Silver awoke with a start, he quickly got up and put his clothes back on, throwing Gold his clothes as well. "Whats wrong?" he asked. "I forgot about my father! What if he-?" Silver looked out the window to see that his father had not returned. "Oh. Ow." He winced in pain and clutched his side. Gold sprung into action and sat him down. "C'mon lets go get you checked out."
"Can't." He replied sadly. Gold looked at him confused and got up to the door. "What do ya mean?" He tried opening the door to find it locked shut. "Wow really?! You're dad... He's friggin insane." He dug into the back his pants and pulled out a pin and kneeled down to the keyhole and started fidgeting with it. "Wh-what are you doing?!" He said worried. "Pickin' the lock." Gold said calmly. Gold's sexiness had depleted and he was back to his weirdly self. Silver got up and looked over Gold's shoulder, "Really? Where on earth did you learn that?" Gold chuckled, "My dad was a locksmith for a while. He taught me."
The lock on the door clicked and Gold high fived the air. He opened the door and helped Silver out of the room. "I love you." Silver giggled. Gold grinned brightly. They got to the bottom of the stairs when Silver looked towards the hall where the locked piano room was. He tugged on Gold's shirt getting his attention, "Hey can you do something for me?"
Gold was surprising masterful at unlocking the chains on the door, moving through all three of the locks like butter. "You should take this as your job." Silver joked, "I already have one. Taking care of you." Gold grinned, Silver blushed and turned away, he smiled to himself. He looked at the unlocked door, it was just as he remembered except he was tall enough to reach the knob. He smiled as he thought of how his mom would open the door for him as he reached desperately to turn the marble knob. His hand started shaking as he reached for it, an imaginary hand of his mother placed her hand on his. "Its been a real long time since I've been in here. I don't even know what I'm looking for..." Gold placed his hand on Silver's and the imaginary hand disappeared, "Go on in and look." His voice calmed his shaking hand and he grabbed the knob firmly and turned it.
Sheets covered the furniture and floor. Dust filled and flew around the room reflecting the light breaking in from the faded curtains on the windows. Silver stepped into the room looking at everything that had been. The couches where he rested on his mothers lap on sunny spring mornings, the cabinets where he would pull up the piano bench to open just to get a piece of candy. And, the piano. It was covered in a sheet and dust, years of no use probably deteriorated the grand instrument. It was possible that it didn't even work. He pulled the sheet back coughing up the dust that followed and his eyes flew open. The grand piano was completely unshaped. The black color shone brightly in the light, there was not a single nail out of place. He ran his hand over the hard and cool cover, he lifted it up and Gold came over to stand it up.
The inside was completely clean, polished just as much as the outside. "Someone must've been taking care of this, it looks so new." Exclaimed Gold who was also astonished by the piano's well maintenance. Silver nodded and proceeded to the front of the piano, there he gently brushed the keys. The sound that came out didn't make him remember the sound it made before. Instead it sounded muffled, as if something was blocking the strings from being striked by the hammers. "Sil, what's these?" Gold said as he dug into the inside of the piano and then pulled out a small stack of envelopes. Silver's heart dropped at the sight of them. Was this what he was looking for all this time? He took the envelopes from Gold and sat down in front of the piano, examining them. Each one had, Silver, written on them. They were written to him!
He tore through the very first one and read aloud, "My darling Silver, it is with great sadness that I write to you. I hope you can read by now and that you can read my terrible handwriting. My hands won't stop shaking, I've always had a habit of that when I get really upset. I'm upset because I may never see you again. My little love, things haven't been too well with me and your father. We have, different views on how you should be raised. Hopefully you'll understand when you get older. I sincerly hope that you're doing well in school and getting all of your work done. And that you keep practicing the piano. You are so good at playing Silver. I'm going to miss seeing your bright face as you play. I'm going to miss everything about you my Silver. I have to make this short but I will send more to you. Please understand when you get older. I love you my darling boy.
Love, you mother,
Ariana.
Silver covered his mouth with his hand, stopping himself from yelping, "OH MY GOD!" He said to Gold without looking up, "This... This is from my mother, Gold." Gold gasped, "What really?! What were they doing in there?" Silver shrugged as he tore open another one,
To my darling Silver, it has been far too long since I sent my other letter. By this time I know that you've started a higher level of education and can understand what I'm saying. Me and you're father are getting divoriced. I planned on divoricing him and taking you away from that man to live with me. But at the custody case the judge deemed your father as a more sutible parent for you and wouldn't even grant me specific days to see you at all. Its not like your father would let me anyway, he has a lot of pull with the higher ups and it makes me sick. The judge told me that I must find a stable job if I want to appeal the case for you. He told me that my music would not pay to feed you. I couldn't sleep for weeks, not with knowing that you were with him. I tried pleading with the judge but he wouldn't hear it, he even threatened me to get psychiatric help do to my past condition. I tried telling him that it may have been passed down to you and that you would need my help. He turned me away. Everyone turned me away from my son. My only son. The only son I would ever have. No one can replace you my love. I have to find a way to get you back. I have to.
Silver's hand started to quiver, this must've been the condition she was talking about. He took a deep breath and focused on the next letter, wanting to know more.
To my darling Silver, things are still taking a worse for me. I've recieved a restraining order, it seems that your father told the judge some really bad things. Things that were completely untrue when I was told. He made me seem like the craziest and obsessive person in the world... You're my son, I only want to be with you again. To hold you when you get sad and scared, to be there to tell you everything's ok. I cried more than I've ever cried in that office. I felt like everything was being taken away from me. The judge had some sympathy I suppose because he gave me one way to commicate with you. He said I could keep writing to you as that was the harmless way to contact you. Your father is a cruel man Silver, I can't begin to explain why. I miss you Silver. I don't know how much longer I can live without your smile.
