well, here's another chapter! thanks tons to all the people out there reviewing. it means a lot. i told you i'd post chapters all weekend, and i will, so stay tuned! enjoy this chapter!
annabelle's POV
uh oh. the daredevil of the family gets a dare playing truth or dare. this can not end well.
but, he sat there with a smug grin, and that was all the reassurance any of us needed. amy probably knew this, and she tried to give him an easy one.
"go bring 6 dead deer here in 30 seconds." she challenged, but austin sighed in disapproval.
"come on, amy. give me something better." he smiled a crooked smile, something we had gotten from dad. amy gave everyone nervous looks, and we all shrugged back. she turned to lindsay, who whispered in amy's ear.
when amy turned back, she was giggling.
"i dare you to let aunt alice give you a makeover and wear it for 2 hours." she laughed, and austin's confident smile faded immediately. we all laughed, and he groaned, and went inside. we all peered in windows, watching him go to aunt alice in her room.
he asked her and explained the dare, and she nodded. aunt alice led him to her bathroom and gave him mascara, a natural-colored lipstick, and put a butterfly pin in his hair. when he came back out, everyone was rolling around laughing.
he gave us all glares and sat back down. the game went like this for hours, until everyone else had gone. when the game ended, uncle emmett left to go see a movie with aunt rose, and we all filtered away from each other.
i went up to my room to practice for my gig next sunday. i went into my little studio, picked up my guitar, and started to sing.
you tucked me in, turned out the light
kept me safe and sound at night
little girls depend on things like that
brushed my teeth and combed my hair
had to drive me everywhere
you were always there when i looked back
you had to do it all alone
make a living, make it home
must have been as hard as it could be
and when i couldn't sleep at night
scared things wouldn't turn out right
you would hold my hand and sing to me
caterpillar in the tree
how you'll wonder who you'll be
can't go far but you can always dream
wish you may and wish you might
don't worry, hold on tight
i promise you there will come a day
butterfly fly away
butterfly fly away, butterfly fly away
we've been waiting for this day
all along and knowing just what to do
butterfly, butterfly, butterfly, butterfly, fly away
butterfly fly away
butterfly fly away
i finished the song, and heard clapping behind me. i turned to see dad sitting on the small couch in the corner of the studio.
"where did that song come from?" he asked. i shrugged. this was one of my more personal songs.
"i wrote this when i used to wonder what it would be like to be human. i got a lot of this from what mom told me about when she was a kid." i explained, and he nodded.
"your mother was one of the most extraordinary humans i had ever met." he said, and i smiled. mom always said dad admired her.
"she might have been a bit clumsy, but she was smart, friendly, and admired by everyone who met her." he said, and i sat down next to him.
"she said almost the exact same thing about you." i said, and he laughed. i rested my head on his shoulder, and he sighed.
"well, i'm not sure how wonderful she was to everyone else, but to me she was the world. nothing in my life mattered more than her." he told me, and i smiled. love stories were my favorite.
we talked like this for a while, he told me stories, i told him stories, and soon i started singing to him again.
i sang a bunch of songs about him and mom, and he hummed the lullaby he wrote for mom, which i thought was beautiful. pretty soon though, my cell phone rang.
"hello?" i asked, and stood up.
"hi, annabelle. i've let you off the hook for a while now, but i think it's time you start going back to school." mom told me, and i groaned. i've always hated school, because everything was too easy. there was just no challenge.
"fine. when do i start?" i asked, sitting back down. she was silent for a few moments.
"well, it's wednesday, so i'll give you the rest of the week off. but that's it, no longer." she said, and i sighed deeply. i didn't want to be away from dad for that long.
"yes, mother. bye." i hung up. dad gave me a questioning look, and i explained my situation.
"school is important. your mother was very intelligent, if she had gone to college, she could have been a huge success." he said, rubbing circles on the back of my hand. i nodded, and we both were silent for a few minutes before he stood up.
"i think it's time i get back downstairs, your aunt alice is thinking of coming and checking on us. care to join me?" he asked, holding out his hand. i took it, and we went downstairs together. what we saw made me bust out laughing.
well, there's the rest of the truth or dare game, and a little more. hope you enjoyed it, and i'll start writing the next chapter!