Terrible Things ( Deeply being edited but hope you enjoy!)

Chapter 24

    " So...I guess this is goodbye?" Michael asked. We were standing on my front porch. My father was home, surprisingly. We had just gotten back from ice-cream.

  " Yeah..." My voice drifted off.

  " Hey, what's wrong?" Michael pushed the hair out of my face, pulling it behind my ear.

  I sighed. " I'm just...frightened."

  " About what? You can tell me anything." He was closer now. He smelled of bubble gum, mixed with the birthday cake ice-cream on his breath.

  " About my dad. What he's going to say, all of that. "

  " Oh darling." He put his hands on my shoulders, and kissed me on the cheek. " I promise you haven't a thing to worry about."

  " How can you be so sure?" I wondered aloud.

   " Because I love you, and so does your father, whether or not you think so. And I bet when you go in there, it won't be as bad as it seems. I promise."

  I swallowed. " Okay," I whispered.

  " Oh, come here." He pulled me in for a hug. I rested my head against his chest, being as he was taller than me. I could feel his heartbeat, slow and steady. His breaths making his chest rise and fall. I shut my eyes, feeling a tear go down my face. I didn't know why I was getting so emotional. " Are you crying?" he asked.

 I pressed my face harder into him. " Promise me something?"

  " Yes?"

   I shivered. It was a bit chilly. " Promise me that, no matter what, you will always love me."

  He smiled. " I was waiting for something like that. Emery..." He drew back and placed his hands in mine. " I promise you, til the end, I will always, always love you. No matter if you make a mistake, or if we are ever angry with each other, or if you slap me because I took your food..." I laughed through my tears, a goofy grin on his face. He went serious again. " I will always love you. I need you."

  I leaned in. " Alright, if you say so....I..." I grinned. " I love you too."

  And we kissed.

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 " Dad?" I walked into my house, the scent of vanilla hitting me in the face. I strolled through the hallway. " Dad, are you here?"

  I walked into the kitchen. He was sitting there, his hair ruffled, his eyes suspiciously shiny. " Hey," I said.

  There was a black box on the table, decorated with painted red roses. He motioned for me to sit down. I sat. He pushed the box towards me.

  I took it, a little confused. I ran my fingers over the top of it. It was a smooth, glass box. The kind you stuck jewelry in. " Open it," He insisted.

 I did. And I gasped at what I saw.

 Inside of the box was a necklace. A bluish-purple heart, with a dark silver outline like fire sat lay gently in it, with a long, thin chain. There was a word on the heart. " Love," I whispered. " Oh my gosh...Dad, where did you-"

  He held up a hand. " Here me out please." He lay back and sucked in a breath. 

  " That was your mother's necklace. She wore it all the time. You must remember a little it of her having it around her neck. I-" He swallowed. " I got it for her on our first anniversary. It was a little reminder that no matter where she was, she would always live in my heart." He put his head in his hands, and I could see tears drip down his face. " I always told her that.  When I married her, I vowed that no matter where she went, my heart would always go with her. No matter how old we grew, my love would never fade." He stared at me. " When she died Emery, I was heart broken. I did blame you for a while, but only out of my selfishness. I should've been the one to save her. I should've helped. I should've been there." His shoulders shook. " But I wasn't.

  " Emery, there isn't a day that goes by that I do not think about your mother. I do every minute I am awake. Every night I dream of her, her hair floating around her, her lips parted in a smile. But I have to keep reminding myself that that I am never going to see her again. At least, not until it is my time. She is up there, and I am down here. And sometimes that is the worst feeling of all, even if I am reminding myself that God is taking care of her, my feelings will never leave."

 I shook. I wiped my eyes, my nose. I nearly knocked over my chair as I rushed to hug him. He was crying harder now, and I joined him. He gripped my hand. " I miss her Emery," he said.

  I pressed my head into his shoulder. " I miss her too. Oh my gosh Dad, I'm so sorry..." 

  We sat there for a while, as daughter and as father. And at that moment, nothing could separate us. Our bond was reconnected, our thoughts joined in understanding. My eyes watered more. " I love you dad," I said softly.

  He kissed my hand. " I love you too, baby girl."

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 So! Everyone seems to be resolved, right? Nathan and Alex. Carol, Michael, Emery, her Father. ( Jake has no problems. He's chill.) 

  I think this might be two more chapters long. I am not sure.

  Next chapter I am going to skip some years. I will be giving a brief description of what goes on, but you know, I do have to finish the book. ;)

  Hope you guys enjoy! BYE! 

  ( P.S., please listen to the song above. )