Whoa! I actually updated. x
I'm awesomee and you know it. Lol. Anyways, I was bored, had nothing to do on myspace or facebook so I decided to write a whole new chapter. I was aiming for a chapter twice this long, but my brain isn't that strong. So yeah, read on.
Danielle lay there on the ground, softly humming to herself as the memories hit her.
Flashback one: (Danielle point of view)
"Tag you're it!" I giggled and ran away. Three year old Jake ran after me, laughing, too. He caught me and started laughing, hugging me from behind. I screamed and giggled, hugging him back. "No fair!" I whined but grinned widely. "You didn't let me have enough time to run away."
"nu-uh!" tiny Jake protested. "I'm just stronger than you!" he grinned and smiled.
"No! You're older than me! I'm only two, you're already three!" I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Ewwww! You're tongue is blue!" he stuck his tongue out and giggled.
"Yours is green!" I poked his wet tongue.
He pulled away laughing and shaking his head. "Hey! No touching my tongue!"
I giggled and started chasing him around the backyard. "Jakey! Come back!"
"No!" he giggled and ran faster.
I tried to run faster and tripped over a rock and fell down face first. "Owwie!" I cried, whimpering as I watched my knee start bleeding. Jake stopped running and came towards me.
"You okay, Dani?" he asked as he knelt down next to me. I shook my head whimpering again and he hugged me. "Stay here," he said as he ran inside his house. He came out later with a small water bottle in his hand and sat down next to me again, now I was resisting the urge to start crying. "it's okay, Dani. I'll make it better!" He poured some water on my injured knee as I let out a small cry and then placed a band aid on my cut. "There ya go!" he smiled and kissed my cheek.
I smiled at him and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Jakey!"
He hugged me back and grinned. "I'm your best friend, Dani, I'll always make it better when you get hurt."
"Promise?" I sniffled.
"I promise," he held out his pinkie and I hooked mine with his, smiling back at him.
"Best friends forever?" I smiled at him.
"Best friends forver!"
End of flashback one.
Danielle shuddered at the memory and tried to think of something else. But her heart only hurt more as she remembered something else.
Flashback two: (Danielle point of view)
"Daddy!" I ran to the screaming body. "Daddy! Daddy please wake up! Please Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, I'm here. I won't hurt you Daddy. Please Daddy, please stop crying! I'm sorry Daddy!" I screamed grabbing his cold hand. "Daddy please!" I sobbed.
"Dani, get away from here!" he screamed, flinching. "Run away now! Dani!"
I cried even harde, holding onto him, not letting him go. "No Daddy! I don't care if I get sick from the rain. I want you Daddy. Please don't make me go away Daddy," I cried, clinging to his shirt. "Daddy please!"
"Dani you have to understand. You have to go. Now!" he whispered hoarsely, screaming again. I watched in fear as he screamed in agony, his face pale in the rain, his body drenched in sweat even though he was deathly cold. "Please Dani. Do it for Daddy, okay?"
"No Daddy!" I sobbed. I finally understood what was happening. He was dying. "You can't go away. Please Daddy. I need you! Please don't go! Please Daddy! You promised me Daddy! You promised that we'll spend a whole weekend together in the mountains! You said that nothing will ever stop it. You promised!" I sobbed against his already soaked shirt.
"Dani..." I heard his soft whisper, his shaking hand stroking my short wet hair. "I'm sorry..." he whispered before he started screaming again.
Just then two strong arms wrapped around my waist and picked me up gently. "No!" I screamed as hard as I could. "No! I want Daddy! Leave me alone!" I screamed louder, tears soaking my face. "Please!" The person holding me gave me to my mom and she sat there, holding me to her as tight as she could, stroking my hair. "Mommy! Bring me back to Daddy! Please Mommy! I want Daddy!"
"It's okay Dani. Daddy will be better," her voice wavered. I looked up at her and I saw her crying too. Her soft green-blue eyes were filled with sadness.
"But I love Daddy!" I screamed. "I want him now!" I sobbed and tried to run away.
"I want him, too, Dani," my mom sighed and held on tighter.
I cried and cried, clutching onto my mother as I shook. Screaming 'Daddy' every few minutes until I lost my voice. Finally my eyes dried up and all that was left was soft whimpers that could be barely heard in the loud storm. My mother was walking away. Walking away from where my father lay still screaming.
The last thing I saw before my mother drove away from the house with our suitcases was Jake. My Jakey. "Jakey!" I screamed as I opened the car window.
"Dani!" he yelled and ran to the car.
"Promise to be my best friend forever?" I stuck my hand out with my pinkie ready.
"I promise Dani," he hooked his pinkie with mine just as my mother started driving away.
"I'll never forget you Dani," he yelled out as he ran after the car.
"I won't ever forget you Jakey!" I shouted back but realized we were too far away for him to hear it. I sat back in my seat and let myself cry all over again. Life was cruel.
End of flashback two.
Danielle clutched her knees to her chest, sobbing quietly. She then remembered of all the talks she'd had with her mother right after her father's death.
Flashback three: (Danielle point of view)
"Mommy?" four year old me sat at the small kitchen table.
"Yes sweetie?" she broke her attention from the book in her hands and directed it to me.
