Author's Note: Did you like the previous chapter? I hope you did. Let's read this one!
*Chapter 3 (1 year later)*
David had spent a whole year without his mommy, because Martin didn't take him to be destroyed. Although he was with Martin, David felt very depressed because he missed Monica. If Teddy weren't with him, he would have been completely alone, because Martin didn't pay him much attention.
One morning, David was making his bed when he heard the doorbell ring. Martin opened the door, and a person walked into the house.
"Hi, Martin" a feminine voice said.
"Danielle! How are you?" Martin said as he hugged her "How was your flight?"
"I'm fine" she said. Danielle was Martin's younger cousin and Henry's niece. She was 18 years old. She was tall and thin, had brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a white tank top, faded black jeans and a gray sweater around her waist. She had just came from Paris, and it was not a great contrast to New Jersey. She looked younger than she really was.
They sat in the sofa, and started chatting. Suddenly, a little shadow passed towards the room. The girl surprised.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Oh, that's David" Martin said.
"The Mecha-child?" she said, and Martin nodded.
"David, come here" Martin said, and the little boy-bot walked to them.
David reached them and saw the girl besides Martin. He shocked.
"Mommy…?" he muttered, looking at the girl, who seemed so identical to Monica…amazingly identical…
"No David, this is Danielle, my cousin"
"Oh…hello, Danielle" David said slowly. She smiled.
"Hi, David" she said.
"David, she'll stay with us this weekend" Martin said.
Danielle stared at David, saw his innocent face, and smiled again. "Yes. I'll stay here" she said.
David, with apparently no reason, smiled back.
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That night, Danielle entered into Martin's bedroom.
"Oh Martin…that poor little boy…he's like your brother" Danielle told Martin while he was doing his suitcases.
"Technically not" he said "I'm just keeping him until I come out with something…even when I don't like him really much, I'm not strong enough to take him to be destroyed"
"But you don't have to!" she complained "That's cruel"
"Look Danielle, my mom died a year ago, she's the only one who cared about him, and the only one he loved. Now that she's not alive, he has nothing to do here"
"That's so harsh! It's so not like you, Martin" she said angrily. She loved her cousin, but sometimes he was just…so cold. Just like Henry was sometimes…
"Well…listen, I have to travel tomorrow for some important reunions in Europe with the Cybertronics executives, and…I dunno…would you mind staying here a little longer?"
"You know I'll stay here, don't worry. But…what about David?"
"Well…that's up to you" Martin said coldly, and Danielle walked out of the room.
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In the morning, Martin pulled out his suitcases to the apartment door.
"I don't know when I will come back, I might be out for almost a year, but I'm sure you'll be fine here" Martin told Danielle, who was helping him.
"Don't worry about that, Martin" she said, and Martin pulled her closer to him.
"I know I don't have to ask you this, but will you take care of David?, Sometimes he feels really alone" he whispered to her, and she nodded. Martin walked away.
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David was playing with Teddy when Danielle came into his room. He gave her a short glance, and she smiled. But he got up and ran out of the room.
"David, wait! I'm not going to hurt you!" Danielle said, but she couldn't stop him. She sat down in David's bed, with Teddy in her arms. "Why is he so afraid of me, Teddy?" she asked, and the bear looked at her.
"Because you remind him of Mommy"
"He thinks I'm aunt Monica?" she said surprised, and Teddy nodded.
"Yes, and he misses her very much because she died"
"And…do you think I can get close to him?, he seems to be so alone"
"I don't know" Teddy said.
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David was sitting in the sofa. Danielle reached out to him, he saw her and was going to stand up, but she stopped him.
"David…uh…I know we had a bad beginning, and…I'm sorry for whatever I did to you…" she began to say.
"You didn't do anything bad" David said.
"Umm…and why are you so afraid of me?, I'm not a monster or something like that, am I?"
"No, you're not"
"Well…look…I know you must be feeling really alone, and…"
"My Mommy left me, and, besides Teddy, I don't have any friends"
"Well…I'm your friend" she said, and he looked at her.
"You are?" he asked.
"I'd like to be" she smiled "So…friends?" she asked, pulling out her hand to David. He smiled back.
"Friends" he said, taking Danielle's hand.
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Author's Note: Awww…that's cute! Danielle is now friends with David! What can happen now? Leave a review, please!