This is Chapter 4 of The Unquiet Sleepers. I would like to say a very big
thank you to all the people who have reviewed it so far, especially
Togemon. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be writing this at all!
Disclaimer : I don't own Danny, Dick Hallorann, or Wendy. These wonderful characters belong to Stephen King, a very lucky and talented man. However Rose belongs to me. She is not a Mary Sue. If I owned Danny, I wouldn't share. And I would not be writing about him, either! ;)
Dedication: This is for Togemon, who has supported me all through this story.
A/N: In this story, Dick and Wendy have fallen in love, and this is introduced in this Chapter.
The Unquiet Sleepers - The Shining II
Chapter 4 VOICES IN THE NIGHT
"Well, Danny," Wendy was trying to act natural, despite her son's mishap earlier in the day, "Rose seemed like a nice girl, didn't she?"
A dreamy smile crossed Danny's face.
"Yes..." he said faintly.
"Danny?" Wendy looked at her son. "Are you all right? It's not like you to be so... lost."
"I'm fine." Danny said, still smiling from ear to ear. "Mum?"
"Yes, Danny?"
"You know you and Dick, and how you... well..." Danny couldn't find the right word.
"We love each other."
"What does that feel like?"
"It feels like... well, it's hard to describe. Sometimes it makes you want to cry. You don't want to leave the person you love, you want to be with them all the time. It feels... different."
"Oh." said Danny in a small voice. He wasn't quite ready to tell his mother that she had just described exactly how he was feeling. He was in love.
"Goodnight." Wendy kissed her son's forehead and left the room in darkness.
(Rose)
Why had he thought Rose? Her name had just popped into his head. She was speaking to him.
(Danny, can you hear me?)
(Yes)
(I have to tell you something but not now I'll tell you tomorrow I'll come up to your house)
(Okay Rose and thank you)
(See you tommorow goodnight sweetheart)
Danny's heart swelled. He turned over so that his face was buried in his pillow and shouted with happiness. She had called him 'sweetheart'! After that he couldn't sleep. It was long into the night when his eyes finally closed.
Wendy entered her son's room late in the morning to find her son blissfully asleep with a big smile on his face and his arms wrapped around his pillow. She smiled and shook his shoulder gently.
"Danny... Danny, Rose is here."
His eyes snapped open and he sat up.
"She's here?" his voice sounded very slightly confused at first, but then gave way to shouts of pure happiness. "She's here! She's here! She's here!"
Wendy said, "Come here, let me brush your hair. Danny, come back here, you can't go downstairs in your pyjamas!"
But he had already gone tearing down the corridor, almost tripping at the top of the stairs but recovering his balance, and skidded down the stairs. He threw himself into Rose's arms.
"What did you have to tell me?" he said eagerly, but then looked down at himself. He was still wearing his red pyjamas. "I look silly." he said in a very small voice.
"I think you look lovely." Rose told him, and his eyes lit up.
"What did you want to tell me?"
"Well... come here first." She sat down on the nearest sofa, and he clambered up beside her. " I have to tell you this, Danny... I've fallen in love with you."
"I think I've fallen in love with you too." Danny said, copying Rose's way of saying it. Rose laughed and gave him a tight hug.
"You know, we should get married." he said after a minute. Rose laughed again.
"We're a little too young for that." she said, giggling. Danny looked up at her and the next thing that happened changed their lives forever.
"Rose..."
"Mmm?" Rose said blissfully.
"Can I... can I keep you?"
End of Chapter 4
*smiles* I'm finished! Next chapter soon! Please leave reviews! Oh, and if you like this, you might want to read & review my poem. Thank you and goodnight.
RoseMadder x
Disclaimer : I don't own Danny, Dick Hallorann, or Wendy. These wonderful characters belong to Stephen King, a very lucky and talented man. However Rose belongs to me. She is not a Mary Sue. If I owned Danny, I wouldn't share. And I would not be writing about him, either! ;)
Dedication: This is for Togemon, who has supported me all through this story.
A/N: In this story, Dick and Wendy have fallen in love, and this is introduced in this Chapter.
The Unquiet Sleepers - The Shining II
Chapter 4 VOICES IN THE NIGHT
"Well, Danny," Wendy was trying to act natural, despite her son's mishap earlier in the day, "Rose seemed like a nice girl, didn't she?"
A dreamy smile crossed Danny's face.
"Yes..." he said faintly.
"Danny?" Wendy looked at her son. "Are you all right? It's not like you to be so... lost."
"I'm fine." Danny said, still smiling from ear to ear. "Mum?"
"Yes, Danny?"
"You know you and Dick, and how you... well..." Danny couldn't find the right word.
"We love each other."
"What does that feel like?"
"It feels like... well, it's hard to describe. Sometimes it makes you want to cry. You don't want to leave the person you love, you want to be with them all the time. It feels... different."
"Oh." said Danny in a small voice. He wasn't quite ready to tell his mother that she had just described exactly how he was feeling. He was in love.
"Goodnight." Wendy kissed her son's forehead and left the room in darkness.
(Rose)
Why had he thought Rose? Her name had just popped into his head. She was speaking to him.
(Danny, can you hear me?)
(Yes)
(I have to tell you something but not now I'll tell you tomorrow I'll come up to your house)
(Okay Rose and thank you)
(See you tommorow goodnight sweetheart)
Danny's heart swelled. He turned over so that his face was buried in his pillow and shouted with happiness. She had called him 'sweetheart'! After that he couldn't sleep. It was long into the night when his eyes finally closed.
Wendy entered her son's room late in the morning to find her son blissfully asleep with a big smile on his face and his arms wrapped around his pillow. She smiled and shook his shoulder gently.
"Danny... Danny, Rose is here."
His eyes snapped open and he sat up.
"She's here?" his voice sounded very slightly confused at first, but then gave way to shouts of pure happiness. "She's here! She's here! She's here!"
Wendy said, "Come here, let me brush your hair. Danny, come back here, you can't go downstairs in your pyjamas!"
But he had already gone tearing down the corridor, almost tripping at the top of the stairs but recovering his balance, and skidded down the stairs. He threw himself into Rose's arms.
"What did you have to tell me?" he said eagerly, but then looked down at himself. He was still wearing his red pyjamas. "I look silly." he said in a very small voice.
"I think you look lovely." Rose told him, and his eyes lit up.
"What did you want to tell me?"
"Well... come here first." She sat down on the nearest sofa, and he clambered up beside her. " I have to tell you this, Danny... I've fallen in love with you."
"I think I've fallen in love with you too." Danny said, copying Rose's way of saying it. Rose laughed and gave him a tight hug.
"You know, we should get married." he said after a minute. Rose laughed again.
"We're a little too young for that." she said, giggling. Danny looked up at her and the next thing that happened changed their lives forever.
"Rose..."
"Mmm?" Rose said blissfully.
"Can I... can I keep you?"
End of Chapter 4
*smiles* I'm finished! Next chapter soon! Please leave reviews! Oh, and if you like this, you might want to read & review my poem. Thank you and goodnight.
RoseMadder x