Hi!
So, here's my new chapter for "Remember: The Story Of Ember McLain"! I hope you enjoy it, and in this chapter, we'll see whether Laurie's right or not!
I do not own Danny Phantom, that belongs to Butch Hartman. All I own is this story.
Please read and review! GhostWriterGirl out!
To You, I Did Surrender…
I paced around in front of the movie cinema, glancing at my watch every minute or so. It had been ten minutes since I had gotten here and Dean still hadn't shown up.
Maybe he's running late? I thought, but I looked at my watch again.
7: 41.
Eleven minutes and he still hadn't shown up.
He's going to stand you up, Amber.
Maybe Laurie's right; maybe Dean is going to stand me up. Maybe…
No. It can't be that.
I looked at my watch.
7: 42.
Twelve minutes.
I'm gonna give it another three minutes and-I started to think-but my train of thought stopped when a familiar voice yelled, "Amber!"
I looked, and my heart nearly stopped.
Dean was lightly jogging around the corner, grinning, his brown hair even more messy.
I felt like my heart was melting, but I managed to scowl at him.
"What took you so long?" I demanded.
"Car broke down; had to walk."
"Why couldn't you have taken a bus or ask one of your friends to drive you?"
"And have you wait even longer for me in the September cold? No way."
Such a gentleman, I thought dreamily, but I gave him an eye-roll.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. Are we gonna go inside to watch that movie, or are we gonna freeze our butts off out here?"
Dean smiled and opened the cinema's door.
"After you," he said cordially, keeping the cinema's door open for me.
I rolled my eyes again, but this time, I couldn't help a smile come to my face.
…
Three Hours Later
"That was a pretty good movie," Dean commented as we walked through the park on our way back to my house; he insisted that he would walk me home, despite my protests.
I smirked at him.
"Considering that was Star Wars we watched, I'm surprised you said that it was a good movie."
"It is!"
I laughed, before playfully elbowing him. "Relax. I'm just teasing ya, Baby-Pop. But I never would have pegged ya for a space nerd."
"Well, Star Wars is technically science-fiction, so it doesn't count."
"Still!"
This time, Dean laughed. I loved his laugh; it was like warm, sunny days made into a sound.
"You're funny, Amber. Has anyone told you that?"
"Only my friends," I answered, looking down.
I felt something grab my hand and I looked to see Dean was holding my hand, concern in his eyes.
"Amber, is there something wrong?"
I sighed, knowing that I had to say it.
Better get it over with then. "Why did you ask me to go to the movies with you?"
"I don't understand."
"Why would anyone, especially an A-lister like you, want to go with the movies with a loser like me? I'm the girl with the rebellious personality who's father died in a car crash and who's little brother mysteriously disappeared. To top it off, while most girls like Terri dream of being cheerleaders, models or actresses, I dream of becoming a rockstar. I'm a freak, a loser; the outcast of all outcasts. Again, why did you ask me to go to the movies with you?"
A long silence stretched between us. I was about ready to pull my hand out of his and walk away when he said, "Amber, you're not a loser."
I blinked, turning back to face him and seeing a look of seriousness on his face, before he continued.
"You're not an outcast, and you're most certainly not a freak. You're amazing, smart, confident, tough, free-spirited, funny, unique, have a great personality, and awesome. Your dream of being a rockstar is awesome, and pretty incredible. You've had some tragic events in your life, Amber, and even though you obviously still grieve over your father's death and your brother's disappearance, you don't let that stop you; instead, you keep on going and still hold your father and your brother close to your heart. You may seem rebellious, but right now, all I see is a girl who's had some tragic things happen to you. But most of all…
"You're incredible, Amber McLain. Incredible. But you're also absolutely unique. And, you're extremely beautiful."
I had been looking at Dean in stunned silence. I moved closer to him, until our faces were inches apart. I lifted up my face, looked at his face… and closed the gap between us.
He was surprised for a second, but he slowly kissed me back.
Me, I was too absorbed in the kiss itself.
