A Thousand Sweet Kisses
By: DreamlessMermaid
AN: This one-shot is part of the newsie challenge group that I have joined. This week's challenge was to write a fic involving character death, but it had to be fluff. Hard? I thought so at first, but then I came up with this.
I have dedicated this to my best friend LegallyRed, A.K.A Kathleen. I know I'm cruel, but I thought that the main character should have a taste of this instead of the other ones. If that made ANY sense. . .((shrugs)) Anyway, on with the story! ((smiles))
She stood at her window, hand on the pane, staring at her faint reflection. Her vibrant red hair was spread out across her shoulders, wavy and beautiful. Her small blue-gray eyes were currently wide with worry as her gaze shifted to the blood red sunset beyond. The sky above her home was a light pink and wispy, smoky gray clouds were drifting across the sea of pink. Her other hand went to her stomach and she let it linger there before she felt a presence behind her. She turned.
Another girl stood there, her features etched with concern. Her dirty blonde hair was pulled back into a high ponytail and her big chocolate brown eyes gazed at the other girl. This girl walked up to the other and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Kathy, what's wrong? You've been standing there for over an hour." She said gently.
"He hasn't called. He always calls before he gets off work, always. It's past eight and still nothing."
"I'm sure he's fine. He might just be on his way-"the girl started, but Kathy shook her head.
"No, Dani he's not. Don't ask me how, but I feel it. Right here." Kathy said, pointing to her stomach. Dani smiled and put her hand where Kathy's once was. Kathy was three months pregnant, and already she had been claiming that she had a strong connection with her baby girl, who she's ALREADY named Wendy.
As if someone were reading Kathy's thoughts, she heard an ambulance drive by. The sirens were probably about half a block away, but Kathy heard them, clear as day. Kathy stepped away from her best friend.
"What is it?" Dani asked. Kathy turned and grabbed her coat, for it may look hot outside but it was actually the end of November and the temperature had started to drop by nightfall.
"I'm going to the hospital." Kathy said shortly, putting on her coat, grabbing her car keys and her purse. Dani blinked.
"What? Why?" she asked, perfectly confused. Stepping into her shoes, Kathy started to the front door.
"Because I know there's something wrong. Don't ask me how, I just do." Kathy said. In a last second decision, Dani picked up her coat that was tossed carelessly onto the couch and tugged it on and her shoes as well.
"Well then I'm going with you. Whatever you're on about, Blink might be with him and I have to uh. . .tell him about-"Dani said hesitantly.
"That you're about a month pregnant?" Kathy asked, raising her eyebrow as she and Dani walked out of the house. Dani's eyes widened.
"How did you know about that?" Dani asked in shocked. Kathy couldn't help but laugh.
"Girl, you're my best friend and have been for years. I know you better than anyone. Did you think you could hide something like that from me?" Kathy said, getting into her dark red Mustang. Dani shrugged and got into the passenger side and clicked her seat belt into place.
"I was going to tell you eventually. I just wanted to tell Blink first." Dani said and Kathy nodded knowingly, seeing that she had waited two months before telling her husband she was pregnant. They pulled out of the driveway and sped down the street, putting the Mustang to its true test.
While driving, Kathy couldn't help but think about her husband. She knew that something was wrong and couldn't help but push her foot down just a little bit more on the gas pedal. Her mind wandered and the radio the song was playing fizzled away as she thought back to the day they met.
It was approximately one year ago that Kathy had just gotten off of work and had a really bad day. She ventured into the bar located a little way from her apartment. She ordered a drink and sat by herself for a little while before a man strode up to her and started hitting on her. Of course, Kathy had been a little creeped out by him. So she told him so and he just laughed. He said that he had just gotten out of a very bad relationship two months before and was here with his friends Blink and Mush. He told her that he wasn't very good at picking up women and said he used to be great at it in high school. Kathy had laughed and the two started up another conversation and stayed talking until the bar had to close for the night. Before they left, he had asked her out on a date.
