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Chapter 21
"Ok, here's my pager
number, Darren's pager number, Karl's cell phone number, Lee's pager number and
Ben's cell phone AND pager number. Call us every night at 7, lock all the doors,
don't let anyone in the house unless you know them, no parties, and don't forget
to feed Gonzo," Daniel said.
"Sheesh," I
said. We were all at the airport. All the guys had to fly to New York to do some
promotion shows and appear on MTV and since of my condition, I couldn't go with
them.
"Are you gonna be
ok all alone for 3 days?" Darren asked.
"I'll be fine. I
have Gonzo here with me!" I said. Darren smiled.
"Ok, here's my
credit card for EMERGENCIES," Daniel said.
"And here's 50
bucks for non-emergencies," Lee said.
"Guys, I'll be
fine!" I said. They decided to let me stay home alone since I didn't need a
babysitter.
"Ok, ok, we
know," Karl said.
"Well, we'll see
you in three days. Bye Dee, don't burn the house down," Ben said. I smiled
and hugged him. I hugged Lee and Karl. The three of them went to check the
tickets.
"Ok, we'll call
when we get there," Daniel said.
"Ok mom," I
said. He laughed.
"Bye Dee," he
said as he kissed my cheek. Darren stepped up to me. He looked into my eyes and
smiled. My heart melted. He wrapped his arms around me.
"All my bags are
packed, I'm ready to go, I hate to wake you up to say goodbye...." he
started to sing, "So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for
me, hold me like you'll never...let me goooo....cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
I dunno when I'll be back again!" he sang to me. I started to laugh as he
got louder and louder. "LEAVIN' ON A JET PLANE! I DUNNO WHEN I'LL BE BACK
AGAIN!!" Daniel turned around as did Karl, Lee and Ben. Lee started to sing
with him. Soon, Daniel and Ben joined in. Karl added his voice as they all sang
in harmony as Darren and I held each other. We started to crack up. They
finished singing it and the people around us started to clap. Daniel, Ben, Karl
and Lee said bye and walked on the plane.
"You've been
watching too much of 'Armageddon'," I said. He laughed.
"We won't be gone
for that long, but I'm gonna miss you," he said. We stared into each
other's eyes.
"I'm gonna miss
you more," I said.
"I'll call. Bye
Dee, I love ya," he said.
"Bye...," I
started to say but he kissed me. I kissed back as we treasured our moment
together.
"Bye," he
said as we separated. He picked up his bag and walked out of my view. I sighed
and got a taxi to ride home in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ok Gonzo, it's just you
and me," I said to my puppy. She started to wag her tail as I got her a
treat. I was home and nothing to do. I looked at the phone, hoping it would
ring. I stared at it so long when it finally did ring, I jumped. I was shocked
that it actually rang when I wanted it too and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Delia, this
is Jason," Jason said on the other line.
"Hey Jason,"
I said.
"Whatcha up
too?" he asked.
"Nothing," I
said.
"Well, I
remembered you telling me that your boyfriend had to go somewhere and I just
called to ask you if you need me to drive you to school," he asked.
"Yeah, that'd be
great! I was planning to walk, but it's really getting cold," I said.
"Ok, well, I'll
see you tomorrow at 7:30," he said. I agreed and we hung up. I smiled since
Jason was my only friend at school. I turned on the TV and surfed to find a good
channel. I turned on MTV and "Because of You" was on. I smiled since
it was Darren's and my song. I got chills cause I realized he wasn't there and
went to my room to find a sweatshirt. I looked though my drawers and pulled out
a shirt. I didn't recognize it at first and wondered who's it was. I put the
sweatshirt on and went back to the couch. I cuddled up in it and realized it was
the sweatshirt Darren let me wear when I first met him. I smiled to myself as I
watched the TV.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Man! I HATE
hangovers," Karl said, as the guys tried to comfortable in the plastic
chairs at the airport. They were somewhere in Maine where they’d take a direct
flight to New York City. They had about an hours wait. Darren grabbed his
Discman and turned it on. He took out a picture of him and Delia and smiled. He
closed his eyes as he drifted off.
Daniel looked around.
He checked to see if he had a magazine in his backpack. He didn't. He got up and
decided to buy one at a shop in the airport. He walked around until he came
across a bookstore. He walked in and went to the magazine section. He picked up
the latest issue of People and flipped through the pages. He got into an article
and stood there and read it. He finished reading it.
Daniel looked up and
realized a woman was standing next to him. He didn't pay to much attention to
her, but then shot his head back at her. He couldn't believe it. She looked just
like Delia. She was in her mid-thirties and had black hair, fair skin, and
bright blue eyes. Daniel pictured Joe in his head and put his facial features
together with the woman's and pictured Delia. He couldn't believe it. He
realized he was staring and looked away. "Could that be her mom?"
Daniel asked himself. Another woman approached her. Daniel listened to their
conversation.
"Ready Dora?"
the woman asked her.
"Yeah, I was just
looking at this magazine. It's about all those teen fad groups. I wonder if
Delia likes any of them," Dora said, quietly. Daniel's eyes burst open.
"DELIA???" he
asked himself. He couldn't believe his eyes. He was looking directly at Delia's
mom. The woman that abandoned her for 16 years without even a call or letter. He
suddenly got the rage to scream at her, but he couldn't. He looked at this woman
and felt all the pain that Delia went though the past months and wondered how
this woman couldn't even cared. He looked at her with anger in his eyes. Still
shocked and surprised, he walked out of the store without buying anything. He
walked back to the section where the guys were. A million thoughts swam through
his head.
"Should I tell
her? Is it really her? Could it be a mistake? Should I tell Darren? What if we
never see her again and I live with this on my conscious? What if....," he
thought. He got to the section and plopped down in his chair. Darren looked at
him questionably and took off his headphones.
"Daniel? You
okay?" Darren asked.
"Yeah D," he
lied. Darren looked at Daniel and knew something was up.
"Did something
happen?" Darren asked. Daniel was silent for a minute.
"I...I
saw..," Daniel started.
"Saw what?"
Darren asked.
"Nothing. Never
mind," Daniel said as he sank in his chair.
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