Hiya sorry for making you wait for so long for thisbut I've had loads of work and this chapter was so hard to write I'm still not sure if it is good now to be honest...
Massive thanks to: Krissy, AnaDry, Ria-Dancer Girl and AtlantisGirl12 for reviewing the last chapter - this is for you
Here's chapter 5
"Hey. We're all here as promised," Lucy grinned as she sat in the studio, stretching and gesturing to the eight people surrounding her. The dancers were rapidly running out of time before the show so Nora organised extra rehearsals after school, unfortunately it clashed with Tyler meeting his parents so he couldn't make it.
Nora smiled, said hello to the dancers and Miles who was busy setting up in the corner of the studio, and walked over to the window to put her bag on the floor, no-one apart from Lucy and Miles knew where Tyler was, it wasn't the fact that he wasn't friends with the other dancer's. In the past few months they had all grown a lot closer and often went out at the weekends together, but Tyler had found it difficult enough to tell Nora, who was his girlfriend, so he decided to keep it quiet for now.
Nora then walked over to the ground and began stretching herself. Truthfully, her thoughts weren't completely on dancing today but on Tyler. She had spoke to him just before, he was the reason why she was late, and she could sense how nervous he was. She hoped Tyler would be ok and things would go well, but if they didn't she'd be there for him.
"Nor.. You read to go?" Lucy asked, pulling Nora from her thoughts.
"Em.. yeah" Nora replied, shaking her head to clear it.
"He'll be fine." Lucy whispered into Nora's ear as she stood up, not needing to say who she was referring to.
Nora smiled, no matter what was going on Lucy always knew what was troubling her and how to make her feel better.
"Ok guys let's begin!"Said Nora...
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Tyler sat outside a cafe, waiting for his parents to turn up, he was early for once in his life. He felt sick from nerves. What if things went wrong? What if they didn't like him? Sighing deeply and muttering to himself to get a grip Tyler checked his watch again, they would be here any moment now.
He had only sat for another two minutes when his real parents walked up to the table. They both looked slightly uncomfortable,
"Tyler? Hi" The woman smiled, "I'm Leanne and this is Lee," she added gesturing to the tall man standing beside her. He could tell where he had got his eyes from, there was no denying that these were his real parents.
After the basic introductions and small talk Tyler decided to ask the questions that had been burning inside of him, after all that's what he was there for, to get some answers. "Why did you put me into care?" He asked quietly, his eyes cast down onto the table.
The smile disappeared from both of Leanne's and Lee's faces. This was the question that they had been dreading answering.
"Tyler... we were young... I was only 16 when I got pregnant. I was scared."Leanne almost pleaded with Tyler, trying to get him to understand.
"After you were born me and...Leanne broke up for a year." Lee added, having to stop himself from calling Leanne 'mom.' Tyler just nodded, he could understand that but they were still other questions he needed answering.
"So why now? Why contact me now? When I'm 17 and all grown up?" He asked, looking right into their eyes, wanting to gage their reaction.
Both of them looked at each other, this was difficult for them to. Leanne shifted her weight, looking into her son's eyes, so full of pain and hurt, itmade her heart brake inside.
"Honey, we... We weren't ready. It broke my heart sending you away but it was the right thing to do..." She struggled to explain.
"The RIGHT thing?"Tyler exclaimed, trying hard to keep control but all the anger that had built up over the last 17 years was beginning to come out. "How was it the right thing? Shipping me into care? Making me feel unloved all my life? Wondering what I could have done to make you hate me and give me up? HOW WAS ANY OF THAT RIGHT?" Tyler was now standing up, his voice shaking with anger yet his eyes showed the hurt and desperation. At this point many people sitting around them began to watch, as if this was for their enjoyment. Not like any of them noticed.
"I'm sorry. For all the years you've felt like that, for giving you up. But we're here now. Let us in."Lee mumbled, not really knowing what to say. He'd never thought of it like that before.
"Baby please? Let us get to know you."Leanne begged, eyes full of tears. "I don't know if I can." Tyler managed to say, his voice full of emotion. With that he stood up and left, not sure whether he ever wanted to see his parents again...
Tell me what you think - that was so difficult to write...