"Is Daddy above with the angels?" I asked innocently, trying not to cry.
My mother sighed and picked me up, placing me on her lap. "Yes, he is. And he's watching over us."
"How do you know?" I asked curiously.
"Because he loves us too much to let us go."
"But why did he leave then?"
She paused, biting her lip. "Not everyone is good, Dani. Someone hurt Daddy. And the angels felt bad for him, because he was in so much pain. So they took him above to heal."
"Can he come back?"
"I wish he could. But he's still watching over us. He's still protecting us."
"So I won't get hurt?"
"I won't ever let anyone touch you, Dani."
I simply nodded and sat there thinking.
End of flashback three.
When Danielle finally calmed herself down, she sat at the edge of the cliff, her feet dangling off. She sighed and ignored the heavy rain, watching the dark water. She curled up again, hoping that the cliff would somehow move and send her tumbling down into the dark waters. But nothing happened. Danielle couldn't tell whether the wetness on her cheeks was her tears or the rain anymore, but she didn't care anymore.
She felt herself being picked up, but she didn't dare look up at the person holding her. She simply let the warm arms cradle her to a strong chest and looked away as the tears continued falling. She whimpered quietly, shivering as the wind blew and closed her eyes. She felt herself being placed on a couch, but still kept her eyes closed. She heard buzzes of noises, people talking, but decided to ignore it.
"Dani?" she felt a warm hand on her still wet cheek. "Open your eyes Dani." Danielle shook her head and turned on her side, away from the deep voice. She heard a sigh and then a door opening.
"Danielle Rose, I know you can hear me so open your eyes right now," she heard her mother say in a strict voice. Danielle stiffened for a second before opening her eyes, she sat up and tried to see where she was, but her vision was too blurry from the tears. "Oh, Danielle..." she felt her mother hug her tightly. "Are you okay?"
Danielle only shivered and nodded. She tried to compose herself again but she only sobbed louder. She heard the sound of footsteps and a minute later there was a blanket over her shoulders. "Thanks," she whispered quietly, wiping furiously at her face, trying her hardest to stop the tears. When her tears stopped falling, she looked around again, trying to figure out where she was.
But as soon as she saw where she was, the tears started again. She was at Jake's house. Immediately she remembered all the times she had spent at the house, all the times she had slept over and ran around chasing Jake around in the small living room. She looked down at her hands and whimpered quietly, her tears finally stopping. "Can you help me bring her over to her room, Jake?" she heard her mother ask.
She didn't look up to see his reaction, only continued staring at her hands. She felt herself being picked up again, cradled against a warm chest. She felt herself being rocked by his movements, and after just a few minutes, she was in her old bedroom. The only thing that had changed was that her small bed was replaced by a larger one. She was set down on her bed and didn't look up when she heard the door opening and closing.
She stared out of the window quietly, watching as he walked slowly to his house. She couldn't see his face clearly, but she noticed that he wasn't as energetic as he was before when she first got to Seattle. She frowned slightly and moved to her closet, inside were her suitcases; she'd have to unpack soon. She opened one of them and pulled out a fresh pair of sweat pants and a tank top and some underwear before grabbing her bag of toiletries and walking to the bathroom next to her room.
She took a long hot shower, washing out her long black hair and making sure that she scrubbed all the dirt away from her tanned legs and arms; she had spent a long time on the cliff. She quickly got dresses and brushed her hair and tied it into a loose pony tail. She walked back into her bedroom and laid down on her bed, hugging her favorite teddy bear to her chest.
She had had it for a long time. Since she was one. Jake had given it to her on her first birthday and she had kept it ever since. She silently wondered if Jake remembered all the promises that they had made each other. But she doubted that he would. It was just illogaical. She walked to her window and sat on the gigantic pile of bean bag chairs and pillows. She and Jake had created it when they had started becoming closer and closer.
She sighed softly to herself and stared quietly out of the window, the light of the almost full moon reflecting on her. She never imagined herself back in her old home. Maybe because she had never wanted it in the first place. She saw a light turning on in one of the rooms at his house. And she immediately knew that it was his room. She had been there so many times before, she could still remember all the toys spilled on the floor and the blue walls and the small bed that they always sat on next to each other.
She saw his figure moving in the window, she squinted and then blushed lightly when she realized that he was changing. She averted her eyes and looked around, trying to see through the thick forest trees. She saw a large dark figure moving, then a few around it. She tried to get a closer look but she was only human, she couldn't see any better.
She saw the front door of his house opening and then closing. She saw that Jake was only wearing shorts and wondered quietly how he could stand the cold rain. She watched him closely as he ran into the forest and a few moments later she heard a large tearing sound. She flinched slightly and tried to figure out what it was but nothing came to her.
She watched the dark trees, trying to find the large figures again, but they were gone. All that was left was the sound of rustling trees and small animals moving around. She sighed and walked to her bed, curling up under the blankets. She let her mind wander for a few hours until she finally gave in to sleep.
Kay so that's it. Go moi! So yeah, review review review! The more reviews I get, the faster the chapters come. I already have the whole story planned out, I just need to type it out first. So the more reviews, the faster I type! I'll have pics of Danielle up soon on my page, so make sure to look at it soon. Kay?
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