The two dated for a good three months, him introducing Dani and Blink to each other and ending up falling in love. He proposed to Kathy on Christmas Eve in the snow, under the stars. The night had been clear, something very odd for Manhattan, New York. Beside him, he had drawn a heart in the snow with his gloved finger and then brought out the little black box. He had then written "Kathy, will you marry me?" in the snow and before he could say anything else, Kathy had accepted, kissed him passionately. . .and started a snowball fight. Three days later, Blink asked Dani to marry him and Dani and Kathy had a double wedding in the middle of July.
Kathy smiled as these memories flowed through her and she soon realized that she was pulling into the parking lot of the hospital. She quickly parked the car and her and Dani scrambled out and practically ran into the hospital and up to the front desk.
"Can I help you?" asked the nurse at the desk.
"Where's my husband?" Kathy asked. The nurse looked at her strangely.
"Are you Mrs. -?" the nurse asked, just seeming to know. Kathy nodded. "We were just about to call you. Third floor, room 12."
"Thank you." Kathy said and her and Dani ran to the elevator, pushed the number 3 button and waited impatiently as the elevator slowly drifted up. Once it arrived at their destination, they stepped out and searched the corridor for the 12th room. Upon finding it, Kathy pulled open the door and found a man sitting beside another man in a bed. The first man turned at the sound of the door opening, stood up and walked over to them. He was pretty tall with blonde shaggy hair and an eyepatch over his left eye, while his other eye was hazel. Dani embraced him in a hug.
"Blink, is he-"Dani started.
"He-he was shot. Caught in the middle of a gang shooting on his way out the door from work." Blink said in a low voice and Dani could tell he had been crying. They turned to Kathy, who was staring at the man in the bed with her eyes glazed over. She slowly walked over to him. She sat on the edge of the bed and took his slightly warm hand into hers and watched his respirator. He was on life support and clothed in the traditional dressing gown. His auburn wavy hair was over his eyes and Kathy reached out a hand to push it away.
At that moment his eyes opened and he smiled warmly at her and she returned the smile.
"Hey, baby. I thought something happened to you, but I didn't think it was anything this bad." Kathy said and laughed a little, tears escaping her eyes. She could see tears in his eyes as well and he tried to reach out to her stomach. She grinned and guided his hand and let him touch her stomach, where baby Wendy was residing. Dani and Blink stood in the corner, watching silently, Blink's arms around Dani.
"Kathy-"he started weakly but Kathy silenced him with a sweet, light kiss. She could hear his heartbeat on the monitor. Beep. . .beep. . .beep, the beeps getting slower by the second and Kathy knew she would be loosing him soon. This made her cry harder. A hand touched her face and she looked up to see it was his hand, smoothing away the tears. She grabbed his hand again and stood up and scooted up more on the bed and sat until she was directly over his face. She smiled lovingly down at him.
"Remember when we said that one of these days we would give each other a thousand kisses?" Kathy whispered and he nodded, his eyes closing. "I'll start." She leaned over and gave him a light kiss on his left cheek. "One," she whispered. She kissed him on his nose. "Two," She kissed him on his forehead. "Three." Kathy kept going and going. Beep. . . . . . . . . . . beep. . . . . . . . . . . .beep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . beep. . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ten." Kathy whispered, her voice shaking. This kept going more, until she finally got to number one hundred. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. . . . . . . . She broke down this time, crying, her sobs echoing around the small room. Dani hid her head into Blink's chest and was crying also, Blink letting a few tears escape himself.
With one final kiss, Kathy whispered, "I love you, Jack Kelly." And with that, she let his hand go, as well as the man she loved.
AN: So? Was it good, was it fluffy enough? NOT fluffy enough? ((shrugs)) This is my first challenge, and I'm not very good at fluff. I try but oh well. LoL. This title is from RENT's song "I'll Cover You" and the line a thousand sweet kisses is in it. I DO NOT OWN RENT! Awesome-ist musical ever. . .well the soundtracks are. LoL. Kathy, I hope you liked this story! Sorry it's so morbid but you know. It's for the challenge. PLEASE REVIEW, EVERYONE!
