A/N: So this chappies on the short side, just a tad bit. But I really like it. It's sad and sweet. And makes me crave some cheerios or goldfish or somthing. (You'll see why) This is also about DIana. DO you know what happens after this chapter? No, I don't win a million dollars. It's all teenagers. Yep. It'll be about Henry, Natalie, and Gabe. Most likely in that order.

Disclaim: NOT MINE!

Diana didn't see him the first year. She was grieving too hard.

It wasn't any of the first years. It was a glance here and there. Like a shadow moving around the house.

It was the occasional cry, usually when Dan wasn't home.

It was his seventh birthday when she saw him for good. He had appeared, just as she imagined he looked.

She embraced him tightly, or at least, she thought she did. "Oh, Gabe!" She was bawling. No one was around to see. Dan was at work, Natalie was in the first grade.

"You left" She sobbed. "But you're here now! I love you my baby boy. I love you."

"Mama." he looked up at her with those soulful seven year old eyes. The ones who haven't seen bad things, though his showed some loss of innocence. "You can't tell no one, kay?"

Diana was thoroughly confused. "But honey…" Gabe shook his head.

"I might go- if Daddy knew… They'll take me away again. I'll go away again." If he had a firm grip of what death was, he would have said "I will die again."

"I won't tell…" Her eyes burned with unshed tears. She then looked at the clock.

"Oh….Gabe, help me get a snack. No, two snacks. One for you, one for your sister."

"Natalie?" He asked. "Of course, now hurry, she'll be off the bus soon. You'll ride with her tomorrow, won't you. She doesn't have many friends and how good would it be for her to ride with you?"

Gabe nodded and tried to reach up. "Mommy, I'm not big enough!" Diana laughed. "Okay, but one day," She kissed the top of his head, "You'll be bigger than me."

The door opened suddenly. A small, frizzy haired girl walked in. "Mom?" Natalie cried.

"How was school today? Make any friends?"

Natalie shook her head as if saying "When do I ever?" and proceeded to sit down at the kitchen table, eyeing the snacks hungrily. She sat across form her brother.

"Mom..?" She asked timidly.

Diana paused "Hmmm….?"

"Why are their two snacks here?"