themuseswithin RP: Death. [Open to all]

[fromheavencame]

As horrible as it was, Gabriel had always hoped that his mother would fall ill before she died. If she fell ill, he would have time to prepare what was inevitably going to come. He would be able to time it, to say good bye to her properly. To tell her that despite the argument they had had, and the times where they had disagreed, that he was still

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[humanmapquest]

Molly had come home from her private voice lessons -- it was something her Grandmother and Sister Fracessca had suggested; they said she could carry a tune and that, be it a rare gift, was a gift all her own -- when she saw her father all but broken in the kitchen. Well, truth be told, Molly hadn't noticed him at first -- she was too busy racing off into her room to neatly place her sheet music on her desk, before rushing off to tell her father about the recent rehersal. She was all starry eyes and flushed with excitement, which soon faded into sunken eyes and her face dropping as soon as she saw Gabriel.

He looked broken, defeated and she wasn't sure she could cleverly pinpoint on the where's and how's.

"Dad?"

[fromheavencame]

"Molly?"

Gabriel hadn't expected her home so soon, but when he turned and looked up at the clock he saw that it was exactly when she usually got back. He muttered under his breath, because time had just flown by so fast that he hadn't even realised it.

"I was just...I...I don't even have dinner ready," he muttered, mostly to himself as he got up from where he had been sitting, moving towards her before he knelt down in front of her, his eyes shimmering with tears, but he wasn't going to let them fall. He had a daughter, and he had to be strong for her.

"I...I have some bad news, sweetheart. We need to talk."

[humanmapquest]

"It's okay, we can order pizza?" She offered, chewing the inside of her cheek curiously because he never got so upset about food before. Maybe it was because of Natalie, or maybe it was missing Ben's LA trip? Suddenly she was wrecked with guilt and all she wanted to do was hug him.

Then he said those words that made her stomach drop.

"What is it?"