Only Hope--"...And They Loved On"
**Last Chapter, new One Will Start Tomorrow!**
**Two WEeks Later**
Kara's mom walked up and hugged her tightly. TC smiled at the reunion. Kara, at first, had been against leaving TC, but when her mom promised that she and Kevin (who was happier than people thought about his dad being gone) were moving close, but that they needed to learn to be a family again.
As Kara and Kevin loaded their mother's station wagon TC"s mom talked to him. "TC, I'm so sorry. I know I should've told sooner..But, I didn't want him to kill us, or worse, her. I was to scared. But, if I could, I would've taken it all back." she explained.
TC smiled forgivingly. "I know, mom. Make sure you don't lose touch this time, okay?" He suggested. She nodded through her guilty tears. "I will, honey."
Kevin walked over to TC. He looked Kevin over. Kevin had grown a lot, he no longer was that scrawny eight-year-old, but now he was a 5'8 fourteen- year-old football star. His hair had changed to a dark brown but he still had the deep dimples.
"Hey, buddy," TC said finally. "Hi," Kevin answered. "Thanks for getting him gone." Kevin said. TC just ruffled his hair. "It's okay, kid. Now you're safe. Treat my mom good, or I'll have to beat you in basketball." Kevin grinned. "Fat chance!" and danced off to TC's mom.
It was Kara's turn.
He bent down to be eye level with her and they hugged tightly. Kara reached into her pocket and handed him a rumpled picture. "I've had that, since the day mom gave me it. I've carried it around every day since. It's my treasure." she explained.
TC unwrinkled it. It was like the one he had, except he was pushing her on a swing in the playground. The same one she had been taken from by Jay.
He swallowed. "I have one, too." he said. "I know. Mom told me that, whenever I'd get sad because Jay had hit me, or because I missed you so much." she explained, her eyes growing distant at the memories.
"Thanks, TC. For everything. I honestly thing that, if I hadn't of run away, I'd be dead. Either I would've killed myself or I'm sure Jay would've gotten to drunk or to high and he or one of his friends would've killed me." she said, finally opening up all the secrets that pained her to keep.
"Don't say that, Kara-bear. I know you, you're to tough. Most kids would've been killed in that car wreck. But you, you're a fighter. And that's what I love most about you."
She wrapped her arms around him. "I love you, TC."
"I love you, too, Kara-Bear."
**So how'd you likes it?? I'll start my new one tomorrow!**
**Last Chapter, new One Will Start Tomorrow!**
**Two WEeks Later**
Kara's mom walked up and hugged her tightly. TC smiled at the reunion. Kara, at first, had been against leaving TC, but when her mom promised that she and Kevin (who was happier than people thought about his dad being gone) were moving close, but that they needed to learn to be a family again.
As Kara and Kevin loaded their mother's station wagon TC"s mom talked to him. "TC, I'm so sorry. I know I should've told sooner..But, I didn't want him to kill us, or worse, her. I was to scared. But, if I could, I would've taken it all back." she explained.
TC smiled forgivingly. "I know, mom. Make sure you don't lose touch this time, okay?" He suggested. She nodded through her guilty tears. "I will, honey."
Kevin walked over to TC. He looked Kevin over. Kevin had grown a lot, he no longer was that scrawny eight-year-old, but now he was a 5'8 fourteen- year-old football star. His hair had changed to a dark brown but he still had the deep dimples.
"Hey, buddy," TC said finally. "Hi," Kevin answered. "Thanks for getting him gone." Kevin said. TC just ruffled his hair. "It's okay, kid. Now you're safe. Treat my mom good, or I'll have to beat you in basketball." Kevin grinned. "Fat chance!" and danced off to TC's mom.
It was Kara's turn.
He bent down to be eye level with her and they hugged tightly. Kara reached into her pocket and handed him a rumpled picture. "I've had that, since the day mom gave me it. I've carried it around every day since. It's my treasure." she explained.
TC unwrinkled it. It was like the one he had, except he was pushing her on a swing in the playground. The same one she had been taken from by Jay.
He swallowed. "I have one, too." he said. "I know. Mom told me that, whenever I'd get sad because Jay had hit me, or because I missed you so much." she explained, her eyes growing distant at the memories.
"Thanks, TC. For everything. I honestly thing that, if I hadn't of run away, I'd be dead. Either I would've killed myself or I'm sure Jay would've gotten to drunk or to high and he or one of his friends would've killed me." she said, finally opening up all the secrets that pained her to keep.
"Don't say that, Kara-bear. I know you, you're to tough. Most kids would've been killed in that car wreck. But you, you're a fighter. And that's what I love most about you."
She wrapped her arms around him. "I love you, TC."
"I love you, too, Kara-Bear."
**So how'd you likes it?? I'll start my new one tomorrow!**
