Disclaimers: I don't own the F4 characters, so go and sue someone else! I am so excited about this story, I got a great idea about a sequel!
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Maria felt the sun's warmth on her face, it was morning, she knew that. What she didn't know was that when she opened her eyes, she'd see Johnny sitting by her bed.
"Morning," he smiled simply, in the silent way he sometimes did that made her smile.
She pushed back her quilt revealing the clothes she had worn the previous day, she hadn't bothered changing for bed. She pushed herself into a sitting position and looked at Johnny. Neither said a word, they didn't need to. The silence told one what the other was thinking.
"So…" Johnny said after a while, breaking the silence.
Maria waited for him to continue, but he didn't. She chose her words carefully, coughing a little to clear her throat, and then took a deep breath giving herself time. "I get nightmares," she began slowly, "only they happened when I'm awake…" she said. Johnny nodded, remaining silent a he knew she wasn't finished. "My head hurts too…" she said, angry with herself at how childish that was. Johnny knew what she meant, he remembered the pained look she had on her face the day before.
"What do you think it is?" he asked slowly.
Maria looked down, she didn't want to tell him her fears, but she knew she had to. She slowly raised her hand and touched her head, indicating a mental disease. When she looked back at Johnny tears had filled her eyes. He got up and sat next to her on the bed, pulling her into an embrace. She let the tears leave her eyes, travel down her cheek and onto his jeans, jeans she noted he wasn't wearing the day before.
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Shortly after her last tear had fallen, Johnny had left her alone so she could get herself together. He had made no comment about her having slept fully clothed, or commented on her morning breath. Perhaps it was because the tow had spent countless nights sleeping and waking in front of the tv, or may be he was just being a gentleman. She smiled as she brushed he hair straight, it was the first one.
She walked into the kitchen, and greeted Sue and Reed who were at the table, forcing her unhappy face to look happy as she poured herself some coffee.
"How did you sleep?" Sue asked her, smiling.
Maria knew she only asked to fill the silence that was forming, a silence that always formed when she was ever in a room with any of them. "Good," she lied to her, and sat down opposite her. "So what are you guys doing today? More wedding plans?" she asked, making an effort also to rid them of a silence threat.
Sue nodded, "Year, well… no," she said. "We're still deciding on the bedroom," she reached and took hold of some swatches, handing them to Maria.
"Ohhh, I like the sky and coffee," she cooed, putting them together, "But the magnolia and rose go nice also…" she mused.
"That is why we are yet to start panning the wedding," Sue said, "My fiancé still calls the brown and blue," she glared playfully at Reed, who just grinned.
Maria smiled, a sipped her coffee, "He's a man, you can't expect too much of them…" she teased.
"Don't label us all useless," came the gruff voice of her father from the doorway. He entered with Alicia in tow, and pulled out a wooden chair for Alice and his own metal chair. "You ok sweetie?" he asked his daughter.
Maria smiled and nodded, "Yeah," she said. "Rather I will be until I see the coverage of what happened yesterday, the paper come yet?" she asked, looking from her father to everyone. The all shook their heads, were they telling the truth? She didn't know… "What about the news?" she asked.
Ben smiled, "Well there have been a few news reports, but none negative…" he told her. "But you know what the tabloids are like, they'll turn it into something manic…" he said, and she nodded in agreement.
"Where's Johnny?" she asked, looking around at the fours faces. She felt victimised all of a sudden.
"Right behind you," came a voice behind her. "You coming?" he asked, jingling what appeared to be a new set of car keys.
Maria eye's widened, "You got 'another' one?" she asked, not making any effort to hide the shock in her voice.
Johnny smiled, "What can I say, the public loves me!" he said, causing the whole five of them to role their eyes. He ignored that, "So, you coming?" he asked again.
"Where?" his question was answered with another.
He had am amusing glint in his eye, "It's a surprise," he said, jingling the keys a bit more.
Maria rolled her eyes, and stifled a laugh, then turned to her father, "Can I?" she asked him.
Ben nodded, "Ok," he said. "But only if you be careful, and no more doughnut races," he scolded playfully.
She smiled, and got up from the chair, bending slightly to kiss the top of her father's head. "Bye," she said smiling to everyone, and she and Johnny exited.
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End of chappy
