Seeing Double
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Summary: A small English family living in Ontario are pulled into a strange series of events after meeting a group of identical looking girls they don't know that the girls might just reveal more about their history.
Daniel's Past (The Past: Part I)
/Ontario, Canada, 2014/
Daniel's POV
It was the next day that Daniel found himself getting lost in his cupboard. A simple session of looking for something which he couldn't even remember anymore had somehow ended with him fighting through the pile of crap which lay inside. Half submerged in the onslaught of once valuable objects he caught hold of something large and heavy. He pulled the object out and found that it was a small wooden box, which he almost threw back into the closet when he suddenly noticed something inside which made him stop everything he was doing.
Lain inside of the box, almost completely buried under several small items, was a picture which he had not even looked at in God knew how long. In the picture, taken by his best friend/monitor Amy, he was standing on the pier at Coney Island, smiling in a way that seemed to suggest that he would never in his life be as happy again. Next to him was a large dark skinned man who looked equally as happy, smiling down at Daniel. Suddenly memories from over two years ago began to rush back to him.
/Ontario, Canada, 2012/
Third Person POV
"So. How did your hard day at work go, Detective Gordon?" The blonde woman at the table asked in a playful tone.
"Shut up, Amy", Daniel said in a joking manner, taking the coffee his best friend offered him before taking the spare seat at the table.
This was part of their daily arrangement. Whenever they got off from their work early, they'd meet at the local Starbucks and essentially moan to each other about their terrible days, or laugh about whatever random crap had happened. It was a good arrangement as, because Amy's job at the hairdresser wasn't very demanding, she would almost always be able to turn up, and it helped Daniel to take a break from his stressful life.
"Seriously though, how was your day?" She asked, taking a sip of her cappuccino.
"Well, the boss was on my case all day again purely because he hates me. I swear the guy needs to get a social life instead of spending his entire life bitching at his employees for the smallest of things. So, how was your day?" He asked, taking a large gulp of his coffee.
"Well, my day was surprisingly stress free." She replied with a smile on her face, "It was actually quite entertaining. You know that bitch Stacey?"
"Stacey? How could I forget? That little hag made our lives in high school hell." He said, screwing up his face at the memory of his and Amy's teenage nemesis.
"While she was serving one of her clients, she accidentally lost control of the razor, partially balded the woman whose hair she was cutting and also cut her finger open. She's already been fired." She said with an evil smirk.
"Karma's a bitch, isn't it?" He asked chuckling before checking his watch. "I should probably get going, I've got a lot to do."
"Yeah. Wouldn't want to keep your boyfriend waiting, now would we?" She said, grinning mischievously.
"Shut up," He said, leaving his half of the bill on the table.
He quickly kissed Amy's cheek and said goodbye before he headed home. He knew that Nigel would like the surprise. He almost never got to spend time with him nowadays since a lot of his time was spent down at the station. Luckily he had gotten today off early because they had recently solved a case and the whole squadron was feeling generous.
When he got home Daniel was surprised by the eerie silence in the house. He knew that his boyfriend would be home as his job finished at least an hour ago. He suddenly realized that there was noise coming from his the second floor and began to climb up the stairs.
As he began to ascend the stairs leading to the stairs of his small house, an idea of what was going on began to slip into his mind, although he didn't want to believe it. As he stood outside the door, he waited for a moment, his hand hovering over the door knob before he quickly threw the door open with one motion.
He was appalled as he saw two men fly apart from each other. Nigel was standing, covering himself as much as he could while another younger man lay looking frightened on the bed.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Daniel shouted furiously.
"Honey, I swear, i-it's not what it looks like-" Nigel tried to explain quickly.
"Oh, really? Because it looks like I've just walked in on my asshole boyfriend fucking some stranger's brains out!" He shouted, at the taller man before quickly turning his attention to the one on the bed.
"What are you still doing here? Get out!" He said, glaring at the young man who lay almost paralyzed on the bed "I said get out!"
The blond haired man quickly pulled on a pair of jeans before bolting out of the room with his shirt in his hands. After he heard the front door close he quickly turned his attention to the only other person in the house.
"Babe, I'm so sorry." Nigel pleaded, stepping closer to Daniel with a terrified look on his face "I had a moment of weakness. He meant nothing."
"I don't care what he meant." Daniel said, trying to regain his calmness "All I care about is the fact that you cheated on me. Now, I'm gonna go out, try and clear my head. By the time I get back, I expect you to have gotten your things and left."
"But where do you expect me to go?"
"I don't give a shit where you go, just as long as it's not here." Daniel replied, before turning his back and walking down the stairs. As he began to head towards the door, he could hear Nigel try to catch up with him and he began to sprint.
He could hear his ex shouting after him as he quickly ran out of the front door and onto the streets of Ontario, he didn't know where he was going and he didn't really care. He just needed to get away from there.
After at least fifteen minutes of running he felt his anger dissolving and his sadness taking its place. He ran into an alley nearby and collapsed against one of the walls as he began to feel tears streaming down his cheeks. He lay for what felt like eternity as his body shook with silent sobs and his teardrops dampened his clothes.
"Umm, are you okay, sir?" A voice which sounded like it had a French accent asked.
Daniel turned to the stranger, ready to shout and scream at him to go away but was frozen solid at what he saw. The man standing at the end of the alley was him. He had brown hair instead of Daniel's blond dyed hair, but apart from that there wasn't a single difference.
"Oh my God. I didn't think that I'd find you this quick." The man said awkwardly, looking down at his doppelganger. "Come with me, I can help you."
And with that said, the other man quickly helped Daniel to his feet and began to lead him down the street. Daniel didn't say anything, he didn't even attempt to escape the strange man's grasp. Somehow, he knew that he would be fine, he felt comfortable somehow with this stranger. Little did he know that his life was never going to be the same again.
Hey, guys. I apologise for how long it took me to do a simple update, I really am and I know it's unreasonable to have made you wait this long. There are several reasons as to why I haven't been able to update recently 1) my schoolwork has been through the roof recently and I've been focusing a lot on keeping my grades good 2) there have been several births, deaths and other such events in my family which have kept me occupied 3) I have attempted to write this chapter and another of Rick's past(which I will be posting next) but my computer kept bugging and deleting them, so it's a miracle that I got this one out 4) my drama clubs are very demanding and they take up a lot of my free time during the week. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review and let me know what you think of this chapter. Bye!