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Pheonix791989

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no she wasnt hit by the car since you pulled her up in time. you really are a hero. yeah that happened to me. i can tell you it warnt purtty. it was a mess and a half for that matter.
 

Pheonix791989

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Rob bit his lip as he watched his daughter sleep uncomfortably in the hospital bed. He had sent Rav home to be with the kids and to give her temporary relief. A big bit of rain picked up, drenching the city in a constant downpour. Rob had pushed the window open slightly to get a fresh breath of humid air. He never wanted to live through this again. The idea of not knowing when he woke up if his daughter would still be the same, if he left for a split moment that something would happen to her. The vivid blood red memory was seered onto his brain forever. He swallowed hard as he looked at his daughter. She would never have the childhood that he wanted her to have. With this on his mind, it was no wonder he looked as haggard as he was. The commings and goings of his parents and bandmates gave him plenty of people to talk to but it left him with more questions then ever and no one to fire them at to get answers. Mel made movement in her bed, groping in the dim light for his hand and reassurance that he was there. He smiled as he gave her a kiss on the head. Rob asked mel what was up.

"Whats wrong phi? cant sleep?"

"I wanna go home daddy. I miss fribby and sarah. sometimes fox too."

She said as he pulled her into his arms and sat down in the chair with her.

"I know you do. So do I. But daddy's gonna stay here untill his little phi gets better."

Mel squeazed tightly onto his shirt while hugging her squishy rob in the other. Rob had left the bandages on over Mel's eyes. Worrying that if he took them off, the same brown eyes that he had come to love so much would be messed up. He comforted her while he saw a shadow in his doorway. Looking up, Rob locked eyes with dave. The brown haired bassist offered up a small bit of apology upon the intrusion.

"Hey Mel, Uncle daves here. Will you be ok to stay with him while daddy gets some coffee?"

"ok daddy."

She said with a yawn. Mel held her hands up for dave to pick her up. Dave smiled as he picked Mel up and then put her back in bed as rob left the room.

"Hey lil phi, how'd ya know it was me?"

HE said as he sat down on the side of the bed with her. Mel smiled a toothy grin.

"I could smell you."

"Hey are you tryin to say im stinky?"

Mel shook her head.

"You smell like something else."

She said refering to his cologne. Smiling, Dave pulled the covers up to her chin and gave her squishy rob.

"what do you think if your daddy started teaching you drums?"

"Thats totally wicked. I wanna be just like my daddy."

She said as she nodded off to sleep. Dave gave a chuckle as he ruffeled her hair. Sometimes she was so much like rob it was almost like looking at him in person. He had no doubt that mel might be as good as him one day.

Rav looked at the still made bed across the room while she put Sarah to sleep.

"Mommy when will mel be home?"

"I dont know hon."

Rav said as she put sarah in the bed and pulled the covers up.

"Daddy sure spends alot of time with her."

Sarah said, feeling a tad bit dejected. Rav sighed, hearing this argument before.

"Someone has to stay with her because they arnt sure about her problems. Something could happen to her."

She explained yet again to sarah.

"Shes not so specail."

"She is too, just like you are."

Rav said as she closed the door and went to check on fribby. Rav was worried about Mel. Even though the doctors assured her that Mel would be fine, just blind, it still didnt keep her from her motherly worry. She frowned as well. Rob was running himself ragged he could have let her stay with mel. It might as well have been something that she was dreading. Once they hit it really big, They'd be gone on tour and in the studio. almost like the calm before the storm. Rav remembered when she would have the juggernaut arguments about his drum playing and going to shows and what not. but now that it was his job, she couldnt really lecture him about chasing his dreams. she went into the kitchen to give his cell phone a ring.

 

Jelly

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omg poor Mel!!..omg i cant believe tht happened to u!..omgg...i'm so slow lol...great updatesss
 

Ravynlee

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Wow - I have to say that makes for some intense reading that's for sure. To think that actually happened to you? :eek: Man, dunno what to say, just feel sorry for you I guess. Have no idea how much we take little things for granted til something so horrible happens. Explains a few things though. Hope your ops have gone well.

*comforting hugs*

And yay Richie/Fribby! Hero! Very proud. Things would have taken a very depressive twist had Mel the character being hit by that car... *tears up*

But anyway... the current drama is bad enough to try and endure. I sympathise with all of them as characters now. There's no good and bad, just a lot of pain and unanswered questions. Poor family (and friends - nice to see Phoenix in there as well being almost paternal. Sweet).

On the whole beautiful, moving and sad. Like Viking said it explains a lot now.

Cant wait for more. Just awesome writing Mel. You should be proud.

-Rav :D

 

Pheonix791989

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Rob muttered something to rav about wrapping the house in bubble wrap on the drive home. He had his cell phone to his ear like it was glued there. Mel sat beside him in her carseat smiling happily as she listened to a mixture of the radio and the rain drops pounding the windshield of the car. As rob pulled into the driveway, he smiled at the sight of Fribby running out to the car to meet them with Rav, fox and sarah standing in the sheltered porch. Fribby seemed to shove the door aside and then went to help his sister out of the carseat. Mel took his hand trustingly as she followed him up the steps and into her mothers waiting arms. Rav breathed a sigh of relief as she took her third born up in her arms.

