Charlie's Day

Part Two

Now it was dark, and Charlie couldn't sleep. He looked up into the sky. Normally he could see millions of tiny stars, twinkling in the blue abyss, but tonight he spotted just one. It reminded Charlie of himself, lost and alone.

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One little star,

All alone in the sky.

Do you ever get lonely

As the twilight drifts by?

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Elizabeth Pace looked out the window of her bedroom. Her boys had long since left the house, pursuing their dream: Driveshaft. She had watched them on television, and knew just like that that they were on drugs.

Now her Liam was clean. It had been a long road, but when he had learned that he would be a father, he came to his mother for help. He did not want to be like his own father. Liam made a home for himself in Australia, and was now the perfect son and father. Little Mia would never want for anything.

But Charlie… The last time she had seen him, he was in trouble. He tried to hide it, but mothers know everything. It was very painful to think of his death. The plane had disappeared, and after six weeks, the airline was forced to quit the search, due to shortage of funds.

She wondered again if he was alive, and if he was if he was looking at the tiny little star that was twinling in the sky.

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One little star,

In the darkening blue.

Do you long for another

Just the way that I do?

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Liam Pace tucked his little girl into bed. As she drifted off, thumb in mouth, he thought back to a time when he used to put Charlie to bed at night. He'd fall asleep in the same position. Liam wondered if his daughter would suck her thumb until she was seven as Charlie had. They looked so much alike, Mia and Charlie. Liam knew that his brother would love her if they ever got the chance to meet.

He wandered out into his backyard. There was just one star shining tonight. He thought about his brother, and then memories from his childhood flooded him, so he sat down in a lawnchair near Mia's sandbox, keeping tear-stained eyes on the star.

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Sky begins to fill.

Darkness ends the day.

Someone who I love is far away.

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Elizabeth closed the window to keep out the draft, but she kept her eyes on the star and her heart on her son.

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One little star,

Reaching far through the night.

Do you shine on my someone?

Are we sharing your light?

O one little star,

Shine on us both tonight.

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Charlie rolled over onto his side and shut his eyes. Still he saw that one star, burning on in his vision. I wish my mum and Liam were here, he thought. Then we'd all be together. I wonder what they're doing right now…

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One little star,

One little star,

One lit-le star-,

Reaching far through the night

Reaching far through the night

Far through the night.

Won't you shine on my someone

Shine on my someone

Shine on my someone

So we're sharing your light?

Oh please share your light

Ahh, ah, ah.

Oh, one little star,

Shine on us all tonight.


A/N: This is what happens when you get my LOST brain bored and then you feed it "Follow that Bird." I hope you enjoyed my… oddness.

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