Chapter 4 posted, I've been a bit non stop with this story so far and hopefully I can still keep publishing more chapters soon, so please enjoy reading and don't forget to leave a review and Happy New Year's Eve.
-Carol
The Next Morning
Sky had woken up from bed and went downstairs with Chase along seeing Andrea eating breakfast.
"Morning." Sky said.
"Morning Sky." Andrea responded.
"Thanks for dinner. It was good." Sky said.
"Your welcome. Glad you did." Andrea said.
"I remember when I was a kid whenever something was bothering me, I told mom I wasn't hungry, she hated that excuse because she knew I wasn't sick, though she knew what was up with me." Sky explained.
"No wonder you didn't want eat, you were still bothered of my dad trying to talk with you." Andrea said.
"I guess you can say that." Sky said. "Speaking of your dad, did he already leave for work?"
"I didn't even hear him leave, I guess he left a bit early." Andrea said.
"Probably." Sky said, when the phone rang and went to answer it. "Hello."
"Sky. Hey. It's me Eric." said Eric on the phone.
"Hey Eric." Sky responded. "Everything okay?"
"I was wondering, is everything okay with Alex?" Eric asked.
"Yeah. Why do you ask?" Sky asked.
"He didn't show up today. I was wondering if he's there." Eric answered.
"What do you mean he didn't show up? He's should have been already there." Sky said.
"Sky. What's going on?" Andrea asked. "Did something happened to my dad?"
"Eric. When I get a chance, let me call you back later. I'll let you know." Sky said.
"Sure. No problem. Bye." Eric said.
"Bye." Sky hung up the phone, and ran upstairs.
"Sky. Sky. What's going on?" Andrea asked and followed Sky, when he opened the door to Alex's room, seeing nothing there in his room, then spotted an envelope on the bed and opened it seeing a letter inside and began to read it.
Sky. There was no easy way to tell you and Andrea good-bye, I know you'll take good care of her. If only your mother was still around, there are many things I wish I could tell you, but at the moment I can't, maybe one day when your ready you'll know soon. Even if I'm not your father I have always seen and loved you as my own son. You will someday have a bright future ahead of you. I wish you the best.
-Alex
After Sky was done reading the letter and couldn't believe it.
"Sky. What's going on?" Andrea asked, though Sky didn't know what to tell her. "Please tell me. Did something happened to my dad?"
"Andrea...your dad is gone." Sky finally answered.
"Gone?" Andrea said, as she was about to cry.
"As in he left us." Sky said.
"No...he wouldn't leave...not like this." Andrea said, and couldn't help but let tears fall from her eyes, as Sky hugged her.
"Look, I need to call Eric to let him know. Come on." Sky said, and both left the room going downstairs in the living room, then grabbed the phone and started to dial, calling Eric.
"Hello. Eric. It's me Sky." Sky said.
"Hey. Do you know something already?" Eric asked.
"I do, but I can't tell you over the phone." Sky answered.
"Well, why don't you and Andrea go over to my house, I'll let Taylor know and be on my way there." Eric said.
"Sure. Will go over there." Sky said.
"Okay. See you in a few minutes. Bye." Eric said.
"Bye." Sky said, and hung up. "Andrea. Come on. We got to go to Eric and Taylor's house."
"How come?" Andrea asked.
"I'll explain when we get there." Sky answered, and were headed their way. When they arrived, and knocked on the door seeing it was Megan who answered.
"Megan. Mind if we come in, your dad is expecting us here." Sky said.
"Sure. Come in." Megan responded. "Everything okay?"
"I don't know where to begin." Sky said, when Tyler came downstairs.
"Hey Sky. Andrea. We weren't expecting you guys." Tyler said.
"Well, it's something we didn't expect." Sky said, when they heard the door open, seeing it was Eric and Taylor arriving.
"Mom. Dad. Why are you two here early?" Megan asked.
"We came because Sky might know what happened with Alex." Eric answered.
"What do you mean?" Tyler asked.
"I went to go see if he was in his room, but he wasn't it was empty, then I found a letter on the bed, I read it and I couldn't believe it...he left us." Sky explained, and they were all surprised.
"He left?" Eric said.
"Yeah. He did, I think back where everyone else lived." Sky said.
"I don't believe this. How could he just leave you two?" Eric said.
"Did the letter even explain why he just decided to leave?" Taylor asked.
"No. All I can understand is that there are things he would want to explain to me, but can't and maybe one day I'll know soon. I don't know what he meant by that, I just can't believe he would leave us like this." Sky said.
