Me: Hey you guys! I know that this chapter is RIDICULOUSLY short, but I have reasoning for doing this. One of these reasons is that I think the story would flow better if I separated this section from the next chapter with more than a line break. Secondly, I really wanted to get something up for you guys by Christmas, and I figured that something was better than nothing.
Danny Muse: Well aren't you just perfect huh?
Me: Shut up Danny.
Danny Muse: How about NO?
Me: *sucks Danny into Fenton Thermos*
Danny Muse: *makes rude gesture*
Me: *smiles* Wow, It's quiet in here!
And In all truth I would've never guessed you would care so vastly if I was to disappear. I thought it would be destiny that you would leave and never look back, yet I find my eyes making excuses for the truth that I now can see.
That you care.
Chapter 13
Daniel Fenton's hospital room was haunted, yet not in a ghostly sense. Instead, his room was haunted with the sobs of his loved ones. For you see, Daniel Fenton was gone. Not a soul had seen him depart from the hospital, and his window still remains locked. Samantha Manson falls to the ground, while her friend Tucker Foley attempts to hold her upright. Her face sinks into his tawny sweater, which feels as though it is slowly removing his very breath, as he himself attempts to stop the inevitable tears from falling to the floor. It doesn't take long before Samantha tears herself away from the dark skinned boy, and flings herself onto her best friend's bed. She grabs the pillow, and her dark makeup stain's the cheap cloth of the hospital pillowcase as she brings it close to her nose; attempting to take in Daniel's remaining sent.
Daniel's parents, Jack and Madeline Fenton, are silent. They stand in the far corner of the hospital room, with faces as impassive as a statue carved from stone. Their daughter, and Daniel's sister, Jasmine; is on the ground sobbing. She is curled up by the doorway, with eyes red and puffy. Long trails of blue mascara and turquoise eye shadow mar her cheekbones.
In the hallway two men and a woman stand. The reasoning for these people's presence is quite obvious. One of the men dons a doctor's ensemble, and the woman sports that of a nurse's. The second man wears a blue uniform, and a cap with the words "Amity Park Police Department" scrawled across a golden plate. They speak to each other, and the man with police uniform nods his head in apparent understanding, before heading to speak to the loved one's of Daniel.
The officer (or so we can presume) shakes his head in dismay as he looks at the people gathered in the missing child's room. Every eye is turned to the man. Every breath is held…
"There is no sign of him yet," The officer speaks, "We'll keep looking though."
Nobody speaks a word as the officer nods his head dejectedly and departs the room. Eyes turn towards Samantha as she lets out a distraught whimper, and suddenly rolls off Daniel's bed and runs to the window. Jasmine and Tucker run after her as she starts pounding on the thing. They drag her away as she claws for the window.
"I KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE DANNY!" Sam starts screaming, "I KNOW IT! YOU GET YOUR ASS BACK IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW OR I'LL- I'LL- I'LL…" Samantha buries her head into Tucker's shirt again, while Jasmine rubs her back sympathetically.
The room is silent save for Samantha's muffled whimpers of dismay, hurt, and longing for the boy she clandestinely loves…