So long ago
I dont remember when
thats when they say I lost my only friend
--- The wallflowers, one headlight Chapter 1 - Harmony "Hey Reese." Smiled Jess, as her husbands best friend walked in the door of their shared house. "Hi Jess." Said Reese, holding a package "Did you know this was out there? It's addressed to all of us." "No, but I came in the backdoor, I guess we should wait for Miguel to come home." "Yeah, schools already out, he should be here in a few minutes." Reese sat in the window seat, looking out for the small school bus that his children would be riding on. "Reese, they'll be fine, Kat and Angie were raised by a great man, and the bus drops them off right in front of the house." "But this is the first day that I haven't driven them to school, what if they got on the wrong bus, or what if they forget where to get off? They aren't even 5 yet, I shouldn't have put them in school this early-" "Reese, they'll be fine, look there's the bus now." Reese sighed in relief as he watched a small girl with raven curls get off the bus, followed by a small girl with straight honey colored hair. Those were his children, perfectly safe. "I'm so glad they made it home ok, I hate not being here for them, why do I have to work?" "Reese, this house has bills, and you can't live off the life insurance money forever, some of that money has to go away to put your girls through college." "I know, here they come through the door, look!" The two girls come running through the door, straight into Reese's arms. "Daddy! Daddy!" They shouted joyfully "Kat sat next to a BOY on the school bus." "Angie sat next to Licey Lucy and I didn't want lice, but Angie's gonna have to get all her hair cut off!" "No, you got cooties from sitting next to the boy." "No, he's in first grade, first graders don't have cooties." "Do too!" "Are you two done yet?" Asks Reese to his two daughters. "Do I really have lice Daddy?" Angel asks her father. "Well, I'm a doctor now, let me have a look." Reese examines his daughter's lice free scalp messing up her black curls "I don't see any lice Angelica, but I do need to check you and your big sister there for cooties." "I don't have cooties Daddy!" Said Kat defensively "The only way to be sure is you have to hold both elbows in one hand." "That's easy." Reese struggles not to laugh as he watches both of his daughters try to put both elbows in one hand. Kat, the stubborn one did not give up when her sister Angie did. "Daddy I have cooties, how do I get the cure to make them better." Reese is silent for a second, watching Kat give up. "Its not FAIR!" Shouts Kat "I have to tickle you both until you hold both elbows in one hand, it's the only way." Reese then jumps out and tickles both of his daughters causing all 3 of them to laugh hysterically. Jessica had left the room when the girls came home to get them a snack, and she reentered once the tickle fest started, she giggled at the small family. "I think they are cured Reese." Says Jessica, not wanting Miguel to be upset when he saw everyone on the floor. Miguel hadn't been the same since IT happened. Jessica was the one who went out on dates with him, and he took Jessica to the Prom, so they married once she was out of High school. It was almost their third wedding anniversary and Jessica wondered how so much could change in three years. Reese had fallen in love with a woman he met his first year of college. She was gorgeous, and she was a friend to Jessica. Her name was Angelica, and she had waist length black curls and beautiful green eyes. Before Reese married Angelica, Jessica and the bride to be decided to get matching hairstyles, both decided on a layered honey colored hair cut. The dye was only temporary, but Miguel convinced Jessica to make hers permanent. Miguel liked everything to be the way he wanted it to be, but Jessica loved him despite that. She wanted to have his child, but he didn't want one yet. He would not be happy with the news she had to give him tonight. Angelica and Reese had a beautiful wedding, and they decided to share a house with Miguel and Jessica. All four of them were attending college when Angelica got sick. At first they thought it was her pregnancy, then, as she got sicker they realized it was something else. Angelica had cancer, which was spread though 60 percent of her body. After her child was born, they hoped that she could kill the cancer with radiation treatments. Katherine Joy Durkee, better known as Kat, was born 3 months early by caesarian section, her unexpected sister, Angelica Hope Durkee was born a few minutes later. By the time Angelica was born, their mother was dead. Reese stroked his dead wife's dark curls and silently cried over losing her before he saw the two children that were all that was left of his wife. He had to name them, the younger one, and smaller one's head was covered in black curls, just like her mother. Her Eyes were green, like her mothers. He named her Angelica, after her mother. Her middle name became hope, because he hoped that she would live, he hoped both children would live a full and happy life. The other one was also a girl, she only had a shock of blonde hair at the top of her head, but she cried and screamed very loudly. Reese stroked her arm with his gloved hand and she stopped. "All she wanted was a little attention." It was then Reese knew to call her Katherine. She was a Katherine, and she was a joy to have. He watched his two daughters fall asleep before leaving the hospital to mourn. After the babies were able to come home, Jessica dropped out of school to help Reese care for the babies. Jessica loved Children, and his two daughters were adorable. The children made her yearn for her childhood, for the time when Reese was a geek, and she was the baby everyone teased; now everything was different. Reese managed to get his daughters off the floor seconds before Miguel walks in the front door. Everyone is solemn when he enters, and they listen for him to speak before they move. "Hi, what's everyone standing around for? Lets watch some TV, then we can do homework, and then we can eat dinner." Said Miguel, as though everyone in the house was ok with it. "A package came today," said Reese. Breaking the silence "It's for all of us, that's why we didn't open it yet." "Who is it from?" "We don't know." Said Jessica. The two little girls were silent, both of them knew not to speak when uncle Miguel was around.
Miguel grabbed the package, inside were a few spiral bound books, and a letter. When Miguel picked up the latter to read it, a picture fell out. Everyone stared at the picture.
It was Kay and Simone.