Dreamless-Mermaid
By: DreamlessMermaid
AN: This one-shot is part of the newsie challenge group that I have joined. This week's challenge was to write a fic involving character death, but it had to be fluff. Hard? I thought so at first, but then I came up with this.
I have dedicated this to my best friend LegallyRed, A.K.A Kathleen. I know I'm cruel, but I thought that the main character should have a taste of this instead of the other ones. If that made ANY sense. . .((shrugs)) Anyway, on with the story! ((smiles))
She stood at her window, hand on the pane, staring at her faint reflection. Her vibrant red hair was spread out across her shoulders, wavy and beautiful. Her small blue-gray eyes were currently wide with worry as her gaze shifted to the blood red sunset beyond. The sky above her home was a light pink and wispy, smoky gray clouds were drifting across the sea of pink. Her other hand went to her stomach and she let it linger there before she felt a presence behind her. She turned.
Another girl stood there, her features etched with concern. Her dirty blonde hair was pulled back into a high ponytail and her big chocolate brown eyes gazed at the other girl. This girl walked up to the other and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Kathy, what's wrong? You've been standing there for over an hour." She said gently.
"He hasn't called. He always calls before he gets off work, always. It's past eight and still nothing."
"I'm sure he's fine. He might just be on his way-"the girl started, but Kathy shook her head.
"No, Dani he's not. Don't ask me how, but I feel it. Right here." Kathy said, pointing to her stomach. Dani smiled and put her hand where Kathy's once was. Kathy was three months pregnant, and already she had been claiming that she had a strong connection with her baby girl, who she's ALREADY named Wendy.
As if someone were reading Kathy's thoughts, she heard an ambulance drive by. The sirens were probably about half a block away, but Kathy heard them, clear as day. Kathy stepped away from her best friend.
"What is it?" Dani asked. Kathy turned and grabbed her coat, for it may look hot outside but it was actually the end of November and the temperature had started to drop by nightfall.
"I'm going to the hospital." Kathy said shortly, putting on her coat, grabbing her car keys and her purse. Dani blinked.
"What? Why?" she asked, perfectly confused. Stepping into her shoes, Kathy started to the front door.
"Because I know there's something wrong. Don't ask me how, I just do." Kathy said. In a last second decision, Dani picked up her coat that was tossed carelessly onto the couch and tugged it on and her shoes as well.
"Well then I'm going with you. Whatever you're on about, Blink might be with him and I have to uh. . .tell him about-"Dani said hesitantly.
"That you're about a month pregnant?" Kathy asked, raising her eyebrow as she and Dani walked out of the house. Dani's eyes widened.
"How did you know about that?" Dani asked in shocked. Kathy couldn't help but laugh.
"Girl, you're my best friend and have been for years. I know you better than anyone. Did you think you could hide something like that from me?" Kathy said, getting into her dark red Mustang. Dani shrugged and got into the passenger side and clicked her seat belt into place.
"I was going to tell you eventually. I just wanted to tell Blink first." Dani said and Kathy nodded knowingly, seeing that she had waited two months before telling her husband she was pregnant. They pulled out of the driveway and sped down the street, putting the Mustang to its true test.
While driving, Kathy couldn't help but think about her husband. She knew that something was wrong and couldn't help but push her foot down just a little bit more on the gas pedal. Her mind wandered and the radio the song was playing fizzled away as she thought back to the day they met.
It was approximately one year ago that Kathy had just gotten off of work and had a really bad day. She ventured into the bar located a little way from her apartment. She ordered a drink and sat by herself for a little while before a man strode up to her and started hitting on her. Of course, Kathy had been a little creeped out by him. So she told him so and he just laughed. He said that he had just gotten out of a very bad relationship two months before and was here with his friends Blink and Mush. He told her that he wasn't very good at picking up women and said he used to be great at it in high school. Kathy had laughed and the two started up another conversation and stayed talking until the bar had to close for the night. Before they left, he had asked her out on a date.
