Chapter Eleven – Broken Arm
A small boy with light pale skin and dark diamond eyes sat up in his room wrapping his arms around his pale little legs. He was crying as he heard yells and bad words coming down from down stairs. 'I wish they would stop.' Drew thought whipping the tears from his eyes.
"No Greg, you don't understand! What do you think it's like every night for a wife to see his husband come home and is either half drunk or is beat up!? What is going on with you!?" Abby yelled throwing her arms down at her sides in frustration. "Jesus Abby... it's just," Greg sighed looking down and rubbing his forehead. "I work for a business that... that... I just can't tell you right now! Ok, listen is hurting my heart that I can't tell you... but soon you will understand. I promise." Greg said walking over to her and taking both of her hands in his. "Listen I love..." His voice trailed off as Abby smacked him across the face. "Your cheating on me aren't you." She whispered and starting to cry. Greg looked down and was ashamed. "No." He said in a true voice. Abby didn't know what to think. "I'm going to go ride for a while... ill be back." She said as she left him all alone in the living room with the fire.
Drakken was now 11 and so many things had changed in his life since he was a baby. He had gone to school every day; he would walk and sometimes ride his little green and silver bike when the weather was nice and warm. At school he didn't have many friends. Drew would come home everyday and go up stairs with a snack and do his homework in his room. He loved to sit by the window which faced the back of the house and he loved to feel the cool crystal breeze slightly blow into his face and look over the field along with the barn.
Walking up the stairs Abby looked into Drakken's room and didn't see him. "Drew?" She asked as she slowly walked in looking around. "I'm over here mom." He whispered as she saw him in a ball in the darkest corner they could find. "Drew... what are you doing?" She asked kindly as she walked up to him and took him by the hand leading his out of the dark place. "I'm scared and I don't want you and daddy to fight anymore." He said whipping the tears from his little black eyes. "Oh baby," Abby said kneeling down on one knee so she was face to face with him. "It's going to be ok. You don't have to worry... what ever happens between me and your father... well both love you very much and will always be there for you." And with that little Drew hugged her close and cried silently on her shoulder. 'I want all of this to stop.' Abby thought to her self as she held her son in her arms. "Hey," She said looking back to him face to face. "Why don't you and I go feed the horses... want to go ride them?" She asked winking at him with a welcoming smile. "Yeah!" Drew said joyfully jumping up and down. "Come on Drewie... lets go." Abby said taking his hand and walking out of the house with him.
When they got down stairs Drakken saw his father who was crying in his palms on the chair in the living room. They both stopped and stared at him more a moment. "Come on, your dad is going to be ok." Abby said taking him out of the house but Drew let go of Abby's hand and ran over to his dad. "Hi daddy... are you ok?" He asked whipping the tears from his dad's eyes as he looked to his son. Laughing slightly as he did this he hugged him close, "Yes Drew... im going to be ok. Thank you... I love you." Greg said hugging him some more and with that Abby and Drew went out to feed the horses and maybe ride a bit together.
Drakken and his mother always did something with the horses when they were stressed or wanted to be together... or sometimes just for fun. The sun was brisk and it was a beautiful calm afternoon. The blue and black birds were signing joyful songs as they made their way to the barn. Ginger had died when Drew turned two, and it was very hard and depressing for Abby to put her down... but they had to. Next to the barn Greg had built a little cemetery with a wired fence and a wired gate. Their was a marble stone grave stone that sat in the middle of it, and was always surrounded by flowers and such. It read 'Ginger – my loving horse, which I will always keep with in my heart! Love Abby and Greg'. When ever Abby saw that stone it made her sad, but it did make her feel that she was not alone, and she knew that Ginger went to horse Heaven and would be with her someday.
"Come on mom!" Drakken giggled dancing around in circles in the field as he made his way to the barn. "Im coming." She said with her hands in her pockets and walking at a slow pace. Looking down she studied her sneakers and forgot she tied them, but she didn't care.
Getting up to the barn she opened the gate that Drew was trying to get but it was to high for him. "Its ok baby, ive got it." Abby said unlocking it and he ran inside. "I want Kelly and you can have America." Drakken said picking up piles of golden hay in his hands and throwing them over the gates to the hungry horses. "Oh so I get America who is 12 years old and you get Kelly who is what 5?" Abby laughed as she picked up a pitch fork making sure Drew was out of her way and she dug it into some more golden hay and dumped it over the gates. Crunching away the horses did as Drew and his mother cleaned up the barn.
