Hello, I got a review, and I just feel like posting this, but...I dunno...this isn't finished and I'm not sure if I will finish it, I'll post what I have, and you tell me if I should finish it and/or what should happen...and to my reviewer...yes, Leanna is Danny's little sister, sorry I didn't come out and say it...anyway...read on...
*-*6 Years Later*-*
"Where'd Beautiful go?" I asked Rafe, we were both now 16 and both living in the same house, Rafe's house, me and Leanna's dad had been hauled off to jail and instead of us becoming Wards of the State, Rafe's mom and dad took us in, "I don't know, but if we're late for school again we're gonna be in trouble!" Rafe yelled, loud enough for Leanna to hear, "I hear ya, I hear, I'm coming, jeez"Abby mumbled as she ran down the stairs in a pretty little light green dress, her hair had gotten browner, and her eyes seemed to get prettier every day, she was the object of every boy's desire, but if they wanted her, they had to get through me and Rafe first, we were still very overprotective of our little sister, who wasn't so little anymore, she was now a 14-year-old young woman, and her delicate curves were a constant reminder of this fact, "Leanna Celeste! We are going to the car, and we're leaving in 5 minutes sharp" I yelled, being sure to use her middle and first names so she knew I was very serious about it, then turned to Rafe and followed him out the door, jumping in the passenger seat of the pickup truck, and resting my feet on the dash, "I say it'll take her at least 10 minutes" I said knowingly, Rafe shook his head, "I say six" he said, looking over at me, I smiled, about three minutes passed and Rafe began to get antsy, starting the car and honking the horn, sticking his head out the window and looking for any sign of the teenager, "Jesus, Beautiful, c'mon!" he yelled towards the window, "I'm coming!" she yelled back, the slam of the screen door was heard as Leanna came hobbling out the door, limping along, trying to get her shoes on as she went, finally she snapped it onto her heel and began running towards the car, diving into the back of the car and closing the door breathlessly, Rafe looked up and smiled at me, "5 minutes and 50 seconds" he said smugly, Leanna's head appeared in between the two front seats and she smiled sweetly, "Who won?" she asked, I motioned to Rafe with my head, she laughed, "Rafe always wins" she said, I nodded, "So I've noticed" I said matter-of-factly, Rafe took a moment to laugh, and I looked over at him evilly, "We're going to be late if you don't go" I said, he nodded and gunned the engine, flying off down the dirt road, causing dirt to fly off to both sides, "We going flying after school?" Leanna asked, Rafe nodded, I had to admit, me and Rafe were pretty damn good flyers, but Leanna was gaining fast, for a girl, that is, she could fly with the best of them, and since Rafe's daddy owned a crop duster repair shop, he was always acquiring new planes to fix up, most of which he resold, except for three of them, the original one, the one Rafe flew, my daddy's that he had bought from the repossession men especially for me, because he said that a plane is the most prized thing any boy can ever own, and his 'pride and joy' the first plane he had ever restored, Leanna's plane, the three of us would tear up the skies everyday after school, Rafe and I had already decided that we were to be pilots, but Leanna didn't know what she was going to do, probably be a nurse, only so she could be close to us, because she was attached to us at the hip, but what worried me most was the fact that there would be about 2 ½ years in between the time that we joined and the time that she could join, me and Rafe had always been there to protect her, and it was scary what would happen to her if we weren't there, if she could stand up for herself, but she was a very strong person, with an iron will and a fist to back herself up, and a mouth that could get her in pretty deep, I didn't know how I was going to make sure she didn't get hurt, but that was a long way away, and for the time being, I needed to focus on the here and the now, for Leanna's sake
*-*2 Years*-*
"You're gonna come join us when you get old enough, right Beautiful?" I asked, looking to my sister who was sitting beside me, and Rafe beside her, we were sitting on the tailgate of the old pickup truck, which had been parked on the hill just above the creek in such a manner so that our bare feet dangled just above the glimmering water, this was our favorite place to just sit and talk, Leanna half-smiled, staring absentmindedly into the water, staring at her own reflection, "I guess" she sighed, "That is what you want, isn't it?" I asked, now not quite sure of my sisters wishes, I had always assumed that we would all join together, but after my sister's reaction, I wasn't sure, she looked up at me, with eyes so grave and somber that they seemed to glow, she swallowed and blinked her eyes, "Danny, I just don't wanna be like Dad" she said simply, jumping down off the truck and into the water, looking at her feet as she walked along the creek bed, leaving Rafe and I dumbfounded on the sudden outburst of sobriety from my normally fun-loving and spontaneous sister, this was the first sign that there was another side to her, we always knew that something was...missing....from her, then we almost had it figured out, our dad had a lasting effect on her, she couldn't trust any man other than me and Rafe, and even though she was sugarcoated, deep inside her was a darkness that plagued the recesses of her normally bright heart, she had seen and heard things at such a young age that no one of any age should ever have to see or hear, and so the innocense that was characteristic of youth was broken before she was 4, and to achieve likeness with her peers, she faked it, faked being naive and innocent, inside knowing the evils of the world, I just don't wanna be like Dad, the words echoed in my head, such simple truth, it was true, my Beautiful was wise beyond her years, and it was killing her..
