Chapter 1
The ground was slippery, it was so dark and he was so cold. But he couldn't stop looking because she was in danger. Somehow, somewhere deep inside of him he knew that she needed him. He's getting closer...closer...just a little more...there he sees her. He starts running towards her. I'm here! He shouts. When he gets near the image, it disappears.
"Charity!" Miguel wakes up screaming silently in his head. Oh! it was only a dream. This was the same dream that has been haunting Miguel for almost eight months, ever since the day she disappeared. Miguel can still remember that day so vividly in his mind, as if it were just yesterday.
***FLASHBACK****
"Oh Miguel its beautiful! You're so sweet! I love you so much." Charity Standish, soon to be Lopez-Fitzgerald, excitedly said to her love. "I can't believe that you remembered." "Now how could I ever forget the day that I first laid eyes upon my soul mate?" replied an equally excited Miguel.
The day was perfect Miguel and Charity were celebrating their second year anniversary. The sun was shining and Miguel had the day planned out for Charity perfectly. Miguel had planned this special day for Charity with his best friend Kay. Aside from Charity, Miguel felt the closest to Kay. They had grown up together, went to little league together and had become the best of friends. At one point in time Miguel has actually developed 'more' than friends feelings for Kay; however, that was history because of Charity. When Miguel first laid eyes upon Charity, he knew that there exist no other girl for him, not even Kay.
"So where are we going Miguel?" asked Charity. "Can't tell you, it's a surprise" Miguel replied. "I know that look in your eyes Miguel out with it" "Trust me, you'll love it. You do trust me, don't ya?" "With my life" replied Charity solemnly.
****END FLASHBACK*****
How could everything have gone so wrong? asked Miguel to himself. Everything was suppose to be perfect. I had everything planned out, then how in the world did I end up sleeping with? Miguel looks beside him and stares at his wife.
With a frustrated sigh Miguel got out of bed, he knew, from experience, that there was no way he would be falling back to sleep. Miguel decided that if he couldn't sleep he might as well go get something to eat. When Miguel got to the kitchen he noticed that he wasn't the only Lopez-Fitzgerald to be suffering from insomnia.
"Hey sis, couldn't sleep again eh?" "no Miguel, want some ice cream" Theresa replied as she rummaged through the fridge. "Sure why not"
As Theresa got the ice cream out of the freezer, Miguel proceeded to get the bowls and spoons from the cupboard.
What a sorry pair the two made as they sat eating their ice cream silently. "Hey guys, whatcha doing up?" asked their older brother Luis. "couldn't sleep" replied the two younger siblings in unison. "Want to eat ice cream with us?" "O.K." Luis proceeded to the cupboard to grab himself a bowl and spoon.
If you thought two people eating ice cream in silence was a laughable sight, try three. There they sat, three miserable people, each having major complications in their love lives. If they didn't know any better, they would think that the Lopez-Fitzgeralds were destined to live their lives alone, or at least in misery. And it was all because of that one fateful day many months ago. . . a day that would live infamy, at least for the three Lopez-Fitzgerald siblings...
The ground was slippery, it was so dark and he was so cold. But he couldn't stop looking because she was in danger. Somehow, somewhere deep inside of him he knew that she needed him. He's getting closer...closer...just a little more...there he sees her. He starts running towards her. I'm here! He shouts. When he gets near the image, it disappears.
"Charity!" Miguel wakes up screaming silently in his head. Oh! it was only a dream. This was the same dream that has been haunting Miguel for almost eight months, ever since the day she disappeared. Miguel can still remember that day so vividly in his mind, as if it were just yesterday.
***FLASHBACK****
"Oh Miguel its beautiful! You're so sweet! I love you so much." Charity Standish, soon to be Lopez-Fitzgerald, excitedly said to her love. "I can't believe that you remembered." "Now how could I ever forget the day that I first laid eyes upon my soul mate?" replied an equally excited Miguel.
The day was perfect Miguel and Charity were celebrating their second year anniversary. The sun was shining and Miguel had the day planned out for Charity perfectly. Miguel had planned this special day for Charity with his best friend Kay. Aside from Charity, Miguel felt the closest to Kay. They had grown up together, went to little league together and had become the best of friends. At one point in time Miguel has actually developed 'more' than friends feelings for Kay; however, that was history because of Charity. When Miguel first laid eyes upon Charity, he knew that there exist no other girl for him, not even Kay.
"So where are we going Miguel?" asked Charity. "Can't tell you, it's a surprise" Miguel replied. "I know that look in your eyes Miguel out with it" "Trust me, you'll love it. You do trust me, don't ya?" "With my life" replied Charity solemnly.
****END FLASHBACK*****
How could everything have gone so wrong? asked Miguel to himself. Everything was suppose to be perfect. I had everything planned out, then how in the world did I end up sleeping with? Miguel looks beside him and stares at his wife.
With a frustrated sigh Miguel got out of bed, he knew, from experience, that there was no way he would be falling back to sleep. Miguel decided that if he couldn't sleep he might as well go get something to eat. When Miguel got to the kitchen he noticed that he wasn't the only Lopez-Fitzgerald to be suffering from insomnia.
"Hey sis, couldn't sleep again eh?" "no Miguel, want some ice cream" Theresa replied as she rummaged through the fridge. "Sure why not"
As Theresa got the ice cream out of the freezer, Miguel proceeded to get the bowls and spoons from the cupboard.
What a sorry pair the two made as they sat eating their ice cream silently. "Hey guys, whatcha doing up?" asked their older brother Luis. "couldn't sleep" replied the two younger siblings in unison. "Want to eat ice cream with us?" "O.K." Luis proceeded to the cupboard to grab himself a bowl and spoon.
If you thought two people eating ice cream in silence was a laughable sight, try three. There they sat, three miserable people, each having major complications in their love lives. If they didn't know any better, they would think that the Lopez-Fitzgeralds were destined to live their lives alone, or at least in misery. And it was all because of that one fateful day many months ago. . . a day that would live infamy, at least for the three Lopez-Fitzgerald siblings...