His lips were soft, but firm, and tasted salty from the popcorn we ate and shared in the movies. I kissed him back with more passion, wrapping my arms around his neck, my fingers tangling themselves in his silky brown locks, as brown as dark chocolate. His muscular arms from playing basketball wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him, never pulling back from the kiss as my body melted against his. In this moment, nothing else existed, and I felt myself surrender to him as we continued to make out, our bodies melded into one, two beings now made into a single one. Time seemed to slow down around us, as we continued to kiss, our bodies pressed against each other, fully in the throes of making out, and even when dawn was slowly coming, or when we fell down on the leaf-covered ground, me lying on top of Dean, we didn't break our kiss, nor did we stop making out.
It was the most magical night of my life.
Well, Dean didn't stand her up, but he is totally unsuspicious? You'll have to wait and see…*grins*
So yeah, Amber and Dean have kissed! Does this mean they'll become a couple? Absolutely. Is Dean totally free from suspicion? You'll see…
If you hadn't noticed, I now have a cover image for this story! The image is of a drawing that I did of Ember, when she was still Amber McLain. I did this drawing in pencil, outlined it with a black ballpoint pen and coloured it in with Faber Castle textas. I hope you like it!
REPLIES TO MY AWESOME REVIEWERS:
AstroGravityPhan: Thank you, and you'll have to wait to see if your feeling that Tommy became Youngblood is right or not. Yeah, I know, poor Tommy, and poor Ember, seeing her brother being in pain from his brain cancer. I always thought that pneumonia, although a likely cause of death for Youngblood, was a bit overused and decided to have brain cancer be his cause of death, but was he Tommy when he had brain cancer? You'll have to see…
Well, when Ember died, her hair was possibly burned away, but was restored when she became a ghost. When Youngblood became a ghost, his hair was restored, even though he had brain cancer, so yeah, it grew in his afterlife. But that doesn't necessarily mean he's Tommy…
Aurora Marie Williams: Thank you! I like to give characters we love from Danny Phantom some character development that they should have been given, like Ember, and I like developing my OCs as well. Sorry about the grammatical mistakes, I try to edit the chapters as best I can before posting them, but thanks for saying it was a satisfying chapter! That absolutely makes my day! :). I'll keep that in mind! I have tried to look at your beta profile, but it doesn't show up on your normal profile. Do you know why? Thanks, again! Yep, this chapter, and the ones following it, are when things start to get more juicy and darker…*grins evilly* ;)
EleahBlue: Thanks! They kinda are, but you'll see why I wanted to have Terri be the Dash of when Ember was attending Casper High in later chapters…
Yep, Ember attended Casper High when she was alive, and you'll see whether Tommy is Youngblood or not. If Tommy did became Youngblood, and I'm not saying he did, it does break your heart, since he told Ember an angel of the Lord told him he was going to be with his dad and God in Heaven, but it's kinda like a double-edged sword; if his and Ember's dad is a ghost now and the Ghost Zone is closer to Heaven and he did become Youngblood, then it was an angel he saw, and he also gets to play pretend forever and has some pretty cool powers; but, on the other hand, if he did become Youngblood and his dad isn't a ghost and the Ghost Zone isn't closer to Heaven, but it was an angel he saw, then he has an obsession keeping him here as a ghost instead of immediately going to Heaven and being with his dad and God. So, yeah, if Tommy is Youngblood, and I'm not saying that he is, then it is a double-edged sword situation here.
Well, you saw in this chapter that Ember was right about Dean, but does that mean Laurie isn't any less suspicious? Maybe… and yeah, Johnny and Kitty have a sad fate up ahead, but will it happen after Ember's own fateful death, or before? You'll have to find out…
God bless you too!
LooneyAces: Yeah. In this chapter, you do feel bad for Ember, at learning about her father and brother's deaths. I got a bit choked up when I wrote about them, especially when Tommy told Ember that an angel of the Lord told him he was going to be with his dad and God in heaven after he died. This is one of the saddest chapters in this story so far, when we learn about all those tragic events that happened Ember, but is there going to be more sad chapters? Absolutely. After all, one of it's genres is tragedy after all…
I'm glad that you're looking forward to the next chapter. :)
So, yeah, I'll write the next chapter as soon as I can; hopefully the wait for that chapter is shorter than this one.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the drawing that I did of what Ember looked like as a human before she died, and no, I do not own Danny Phantom; that belongs to Butch Hartman. I only own this story.
Please read and review; GhostWriterGirl out!
