It has been a while since I've wrote I'll try to get up a few chapter before I head back to school. I don't own any of the characters they belong to Margaret Mitchell.
Trick
Sitting in the dark of a cool Georgia night, Scarlett broke down and cried. People she loves keep leaving her, but she would have to be brave. Someone has to be brave. But by the cover of night fall she could let down her guard and let out her pent up emotions. In such a short amount of time she lost her daughter, Bonnie, her best friend, Melanie, and now her Mammy. Rhett's gone, Scarlett thought I don't know if he'll come back to me. My children are starting to let their guards down and love me. "But Rhett, oh Rhett!" Scarlett spoke out loud to the darkness. "I know I've hurt you bad, but why can't you see I love you and I need you. More than that Wade and Ella need you." Scarlett lowered her head and let the tears come.
After a while Scarlett went upstairs to go to bed. Everyone in the house had gone to bed hours ago. She opened the door to her room and saw little Ella fast asleep in the middle of the bed. Scarlett crawled into the bed in her dress and wrapped her arms around her child and fell asleep. This was not a good sleep for Scarlett for she was haunted by a bad dream.
It was dark she was standing in the fog. She was wearing that old dress that she would work in the fields in back during the war. It was her old dream but yet it wasn't. She wasn't hungry anymore. The fog was getting worse and she was so cold. The she heard it in the distance, it was a church bell ring. Scarlett was walking towards the sound. As she walked towards the sound she felt the need to run, some one needed her. That's when she heard it, the screams. The screams of her children, Wade and Ella. "Momma!" "Momma!" They were screaming. Scarlett was running as fast as she could towards the screams. The more she ran the foggier it became then all at once he appeared out of nowhere. "Rhett!" Scarlett screamed, "oh Rhett you have to help me Wade and Ella. There's something wrong. They need me!" Rhett looked at her and started walking in the opposite direction. Scarlett ran after him. He looked at her and said, "You have always been a bad mother. You don't care about your children Scarlett you just care about your self." As Rhett spoke those awful words Bonnie's grave appeared in front of them. Rhett was walking towards it. The screams of Ella and Wade were louder now. They need her, but she need Rhett's help. He wouldn't come, Scarlett was running towards the sounds of her children's screams. As she ran towards them in her head she could hear Rhett saying she was a bad mother over and over.
"Momma? Momma?" Ella was shaking Scarlett. "Momma wake up!" Scarlett opened her eyes to see Ella looking at her. "Momma, are you alright? You were having a bad dream." Ella told her as Scarlett sat up and started hugging Ella.
"I'm fine now Ella. Just a little bad dream. I'll be alright. Let's go back to sleep now." As Scarlett said these words she started rocking her and Ella. It took only a few minutes for Ella to fall back asleep. But Scarlett would not find sleep that night again. For hours she laid there staring out the window into the darkness.
Finally Scarlett could not take it any longer. She got out of bed and dressed quickly and quietly as to not wake Ella. It was still to early to start breakfast, so Scarlett made a pot of coffee. Once her cup was made she made her way to the porch and sat on the bench drinking her coffee. As Scarlett was sitting there lost in her thoughts she heard the sounds of an approaching horse. Scarlett stood and walked to the edge of the porch and peered off into the distance trying to get a glimpse at the horseman.
Even in the dark Rhett knew who the person on the porch was. "Scarlett." He muttered. Seeing her standing there as if waiting for him made Rhett think that Scarlett had lied about Mammy. I'll kill Scarlett if she told such a horrid lie to get me here, Rhett thought as he dismounted the horse and walked the beast to the remaining feet to the hitching post.
By this time Scarlett was well aware of who the rider was. Her first instinct was to run down to him, but she would not allow Rhett to see that she missed him that much. So she stood there watching him hitching up the horse not saying a word.
"Waiting for me, my pet?" Rhett asked in a voice that said he did not trust her intentions. Scarlett was taken aback by his words. She didn't know what to say. As luck would have she didn't have to for before she could say anything Rhett was speaking again.
"Scarlett," Rhett said as he walked up to her and grabbed her elbow, "I've been ridding all night because of a telegram I received, and what do I find when I reach my distention but my wife waiting for me in the dark." As he said these words his grip on Scarlett tightened. "If this is a scam you made up to get me within your clutches. I swear Scarlett I will take a strap to your back!" Rhett said this with his eyes blaring anger, but Scarlett couldn't see. However she could fill it in his hold on her arm. This outraged Scarlett and she jerked out of his hold.
"Rhett Butler, if you came her to accuse me of such awful lies you can just leave now! I could never say such an awful lie." Scarlett walked away from him. "Now Rhett if you are done being awful to me I'll take you to see her." Rhett gave a nod and he followed Scarlett into house. She lead him towards the back of the house to Mammy's room. "She's in here. I'll be in the kitchen." Without looking at him Scarlett walked towards the kitchen. If she had looked at him maybe she would of seen the look of surprise on his face at the mention of the word kitchen.
Rhett placed is hand on the door handle and he hesitated before he opened the door. This was going to be hard. He slowly opened the door and walked in and shut the door behind him. The room was dimly lit by an oil lamp on the table next to the bed. Rhett approached the bed where Mammy lay peacefully with a soft glow of light on her face. Rhett came next to the bed and kneeled down. He slowly placed his hand over Mammy's.
"Oh Mammy, the world has lost a truly great person. Gaining your respect was one of the greatest things I have done in my life." As Rhett spoke these words he could feel his eyes fill with tears. "What will we do with out you? You were the back bone to every family you were involved with. Mammy I need you to do something for me. I need you to take care of Bonnie for me. You will do that for me won't you." As he spoke those words the tears fell from his eyes. He lowered his head and kissed her hand. Rhett arose quickly. Wiped his eyes and composed himself. He walked out of the room closed the door softly behind him and headed for the kitchen. Scarlett awaited him.
