Guardian Angel (Dalton Rapattoni)

Chapter 2: The Surprise

Nevaeh's POV (The Next Day)

I woke up to a text from Dalton saying he would be here at 10 o'clock and that he had a surprise for me. It was 9:50 so he would be here any minute and knowing him and how close we are, he'd open the front door announce his presence to my parents, fly up the stairs and down the hall to my room, fly though my door and jump into my queen size bed, and tell me everything about the surprise he had to tell me like he would with every surprise since middle school. So with this in mind  I pulled the covers down and moved over so he would have the room to do all of this. 

**SLAM** The door shut 

"Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Rose!" Dalton announces throughout the house as i hear his loud feet run up the stairs. I giggle as i hear him getting closer  and when he bust through my door as if he was the FBI i loos it and start laughing. His big goofy smile and bright grey/blue eyes look at me as i am laughing my ass of. Next thing I know he sitting next to me. My laugh calms down as i am engulfed  into a hug.

"Neveah you will not believe whats is in this envelope" he says handing me the thing that was in his hand with a smile spread across his face

"Well i can guess; or you could just tell me." i say looking at him with a shit-eating grin look on my face.

"Open it" was all he said not giving me a clue.

Its an unmarked envelope so i was really confused. I slowly open the envelope scared of what's inside but as i do i see gold tinted paper. As i pull the paper out i see that it's an American Idol Congratulations ticket. I look at him with a smile but shock was in my voice 

"OMG DALTON!!! This is amazing!!!! I didn't know you were planning on doing this!" 

He smiles at me "I know I wanted to surprise you"

"Well when does it air?" I question 

"January 6th i think" he replies  

"Well i can't wait to see it."

His expression changes as he speaks next 

"So I need you to know that live shows start soon after  auditions air and then before that happens i have to go and record a couple of the round before they can start live shows so I'm going to be gone a couple weeks here pretty soon, but i will text you every chance i get because i want you to know that i am still here for you even if im not physically here." 

I frown, but i know that this is what he wanted to do with his life, singing and performing was his life and i wasn't going to be that one friend to hold him back. I would love to have him by my side though the roughest parts of my life but I would be okay.

"I get it but let's not talk about that right now i don't want either one of us to be sad when this is one of the greatest days of your life. Let's do something different" i say as i curl into his side. He wrapped an arm around me and held me like we'd always do. He reached for the remote to the TV in my room and puts on a show we  both like.As Dalton calmly rubs circles in my back i slowly fall back asleep

~ Dalton's POV  ~

Nevaeh looked so cute as she slept. The short brown hair with  slight curl from her sleeping was soft as i ran my fingers though it. Laying here for the past 45 mins was interesting, I was thinking of how much i was gonna hate being gone for weeks here shortly then again in the new year. I hated the idea of being gone while shes dealing with the whole cancer thing. Filming was   going to be hard in the next couple of weeks too, because they wanted a couple rounds before live shoes stated. Id be back by Christmas most-likely  then by mid mid January id have to leave again. I hated doing this stuff to her, it feels like i'm crushing her world. As i'm deep in thought i could feel some movement from Nevaeh but i couldn't tell if she was just moving or waking up.It wasn't till she pushed me over that i realized that she was up.

"Dalton!" She screams 

"What?" I ask coming back to reality

"I asked if you wanted to go tut and get food?" She says as she crawls out of bed.

"Are you sure you can? Like are you feeling okay after yesterday?" I ask knowing very well some days she's never okay after chemo.

"Yes I'm fine Dalton, if i wasn't then i wouldn't have asked you." she says coming out of her closet with clothes for the day. 

"Okay i was just asking. I'll meet you downstairs."I reply getting out of her bed, grabbed my phone from her night stand and walked down stairs. 

~NEVAEH'S POV~

Dalton was so weird. I wanted to ask what he was think about but i didn't want to push. I wanted him to be able to follow his dream so I'm assuming he was just thinking about Idol and how he was going to do. I was so happy  for him but at the same time i needed him here. But as his best friend i support what ever he wants to do. I knew he was going to do amazing. As I walk down stairs i see Dalton sitting on our couch playing on his phone.

"Ready?" I ask making him jump 

"Yea, WALKING OR DRIVING?" HE ASK AS HE GETS UP.

"Driving, we're going to our favorite place." I say as I grab my jacket off the hook. Dalton walks over and helps me put it on and then leaves a note for my parents saying we'd gone out and would be back later. 

Walking to his car i decide to pull out my phone and find music to play in and the first song that comes up is American Idiot By Green Day so i quickly pause it so im able to plug the phone into the aux cord when i get into his car. I find it fast and plug the phone in and wait for Dalton to leave my drive way. 

"Why are you smiling like an Idiot?" he ask 

i giggle at his comment as he gets on the road and starts driving. I turn the volume on the phone and his radio all they way up and hit play. He smiles at me

"DON'T WANNA BE AN AMERICAN IDIOT!!"  He screams

"DON'T WANT A NATION UNDER THE NEW MEDIA" We both sang 

we sang the entire song the whole way to our favorite diner in the middle of town.