"Mommy, dont cry."

Only then did rav realize she was sobbing out of relief. Sarah made a face and went back inside. stupid mel, she thought. Mel didnt look any different then she normaly did other then the gashes that were across her face. Her eyes were fine, she was just playing blind, sarah decided as she ran up to her room. Rob still puttered around the door way while fribby and fox seemed to have their play mate back. Rav passed a scrap of paper to rob. Mikes scrawling handwriting almost made it hard to make out what was on the paper before rob realized thatit was the name of a martial arts teacher.

"I'm going to go talk to this teacher about signing Mel up for it."

Rav said. Rob nodded in agreeance. The doctors had said that doing martial arts would definentaly be a good idea as physical therapy for mel.

"Can we afford it?"

Rob asked as his mind seemed to get the better of him. they had just moved into a house and with mel comming out of the hospital, that would be another bill to pay.

"We'll manage. We have before."

Rob nodded almost mechanically. Rob groaned as he sank down on a couch. It was a **** of a lot more comfortable then sitting in one of those hard recliners that they had in the childrens ward. Rav then busteled about to the kitchen, making Rob and Mel a little bit of a late lunch. She didnt see how with all the nutrition food that they had there, the food could taste so much like cardboard. Rob looked haggard, but she could only imagine the sense of relief was mirrored in her own eyes. Mel looked the same but her blank stare was the only give away with her brown eyes. Rav swallowed hard, not wanting to face it. As she popped something in the microwave, there was silence. Nothing was to be heard except for the sound of the microwave. Rav frowned as she scowered the house looking for her husband and daughter. once she reached the basement door, her suspicions were confirmed. there was banging away on the kit downstairs. Rav gave a small smile as she heard Mel's squeal of delight. Rav turned and went back into the kitchen. Rob bent down over his third borns head and whispered something in her ear.

"No matter what anyone tells you, the drummer is the leader of the band. the singer isnt, the drummer is. This is the most important thing to know."

"Alright daddy!"

Mel squealed as Rob helped her tap out the various parts of the drum. Fribby watched his dad and Mel from the top of the stairs. He was determined to not let anything happen to her.

Rob smiled as he tucked his two girls into bed. Fribby insisted on staying with the twins. Rob ruffeled his sons hair as Fribby setteled into his sleeping bag. Rob bid them all goodnight with out too much more of a delay, their bedtime already set back about ten minutes from the laughter and giggeling of rob happily instituting a riot of playfull banter with fox, sarah and fribby when to his suprise and Rav's dissapointment, Mel jumped in, being tickeled and played with almost as much as if she was able to see what was going on. Rob blushed under Ravs glare.

"Dont do that to mel."

She said shortly. She was already thin lipped from almost chewing her bottom lip off. Rolling his eyes, Rob went downstairs with Rav at his heels.

"I mean it Rob, you need to be more carefull."

Rob gave a groan as he ran his hand over the unshaven chin of his.

"Jesus rav, im just trying to treat her normaly. When we were down there playing drums together, she told me she wanted to be just like everyone else."

"Rob stop acting so childish. You and I both know that she cant be like everyone else!"

"Oh so what do you want me to do? Go out of my to play safe with her? Shes not going to learn anything unless she feels what its like to be like everyone else. What about when she and sarah start school? Do you think the teachers gonna have time to play favorites just because she's blind?"

Rob shot back angrily, normaly it would have taken much more to wind him up, but after being stuck in a hospital for the past five days was enough to make anyone want to go berserk. Rav snorted. Rob was being stupid and as oblivious as usuaul.

"Shes not a little boy who can rough around with you like Fribby can!"

"She might as well be! Mel is more like me and dave then anything!"

Rav growled back at him,

"shes not you! You cant expect her to be just like you and dave! She wont ever be like that!"

"I'm not expecting anything from her!"

Sarah crawled into the bed with Mel and Fribby.

"Mommy and daddy are fighting again."

"Theyre loud."

Fribby growled his agreence.

"They arnt gonna be like grandma and grampa are they?"

Mel's small voice asked as her blank stare was fixed ahead at a point on the wall above Fribby's head.

"prolly not. mommys too stubborn."

Fribby nodded, almost as if he was saying 'and dad isnt any better'.

"Youre right fribby. daddy is just as bad."

Sarah whispered, interpreting his nods for Mel.

"I dont want daddy to go, I love him too much."

"Come on mel, hed go if he could."

"nuh huh!"

"yeah-huh!"

Fribby growled sharply in repremind before his sisters started into another argument. Mel clutched squishy rob to her chest

"I dont want them to fight."

Mel wimpered. Sarah snorted.

