Cait's POV
Weeks had passed since we'd first met Martin, Sarah and Melanie. We had started to become better and better friends, joking, laughing, hunting together and just having an incredibly good time.
One evening, Liam and I visited the others at their house, one of our unannounced visits which we paid them (and they us) very regularly lately.
Instead of knocking the door, we just walked in, as they'd told us to do. Liam, ever the gentleman, opened the door for me and let me go through first.
I could hear Martin playing the violin upstairs, and Melanie singing along. It was a German song, so I didn't really grasp the meaning, but it was plainly beautiful.
Liam and I were standing in the hall for a moment, just listening and without me asking him he started to translate the text for me (I hadn't even know that he knew German, after all those years, there were still facts about him that surprised me)
"Sometimes I go my way without a single glance
Sometimes I wish back my rocking horse,
Sometimes I'm without rest or halt,
Sometimes I close all doors behind me,
Sometimes I'm feeling cold and sometimes hot,
Sometimes I don't know any more what I know,
Sometimes I'm already tired in the morning,
And then I'm seeking for solace in a song.
Across seven bridges you have to walk,
Seven dark years you have to endure,
Seven times you will be the dark ash
But one day you will be the shining light.
Sometimes the clock of life seems to stop,
Sometimes you only seem to be walking in circles,
Sometimes you are like sick of wanderlust
Sometimes you sit quietly on a bench
Sometimes you grab for the whole world,
Sometimes you think that your lucky star is sinking,
Sometimes you take where you should have given,
Sometimes you hate what you love.
Across seven bridges you have to walk,
Seven dark years you have to endure,
Seven times you will be the dark ash
But one day you will be the shining light.
Across seven bridges you have to walk,
Seven dark years you have to endure,
Seven times you will be the dark ash
But one day you will be the shining light."
"That song is beautiful" I whispered. Liam just nodded in response.
We decided to join Sarah in the living room. She was watching the news (I had gotten the impression that she was a news junkie indeed), but as she heard as entering she picked up the remote control and was about to switch the TV off when I stopped her.
"Wait" I exclaimed, looking at the TV in disbelief.
"What is it?" she asked, not understanding what had attracted my interest.
The programme she was watching was CNN and they were just showing pictures of a horrible accident that had happened the day before. 10 people had been killed in a car crash just outside Phoenix, among them a man and a woman in their late fifties.
"What is it?" Martin asked who had entered the room without me even noticing. I couldn't answer, didn't know how to answer.
Liam caught me as I nearly collapsed onto the floor: "I got you, it's alright" he said soothingly, manoeuvring onto the sofa.
"What's wrong, Cait?" Melanie asked, worried.
I was still staring at the TV blankly. Hadn't they eyes? Or had they just not bothered to look at the TV yet.
"The, the woman" I stammered. "And, and the man." Liam stroked my back, encouraging and comforting me.
Melanie took a glance at the TV. "OH my god!" she exlaimed. The woman in there looked like an older version of me. It was like looking in an ageing mirror, seeing how you would one day look like. If you were able to age, that is.
"She, I think, the woman, who died. That is, was my mother."
I know this is a very short chapter and it's only sort of a filler anyway. And I do feel sort of guilty for having "killed" Renee and Phil, I have to admit. Anyway, hoping for reviews;)
Oh, and the song mentioned above is originally called "Über Sieben Brücken" and is performed by various German artists.