Are You Afraid of Musicals?

Chapter 6.2: Oblivious

Dani's pov:

This summer has been the best one of my whole life and I wish I could do something so it wouldn't end, but time does not wait for anyone.

I was enjoying it so much that it flew by way faster than I thought possible and now I can just accept that it's over, treasuring the memories I have from it in my mind and smiling each time they come back.

I'm not going to lie, Mother's voice still pops up into my head sometimes and there's been some rough nights during the summer filled with nightmares. But this time when I opened my eyes Gabby was there, holding me tight and whispering sweet nothings to my ear, letting me rest my head on her chest and fall asleep to the sound of her steady heartbeat.

Those were the lucky days, when I had a nightmare and Gabby was there by my side, but I wasn't always so lucky. Sometimes I would wake up after a nightmare and find myself alone in my bed, gasping for air and completely shaken, until I realized that I wasn't completely alone.

The first time it happened I was on the edge of a panic attack, until I felt a little weight on my stomach and when I looked down, I saw Swanny's little head resting there.

That single little gesture made my heart melt and left me completely frozen, making me unconsciously start taking deep breaths until my breathing evened out.

I don't know how, but he senses when I need him. He always fell asleep over the covers close to my feet, but each time I wake up after a nightmare I can feel him by my side, his head resting on my shoulder as if it belonged there, and now I think that it actually does.

At first I didn't want to get close to him, I didn't want to let in another thing I could loose, but it ended up being impossible not falling for this little guy.

I think that just as he can sense when I need him now, at the beginning he could sense that I didn't want him around. That's why he slept on the window frame but never stepped in, that's why he wouldn't let me step anywhere near him.

But now I know that at the end of the day, we're very similar.

He was lost on the streets, without a family and just wandering around, seeing how life slipped through his little paws probably just wishing to find somewhere where he could feel safe.

Somewhere where he could sleep peacefully, somewhere where he could feel loved, somewhere where he could feel at home.

Probably he almost gave up, thought that that was just wishful thinking, but now he found me... just as I found Gabby.

Now he's my little boy and I will help him live the live he deserves.

Well, me and Gabby. If she knew that I was excluding her from something that has to do with Swanny, she would probably hit me with that cute little frown that she makes when she's pretending to be mad, which is no longer cute when she stops talking to me.

Gabby can be very stubborn and even when I know that she's not actually mad at me, it gets me a lot of effort to make her talk to me again. Kisses, tickle her or hugs usually do the trick, which is a win win situation for me cause I get to cuddle and kiss her and have fun with her.

I can't help but smile at the thought of Gabby's smile, her genuine and beautiful laugh ringing in my ears and making my smile widen.

I shake my head as I smile, to then caress Swanny's little head to wake him up so I can move him without feeling like I'm the worse person in the whole world.

I see him lazily burying his head deeper into my shoulder, purring as he gets comfortable and making me let out a soft laugh. The movement of my body as I laugh makes him raise his head and turn it towards me, his light blue eyes now staring into my soul before he just lets his head fall over my shoulder again as a dead weight.