When Angels Fall
Part 3
"Yes Amanda."
"Why is today circled on the calendar?" Quatre paused before answering.
"Well, today is a very special day."
"What's so special about it?"
"Well, today was your mothers birthday." Amanda looked down and started to play with the sheets on her father's bed. After a minute she mumbled,
"I thought that it might be somebody's birthday…" Amanda paused, "Do they have birthdays in heaven?" Quatre laughed and hugged his daughter.
"I don't know?" Quatre said.
"Would uncle Duo know? Did you know he used to live in a church? Why did he live in a church, daddy?" Again Quatre laughed.
"Uncle Duo's mommy and daddy died and so he had to live somewhere. The church was the only place that would take him." Amanda nodded. "Would you like to call uncle Duo and ask him?" This time Amanda nodded more enthusiastically. Quatre picked up the phone and dialed Duo's number. When it started to ring he gave it to Amanda. She held the big phone against her small head and waited for someone to pick up.
"Hi aunt Hilde! Is uncle Duo there?…No! Daddy didn't make me!" Amanda took the phone away from her ear and looked at her father, "Aunt Hilde says that you have to make me eat my vegetables." Quatre smiled as Amanda put the phone against her ear once more. "Yeah I'm doing fine."
"Yes ma'am!' Quatre corrected.
"Yes ma'am." Amanda repeated. "I love you too aunt Hilde…Hi uncle Duo!…Yes sir, I'm fine…I have a question for you…okay, do they have birthdays in heaven?…" Again Amanda looked at her father. "He says he doesn't know." Before Quatre could say anything Amanda put the phone back up to her ear and tried to cradle it between her shoulder and her ear like she had seen Quatre do when he was working. It didn't work and the phone fell on the bed. "…Oh that? That was just the phone. I dropped it…Are you sure you don't know?…Okay, you can ask Him…there is?…wow! So that means my mommy is having a birthday party up in heaven right now?…okay, you can talk to daddy…I love you too! Here's daddy." Amanda handed the phone to Quatre.
"Hey Duo."
"Hey Quatre! What's up?"
"Nothing much." Quatre said, smiling at Amanda.
"So what have you been telling this girl? It's not everyday you get a phone call from your friends daughter asking if there's birthdays in heaven!"
"Oh she came up with that on her own! So what did you tell her?"
"I told her, yes! What did you
want me to tell her? Do you think I really know?"
"I don't know? She just thought that you might know because you told her you used to live in a church." Duo laughed. Amanda turned and looked up at her father,
"Daddy? Can we make a cake for mommy?"
"Duo, did you hear that?" Quatre asked.
"Yeah buddy?"
"What do say? You, Hilde, and Duo jr. come on over later after dinner for desert."
"Quatre, I would cancel everything I had tonight to come over for this celebration. Thankfully I don't have anything so there's nothing to cancel! Hilde and Duo and I will be there around 8:00, is that okay?"
"That's fine. I'll see you then. Tell Hilde "hi" for me."
"Will do. See-ya later!" Quatre set the phone down and hugged his daughter again.
"I love you…" He said.
"I know daddy, I love you too!"
Quatre would only have 11 more years to be with his daughter. And 11 years would not be enough to tell his daughter how much he loved her.
Authors note: I'm still looking for
a new name for this so…if anyone wants to help out? Ideas for the next few
parts are still needed also! Any questions can be emailed to me at, Christian.m.hall@att.net I will be
happy to answer any question! ^_~
Till next time,
Bishonen Chaser
