please dont shot me!! I know, late update, but I have been busy all day, and have had no chance to do anything online, I'm so sorry!! anyway, her is hte second chap, thanks to everyone who reviewd, or alerted this story, it means so much!!
Dan sighed as he walked through the door; he could hear his parents arguing again. Walking through the living room, he glanced into the kitchen to see his father standing in the doorway that led outside, and his mother on the other side of the room, in front of the sink, holding a broken milk jar.
Dan just shook his head, and kept walking. Since Sara was born, Laura had completely quit smoking and drinking; she couldn't bare the thought that she had caused her daughters blindness. Daniel, on the other hand, practically drank enough for both of them, and was buying more drugs then ever.
Dan walked to the end of the hallway, and opened the door to Sara's room. It was still blue, Laura had decided to not bother repainting it. 'Its not like she'll ever see it' she had explained one night.
He turned to look at the crib, to find his sister standing up, reaching her arms out to him. He quickly walked over, to pick her up, and threw her in the air a few times.
"Hey, Sar-boo, how are you today?" he cooed, making her laugh as he tickled her belly. She raised her arm, and felt along his face until she reached his nose. She pulled on it, and squealed in excitement when he honked. She let go and clapped her hands. Dan sighed, it was times like these that he seemed to forget she couldn't actually see him.
"Gaa-ja-ba" she gurgled.
"Gaa-ja-ba" he repeated, poking her nose. He slowly bent to put her down, and let go. She instantly felt for a crib slate as her head whipped around, trying to find her brother as he took a few steps back, and sat on the floor.
"An?" she whimpered his name.
"Come on Sar-boo, just take a few steps," he urged her, as her head turned in his direction. Her free hand stretched in his direction, her lips turned into a pout when she couldn't reach him. "Just lift your foot, Sar-boo" he pushed, and her right foot lifted slightly in the air. "That's it, now put it back down," her foot returned to it original position. "You know how to do this" he grinned, as her foot lifted again, and was put back down a few centimeters forward. "Now the other foot Sar-boo."
She stared at him with a 'duh' look on her face, and continued walking with tiny steps until the arm that was holding the crib was completely stretched out.
"Let go, Sar-boo, you can do it" he urged her. She looked at him with an expression that, had she been older would have said 'You idiot, I cant.' They had been doing the same exercise for almost a month, and this was as far as they ever got.
"Come on, Baby, you can do it" another voice said from behind Dan. He turned his head to see his mother crouching behind him. He looked at Sara again, who looked as determined as a year old baby could. "Come on, Baby, come to Mommy" Laura continued.
Sara looked at her for a moment, before slowly dropping her hand. She wobbled a bit, and fear flitted across her face.
"It's okay, Sara, you can do it" Laura urged, and Sara lifted her right foot again, then slowly put it back down. When she didn't fall, she was encouraged, and took another step. She took a few more, and was almost at Dan and Laura when she fell on her bottom.
She looked around in surprise, first at the floor around her, then up at Dan and Laura, her eyes wide, and her mouth forming an 'o'.
"She walked" Laura whispered as Dan silently laughed. Sara perked up when she heard her mother's voice, and giggled. "Good job Sara" Laura said out loud, walking over to her daughter. She bent down and picked her up before walking to the window.
"All she needed was her mothers encouragement" Dan said, ruffling Saras curly, ear length hair.
"You did the same thing" Laura laughed.
"Whatever" he mumbled.
"It's walking" a grumble came from the door. They turned around to find Daniel leaning on the doorframe.
"Yes, she is walking, why, is that a bad thing?" Dan asked.
Of course it's a bad thing, soon enough she'll be running all around the house, breaking everything" he explained, talking slow, like he was talking to an idiot.
"Was that what you thought when I started walking?" Dan demanded.
"Of course not. You. Are. A. Boy. You are worth something. That is a girl, all it will ever amount to is a few good fuck, it that. Plus, on top of that, it is blind, it will always need someone to depend on" Daniel answered.
"No, she is not going to depend on other people her entire life" Laura whispered, turning Saras head away from Daniel.
"Shut up, Laura, it's your daughter, and it's going to amount to as much as you have. That's not much Laura, not much" he yelled, Dan stared at him in disgust. The next second he was standing between his parents.
"No, Sara is going to even more then you ever have. She will do something with her life, and get as far away from this Hell as she can" he quietly replied, glaring at his father.
"Dan, stay out of it" Laura said, turning him around. "Take Sara outside, why don't you take her down to the shore?" she suggested, handing him the toddler.
"Okay, come one Sara, let's go play in the sand" he softly said to his sister, while glaring at their father.
"Pway?" she whispered in reply.
"Yes, Sara, play" he told her.
"Yes, you must take the blind girl to go feel the sand" Daniel smirked. Dan shot a glance at his mother, before quickly leaving the room. He grabbed a spare key from the counter and left the house.
The beach was less then ten minuets from their house, so he let Sara walk a bit on the way.
"An, ocen?" she said as they got closer to the sand.