"dont be dumb, everyone fights."

 

Ravynlee

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Just awesome. Poor Mel... but the funny thing is I can see this from everyone's POV; Rav being defensive, Rob wanting to treat her 'normal' and as for the kids - poor guys. But yeah, everyone fights. Given the extra stress this family has been through it's not impossible.

Incredible. I love the way you write. Wish there were hourly updates *s******s* Yes, it's that good.

Hope everything's okay with you?

*tackle hugs*

-Rav

 

Ravynlee

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im going to be updating on Monday. my floppy disk is in my locker. im glad youre enjoying this.
Awww - Monday's too far away! *sob* I guess I kinda have to tho right? hmm, well... that'll give me a chance to update mine I guess. Enjoying it? Loving it! Hope all's well. *hugs*

-Rav :D

 

Pheonix791989

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this is how I met my friend shawn. so this chapters dedicated to him

shawn: *waves at screen* howdy rav, remember me? whats up y'all?

Mel took a few shy steps across the threshold of the local Doh-jhong. Mike gave this a high reccomendation. He knew the teacher as the man who taught him back when he was younger. Holding Daves hand and Robs hand with Joe and brad bringing up the rear with mike leading the group inside while chester stayed out to have a smoke. Mike bowed as he entered in out of habit,

"Yes I can!"

Saying those words with the same confidence that Rob had noticed that mike had on the stage. Rav had dropped off Fribby and Sarah and fox at daycare before heading off to work. A blond haired man who was what seemed a good 40 years as mikes senior.

"Mike."

"Master cook."

The two shook hands. Dave picked Mel up in his arms as Rob went off to tend to some business with getting her signed up. Two little boys came running up to dave, still in their uniforms from the last class. Smiling, Dave set Mel down.

"Hi I'm Shawn."

One of them said. Mel's head turned in the direction of the dark haired boy. Dave got down onto his knees with some dificulty, then explained that Mel was specail.

"We dont care. We're specail too."

Shawn said as he took Mel's hand. She almost jumpped at the boys touch but didnt feel as if he was a threat. Shawn led her around the doh-jhong with his twin brother Leon. Dave kept a sharp eye out for his *** child. smirking, Dave couldnt help but chuckle at the memory of Rob making different members of the band as *** parents. Mike was sarahs, Brad was fribbys and joe, *** forbid, was fox's. Mel was running back and forth with shawn and leon happily. They were treating her no differently then any other kid. Shawn gave a broad smile as Master cook came out and said that Mel would be joining them in their little class. Mel happily took off her shoes and socks before giving her dad a quick hug.

"Go get 'em phi."

"I will daddy."

Shawn led her by the hand to the class. Mel stood inbetween shawn and leon.

"Mr Shawn? Can you show Ms Mel how to do knife hand strike?"

"Yes sir!"

came the little voice in a confidant and loud reply. Shawn then turned to mel and helped her get into the right stance, molding her hands into the right position.

Rav was about to scream. two cooks were sick, they were short on wait staff and the cash registers were all broken, not to mention all the irritated lunch crowd sitting in the dining room.

"Rav I need you for tables four and seven!"

Their manager said irritatedly as he managed to balance two trays with ten drinks on them. Rav gave an exasperated growl as she put in the order for another table and then hurried out to get the other tables orders. Rav was glad when her shift ended. Despite the pleas of her manager, Rav was glad to be out of there, it was a nightmare. Rav collapsed down on the couch. Glad to be rid of the stress of work momentairly. She closed her eyes briefly before worrying about Mel. Rob was taking her to martial arts. Motherly instinct kicked in and as always but then it made her cringe at the thought of her three year old daughter learning how to fight. Rav didnt condone that sort of thing, especailly for her little girls. The front door came open and there were loud squeals and thunderous tiny foot falls on the entry way floor. She heard Rob's chuckle and Fribbys usuaul growl. Rav sighed as she thought about her son. he said a few precious words when mel was hurt, now it was all growls again.

 

Ravynlee

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Hey Mel, hey there Shaun! *waves at screen* How are ya? Haha, good times.

With the cyclone that hit the coast here my ADSL has been knocked out so I don't have long online tonight *sob* but I had to get on and see if y'all updated. Yay for me - you did! Funny thing, I wrote the exact same thing with the Godparent's listing EXACTLY as you did - then put it in the scrap pile two updates ago. Freaky - but makes sense when you put it in character context. I'm like laughing as I read that - haha, great update!

Very sweet - though I can see why Rob and the rest of the band pushed to get Mel into martial arts. Makes sense to me. *wink* Glad she has a friend in Shaun. Aww.

As always can't wait for more. No, seriously. You know I love it.

*hugs*

-Rav :D

 

Pheonix791989

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its all good. but funny you should mention the *** parents thing..... my sister says that right under Rob im most likely to impersonate the almighty phi. but its all good. yeah thats how i met shawn. no update today there will be one tomorrow. I promise you

its all good

mini-rob

 
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