I Swear It All Over Again (Book 1)

Chapter 6

My dad pushed a queen size bed over against the blue painted wall that he had spent days painting. He scooted a dark blue couch with light blue and white pillows piled up on top of each other to the other side of the room. He forced himself to pull a small black dresser to the wall next to the bed, putting a white lamp on it and a clock that hasn't been turned on yet.

 He grabbed another dresser a lot bigger that was black and put it close to the exit. The ceiling had a dark blue painted heart with other tiny black hearts around it, and the carpet was white.

 My dad threw bing bags that now surrounded a flat screen T.V. The bing bag to the right was blue and the one on the left was black then the one in the middle was white.

 He moved his head to look in the corner by the bed, there was a black desk with another white lamp. A black spinning chair, a laptop sitting in the corner of the desk, a pencil holder, folders, colored pencils and markers. A white see through vase with no flowers in it but still had water in it. Above the bed there was words printed from big to small ''Hope, live, laugh, love, dream, believe.'' They were all over the place colored in white, blue, and black again. 

The bed had blue pillows, four in the back then three in the middle and two in the front. They were pretty tiny but the back pillows were large. The blanket was a light blue with black circles designed on it.

 My dad stood in the middle of the room, sucking in air, grinning before whispering to himself. "I can't wait until you see this."

~~Henry~~

"What's her name?" I blurt out causing Ray to sigh and frown.

"Henry please," Ray pleads, "stop asking questions. I didn't want to lose her, but I did." He rubs his eyes, setting the picture frame back down on his desk. Ray got out from his chair and walked into the lab. I followed him and when he went up to a door that was painted white and he was about to grab the doorknob, and open the door and walk in there but he just backed away from it.

 Memories flash across his eyes, scared to open the door and more importantly, he's terrified to walk into the room.

~~Annabel~~

"Mom can I ask you something?" I asked as I poke my head in the doorway of her room. She was going through some boxes that had been in her closet. She turned her head to look at me and I saw that she had been crying. Her eyes were puffy and her brown hair was in a pony tail, it looked like she just woke up.

"Yeah what is it?" She wipes her tears away, folding the box up and sliding it under her bed. She stares at a card that was laying on the bed with a blue, small fluffy bear that had a heart in it's hand, spelling out I Love You! Happy 19th birthday!

"It's about. . . .dad." I thought I heard her say something under her breath. She picks up the card, slowly opening it as memories flashed through her eyes, tears threatening to spill from her eyes.  

"Annabel we already talked about this, I don't want to talk about it." She snapped at me while closing the card and pulling back out the box, throwing the card and the bear back in the box. Shutting it and sliding it back underneath her bed.

 "Why?"

 She inhales air as she lets out a shaky cry. "It's to hard for me to talk about it." She mumbles, softly and sits down on her bed, rubbing her hand on the blanket.

"I can't at least know what his name was?" She shakes her head and I felt like my legs were going to give out as I released the frown that I was holding in.

 "I'm sorry Annabel," she looks up meeting my eyes, "I can't take the risk of you finding out who he is. I can't lose you Annabel."

After my dad drank his hot coco he noticed that my mom had fallen asleep, causing him to smile. He turns off the television and got out of the bed, walking over to the table and picking up the two coffee cups. He set them by the marshmallows by the microwave, turning on the lamp and picking up his backpack.

He unzipped his backpack and pulled out a few roses and a card with a fluffy, tiny blue bear that was holding a heart that spelled out I Love You! Happy 19th birthday!

 My dad put the card next to the bear on the table next to the bed, placing the roses on the other side of the bear. He slowly walks out of the room, closing the door and locking the door.

When he was walking down the hallway to his dorm he ran into a unfamiliar person. He had short black hair and was wearing blue jeans, a grey sweatshirt, and shoes. They stared at each other before he puts his hand out and they shook  their hands, before he blurts out. "My names Brent Armstrong."

 My mom woke up wrapped in her blanket and glanced over at her clock to see that it was 7:30pm. She turned her body around expecting to find my dad next to her but she found something else. On the white table next to her was a small blue bear, roses, and a notebook paper and a card. She sat up and reached her hand over to grab the card and the bear, before opening the card.

I think about you every morning when I open my eyes.

I think about you every evening I turn out the lights.

I'm glad to have you in my life.

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