dandygrrrl

Chapter eleven

Daylin sat in the corridor of the hospital with Gabe.She felt upset that Ryan had lost his baby. She looked over at Gabe who was busy on his phone.

She looked over at the clock that slowly ticked by and swore when she realized that it was half an hour past her curfew. Her parents were going to go crazy. Not that she was scared of Zacky or Darcy, sure Zacky could be strict, but he was never unfair. She knew he was only like that because he cared about her.

“Gabe, I’m just going to phone my parents,” she said standing up and getting a nod from Gabe.



Darcy was beside himself when Daylin phoned. She pretty much had to hold the hand piece away from her ear as her mom almost screamed when Darcy heard that Daylin was at the hospital.

“Mom don’t freak out, okay? I’m not hurt. Mom you're getting hysterical.” Daylin sighed as she heard her mom sobbing. This was why Daylin never missed curfew. Darcy tended to go over the top like this. Daylin could understand why her mom was like this. Before Daylin was born her parents had lost a child.

Daylin had a brother, but she hadn’t met him because he was barely three when he had just vanished.  Darcy had turned away from him for just a moment while he was playing and when Darcy had turned back he had just disappeared. There had been a major search for him, but he had never turned up and
it had left Daylin’s mom highly strung.

Really, it was a wonder that Daylin was allowed out at all, but thanks to her dad he had managed to talk Darcy into letting her have her freedom. Even though he had laid down strict curfews which had her in the house a good three hours before most of her friends had to be home. Still, Zacky said she could have friends round her house anytime that she pleased.

“Mom, can you please put Dad on? You’re too upset to listen to what I’m trying to tell you,” Daylin said gently to her mom.

She smiled as she heard her Dad’s voice. He sounded angry, but it would be easier to explain the situation to him. After she had finished the story of what had happened, her Dad no longer sounded angry at her, but rather proud.

“Dad, will you come and pick me up? I don’t know how long Gabe is staying, and I can’t ask him to give a lift home because I only just met him,” Daylin asked her dad and smiled as Zacky said he would. “Thanks Dad you’re the best - apart from Mom of course.”

Daylin walked back over to Gabe and sat back down on the hard plastic seat which was now cold against her legs.

“So, were your parents alright?” Gabe asked, looking at Daylin. He looked at the clock on the opposite wall and couldn’t help but think that Daylin had to be in early. It was barely eight.

“Yeah, my mom got upset. He thought that something really bad had happened to me. He gets like that, it’s why I have to be in so early and I never miss curfew. You see, I had a brother but he was only about three when he went missing and it left my mom sort of messed up. Don’t get me wrong, you can’t get anyone better then him. My mom’s the best, but he tends to overreact if anything bad happens to me. Hell, I broke my wrist once and my mom needed more pills to calm him down than I did,” Daylin sighed. It was true that in Daylin's opinion, Darcy was one of the best moms out there, but Darcy was on a lot of pills to calm his nerves.

“That explains it then. Losing a child must have been awful for your parents. Your mom especially. What was your brother's name?”

“His name was Frank.”

Gabe mouth dropped open, suddenly seeing thesimilarities between Daylin and Frank. The large hazel eyes, the small nose and cupid bow lips. He almost kicked himself for not noticing before, but Daylin was the female version of Frank.