The next morning, I woke up with my husband's arms around my waist. I wriggled out of his grip and walked towards my mirror. My eyes were really red and puffy from crying so much. I didn't want to lose Danny, but I also didn't want to ruin his dream. He always wanted to be an astronaut and going to space. Well, his dream did become a reality. For all of an hour. When we were fourteen. Now he's twenty-six and has a family. This is just too hard for him to deal with right now.
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I stood by our door, watching Danny as he slept. He looked so peaceful. Soon, I felt a figure slip through my arm. "Mommy, what're you doing?" asked my eight-year-old daughter
"Nothing. Just watching your dad," I replied, taking her by the shoulders and leading her to her sister's room
"Why are you taking me here?"
"Can you play with Jule? Just for a little while?"
"Alright..."
"Thanks," I answered, kissing my daughter on the forehead and walking back into my own room
Danny was stretching and yawning as I walked in. He was so cute when he looked like that. "Hey," I said to him, "Sleep well?"
"I guess," he replied
I walked over to the empty spot on the bed and sat down next to my hubby. "You okay?" I asked, rubbing his back
"I don't know anymore."
"Don't beat yourself up. You should go on that shuttle. You're always saying that you've always wanted to!"
"That was a different time."
"Whatever you choose, we'll be okay."
"I guess you're right. You've always been right about things," Danny replied, with an adorable smirk forming on his face
I gave him a smile back and then kissed his cheek.
"I don't want to see you depressed anymore. I miss seeing you smile. I like it when you smile," I said the last bit with a small pout on my face. I knew he couldn't resist that.
His hands were covering his eyes. "You're doing it again aren't you?"
"No..." I trailed off, still with the pout on my face
I grabbed his hands and brought them down to our laps. I then leaned in and kissed him sweetly. After our kiss, we were laughing like we were still little kids.
"You're so mean, y'know that?"
"I know," I said as my eyes wandered away, then coming back to facing him, "But you love it," I whispered
I leaned my head on his chest to comfort him. "You sure you're gonna be okay?" he asked again
"We'll be fine! I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself!"
"So she says."
I hit Danny playfully on the arm. "Oh, stop it!"
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A/N: No evil cliffies in this chap! LOL. okay, so the next chap, it might take a while for me to get online 'cause I have a big project to do for school and I need to get it done. sorry! Curse you math! Curse you...!