Silver's eyes teared up and the water fell down his cheeks. The sincerity of his mothers words hit him, she hadn't actually abandoned him, it was all his father. It was at this moment Silver loathed that man with every fiber in his being, now more than ever.
Silver had gotten to the last of the letters, each one of them getting him more and more furious and sad. He tore open the last one nearly tearing the letter. He carefully opened it up and read,
To my darling Silver, I doubt your father is allowing you to write me back. But it hasn't stopped me from writing these to you. I know that one day you'll know the truth and maybe even find these letters. This might be my last letter to you, as I've finally been able to break into the music industry. I have a very tight schedule and won't have anytime to write you. It breaks my heart dearly that I may never be able to see you, or hear from you ever again. The order from the judge prevents me from getting anywhere near you. What kind of man takes their only child away from them? It both sickens me and angers me. If only the judge knew what kind of person your father really is. I want you to do your best to withstand that man just as I have. And when the time comes for another hearing I will have my adoring son in my arms again. You always were such a handsome young boy Silver. I loved the way your hair matched mine and how you resembled me in every way. I'm really going to miss you my precious Silver. I'm crying even as I'm writing this. I can no longer bare this pain anymore. I'll be thinking of you everyday, I hope that you think of me.
Forever loving,
Your mother,
Ariana.
With that final letter Silver felt his mothers pain, he felt every bit of pain that she felt all those years. Rage filled his heart as his eyes stained with tears of anger. Gold looked on worried softly saying his name. He knew that Silver had all the right to feel the way he did, he just didn't want him to lose himself in a fit of rage.
Suddenly the door flew open and slammed on the wall, forming a long crack in the frame. In stepped an angry Giovanni, breathing heavily. Gold jumped but Silver stood their firmly, his eyes practically ablaze with fury. He wasn't afraid of his father, not anymore. Giovanni looked over at Gold, then back to Silver, "You'd better start fucking explaining! How the fuck did HE get in here and how are you out of your room?!" He spat. Silver clenched his fist and raised a letter in his hand, "EXPLAIN THIS!" He shouted, Gold jumped again, it was the first time he'd heard Silver so loud, well when they weren't being intimate...
Giovanni looked at the letter in Silver's hand and went completely white, horrified at what he thought he had hidden away. His eyes fell to the ground, unable to speak to him so Silver took the intiative, "You've been keeping these from me for years! I had to go everyday thinking that my own mother didn't give a damn about me!" Giovanni looked up furious, "She DID! SHE DID! And that was what the fucking problem was! She gave a damn about YOU! Never me!" Silver stopped for a moment a stared at the man who was just as emotionally broken about his mother as he was.
"She would never want to work things out! She only cared about you, never me. I never got a single letter or phone call, it was all YOU! So I did my best to ruin her life as much as she did me." He breathed hard after every word he said, his anger rising to a boiling point. "Then why beat me so much?! Why take your anger out on me?!" Silver shouted, now unphased by his father's anger. "I COULDN'T STAND YOU! You looked...so much...like her... I-I-I couldn't stand it." His voice grew soft, as if he was seeing a ghost and it frightened him. "Even now you remind me so much of her. I-" He stepped closer to Silver, placing a hand on his shoulder. Silver's defenses lowered, wondering if he could actually forgive his father at this moment. Gold looked on wondering the samething.
"I FUCKING HATE YOU!" Giovanni screamed grabbing Silver's neck and began choking him. Silver's anger had flushed out of him in one fell swoop. Again he felt powerless against the man twice his size. He felt his eyes start to move back into his head, he had begun to lose all feeling in his body. He felt as though it was all over for him.
THWACK! A blood curdling scream snapped Silver back to his senses as he was thrown to the ground. He clung to his neck and coughed harshly trying to capture his breath. His eyes got back into focus to see Gold standing firmly in front of him with an old pool cuestick in his hands and in a fighting stance. Giovanni was covering his face still screaming in agony. "You're pathetic." Gold said coldly. "You beat on your only son because of your own faults but you have no one to fault but yourself/ And if you hurt him again I won't go so easy." He took Silver's hand and led him out of the room and out of the house, Giovanni still in pain watched his son finally leave him. Just as his mother left him too.
When they got to Gold's house Silver had been quiet the entire walk. Still taking in everything that had transpired. He laid on the couch clutching his side while Gold went and grabbed some icepacks. He placed them on Silver's side and forehead, stroking his face lovingly. "You okay?" He said softly, Silver smiled at him and grabbed his hand kissing it. "I am now." He giggled. Gold smiled reassuringly, "Good, I don't want to have to injure anymore people." He laughed, "I don't know I think it was pretty romantic, and sexy." Gold kissed him and laughed, "Oh please." Silver smiled and then grew serious, "But still, everything changes today. I have to find my mother again. I don't care how I just have to see her again." Silver grasped Gold's hand firmly. Gold sighed and placed his head on Silver's chest, looking up at him, "I'm here for you always. No matter what we'll set this thing straight." He smiled his cute goofy smile, it made Silver's heart jump and dance. He felt like he could set things straight in his mess of a life. All he had to do was find his mother again.
A/N: REEEEEEEALLY long chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! Another one is in the works so please stay tuned! Thank you sooooooo much for reading! Love your reviews and favs! ^_^
