Hurting You, Killing Me

by KelciLynn

"I was supposed to be a superhero, and superheroes just don't cry. I'd had my fair share of cuts and bruises over the years, due to hunting ghosts. I'd been seriously maimed and not once had I shed a tear...until that night." If you had to choose between two people that you love, what would you choose?

11. Family

Hurting You, Killing Me

Chapter Ten:

Danielle's POV:

I honestly couldn't believe that Johnny and Kitty had adopted me. It just didn't seem real. I no longer felt like they were just putting up with me. They really loved me and I could see that now. But...I'd read the papers and I knew that Danny still had some parental custody over me. I didn't understand why. He didn't care about me. He never really had cared about me.

I couldn't understand Danny at all, really. His gift, that ice heart, made no sense. Why would he give me something like that, or something at all?

I guess it didn't really matter. After opening all my presents, I went into my room to put them up. Danny's crystal sat on my dresser, sparkling in the light. I put all my presents up and then looked into the mirror. So much had changed in the last few months. I'd stopped wearing my hair in ponytails and it had grown long, curling down past my shoulders. I started wearing dresses and skits, things that Kitty picked out for me at first, but after awhile, I started to pick them out myself.

I wore makeup and actually looked happy. Right now, my hair was kinda messy and I was still in my pink pajamas, but I looked happy.

I could hear Johnny and Kitty talking in the living room and I smiled. I finally had a family that loved me. I couldn't even begin to explain how great that felt, knowing that I had a family to turn to.

For the first time since I was created, I honestly felt like I was wanted somewhere.