Author's note: Hey guys! I'm back :D The Special Olympics (competition I was in) was amazing and I wish I could do it all again! I won bronze (50m backstroke), silver (25m backstroke) and two 5th place ribbons (50m front crawl and in the 4x50 relay). With the exception of the 25m backstroke there were 7 or 8 people in each race. Thank you so much for all of the good luck messages :D

This is a bit short but I'm just getting back into writing now after a week of not doing any writing whatsoever.

Danni x


Pandora then brought the bottle of coke into the room, completely unaware of what had just happened between her parents, and carried on eating her tea.

"What else are we doing tonight then? I've got a tiny bit of homework to do for tomorrow but it shouldn't take too long."

"You can do it later. It's no problem." Dad answered as he finished his tea off.

We then spent the rest of the night as we usually would. Mainly listening to music whilst either talking or playing a board game. Tonight, dad decided it would be a good idea to talk about things that have happened when I was a kid. There was this one time where we went to an amusement park. I went on everything without even being asked twice. Wouldn't do that now since I like some but not others.

"That was a fun day though. It's one of the days I remember most from when I was little."

"We'd have to go again some time. We haven't been for years."

"Which park is this?" Rachel joined in the conversation.

"Just a local theme park near the town centre. Me and my family used to go when I was a kid."

"I'd be interested in going." Rachel offered.

"Really mum? I thought you wouldn't be one for rides and all that."

"Oh yea! I love it!"

"You learn something everyday! I'm going to do my homework and then go to bed now, I'm knackered." I stood up and cleared away my plates before going to give both my parents a hug. I then went upstairs to finish that homework. I just need to look up how to do this maths question and finish it. It was the hardest on the task but I'd done everything else.

I then changed into my tank top and shorts before hitting the hay. I was more tired than usual today but I was surprised with myself really. It didn't feel as if my mum had nearly died today. It felt like ages ago as in months.


I was there. In the field with caravan a good 50 metres away. Everyone was there who had been today. Michael, Mrs Vale, the police me and my dad. He was holding me back but he managed to keep me back. I had already smelled the gas and Mrs Vale had already broke away from the policeman and was running towards the caravan. I kept trying to break away but my dad was too strong.

Before we knew it, the caravan was up in flames but that's when I woke up thanks to one of my parents. I didn't know who it was until I heard her speak.

"Pandora? Love can you hear me?" She had her hand on my shoulder and was gently shaking me. My eyes fluttered open to see her still in what she was wearing today, "You started calling out for me. I assumed you were having a bad dream."

"Yea." I was sat to the side of my mum but I was facing away from her as I could feel the tears start to well up but I had to try to fight them. That's when my dad knocked on the door, he had a dressing gown on and his hair was wet so I assumed he was in the shower.

"Is everything alright?" Dad then sat down on my bed and placed a hand on my back showing obvious concern. I nodded my head and lied down, trying to get back to sleep. That's when I heard mum say, "If you can't sleep, feel free to come downstairs." Again, I nodded my head before hearing the door shut.


"What was the matter?" Max and Rachel were now downstairs having a drink.

"Pandora had a nightmare. I heard her calling out for me but when I went in she was asleep so I woke her up." Rachel explained what had happened as he was finishing his shower when Rachel was waking Pandora up.

"I think we can both guess what it could be about. Today, I've never seen her so scared. I just hope it's a one-off." Max admitted honestly.

"Let's hope so. A 'what if' scenario is just playing in her head. She'll say something if it's upsetting her." Rachel seemed confident when giving her answer.

"You don't know that for sure Rachel. She didn't say anything about me for years." The worried father pointed out, referring to his and his daughter's past.

"The only thing we can do is give her time and be there for her."