A/N: i'm sorry it took so long to update! I've been so busy giving my "Together Forever" readers something, that it's been awhile I've looked at this story! (Although, I'm guessing a lot of you read Together Forever Missing moments as well, because they are a lot of the same reviewers)

I seriously LOVE getting your reviews on this story. Thank you so much to all you readers and reviewers and followers and favorites! (Although, if you do any of the latter three, I assume you're reading the story XD)

SO, after a long wait..(Wow, it's been almost a month since I updated!... Here's a deal, you get 2 chapters before I update anything else :).. I present:

Hear My Cries On a Summer Night

Jadelyn stared dumbfounded at the empty sheets of paper in front of her.

The truth was, she had no idea how to plan a party. Heck, she'd never even been to a party! Except for her dad's work parties... If being sent to her room to sit there quietly and not bug any guests meant 'Attending'.

She'd asked Cat what she had to do first. Cat had told her to start, she should make invitations.

Which left Jadelyn no better off, since Jadelyn didn't really understand what an 'in-vat-tat-ion' was.

She'd asked her mom, who told her it was an invite written on paper that asked someone if they wanted to go to a party.

Which is why she was sitting at the kitchen table, in front of a stack of paper and a box of crayons.

She peered into the crayon box, scanning the colors. Surprisingly, the only color that at all popped out at her was the dark black crayon.

Black, she decided, was her favorite color. Dark and mysterious, almost like her life itself. It also reminded her of that tasty drink her mom left on the counter sometimes that made her feel all happy after. She never needed nap time after drinking that.

Black also kind of looked like Beck's hair. Which was it's only flaw.

Everything is imperfect, she reasoned.

Jadelyn grabbed the black crayon, bringing it over the first piece of paper in the stack.

2 Cat, She wrote in big messy letters. Cum 2 mi party plese. it is july 27. it starts at 3 and ends at 5. at my howse. Hav fun!

Jadelyn reread her work, drawing a big X through the middle. He invitations had to be perfect. Hers looked like puke.

"Mommy!? Daddy?!" She called loudly.

Her mommy and daddy used this cool machine to make words appear really fast. Maybe they could use it to make her invitations for her!

Jadelyn got up from the kitchen table, climbing up each stair of her fairly large Hollywood house. She ran down a hallway to find the door to her parents room. She opened it and looked inside, not seeing a single person.

"Mooo-myyy! Dadddy!" She cried a bit louder. The wind rustled outside the window. She ran over to the window, her heart rate speeding up a bit.

She hopped up and down, trying to see out the high window. She saw snip-its of the world from her bouncing, but the world was dark.

It was dark and she was all alone. It was dark. Her heart rate sped up a bit more.

STOP! She yelled at herself internally. She's Jadelyn West and she's not scared of ANYTHING. Not dark. Not being alone. Nothing.

A wind howled across her street.

She grabbed her dad's home phone, running to her room.

Jadelyn huddled under the pink and yellow covers of her bed, staring at them.

They were mocking her. They were saying 'we're happy, you're sad'. Teasing her, like those mean kids at school.

Jadelyn frowned angrily. She hated being teased.

She ripped the covers off her bed angrily. The edges of her yellow skirt twirled in the air as she did so.

He frown increased. Her bed sheets were pink, her walls were yellow, her carpet was purple.

She lay on her pink sheeted bed, holding her ears to her head to block out the lack of noise, which felt worse than noise itself. She felt like she was being drowned in anger and hatred.

She hated her parents for never even being home.

She hated yellow, pink, purple, and all the happy colors. They teased people. They lied to her. They made her feel happy when the world isn't like that.

She hated the scary wind outside, making scary noises.

She hated that she felt so alone of a summer night. Summer is supposed to be beautiful. Right?

She lifted the phone she took from her dad's room. The last number that called her house was Cat's mom. If she hit redial, maybe she could talk to Cat.

She pushed 'redial' and the phone began to ring slowly, and finally, she got an answer.

"Hello, Mr. West?" A high sweet voice wondered.

"No," Jadelyn said, trying to keep her voice level. "This is Jadelyn. Can I talk to Cat?" She asked.

"Hi Jadelyn," Mrs. Valentine said, a look of concern spreading across her face. "Cat's getting ready for bed, but you can talk to her for ten minutes before she falls asleep. Is that okay?" Mrs. Valentine offered.

"OK," Jadelyn agreed.

Shuffling noises spread through the phone as Mrs. Valentine passed the house phone of to Cat.

Cat was lying in her pink footsie Pjs in her bed. She ran a finger through a dark curl in her hair happily. She loved summer. Today had been an awesome day.

