Okay, I'm back for another chapter. Song Danny listens to is called "My beautiful friend" by Guy Sebastian.
My beautiful friend...
Chapter two...
By Cat
The cool night breeze swept Danny's hair ever so slightly. However, it went unnoticed by the ex-marine who stood on the doorstep of the house he and Mary had owned and shared before she had... passed away. God, this place brought back many memories. Both happy and unhappy. He sighed as he placed the key in the lock and turned it. He entered the house quietly, closing the door behind him, and sat down on the bed in the master bedroom.
Pictures on the walls and bedside table looked down on him. They were mainly of himself and Mary. Dating from when they were only young children, through teenage hell and through to their marriage. They were like a timeline, showing the events of their lives and successes. His eyes viewed the pictures until they fell on a particular photo. Their marriage. The picture was of Danny and Mary in their wedding clothes, Danny standing with his arm around her. Surrounding them was their wedding party, which included Danny's father, Mary's mother, Ed and the rest of their friends from the Montecito.
He remembered the night they had gotten married. They had decided to go a honeymoon within a few days of their marriage. But Danny didn't want to take the trip. He had decided that it would bring back too much, he didn't think he could have handled the sorrow.
He lay back and closed his eyes. It was too bad that she wasn't here. His father, Ed and everyone else from the Montecito had been there for him after Mary's death but he knew that he had to make it without them. He needed to work everything out by himself. His thoughts, regrets, everything! His heart was broken, true, but that didn't mean he had to live his life in sorrow. Mary didn't want that for him, Danny knew this. But he had to have time to think.
He had once asked Mary a question... "Why can't things be the way they were...?" He had said.
"Because they can't..." She had said. Her reply was simple. But he could not help thinking she was right.
This had happened the night they had been trapped in a lift. Danny regretted the night. He was too scared to ask her to marry him. The reason was that he had resented the fact that Mary had placed him so high on a pedestal that if he fell he would not ever hit the ground. He could see why she had done so. He had protected her throughout childhood and her teenage life often. He had done so a few times during adulthood also.
Regret, Danny thought of often, was when they were teenagers. He had never spent all that much time with Mary. Sure he spent most of the week with her but come Fridays... He always had a date or some girl he was to take out. But funnily enough, not once did he do the same with Mary.
Danny got up, if only for a second and turned on the CD player. The voice of a male singer filled the room. Danny recognized it as one of Mary's favourite CDs, a Guy Sebastian... or at least Danny thought it was some singer like that. The voice was soothing to Danny. He closed his eyes as he listened to the lyrics...
-A million hearts are hurting cause they love you
Close your eyes and feel their arms around you now
Baby just like me I'm sure they're thinking of you
But know somehow this will all work out
I sat up on the roof
And stare at the stars now
For a reason why or something I can do
Every thing that mattered yesterday so far now
Away from you-
Danny felt that somehow he could relate to the moral value of the song. It was sad how everything Danny did reflected back somehow to Mary- his one true friend, his lover, his life. His heart was dedicated to Mary and Mary only. A love that nothing could compare, an obsession, a true friendship. Danny's thoughts turned back to the night she had died.
.::O::.
Danny rushed into the emergency room running next to the stretcher that held Mary's fading body. The bullet wound was bleeding extensively. Danny held her hand while calling support to her over the voices of doctors and nurses. Mary was crying as was Danny. Both were absolutely covered in Mary's blood. The doctors and nurses were rushing Mary into the operating theatre when Danny called out...
"I love you Mary Connell, I always have and I always will!" It was the last time Danny had admitted his feelings to her. But it was also the last time he was able to admit it to her.
.::O::.
-What you're going through... babyBut just you hold on girl (you gotta get through this)
Yes you are, and try to be strong girl (you know you can do this)
because baby love will conquer all
and it won't be long before you'll be dancing in the rain again
my beautiful friend...
My beautiful friend...
If you ever feel there's no strength left inside you
Just know I'm by your side and holding your hand tight
Sometimes the moon is all the light you need to guide you
Through the darkest night
Let me be the light.. Yeah-
Danny opened his eyes to the deep blue night sky. He was in an open field. 'I must be dreaming...' he thought as his eyes ventured around himself winding themselves through the night. Then he saw it. A light, piercing through the sky. He squinted at the light as it neared. Then the light dropped to the ground some few feet away. Danny stood and recognized the light. It was Mary. 'This is definitely a dream!' Danny thought blissfully. He walked over to the angelic form, dressed in white, a halo above her brown/ red hair. They reached out and their hands touched for a second.
-But just you hold on (you gotta get through this)Yes you are, yes you are, and try to be strong (you know you can do this)
Cause baby love will conquer all
and it won't be long before you'll be dancing in the rain again-
"Mary..." Danny whispered.
"Danny..." She smiled to him and grasped his hand. The warmth made Danny smile also. "Please don't mourn anymore. You know that no matter if I have passed away. I will always be watching over you. Protecting you as you have done me."
-The desert soon will turn to bloomYou'll start to feel a change in you
The sky will seem a deeper blue than it ever was before
A whole new world will open up as you stand face to face with love
And though I can't imagine how you'll be more beautiful than you are now
(You gotta get through this)
Don't you be afraid girl just hold on (you know you can do this)-
"I love you Danny McCoy, I always have and I always will." She repeated as she had many times done since he had returned from the marines. She leant forward and they shared a brief kiss.
"I love you Mary Connell, I always have and I always will." The promise echoed into the night and throughout his mind as Danny opened his eyes. He had fallen asleep. He stood and slid the door open. He stepped outside and looked towards the sky. It might have just been him but he could swear that he saw in the clouds, the face of his one true love, Mary.
-The only thing I'm sure of is that love will conquer alland it won't be long before you'll be dancing in the rain again
won't you save me one dance with you then?
My beautiful friend...
My beautiful friend...-
THE END!
AN: That's the end. As I mentioned. The story is dedicated to you SarahSoph...
