Sorry.
12 missed calls.
4 new text messages.
She clicked on missed calls and it displayed:
5 Shane
2 Jez
2 Caitlyn
1 Nate
1 Jason
1 Ella
Sighing, she closed it down and clicked on the text messages:
Shane.
Carly. Please come back. We can talk about this. It's not safe out there.
Deleted.
Caitlyn.
Carly. Shane's worried sick. Come back. Please. For me?
Deleted.
Jez.
Carly, what you doing?! I had Caitlyn ringing me up asking if I knew were you where! Talk about trying to scare everyone! Tb. xxx
Deleted.
Shane.
Please come back or text back or ring me or something! Please? X
Deleted.
She locked her phone then stuck it back in her army messenger bag. She pulled out a ripped piece of paper that had an address scribbled on it. "Eh, Little lady?"
"Yeah?" Carly said looking up in the mirror to see the drivers face.
The taxi came to complete stop. "We're here."
Carly looked out and saw a few houses scattered around. "Thank you. Thanks for driving out this far as well." She had begged the driver to drive out of the state, but luckily it was right next to the border and not that far away. She gave him the money (and a tip) and grabbed her bag. The small 15-year old hopped out of the car then waved him off. She turned around and looked at houses in front of her. She walked down the path looking at the house numbers until she found the right one. She walked up to a medium sized house, It was white, had a picket fence around it and very pretty. Carly pushed her long brown hair out of her face and rang the doorbell. She heard people talking and then someone coming down the stairs. She was nervous but she was also excited.
A woman with short brown bouncy hair opened the door and looked at Carly. She looked shocked, neither her or Carly knew what to say. "St-Steve?" the woman called. "Yes, Connie?" A man appeared next to her, also looking shocked. "Hi?" Carly said trying to overcome the awkwardness. "Are you... Mitchie's daughter?" Steve asked. Carly nodded and gave them a weak smile. Their faces started to lighten up a bit and they invited her in.
:) Back with Shane (:
He looked at the screen then the notepad and pen. He did this a few more times, he worked this out straight away. "Ah, Crap!" he said. He knew he was going to have to get Carly but he wasn't looking forward to seeing Mitchie's parents again. The guy who got your daughter pregnant then left her to raise the child on her own, comes knocking on your door over 15 years later to ask for his daughter back who ran away to see them wasn't a good story to make. Shane quickly picked up the pen and notepad and scribbled the address down. He ripped it out and ran down stairs. As he was pulling his shoes on Caitlyn appeared. "Shane where are you going?"
"No time. Gotta go."
Shane dashed for the door but was stopped by Caitlyn. "Er no. Last time you ran off, you ended up going to England and coming back with a daughter. So where are you going?"
Shane sighed. "Carly. She's gone to Mitchie's parents house."
Caitlyn laughed and moved away from the door. "Good luck with that buddy." she said.
"Thanks," he said opened and closing the door before jumping in the car. "I'm going to need it."
While driving out of the estate he typed the address into his sat-nav and took deep breathes not looking forward to this.
-x-
Connie opened the door and gave Shane a cold stare. "Mrs. Torres, I know you probably hate me and stuff but I really am sorry about everything that's happened and what a jerk I've been." Connie's face lighten up a bit. "I just need to know if Carly is here." Connie sighed and let Shane in the house. "She's in Mitchie's old room." Shane weakly smiled and walked up the stairs.
Shane slowly opened the door and saw Carly sat up on Mitchie's bed. She had a ring in her hand and had obviously been crying. "You know.." Shane started, closing the door behind him which made Carly look up. "I gave that to Mitchie for our 2 month anniversary." She smiled through her tears and looked back at the ring. After a short silence, Carly spoke up. "You must really hate me." she sniffed.
"Why would I hate you?" Shane said sitting next to her on the bed.
"I ruined your life. And Mum's. If I never happened you two would still be together and happy."
Shane pulled Carly into a hug. "You didn't ruin my life or Mitchie's. You just changed it." She continued to sob into Shane's chest letting his jacket soak up all her tears. "Don't cry Carls." He said stroking her hair.
"Hey, If it makes you feel any better, you were right." Shane said making Carly look up at him with her big red puffy eyes. "About Valerie. So I broke up with her."