"So what do you want to do when you grow up son?" Abby asked taking out a broom and dusting away the brown and dirty hay that laid on the dirt floor of the barn. "Hum... I think a scientist, maybe, I don't really know." Drew said rubbing his chin as he climbing up to the top of the hay loft above where his mother was standing. "I was just wondering." She asked. "When did you have the idea you wanted to have me?" Drakken asked swinging his feet from the hole where he would climb down. Abby laughed and looked up at him. "Well, it was quite un expected actually. I guess your father and I met, what am I saying, yes we did meet at a party and started to date. And after a while we were in so much love that we ending up having you." She said in a dreamy voice remembering the day she found out she was pregnant with Drew. "Cool," He said in a distant voice as he looked out the window that was next to him and saw a bird flying down to her babies in a brown weeded nest. "Mom," Drew whispered keeping his eyes on the baby birds. "What?" She whispered back smiling with laughter by the game that they were playing. "I see a mommy bird with her little baby birds." He said smiling back down to her. "Wow!" Abby said walking out side and looking up and seeing them to. "Hey Drew," Abby said in a nervous voice. "Yeah?" He responded. "Be careful, don't walk around to much... it's not safe." She said coming back in. But it was too late. Little curious Drakken was already on his feet and walking around up stairs. It wasn't until she was putting the broom away when she heard a loud crack and saw him come down through the floor and hit his body on the solid ground.
"Drew!" Abby screamed rushing to his side. His body was limp and was cold. Their was an uproar with the horses, they saw and heard what had happened and were screaming in fright. "Be quite!" She yelled in their direction, but none of them listened to her. "Drew!" She said shaking him slightly. 'Oh god let him be ok... I warned him, I shouldn't have let him go up there! Abby you jerk!' She thought as she brushed his black hair out of his face. His eyes started to flutter a bit and he looked around. "Mom?" Drakken moaned looking up at her. "Hunny are you ok? You scared the living day lights out of me!" She said in a worried tone. "Yeah im ok... OUCH!" Drew said wailing in pain as he tried to sit up. His left arm was limp and wouldn't move. "My arm... owww!" He said as little rivers of tears streamed down his pale face. "Oh no. You might have broken your arm!" Abby said in a horror. "What? Oh great!" Drew said rolling his wet eyes. "Listen," Abby instructed, "Im going to get your father, and you are going to lie back down here... don't move, It will be alright!" She said getting up quickly and running out the dusty barn. Drakken felt dizzy and started to close his eyes. The only thing he could remember was that he was going off into a sleep that he could not control, and the last thing he heard before he woke up in a different place was the horse's screams of horror and fright....
A small boy with light pale skin and dark diamond eyes sat up in his room wrapping his arms around his pale little legs. He was crying as he heard yells and bad words coming down from down stairs. 'I wish they would stop.' Drew thought whipping the tears from his eyes.
"No Greg, you don't understand! What do you think it's like every night for a wife to see his husband come home and is either half drunk or is beat up!? What is going on with you!?" Abby yelled throwing her arms down at her sides in frustration. "Jesus Abby... it's just," Greg sighed looking down and rubbing his forehead. "I work for a business that... that... I just can't tell you right now! Ok, listen is hurting my heart that I can't tell you... but soon you will understand. I promise." Greg said walking over to her and taking both of her hands in his. "Listen I love..." His voice trailed off as Abby smacked him across the face. "Your cheating on me aren't you." She whispered and starting to cry. Greg looked down and was ashamed. "No." He said in a true voice. Abby didn't know what to think. "I'm going to go ride for a while... ill be back." She said as she left him all alone in the living room with the fire.
Drakken was now 11 and so many things had changed in his life since he was a baby. He had gone to school every day; he would walk and sometimes ride his little green and silver bike when the weather was nice and warm. At school he didn't have many friends. Drew would come home everyday and go up stairs with a snack and do his homework in his room. He loved to sit by the window which faced the back of the house and he loved to feel the cool crystal breeze slightly blow into his face and look over the field along with the barn.
Walking up the stairs Abby looked into Drakken's room and didn't see him. "Drew?" She asked as she slowly walked in looking around. "I'm over here mom." He whispered as she saw him in a ball in the darkest corner they could find. "Drew... what are you doing?" She asked kindly as she walked up to him and took him by the hand leading his out of the dark place. "I'm scared and I don't want you and daddy to fight anymore." He said whipping the tears from his little black eyes. "Oh baby," Abby said kneeling down on one knee so she was face to face with him. "It's going to be ok. You don't have to worry... what ever happens between me and your father... well both love you very much and will always be there for you." And with that little Drew hugged her close and cried silently on her shoulder. 'I want all of this to stop.' Abby thought to her self as she held her son in her arms. "Hey," She said looking back to him face to face. "Why don't you and I go feed the horses... want to go ride them?" She asked winking at him with a welcoming smile. "Yeah!" Drew said joyfully jumping up and down. "Come on Drewie... lets go." Abby said taking his hand and walking out of the house with him.
