Wooh Chapter Two!

The song is Blind- Lifehouse

I don't own RENT or Lifehouse

Enjoy


"You're too young to understand Angel."

"I'm not Papi, please I'm not. I'll be 9 in two months."

Miguel placed his hand on his young son's head, "I'm sorry but you are. You're mother will tell you when your older."

"I want to know now Papi."

Miguel sighed and took a good look at his son. He was taking it harder than the older boys. Being the youngest in the family had always been his downfall. That and his love for everyone, they would both he his downfall one of these days.

"Angel, my and Mama just aren't in love anymore."

Angel looked at his father with a look of confusion on his face. How could he not love Mama? She was the most beautiful caring person in the world.

Miguel bent down and kissed his son on the head. As he was walking out of the door with his suitcase in hand he heard a faint almost inaudible voice.

"Do you still love me?"

Miguel bent his head looking at the doorknob, unable to look at his son.

"Of course hijo I will always love you."

He opened the door and took one last glimpse at his son and left for the last time.

I was young but I wasn't naive

I watched helpless As he turned around to leave

And still I have the pain I have to carry

A past so deep That even you could not bury If you tried

It was Angel ninth birthday and he was anxiously wanting for the phone call from his dad that Mama had promised.

It was almost midnight when the phone finally rang.

Angel jumped up and grabbed it.

"Papi?"

"Hey Ang. Happy Birthday. So how old are you now 21, 22?"

Angel laughed for the first time in weeks, "No Papi, I'm nine."

"Of course you are hijo. Are your brothers home?"

"No. Emilio is at his new girlfriend's house and Francisco is at work."

"Ok, will you tell them hello for me?"

"Of course Papi. When will you come for a visit."

Miguel's tone changed almost immediately, "Angel, I don't think that's going to happen."

"Why not?"

"I have to go Angel, I'll call in a couple of weeks."

"Ok Papi, I love you."

"I know you do hijo, goodbye."

After all this time

I never thought we'd be here

Never thought we'd be here

When my love for you was blind

But I couldn't make you see it

Couldn't make you see it

That I loved you more Than you'll ever know

And part of me died When I let you go

The phone calls from Angel's father became less and less frequent. Maybe one on a birthday or Christmas. By the time Angel was 13 all contact was lost.

Angel didn't let it weigh on his mind. He decided that it wasn't an excuse and it wasn't going to bring him down.

His dreams were filled with the happiness he had felt in the years before his father's departure.

Angel and his brother's hope had been crushed when his mother brought home their "new father," Donny.

Nothing was ever the same.

I would fall asleep

Only in hopes of dreaming

That everything would be Like it was before

But nights like this It seems are slowly fleeting

They disappear As reality is crashing to the floor

Only two months after Donny came along Emilio drove his car off of a bridge.

All he left was a note that read:

We weren't good enough for him and I wasn't good enough for this.

After all this time

I never thought we'd be here

Never thought we'd be here

When my love for you was blind

But I couldn't make you see it

Couldn't make you see it

That I loved you more Than you'll ever know

And part of me died When I let you go

Francisco was never quite right after the death of his older brother and Angel was left confused and destroyed inside.

This resulted in Francisco's downward spiral of drug abuse that got him kicked out at only the age of 16.

Angel never heard from him again.

Angel's step father wasn't a bad man and he tried really hard to get close to the Angel, but it was no use. He wasn't his father.

Angel actually appreciated him because he made their mother happier than she had been in years and he fathered Angel's first younger sister, Alicia.

The day Angel left for New York City to pursue his dreams of becoming a star on Broadway, Donny was there to say goodbye.

He kissed the top of Angel's head just as Miguel had done so many years ago.

"Goodbye Angel, and good luck."

Angel looked down at the doorknob, "Good Bye Donny, make sure Alicia knows I love her."

Angel opened the door and left for the very last time.

After all this why

Would you ever wanna leave it

Maybe you could not believe it

That my love for you was blind

But I couldn't make you see it

Couldn't make you see it


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Finn