She blinked a few times then grinned. "Yeah, It kinda makes me feel better."
They laughed. "Sorry, I should of listened to you." Shane said. Carly just smiled at him.
Shane got up of the bed and looked around the room. "Man, I haven't seen this room in like forever." he said sounding like a teenager, Carly giggled at him. He walked over to a notice board which had lots of pictures on it. "I remember this!" Shane said and Carly walked over to him. He pointed to a picture which had him, Mitchie, Nate, Jason and Caitlyn on a Ferris wheel. "Oh and this." He pointed to another. "Now, that was funny!" Shane laughed. Shane turned to Carly, "I think we better head home. It's getting late." Carly nodded. "Can I have a minute? You know alone. You can go talk to them downstairs."
Shane rolled his eyes. "OK, This should be fun." Shane exited the room and left Carly in there alone.
"You know I miss you right?" she said 'talking to her mum'. "Sooo much. And I wanted to ask you before I took this." she clutched the ring harder. "Cause I'll have a piece of you and a piece of dad with me." She stop talking and almost looked like she was waiting for an answer. She smiled and placed the ring in her pocket before opening the door. She had one last look in the room and closed the door.
-x-
"So," Shane started. "How's life?"
"Well, Let's see. Our daughter ran away the day after her 18th birthday and only left us a note saying she was pregnant with your baby and that you didn't want to be a part of it. Then over 14 years later, we get a phone call saying that she has died. Then at mid-night we get a 15 year old girl knocking on our door saying she is our daughters' daughter,THEN you come to collect her."
Shane's eyes darted around the room. "Oh."
"Steve, Calm down." Connie said placing her hand on her husband's shoulder.
"Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down, when he has ruined all of our lives?!" He said pointing at Shane. Carly had slowly been coming down the stairs and heard most of this. When Carly entered the room the conversation stopped immediately and Shane tried to act a bit more confident in front of his daughter. "Ready to go?" he asked eagerly. Carly nodded and turned to Connie and Steve. "See you around?" she asked.
"Of course."
She smiled and waved at them as her and Shane left the house, Shane only muttering a small. "Bye."
They got into the car and drove off into the darkness. "Don't run off like that again, seriously. You scared me to death." he said turning onto the highway.
"How did you know I was there?" she asked.
"You left Connie's catering website open on your laptop. So it was kinda obvious."
"Rookie mistake." she laughed. For the rest of the journey they talked about a various things until Carly fell asleep. Soon they arrived home and Shane gently woke her up. "Carls. We're home." she shuffled a bit before her eyes flickered open. She sat up and looked around, not fully awake. Shane laughed at her and snapped his fingers by her face. She shook her head and blinked a few times. "Awake now?" he asked, undoing his seatbelt. "Yep!" she hopped out of the car and walked to the front door. Shane unlocked the door and Caitlyn ran to hug Carly. "Oh, I'm so glad you're safe." she pulled away and looked her dead in the eye. "Don't EVER do that again!" Carly laughed at her and smiled, happy to be back with her new found family.
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[a/n] : Hi guys! I know this chapter sucked. Lol I have a lot of things to share with you!
1) YOU GUYS ROCK! I got loads of reviews for that last chapter! Thank you thank you thank you!
2) Snow-ness. Okay on tuesday I had to go in for the WHOLE day but hardly anyone was in so me and my friends (Josh and Becky) were sitting in maths complaining the whole time, our teacher was getting mad at us It was Funny xD BUT today (thursday) I GOT THE WHOLE DAY OFF! Whoop! :)
3)Dream. Last night I had a dream that my drama teacher was dating Joe Jonas. I woke up and was like wtf. HAHA. xD
4) Chapter preview? I wrote this but have no idea what's happening next :)
"I'm getting married today!" Caitlyn yelled into Carly's room. She groaned and rolled over. "I'm getting married, I'm getting married, I'm getting married." She sang.
"I know, I know, I knowww!" Carly mumbled.
"Come on, Get up! We have a lot to do."
Yep, You guessed it the next chapter is Nate and Caitlyn's wedding :).
Goodbye & Happy Snow day... AGAIN :)