.intertwined. ||| [ novahd ]

.intro.

Gently tucking in Anya, James couldn't help but smile down at his precious angel. Some higher power had found a way to grace his life with this child and honesty he wouldn't want it any other way. Lifting himself from the edge of her small bed, he strode out, gently closing the door behind him, though not without sneaking one more peek to make sure Anya was fast asleep. He paused at the door thinking back to the time before he had Anya.

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Honestly, when James first received Anya he thought it was going to be a pain in the butt and definitly not worth committing to. He didn't know how to react around kids, or how to even try to be a father. Since he had grown up without a father, he only had his mother to go by. Unfortunately, Anya didn't even have that, a mother.

It didn't seem like four years had past simce he felt a particular hole in his life even though he had the guys around. They had all been having a blast at the Creature House. Then slowly and surely one by one they moved out leaving him alone once with that hole inside.

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He continued down the hall towards his bedroom and once again pausing at the frame in the hall. It was his nightly routine to stop for a moment and apprecitate the one who had given him Anya. A beautiful young woman stood at the top of a hill, smiling as bright as the sun behind her, with her arms thrown up in the air. He chuckled at the memory. Shaking his head, he could recall the smell of the grass as he had, moments before, rolled down to the bottom of that same hill. Sara had pushed him down, claiming to be the "Queen of the Hill" as they spent their Saturday afternoon together in peace with nothing but the sky, the earth and their happiness. That had been before the fateful party the next weekend. Immediately he swiveled away as if fleeing the memory, making his way into his bedroom. Walking straight to his bed, he collapsed, not wanting that familiar nauseous feeling of guilt to overcome him as it had countless times before. With his head trying to concentrate on anything but that night, he fell into a deep fitful sleep.

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3/20/15

-Sun