When Angels Fall
Part 2
Quatre
smiled as he listened to his daughter, now 4, play what she claimed was "Mary
Had A Little Lamb" on the piano. He was busy working in his office and now the
music had stopped and Quatre waited for her to start up again. When she didn't
Quatre decided that he would go check on her. When he walked into the room he
saw he little angel, Amanda, staring out the window. One small hand on the
piano bench and the other was quietly playing with the curtains. He walked up
to her and picked her up from behind. "What are you doing he asked?" Amanda
played with her father's top button. "Aren't you going to finish playing
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"?" Quatre
tried again.
"It was
"Mary Had A Little Lamb" daddy!" Amanda corrected her father like any little
child would. She, after all, knew everything…like every other little child.
"Oh I'm
sorry." Quatre said smiling. Amanda went back to playing with her father's
button. "Are you going to tell me why you look so sad?" Quatre asked lifting
his daughter up more so that he could look into her blue eyes. "What were you
looking at out the window?"
"I was
looking for mommy." Amanda finally confessed. Quatre held back the tears. "I
thought that she would come to the door like everybody else."
"Honey,
mommy can't come to the door." Quatre said, his heart aching for his daughter.
"Is she ever going to come back?"
Amanda asked.
"No. Mommy
had to leave a long time ago when you were a baby. She can't come back." Amanda
started to cry. Quatre wiped his daughters tears and held her face close to his
and said, "You just remember that she is in a better place, okay?" Amanda
nodded and used her little fist to dry the tears.
"Why did
mommy have to go to heaven? Did she not want me?" This time Quatre couldn't
hide the tears.
"She loved
you very much. She never wanted to leave you! And sometimes God takes people
earlier than we would like him too." Quatre tried to explain. "I loved mommy
very much and when she died I was very sad but God gave me you to take care
of."
"Am I going
to die like mommy?" Quatre hesitated for a moment,
"Yes, some
day you will. Everyone has to die some day."
"But I
don't want to leave you. I don't want you to be sad." Amanda said, throwing her
arms around her father's neck. Quatre was at a loss for words. He could do
nothing but hug his little angel back. It was all he needed to do.
Father and daughter sat like that
for a long time until Amanda fell asleep in Quatre's arms. He carefully carried
her up to her bed and said a little prayer for her. God would not take Amanda
for another 13 years…
Authors note: I just decided to make this into a long story
and have different chapters of Amanda as she gets older and eventually her
untimely death at age 17. I'm still working out a few things but the more
reviews I get the faster I will be able to get this out! I would also greatly
appreciate it if ideas for Amanda and her first day of school and other things
like, Christmas and birthday at an older age, you get the picture, would be
contributed! It would be a big help. Also, I got the idea for this part from my
precious little brother when he was looking out a window and looking for my
little sister. Thankfully she is not dead but just went away for the day and my
brother missed her. And another thing, people have been asking me if Amanda
really means, "Worthy to be loved" and yes it does. That was the main reason I
named Quatre's daughter, Amanda! Reviews are greatly needed if the next part is
to be out soon!
~Bishonen Chaser~