"Yup Sara, it's the ocean" he replied, and picked her up as they reached the sand. He looked up and down the shore, and even though it was the end of summer only three other people were there. Dan instantly recognized them, and walked over.
"Hey, Dan" the boy said when he reached them. His long blond hair was tied back in a ponytail, and his pale blue eyes were sparkling in the afternoon sun.
"Hey, Pete" he replied as the Petes younger sister arrived.
"Is this Sara?" one of the girls, she was a female version of Pete, but with longer hair, asked. She crouched next to Sara, who was playing with some sand. When she spoke Sara looked up and laughed.
"Yeah" Dan replied.
"She got so big" the other girl gasped. She had short red hair and gray eyes.
"Babies tend to do that" Dan laughed, making her turn red. "Don't worry Susie, I didn't know how fast babies grew until Sara came either" he told her.
"I did" Pete boasted puffing his chest out. Dan pushed him down with one hand. He fell into the sand not far from Sara, who squealed when she was covered in sand. The twins picked her up and took her down to the water, where they dipped her feet in.
"That's cause you had to watch these two grow up" he pointed to the twins as he laughed.
"At least Sara isn't going to get into as much trouble as they did. I mean, she's blind, and not a twin. Shish, I was four, and I still remember how they seemed to break everything they touched" he laughed.
"I wish, she has been trouble since she started to crawl. We can't leave her alone, ever, especially when our dad is home" Dan countered.
"Still scared of what he might do?" Pete asked, his voice lowering.
"Yup, we got into another fight today" he admitted.
"About what?" he prodded.
"He said all she will ever amount to is a good fuck" Dan sighed.
"He still calling her it?"
"Yup, doubt he will ever stop, at least until she is old enough for him to sneak into her room at night."
"You don't think?"
"I won't give him the chance. Never. She's perfect, a blessing. I mean, she managed to get my mom sober and quit drugs before she could sit up on her own. If he cant see that, he is the blind one."
"What started it today?"
"She started to walk, with no help"
"Really? I mean, the twins were taking steps by now, but still, blind?"
"She's smart, I can tell you that now. She recognizes everyone she has ever met, we don't even know how."
"Their voice, or even smell, they say that if you lose one sense, another one is thrown into overcharge."
"Possibly."
"What finally convinced her?"
"My mom, she watched, and encouraged her, her voice convinced Sara that she was safe."
"I told you not to drop her" a whine interrupted their conversation.
"I didn't let go, you did" another voice retaliated. The boys looked in the direction of the voices, to see the twins walking towards them, with Susie holding a soaking Sara, who had a shocked look on her face.
"What happened?" Dan asked, his voice filled with exasperation, and both twins started talking at once.
"How about one at a time" Pete suggested. The girls glanced at each other, and started talking at once again. "Okay, okay, umm, Lucy, you start" the blond girl stuck her toungh out at Susie, who would of hit her if she didn't have Sara in her arms.
"Well, we were holding her so only her feet got wet, when a big wave came, and would have gotten her belly wet as well. I told Susie to hold her higher and not let go, and what did she do? She lets go. So Sara fell into the water until she was completely under" Lucy explained.
"Now, Susie, what happened" Dan asked, turning to the other girl, and took Sara from her arms.
"It was true, until the part where 'I' dropped her. Lucy told me not to drop her, the she purposefully let her slip so I would lose my hold on her, and she could blame me" Susie argued.
"Is it possible that her arms had gotten wet, and she slipped?" Dan suggested.
"The twins looked at each other, and both mumbled "I guess so' when they said it, Sara burst out laughing, clapping her hand out in front of her. Before long the rest were laughing with her.
"Pway" she yelled, and the all started to play.
"Dan, time to come home" a voice called almost half an hour later. The sun was starting to go down, the twins were building a large sandcastle around a sleeping Sara.
"Hello, Mrs. Sidle" Pete called back.
"Hello, Pete, how have you been lately?" Laura replied, walking out onto the sand. Sara's head lifted a bit as she heard her mother's voice
"Well" he told her.
"What happened to Sara?" she asked, noticing her daughter's clothes, which were wet, and sand covered.
"She slipped into the water," Lucy replied, hanging her head
"Yeah, we're really sorry" Susie added.
"It's okay girls" Laura laughed, picking her up. Sara rested her head on her mother's shoulder, and went back to sleep. "We have to go, Dan" she told her son.
"Bye, Mrs. Sidle" Pete and the twins called as the walked away. "Bye Dan, Sara" they added. Dan and Laura turned around a waved. Sara woke up enough to wave as well.
"What happened after we left?" Dan asked her as they walked down the street. Laura stopped and remained quiet for a while.
"We fought a bit more" she simply said.
"He did it again, didn't her?" he guessed, she just nodded.
"You can't let him hurt her" she whispered.
"You know I won't" he replied, pulling her into a hug as tears started to all down her cheeks.
Wadda think? I really need to keep writeing, I only have the first part of chap 3 so far, gotta go;)