The Window To Your Soul
Summary: Summer goes through a trauma and she needs help. Freddy is the only one that can give that help to her.
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Chapter 1 - Losing a Loved One
Summer was walking down the street one Saturday morning on her way to her best friend Katie's house. She saw a police car coming down the street. As it got closer to her she noticed that it was slowing down. It finally came to a stop right beside her.
"Summer Hathaway?" The policeman asked.
"Yes, may I help you?" She was always polite to her elders.
"I'm afraid I have some bad news. Would you like to sit down?" She agreed to sit down, but before she got in the car she made the officer, whose name turned out to be officer Wooten, show her his badge.
"So what do you have to tell me?" she asked, a little nervously.
"Well, about twenty minutes ago your mother was involved in a terrible car accident. She was driving down highway 70, and was hit by a semi. She died upon impact, so she didn't have to suffer. They had me come look for you to tell you what happened, I've always been good with kids, anyway, when I got to your house, I found the note you left for your mother stuck to the front door. As you know it said that you would be at Katie Brown's house, so I decided to look for you there. I'm really sorry this had to happen."
Summer didn't say anything; she just got out of the car and started walking. She didn't feel like going to Katie's house anymore, she wasn't in the mood. And she couldn't go home, it would feel too empty, and its not like there would be anyone there to comfort her, her father left her and her mother when she was just a baby. She couldn't remember him and she didn't want to.
After about fifteen minutes of mindless wandering, Summer found herself in front of a coffee shop. She was about to walk inside when she saw someone that on any other occasion would make her heart jump, but today the boy was just another person she didn't want to talk to. The face belonged to Freddy Jones.
She started to walk back in the other direction. But it was too late. He had seen her. She was only three steps away from where she had been standing when the door swung open.
"Hey, Summer. What's up?" he asked with a to-die-for smile.
When she turned to look at him he saw the pain in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked, it was the most concerned Summer had ever heard him be about her.
She looked deep into his eyes, and then turned away before he could see the tears start to fall down her flawless face. She walked to the nearest bench, she had thought that Freddy had given up when she didn't answer him but she was wrong. When she sat down, he sat down right next to her.
"Summer, what happened? Why are you crying?"
She didn't answer; she just sat there and cried. She cried until she felt like she could cry no more. Then she started crying again.
She had always been really close to her mother. Her mom was her best friend. She didn't know how she could go on living with out her.
It was almost noon before Summer started to calm down a little. And Freddy was still right there beside her, with his one arm around her waist, and he other holding her hand.
"Do you want me to walk you home?" Freddy asked sweetly.
In response, she stood up, gently pulling him up with her.
They walked all the way to her house in utter silence. They got to her front door and she started to take out her keys. Freddy started to turn around, but something stopped him.
"Summer, I'm not going to just leave you like this. I'm coming in with you."
Summer, not having spoken a word since she found out about her mother did not object. As soon as they got inside the phone rang. Freddy went to go answer it, the Caller ID said Brown, Katherine.
"Hello?"
Without paying attention to who answered Katie started talking.
"Oh my God! Summer, I just found out! Are you okay?"
"Katie, It's Freddy. What? What happened to Summer?"
"Freddy, what are you doing there?"
"Katie! She's not responding at all, you have to tell me. What happened?"
"Okay, I'm gonna come over to talk to her. Meantime, turn the TV to Channel 9 News."
With that they hung up. Freddy walked over to the TV and turned it on then switched it to channel 9.
"There was a car accident at approximately 8:50 this morning on Highway 70. A Semi-truck hit a blue Mercedes after a tire blowout. The driver of the Mercedes, Margaret Hathaway, was killed upon impact. The semi-truck driver had this so say about the acci-"
Freddy heard all he needed to hear so he turned off the TV. He decided to go up and find Summer. He went to her room to find her lying on her bed staring at the ceiling. He kneeled beside her bed and spoke softly.
"Summer, I know what happened. I also know from experience, that right now it seems like life is going to be impossible without her, I was devastated when my older brother dies in a drunk driving incident two years ago, but as time goes on things will get easier. We will figure out something for you."
Freddy stayed there for several minutes watching the emotionless girl on the bed, but more specifically her eyes. They had once been so full of life, now they were blank, like she had pulled the shades down on the window to her soul.
A/N:Well, theres chapter one. I hope you enjoied it and please review! Because i wont update until i get at least three reviews!