She had played Hide-And-Go-Seek with Dog all morning. She loved having him back to play with. He told her all about his school. The teachers, the food, everything. They had taught him so good! He could talk much better now, and even write a little!

After lunch, she had invited Beck over to play with her and her brother. They had had so much fun! Her mom had taken them to a playground and Beck taught Cat and Dog how to swing across the monkey bars! Which was funny, because Cat and Dog were on the MONKEY bars! It was like a whole zoo!

"Cat," Her mom called, switching the lighted on, dimming the pink nightlights affect on the room significantly. "Jadelyn wants to talk to you."

"Cool!" Cat exclaimed. Her mom, handed Cat the phone. "You can talk for ten minutes," Mrs. Valentine instructed, flicking the lights off.

"Okay!" Cat agreed, pressing the phone to her ear.

"Kitty," Jadelyn breathed, relieved to be talking to someone she knew. It made the dark around her a lot less scary.

"Jadey!" Cat exclaimed. "Hiiiii! Why are you calling" She wondered.

"I wanted to talk to someone.. My house is a little scary in the dark," Jadelyn admitted sheepishly.

"But.. What about your mommy?" Cat asked, confused.

"She's not home. Neither is my daddy.. I think my daddy is at work and my mommy.. I don't know. Maybe she's at work or with a friend of somewhere," Jadelyn explained.

Cat frowned confused. Who took care of Jadelyn at night? She wondered.

"What did you do today?" Cat asked, breaking the tension.

"I started planning my birthday party!" Jadelyn sighed. "It's not turning out so good. I might not have one after-all," Jadelyn said sadly.

"That's too bad. Today I played with dog and Beck came over and we went to a playground!" Cat explained.

Jadelyn looked up, a bit concerned.

Cat and Beck were playing together. She didn't really understand the emotion bubbling inside of her.

"Why him!?" Jadelyn asked defensively.

"U-" Cat began.

"He's not even our friend! We hate him! And.. Why'd he come over to your house?" Jadelyn wondered.

"I- I don't know.." Cat stuttered, confused by Jadelyn's sudden questions.

Jadelyn stopped firing the questions. She sat down again.

"Sorry," She apologized, confused. "I'm just kind of sad cause I don't think I'm gonna have a birthday party." Jadelyn explained.

Cat began to grin, and she was glad Jadelyn couldn't see her through the phone.

"That's too bad," She said with false sadness.

She wanted to be an actress. She had to practice.

"Yeah," Jadelyn said glumly.

"I'm sorry your scared because your all alone. Maybe you could sleepover at my house someday," Cat suggested, changing the topic.

"That would be great," Jadelyn agreed.

"You know what we should do?" Cat asked.

"What?" Jadelyn wondered, staring at her ceiling intently.

"We should sing a goodnight song. My mommy used to sing a song to me and my brother when we shared a room at our old house. She still does sometimes," Cat explained.

Jadelyn sighed, Why couldn't she have parents that sung songs?

"What song?" Jadelyn wondered.

"I don't know. I don't matter very much. A song we both know." Cat shrugged.

Jadelyn thought for a moment. What song did she know Cat knew.

She thought back to their first day of Pre K, when they met. She opened he mouth and began to fill her empty house with words.

"Maybe far away, Or maybe real nearby. He may be pouring her coffee. She may be straightening his tie! Maybe in a house All hidden by a hill She's sitting playing piano,He's sitting paying a bill.." Jadelyn sang.

Cat grinned. "Betcha they're young! Betcha they're smart! Bet they collect things like ashtrays, and art!"She added. Jadelyn was an amazing singer, she thought.

"Betcha they're good -Why shouldn't they be?Their one mistake.. Was giving up me..." Cat and Jadelyn sung simultaneously. Their voices blended nicely, even if it was through a telephone.

"So maybe now it's time," Jadelyn sang, "And maybe when I wake,"

"They'll be there calling me "Baby"... Maybe." Both the girls sang beautifully.

"Betcha he reads, Betcha she sews, Maybe she's made me, A closet of clothes!" Cat sang, giggling a bit.

Maybe they're strict.. As straight as a line... Don't really care...As long as they're mine!" Jadelyn added.

"So maybe now this prayer's, the last one of it's kind... Won't you please come get your "Baby"
Maybe..." The two girls finished the song together, both grinning.

Maybe my parents will throw me a birthday party. I should just be glad I have parents, Jadelyn realized, pulling the pink and yellow covers back on her.

"Goodnight Jadelyn," Cat said tiredly.

"Goodnight Cat," Jadelyn agreed, as they both ended the call, smiles on their faces.