Five Lives Of Sky Mangel
RATING:
PG I guess
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything related to Neighbours, if I did it would be a lot less dramatic for some characters and a lot more violent for others
SUMMARY: Five short stories that may have happened to Sky and Boyd had something been different…
YEAR: 2004-2005
SPOILERS: None.
DATE WRITTEN: 27/01/04

AN: Okay, I got the idea for this from a pretty well-known challenge in which you choose a character and then write 5 scenes dealing with alternate universes, in each universes we see what would've happened to the chosen character should an element of the show or a particular storyline been slightly different. At the bottom I'll explain what I changed to make the scene, sorry this first one isn't so happy for Boyd and Sky my favourite couple! Read and PLEASE review, I have written five and I'm posting them all at once because I don't like it when authors hold out but PLEASE review each chapter if you can, they are all so different!

OOO

Sky sighed as she stared at the letter in her hand, she wanted so desperately to read it, to know what he thought about her, how he really felt…but on the other hand even if Boyd's letter said he liked her how would she know he hadn't just written it because he thought she was leaving?

A few minutes passed and Sky pocketed the letter and stood up determinedly, once at the Hoyland's place she stared at the letterbox, she had promised herself that she wouldn't hesitate but she couldn't help it, once she returned the letter she may never know how Boyd really felt.

'Stop being so ridiculous' Sky thought to herself 'the letter probably just says "it's been fun hanging out with you" or something non-committal like that, Boyd is smart and cute and funny, he'd never really like me' she frowned and slipped the letter into the slot hearing it hit the inside of the letterbox she turned and walked away.

(Boyd POV)

He watched her walk up and return his letter. Unopened. He had been stupid to think she might like him, independent and witty Sky would never go for someone like him. Boyd frowned and went to collect the letter throwing it straight into the trash.

Boyd sat in his room flicking stations on the radio aimlessly for 20 minutes before he heard the un-mistakable chime of the doorbell, getting up to answer it he looked through the peephole to see an unfamiliar face, it was a girl about his age, curly haired and smiling, Boyd opened the door slowly

"Hello?" he asked questioningly

"Hi, sorry to bother you, I'm Serena, I'm Sky's cousin, she lives up the road you might know her"

"Yeah, I sort of know her" 'Where is this going' he thought to himself

"I'm starting at Erinsborough High, Susan Kennedy told me I should get someone there to fill me in on some things, Sky was in a bad mood and I saw you come out to get the mail before, I thought maybe you were a student at Erinsborough" Serena looked nervous

"You know what, I need a distraction, things aren't really going my way right now, I'd be glad to help you out" Boyd said, mustering up a false air of cheeriness

"Thanks" Serena beamed

"How about we got to the Coffee Shop now"

"Sounds great, we don't have to work straight away, we can just get to know each other" Serena spoke quickly looking down

Oh god, Boyd realised she hadn't really had school work at all, how can I get out of this without accusing her of anything. Boyd looked at Serena, she was sort of pretty, she didn't have Sky's charisma or energy but there was something nice about her, like she cared about people…maybe hanging out with her wouldn't be that bad at all.

It was almost four hours later when Sky gazed out the window as her cousin and new room-mate strolled casually down Ramsey St. arm in arm with Boyd Hoyland. She felt a stab of pain seeing her laugh and Boyd's smile as he recalled some story, some past event. It was clear to her now that she did the right thing leaving the letter, it was painfully obvious that she had been nothing to him, by now she was probably a fading memory replaced by the smiling face of Serena.

With that Sky turned around and pulled down the blind, a single tear making it's way down her face.

OOO

Explanation-The 'what-if' situation of this chapter was what if Serena had appeared in the Neighbours universe earlier and Sky hadn't read that letter. In case you don't know when Sky planned on leaving town for a little while Boyd really did write her a letter, Sky returned it 'unopened' but not before reading it and realizing Boyd's feelings for her.

Thanks for reading…now time to review, I know there's already the next chapter posted to read but I'd love it if you could still review, It's important I know what people think of this!