I dont remember when
thats when they say I lost my only friend
--- The wallflowers, one headlight Chapter 1 - Harmony "Hey Reese." Smiled Jess, as her husbands best friend walked in the door of their shared house. "Hi Jess." Said Reese, holding a package "Did you know this was out there? It's addressed to all of us." "No, but I came in the backdoor, I guess we should wait for Miguel to come home." "Yeah, schools already out, he should be here in a few minutes." Reese sat in the window seat, looking out for the small school bus that his children would be riding on. "Reese, they'll be fine, Kat and Angie were raised by a great man, and the bus drops them off right in front of the house." "But this is the first day that I haven't driven them to school, what if they got on the wrong bus, or what if they forget where to get off? They aren't even 5 yet, I shouldn't have put them in school this early-" "Reese, they'll be fine, look there's the bus now." Reese sighed in relief as he watched a small girl with raven curls get off the bus, followed by a small girl with straight honey colored hair. Those were his children, perfectly safe. "I'm so glad they made it home ok, I hate not being here for them, why do I have to work?" "Reese, this house has bills, and you can't live off the life insurance money forever, some of that money has to go away to put your girls through college." "I know, here they come through the door, look!" The two girls come running through the door, straight into Reese's arms. "Daddy! Daddy!" They shouted joyfully "Kat sat next to a BOY on the school bus." "Angie sat next to Licey Lucy and I didn't want lice, but Angie's gonna have to get all her hair cut off!" "No, you got cooties from sitting next to the boy." "No, he's in first grade, first graders don't have cooties." "Do too!" "Are you two done yet?" Asks Reese to his two daughters. "Do I really have lice Daddy?" Angel asks her father. "Well, I'm a doctor now, let me have a look." Reese examines his daughter's lice free scalp messing up her black curls "I don't see any lice Angelica, but I do need to check you and your big sister there for cooties." "I don't have cooties Daddy!" Said Kat defensively "The only way to be sure is you have to hold both elbows in one hand." "That's easy." Reese struggles not to laugh as he watches both of his daughters try to put both elbows in one hand. Kat, the stubborn one did not give up when her sister Angie did. "Daddy I have cooties, how do I get the cure to make them better." Reese is silent for a second, watching Kat give up. "Its not FAIR!" Shouts Kat "I have to tickle you both until you hold both elbows in one hand, it's the only way." Reese then jumps out and tickles both of his daughters causing all 3 of them to laugh hysterically. Jessica had left the room when the girls came home to get them a snack, and she reentered once the tickle fest started, she giggled at the small family. "I think they are cured Reese." Says Jessica, not wanting Miguel to be upset when he saw everyone on the floor. Miguel hadn't been the same since IT happened. Jessica was the one who went out on dates with him, and he took Jessica to the Prom, so they married once she was out of High school. It was almost their third wedding anniversary and Jessica wondered how so much could change in three years. Reese had fallen in love with a woman he met his first year of college. She was gorgeous, and she was a friend to Jessica. Her name was Angelica, and she had waist length black curls and beautiful green eyes. Before Reese married Angelica, Jessica and the bride to be decided to get matching hairstyles, both decided on a layered honey colored hair cut. The dye was only temporary, but Miguel convinced Jessica to make hers permanent. Miguel liked everything to be the way he wanted it to be, but Jessica loved him despite that. She wanted to have his child, but he didn't want one yet. He would not be happy with the news she had to give him tonight. Angelica and Reese had a beautiful wedding, and they decided to share a house with Miguel and Jessica. All four of them were attending college when Angelica got sick. At first they thought it was her pregnancy, then, as she got sicker they realized it was something else. Angelica had cancer, which was spread though 60 percent of her body. After her child was born, they hoped that she could kill the cancer with radiation treatments. Katherine Joy Durkee, better known as Kat, was born 3 months early by caesarian section, her unexpected sister, Angelica Hope Durkee was born a few minutes later. By the time Angelica was born, their mother was dead. Reese stroked his dead wife's dark curls and silently cried over losing her before he saw the two children that were all that was left of his wife. He had to name them, the younger one, and smaller one's head was covered in black curls, just like her mother. Her Eyes were green, like her mothers. He named her Angelica, after her mother. Her middle name became hope, because he hoped that she would live, he hoped both children would live a full and happy life. The other one was also a girl, she only had a shock of blonde hair at the top of her head, but she cried and screamed very loudly. Reese stroked her arm with his gloved hand and she stopped. "All she wanted was a little attention." It was then Reese knew to call her Katherine. She was a Katherine, and she was a joy to have. He watched his two daughters fall asleep before leaving the hospital to mourn. After the babies were able to come home, Jessica dropped out of school to help Reese care for the babies. Jessica loved Children, and his two daughters were adorable. The children made her yearn for her childhood, for the time when Reese was a geek, and she was the baby everyone teased; now everything was different. Reese managed to get his daughters off the floor seconds before Miguel walks in the front door. Everyone is solemn when he enters, and they listen for him to speak before they move. "Hi, what's everyone standing around for? Lets watch some TV, then we can do homework, and then we can eat dinner." Said Miguel, as though everyone in the house was ok with it. "A package came today," said Reese. Breaking the silence "It's for all of us, that's why we didn't open it yet." "Who is it from?" "We don't know." Said Jessica. The two little girls were silent, both of them knew not to speak when uncle Miguel was around.
Miguel grabbed the package, inside were a few spiral bound books, and a letter. When Miguel picked up the latter to read it, a picture fell out. Everyone stared at the picture.
It was Kay and Simone.