walked out.
She ran into Sara in the hall and smiled at her as she tried to brush by her.
"Hey, Catherine, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, why?"
"You just look really, well, tired, I guess."
"Aren't we all tired?" Catherine weakly joked, and Sara nodded.
"See you later, Catherine. Call me, if you want to talk."
Catherine was about to retort about something, but then it hit her that Sara was just trying to be a friend to her. And she really appreciated it at the moment.
"Thanks, Sara, really, I appreciate it."
"I'm serious."
"I will. See you tomorrow."
"Bye Catherine." Sara watched her friend walk down the hall and couldn't help but worry about her.
Three thirty in the morning
Not a soul in sight
City's looking like a ghost town
On a moonless summer night
Raindrops on the windshield
There's a storm coming in
He's heading back from somewhere
That he never should have been
And the thunder rolls,
The thunder rolls
Catherine picked up Lindsey from day care on her way home from work. She came home to find that Eddie wasn't home, and in a way, she was glad. She put Lindsey to bed and then took a shower, all the makeup running off of her face, exposing the bruises that Eddie had made when he hit her in a rage. He had always apologized for hitting her afterward, and like the scared fool she was, she accepted the apologies, even after he kept hitting her. She kept telling herself that if he went after her again she was leaving, but, somehow she never seemed to get up the courage to leave.
One thing was for certain, if he went after Lindsey she was leaving, no question about it. Somehow Eddie seemed to know that, and had never touched Lindsey. Catherine had no doubt that he would, eventually. Then, she was gonna leave him, no matter what.
Then, she just happened to glance at the clock and saw that it was three thirty. Silently she cursed Eddie, and heard a crack of thunder. It startled her, and she jumped in the air before hearing Lindsey's footsteps on the stairs. She walked to meet her scared daughter, picked her up and quietly soothed her fears. She carried her upstairs and put her to bed, telling her that God was just bowling up in heaven. Lindsey smiled drowsily at this and then fell back asleep.
Every light is burnin'
In a house across town
She's pacin' by the telephone
In her faded flannel gown
Askin' for a miracle
Hopin' she's not right
Prayin' it's the weather
That's kept him out all night
And the thunder rolls
The thunders rolls
Catherine went back downstairs and put on her faded flannel nightgown that she had had since she married Eddie. It was soft, cozy and warm, and that was what she needed at that moment. She tried to sit down, but almost fell asleep so she stood up, and turned almost all the lights on, letting them burn, so to speak. She began to think of the worst, that he had been cheating on her. With that thought, she began pacing by the telephone and praying that she wasn't right, that it was just the weather, the storm that had kept him out all night. She began to think that she was praying for a miracle, since she was almost certain that he had been cheating on her that night, that he had finally turned to someone else for love. She closed her eyes as the thunder cracked and rolled again.
The thunder rolls
And the lightnin' strikes
Another love goes cold
On this sleepless night
As the storm goes on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls
Suddenly, the lightning struck, flashing throughout the whole house, like a flash in a haunted house. With a low laugh, Catherine realized that her house was a haunted house, with no love and no hope it might as well be a haunted house.
Somehow Catherine just knew, knew that her love with Eddie was going cold that night. All those other nights had just been leading up to this one, and she was actually afraid of what was going to take place soon. She knew he would have to come home, his daughter was here.
Then all of a sudden a cold wind seems to sweep through her heart, making her shiver involuntarily. And when the next thunder rolled, it seemed to come deep from her heart.
Her broken heart.
She waitin' by the window
When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him
Thankful he's alive
But in all the wind and rain
A strange new perfume blows
And the lightin' flashes in her eyes
And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls,
The thunder rolls
Suddenly, she looks out the window and sees his car rolls up onto the driveway and roll to a stop. She breathes a sigh of relief and then dashes to the door and yanks it open, dashing out into the pouring rain. She slips and slides to his car just as he gets out. She throws her arms around his shoulder, whispering,
"Thank God you're alive, Eddie,"
His arms slowly, reluctantly wrap around her waist and squeeze a little before backing away and pushing her away. She does back away, looking at him in confusion. Then, the wind blows at his back and she can smell a strange perfume on him. She sniffs again and knows that he indeed was with another woman, that he had been cheating on her. She looks at him with hardened eyes, and the lighting flashes, reflecting in her eyes, reflecting the blind fury and hurt in her eyes.
Her heart wasn't broken. It was shattered and vibrating with blind fury. Catherine knew what she had to do.
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Sorry, that's it for now! Only one more chapter to go, and it'll have the third verse in it. REVIEWING TIME!!!! I'll update faster if you review!!! Oh, and in the next chapter there might be a few bad words, but not many, hopefully. Thanks for reading!!!