"He didn't even say good-bye...not even to me." Andrea said, and couldn't help but cry, as Megan walked over and hugged her.
"I feel like this is somehow my fault, I shouldn't have been so harsh on him." Sky said.
"Don't say it's your fault, he probably thought since you are old enough to now take up on responsibilities." Taylor said.
"But I already told him and he knew that I'll soon be leaving." Sky said.
"Alex never mentioned this to me." Eric said.
"Leaving? Where are you going?" Andrea asked.
"I was going to tell you, but I'm leaving to New Tech City." Sky answered.
"What." Andrea said, surprised.
"I'm guessing you two know about this also." Taylor asked, Tyler and Megan then both nodded.
"It was something I already had planned, where nobody thinks I'm a-" Sky was interrupted.
"We know and understand, but none of us think you are one." Eric said.
"I wish he told me where my power came from, since he's gone, I'll never know." Sky said.
"You should have let him talk to you, but instead you pushed him away. All my dad ever wanted was to fix his relationship with you, and that's probably why he left." Andrea said.
"Andrea. Don't say that, it's not true." Sky said.
"First grandpa is gone, then mom, and now my dad, next is you leaving. It's like everyone around here is disappearing and I'll have no one." Andrea said, still crying and ran out the door.
"Andrea! Andrea!" Sky shouted and went after her.
"I might know where they're going. Come on, Tyler." Megan said, and both went out the door.
"I cannot believe everything is repeating all over again." Eric said.
"Your telling me. It was a few years ago, when Jen left after Wes died leaving a letter explaining why she did." Taylor said.
"Then, when she came back along with Katie, Lucas, Trip, and Michael, Sky was around four years old when we met him." Eric said.
"You mean, surprised to know Jen had a son with Wes." Taylor said.
"And Mr. Collins knew she came back and didn't tell us, but he was happy to know he had a grandson." Eric said.
"Let's not forget, when we found out she was leaving again, but this time she wasn't going to come back." Taylor said.
"How could I forget, after I read the letter and told Mr. Collins, he didn't take it very well and suffered a heart attack, luckily I arrived on time to stop them from leaving." Eric said.
"Or else the worst would have happened, but glad it didn't." Taylor said.
"Yeah, though remember he almost left too, but he didn't." Eric said.
"Though this time he did leave and wasn't ready to tell Sky yet, and we are also still not ready to tell our kids either." Taylor said.
"At the moment no, when the time comes, then will be ready." Eric said.
"Agree." Taylor said.
Meanwhile
Sky tried to find Andrea where she ran off to, and finally caught up seeing she was at the cemetery where his mother was buried.
"For some reason, I knew you'd be here." Sky said, but Andrea didn't want to say nothing to him. "The silent treatment, I remember when I did that to mom, when she and your dad kept their relationship a secret from me, I was mad at them for lying, I even told your dad I didn't want him to be part of our lives anymore, because I always thought mom wouldn't love anyone else who isn't my dad, even though I wouldn't care if she was with someone else, I just wanted to have a dad and for mom to be happy."
"You never told me that story before." Andrea said.
"I didn't want you to think that I didn't like your dad." Sky said. "Anyway, I had talk with uncle Michael and knows I shouldn't stay mad at her, so I forgave her and your dad, then to accept their relationship."
"You sounded like you were a happy little boy." Andrea said.
"Yeah. Well, didn't last long when grandpa died." Sky said, while Andrea was looking at her mom's tombstone, then looked at the one next to her.
"Is that your dad's name?" Andrea asked.
"It is, his name was Wesley Collins." Sky answered.
"Did you have any pictures of him?" Andrea asked.
"No. Though I wish I did, to know how he looked like." Sky answered.
"How come you don't have his last name?" Andrea asked.
"They weren't married, that's why I have mom's last name." Sky answered.
"I guess that explains." Andrea said. "I'm sorry for what I said, I guess I was mad."
"You don't need to apologize, for the most part you are right, I guess I should have given him a chance." Sky said, and they both hugged, then Tyler and Megan had come from behind.
"We knew you two would be here." Megan said.
"Well, you sort of knew." Tyler said.
"Yeah. Luckily I caught up to her, glad she didn't go any further." Sky said.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to react like that." Andrea said.
"It's okay, we know it still hurts for you about your dad leaving." Tyler said
"But your not alone, you have us, we're also your family." Megan said.
"Thanks." Andrea said and hugged both Tyler and Megan.
"Come on. Let's get going." Sky said, as they all walked their way home.
Chapter 5 coming soon.
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