THE SHADOW || THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY 3-4

Bittersweet Endings

"Hurry up! You're walking so slow!"

The black haired boy huffed from behind her. He hurried his pace a little to catch up with the younger girl. Once he was in step with her again, he gave her a small look. "There's no reason to rush around. We're trying to relax. We've got no where to be. Just enjoying being outside, little sparrow."

The girl rolled her eyes, and continued her walk with her Dad, slowing her pace just a little. "Yeah, okay, Five."

As they made it onto the main part of the path, the girl stumbled as a soccer ball hit her feet. She looked down, and kicked it away, making a domino effect happen.

When she kicked the ball, it knocked over a guy doing yoga. The yoga guy fell from his pose, scaring a dog, making him pull away from his owner. The dog ran through a picnic, causing the mother-daughter duo to jump up. When the daughter jumped up, she had accidentally stumbled into a guy painting, and when she bumped into his easel, one of his jars of paint flew off. The paint that flew off splattered all over a couple that had been walking.

"Shit." Diana gasped, wincing at the chaos that took not even ten seconds to happen.

Five gave her a look, sighing heavily. The two walked over, and Diana grabbed the dog as it tried to get into the picnic basket, and Five grabbed the ball, handing it back to the small family.

"Sorry about that." Diana said, wincing as she helped the yoga guy up from his spot on the ground. "I didn't mean to hit you."

The yoga guy waved his hands around. "That's okay. It was getting pretty boring anyway. It spruced it up a bit."

After apologies went around the circle, Diana began to walk away. Only when she reached the path, did she realize that Five hadn't followed her. Confused, she turned and saw Five slowly walking towards her, but he was looking behind him at all the people, the curly haired woman, and the other five men were doing the same.

"Dad?"

Five turned back to face the black haired girl, and jogged to catch up with her. As the two walked, Diana looked over her shoulder again, and caught the eye of the man with the dog. He looked familiar. So did the pregnant woman with the tall blond man. Diana wondered if she knew then at some point, though she shrugged that thought off.

"Did any of them look familiar to you?" Five asked her.

Diana turned back to her Dad, and nodded. "Yeah. Especially the man with the dog and the pregnant lady."

Five nodded. "Yeah, everyone else looked familiar too."

"I've never met any of them though." She said, shrugging a bit as she kicked a stone on the path.

"Me neither."

Why did they feel so familiar? She didn't know them, did she? She couldn't. Diana does't remember ever meeting them. Plus, Five didn't know them either, and they knew all of the same people. Diana took one last glance behind her, before looking away. When she looked in front of her, her eyes widened when she saw a curly blonde boy skate boarding towards her. His eyes landed on her, but as he tried to move, he fell off his board, and tumbled in the grass.

Diana winced, rushing to help him up. "Are you okay?"

The boy nodded, tilting his head back to stare up at the girl. "Yeah. Your beauty just knocked me off my feet."

Diana let out a huff of laughter, and shook her head. Sarcastically, she said, "You're charming."

He gave her a smile, and Diana almost melted at how sweet it looked. She helped him stand, and when they were up right, the boy said, "I'm Jameson Walker."

Diana smiled at him. "Uh, Diana Hargreeves."

"Pretty name for a pretty girl." Jameson smiled.

Diana laughed a bit, and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. She opened her mouth to say something else, but was cut off by Five.

"Diana!"

The black haired girl turned, and saw Five glaring at Jameson. She turned back to the blond, and gave him a smile. "I have to go. But, uh, maybe I'll see you here tomorrow?"

Jameson smiled. "Yeah, I'll be here."

She jogged back to Five, and the two started walking. Diana ignored Five as he grumbled about how she wasn't allowed to talk to boys until she was fifty-eight. She glanced behind her, and saw Jameson still staring at her. Five and Diana finished there walk in the park, and then headed home to start on dinner.

Once they reached their apartment, Diana could hear the little clicking of their dogs nails as he ran to greet Five. Walking into her room, Diana heard squawking. She walked over to the bird cage, and pulled out the food tray. "Okay, Okay, relax, Alphonso. You don't here Fei, Marcus, or Jayme screaming."

The sparrow stared at her, and squawked again. When Diana had first gotten her sparrows, and she told Five their names, and how Jayme's was spelt, Five gave her a weird look. She didn't know why, but the names felt special to her. Diana couldn't remember why, or where they come from, but they held meaning to her.

Diana sighed, laying on her bed as she stared at the ceiling. All those people today, look familiar, like she had been close with them. Even Jameson Walker, she felt like she had met before. But that couldn't have been so. She'd never met any of them, they were complete strangers.

"Make sure you feed Mr Pennycrumb before dinner." Five yelled from the kitchen.

"I will." She called back.

Diana sighed again, and a smile crept on her face as she listened to Five hum from the kitchen. She didn't need anyone else in her life. She had Five, her Dad, and that was enough for her.

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A/N: That marks the end of 'The Shadow'! I was not ending this book like the show because why the fuck would I make myself cry again? But I hope that all of you enjoyed reading about Diana! Also, make sure that you read the prequel 'Running Out Of Time' if you haven't! And if you have any questions about the book or Diana, make sure you comment them so I can answer them in the next chapter. But again, thank you all for the love and support that you've given this book!