(A/N:) To bad I have to go back to school tomorrow...anyways, here is "Almost Expressing Myself" for Never Alone!
Annie slowly walked back to the temple. Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa had past since the last time she and Raimundo seen each other. She was gone for that long. She looked through the window and saw Raimundo scrubbing the ground with a cleaning brush. The soap suds enveloped his hands. He stood up and looked at his job well done and sighed of sadness. Annie walked through the wall and carefully walked up to Raimundo's back.
"Rai-" she began, but was cut off by him turning around and tightly hugging her.
"I missed you! Where were you?" Raimundo said happily.
"I just, uh, um, I dunno," Annie lied.
"You feelin' okay?" Raimundo put the back of his hand on her fore head.
"I'm an angel, so I don't get sick," she sighed.
"Good! Why'd you leave me?" Raimundo asked sadly.
"Uh…" I can't tell him! she thought to herself.
"Well?" Raimundo was getting impatient.
"I, uh, l-lo-" she began, but she stopped as she thought about what she was saying, I think I'm rushing it. Oh, I wish I knew what to do in a situation like this!
"What was it like when you died?" Raimundo changed the question.
"Well, I was somewhere in my early teens…and…it was a car crash…my older brother was at the wheel…I was in the passenger seat…a drunk driver hit us, and I instantly died…my brother survived, thankfully," she had begun to cry.
"Shh, now, don't cry," Raimundo hugged as she began to burry her head into his chest.
"I had nobody, besides him, who cared about me," she whispered. "We were living with our grandparents after our parents died and they didn't even like me, because I was a girl. They wanted another grandson, but, no, I ended up being an 'ugly' little girl. They hated me!"
"If it makes you feel better, I care about you," Raimundo whispered into her ear.
"Huh?" she looked up into his eyes. She smiled. She hugged him tightly and buried her head very deep into his chest.
"I remember how Kimiko died," Raimundo sighed as he looked out the window. "It was the perfect day for me to tell how much I cared. Sun was shining, flowers in full bloom, and it was a day off from training. Turns out it didn't mean a day off from evil. Jack came and we fought him. Then Chase and Wuya came. Wuya shot Kimiko with a very powerful blast, and Kimiko got really sick. And I still hadn't told her about my feelings. The next day she had died before we got her to the hospital 'cause she got the infection late at night. I just can't believe that it happened so fast. I guess we were never meant to be."
"Raimundo, stop worrying," Annie stated, "there are plenty of beautiful, nice, and strong girls who would die for just hearing you say their name."
"That isn't true, is it?" Raimundo slightly chuckled as Annie buried her head deeper into his chest.
"Of course it is," Annie said into his chest.
"Annie, you're the best thing that had ever happened to me, since Kimiko," Raimundo said softly as Annie slowly fell asleep in his arms.
Raimundo carefully laid her down on the floor trying not to wake her up. He lied down next to her and stared into her closed eyes. He soon, also, fell asleep.
(A/N:) Do you think I should make a fic based off "Ode To Manheim Steamroller" by Reggie and the Full Effect? Nah! But that song is CUTE! Please, review!