When they got down stairs Drakken saw his father who was crying in his palms on the chair in the living room. They both stopped and stared at him more a moment. "Come on, your dad is going to be ok." Abby said taking him out of the house but Drew let go of Abby's hand and ran over to his dad. "Hi daddy... are you ok?" He asked whipping the tears from his dad's eyes as he looked to his son. Laughing slightly as he did this he hugged him close, "Yes Drew... im going to be ok. Thank you... I love you." Greg said hugging him some more and with that Abby and Drew went out to feed the horses and maybe ride a bit together.
Drakken and his mother always did something with the horses when they were stressed or wanted to be together... or sometimes just for fun. The sun was brisk and it was a beautiful calm afternoon. The blue and black birds were signing joyful songs as they made their way to the barn. Ginger had died when Drew turned two, and it was very hard and depressing for Abby to put her down... but they had to. Next to the barn Greg had built a little cemetery with a wired fence and a wired gate. Their was a marble stone grave stone that sat in the middle of it, and was always surrounded by flowers and such. It read 'Ginger – my loving horse, which I will always keep with in my heart! Love Abby and Greg'. When ever Abby saw that stone it made her sad, but it did make her feel that she was not alone, and she knew that Ginger went to horse Heaven and would be with her someday.
"Come on mom!" Drakken giggled dancing around in circles in the field as he made his way to the barn. "Im coming." She said with her hands in her pockets and walking at a slow pace. Looking down she studied her sneakers and forgot she tied them, but she didn't care.
Getting up to the barn she opened the gate that Drew was trying to get but it was to high for him. "Its ok baby, ive got it." Abby said unlocking it and he ran inside. "I want Kelly and you can have America." Drakken said picking up piles of golden hay in his hands and throwing them over the gates to the hungry horses. "Oh so I get America who is 12 years old and you get Kelly who is what 5?" Abby laughed as she picked up a pitch fork making sure Drew was out of her way and she dug it into some more golden hay and dumped it over the gates. Crunching away the horses did as Drew and his mother cleaned up the barn.
"So what do you want to do when you grow up son?" Abby asked taking out a broom and dusting away the brown and dirty hay that laid on the dirt floor of the barn. "Hum... I think a scientist, maybe, I don't really know." Drew said rubbing his chin as he climbing up to the top of the hay loft above where his mother was standing. "I was just wondering." She asked. "When did you have the idea you wanted to have me?" Drakken asked swinging his feet from the hole where he would climb down. Abby laughed and looked up at him. "Well, it was quite un expected actually. I guess your father and I met, what am I saying, yes we did meet at a party and started to date. And after a while we were in so much love that we ending up having you." She said in a dreamy voice remembering the day she found out she was pregnant with Drew. "Cool," He said in a distant voice as he looked out the window that was next to him and saw a bird flying down to her babies in a brown weeded nest. "Mom," Drew whispered keeping his eyes on the baby birds. "What?" She whispered back smiling with laughter by the game that they were playing. "I see a mommy bird with her little baby birds." He said smiling back down to her. "Wow!" Abby said walking out side and looking up and seeing them to. "Hey Drew," Abby said in a nervous voice. "Yeah?" He responded. "Be careful, don't walk around to much... it's not safe." She said coming back in. But it was too late. Little curious Drakken was already on his feet and walking around up stairs. It wasn't until she was putting the broom away when she heard a loud crack and saw him come down through the floor and hit his body on the solid ground.
"Drew!" Abby screamed rushing to his side. His body was limp and was cold. Their was an uproar with the horses, they saw and heard what had happened and were screaming in fright. "Be quite!" She yelled in their direction, but none of them listened to her. "Drew!" She said shaking him slightly. 'Oh god let him be ok... I warned him, I shouldn't have let him go up there! Abby you jerk!' She thought as she brushed his black hair out of his face. His eyes started to flutter a bit and he looked around. "Mom?" Drakken moaned looking up at her. "Hunny are you ok? You scared the living day lights out of me!" She said in a worried tone. "Yeah im ok... OUCH!" Drew said wailing in pain as he tried to sit up. His left arm was limp and wouldn't move. "My arm... owww!" He said as little rivers of tears streamed down his pale face. "Oh no. You might have broken your arm!" Abby said in a horror. "What? Oh great!" Drew said rolling his wet eyes. "Listen," Abby instructed, "Im going to get your father, and you are going to lie back down here... don't move, It will be alright!" She said getting up quickly and running out the dusty barn. Drakken felt dizzy and started to close his eyes. The only thing he could remember was that he was going off into a sleep that he could not control, and the last thing he heard before he woke up in a different place was the horse's screams of horror and fright....