Looking In The Eyes Of Love
A "Higher Ground" Fan Fic
By MissKate

Chapter 1: Two In The Rain

The rain came down in sheets outside the window, and she listened to it as the night progressed. She looked across the room, and saw the others that had found sleep that evening much easily than her. Slowly, she sat up in her bed and walked to the window, where she looked out into the dismal weather of the darkness. Puddles were sloshed about as the raindrops cut into them fiercely. Anyone would have to be crazy to wander mindlessly in these conditions.

Before sinking back into her bed, her sight confirmed her fears. Daisy quietly slipped on her jacket and headed for the door, softly closing it behind her. It did not take long for her to be completely soaked as she headed toward what she saw from her window, near the shed.

"Wonderful weather for a stroll, don't you think?" she asked sarcastically of the person before her.

David looked up from the ground he was staring at and met his eyes to hers. "I thought so," he replied, patting the ground next to him, motioning her to sit beside him, under the slight protection of the roof.

"We could go inside you know," informed Daisy once she took her place at his side. She did not know why David was out here, or why he had seemed so distant from everyone lately. All she knew was that when he was upset, it was always a rainy day that gave him some comfort.

"Nah, I like it here," he said looking up to the sky. They were the only two up at that time, as the counselors and students had gone to bed long ago. "Especially now that you are here."

Daisy could not help but smile, and looked at him. He had been trying to get her to like him for so long, that he never let his true character shine through. His bad boy, rough and tough exterior was all for show, and she soon realized this. However, he kept up his act at all times, and Daisy rarely saw the real David.

"Want to know what I was thinking about?" Daisy nodded, and he began. "Everyone in this place has some kind of an estranged relationship with their parents, whether it is their fault or not. You with your alcoholic parents, me with the general, Scott with his step-mom, Shelby with her step-dad, Juliette with her mom, Ezra with his parents, and Auggie...He's the indirect one I guess. His parents tried to stop him, and he didn't listen. So here we are, being forced to live in a world where the kids are to blame, even though our parents are the ones that drove us here."

Daisy did not know what to think of all this. He was obviously wishing that he were not there, that he could return home for a "normal" life. "They use us as pawns in their evil ways," she said with a small smirk.

David shook his head. "As long as I am here, I am glad I am here with you."

"Oh, I am so sure. I probably make this place like pure heaven, don't I?" asked a satirical Daisy.

"You do."