The two dated for a good three months, him introducing Dani and Blink to each other and ending up falling in love. He proposed to Kathy on Christmas Eve in the snow, under the stars. The night had been clear, something very odd for Manhattan, New York. Beside him, he had drawn a heart in the snow with his gloved finger and then brought out the little black box. He had then written "Kathy, will you marry me?" in the snow and before he could say anything else, Kathy had accepted, kissed him passionately. . .and started a snowball fight. Three days later, Blink asked Dani to marry him and Dani and Kathy had a double wedding in the middle of July.
Kathy smiled as these memories flowed through her and she soon realized that she was pulling into the parking lot of the hospital. She quickly parked the car and her and Dani scrambled out and practically ran into the hospital and up to the front desk.
"Can I help you?" asked the nurse at the desk.
"Where's my husband?" Kathy asked. The nurse looked at her strangely.
"Are you Mrs. -?" the nurse asked, just seeming to know. Kathy nodded. "We were just about to call you. Third floor, room 12."
"Thank you." Kathy said and her and Dani ran to the elevator, pushed the number 3 button and waited impatiently as the elevator slowly drifted up. Once it arrived at their destination, they stepped out and searched the corridor for the 12th room. Upon finding it, Kathy pulled open the door and found a man sitting beside another man in a bed. The first man turned at the sound of the door opening, stood up and walked over to them. He was pretty tall with blonde shaggy hair and an eyepatch over his left eye, while his other eye was hazel. Dani embraced him in a hug.
"Blink, is he-"Dani started.
"He-he was shot. Caught in the middle of a gang shooting on his way out the door from work." Blink said in a low voice and Dani could tell he had been crying. They turned to Kathy, who was staring at the man in the bed with her eyes glazed over. She slowly walked over to him. She sat on the edge of the bed and took his slightly warm hand into hers and watched his respirator. He was on life support and clothed in the traditional dressing gown. His auburn wavy hair was over his eyes and Kathy reached out a hand to push it away.
At that moment his eyes opened and he smiled warmly at her and she returned the smile.
"Hey, baby. I thought something happened to you, but I didn't think it was anything this bad." Kathy said and laughed a little, tears escaping her eyes. She could see tears in his eyes as well and he tried to reach out to her stomach. She grinned and guided his hand and let him touch her stomach, where baby Wendy was residing. Dani and Blink stood in the corner, watching silently, Blink's arms around Dani.
"Kathy-"he started weakly but Kathy silenced him with a sweet, light kiss. She could hear his heartbeat on the monitor. Beep. . .beep. . .beep, the beeps getting slower by the second and Kathy knew she would be loosing him soon. This made her cry harder. A hand touched her face and she looked up to see it was his hand, smoothing away the tears. She grabbed his hand again and stood up and scooted up more on the bed and sat until she was directly over his face. She smiled lovingly down at him.
"Remember when we said that one of these days we would give each other a thousand kisses?" Kathy whispered and he nodded, his eyes closing. "I'll start." She leaned over and gave him a light kiss on his left cheek. "One," she whispered. She kissed him on his nose. "Two," She kissed him on his forehead. "Three." Kathy kept going and going. Beep. . . . . . . . . . . beep. . . . . . . . . . . .beep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . beep. . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ten." Kathy whispered, her voice shaking. This kept going more, until she finally got to number one hundred. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. . . . . . . . She broke down this time, crying, her sobs echoing around the small room. Dani hid her head into Blink's chest and was crying also, Blink letting a few tears escape himself.
With one final kiss, Kathy whispered, "I love you, Jack Kelly." And with that, she let his hand go, as well as the man she loved.
AN: So? Was it good, was it fluffy enough? NOT fluffy enough? ((shrugs)) This is my first challenge, and I'm not very good at fluff. I try but oh well. LoL. This title is from RENT's song "I'll Cover You" and the line a thousand sweet kisses is in it. I DO NOT OWN RENT! Awesome-ist musical ever. . .well the soundtracks are. LoL. Kathy, I hope you liked this story! Sorry it's so morbid but you know. It's for the challenge. PLEASE REVIEW, EVERYONE!
Dreamless-Mermaid
