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[G.L'S]

Rescendo and Synesthesia

and her father who'd never let them be together

Part 11

Synesthesia stayed in the park for a long time. After they hugged, they walked around for a bit, talking about how Rescendo could help his mom and get his education at the same time. He still wanted to be a teacher but the situation he was facing was keeping him out of school. After a bit, Synesthesia noticed the sun was retreating from the sky and gasped in surprise. "Oh no! My parents don't know where I am! I was going to be back before anyone came home! Oh Re, I've gotta go!"

Rescendo nodded and trotted forward, "well c'mon slowpoke. Let's get you home!" he said and ran ahead. With a laugh, Syn ran after him towards her neighbourhood again.

It was colder out and Synesthesia was feeling a little poorly. She was wondering if coming out for so long was a good idea with her pneumonia but it wasn't long into the thought when Rescendo wrapped his arm arounf her and hugged her close, banishing any doubts from her mind. She smiled and felt a vibration from her coat pocket. Synesthesia pulled out her phone. It was 3:45 and there was a text from Clairvoyance waiting for her:

Syn, where r u!? txt bak asap!

Synesthesia bit her lip and responded to her sister, letting her know she went out for a stroll and was coming back home now. After she sent it, she slipped the phone back in her coat pocket and hugged Rescendo close to her. She missed this togetherness.

Around fifteen or so minutes later, they arrived outside her house. The car wasn't back so her parents weren't home yet. Maybe traffic made them late or something else. Either way, Synesthesia was grateful for not having to explain her absence and even though Clairvoyance could tattle, Synesthesia found enough information about her sister during her house arrest to blackmail her into silence.

Synesthesia turned to Rescendo with raised eyebrows. "Wanna come inside? My parents aren't home yet. It'll just be my sister and brother and they both know about us already."

Rescendo shrugged, "Sure if you want me to."

Synesthesia nodded and held his hand as she brought him inside.

She wasn't in even ten seconds before Clarivoyance was at the door looking livid. "You faker! You were out 'strolling' when you were supposed to be sick!" she said gesturing to Rescendo in a very impolite manner.

Synesthesia had had enough of her sister's holier than art thou preaching and placed her hand on her shoulder, commanding her silence. "Look sis, I got the ok from Mom and Dad saying I AM allowed outside. As for your assumptions of Rescendo here. You be nicer to him or I'll make your life miserable."

Clairvoyance laughed a bit. "How?"

Synesthesia's mouth curved into a wicked smile. "Let's just say I ran out of books to read and found some very interesting reading material underneath your mattress. Too bad the lock is broken on it."

Clairvoyance's face blanched when she figured out what her sister meant. "You didn't..."

Synesthesia nodded. "I sure did and if you say anything bad about Rescendo or blab anything to the family, your personal business that you don't want Mom or Dad knowing will be exposed. We clear?"

Clairvoyance nodded with a gulp and turned to leave. "I've gotta go do homework," she said and ran upstairs. Seeing her run up so fast and hearing al of that, Rescendo looked at Synesthesia with raised eyebrows but didn't say anything.

Not long after, the voices of Dissonance and someone else caught both their attentions. They walked into the kitchen to see Dissonance working on an art project with a girl from his class. Immediately, Rescendo's jaw dropped. "Sierra!?"

The little pup looked up and smiled at her brother. Dissonance smiled and looked up at Synesthesia. "Hey Syn, meet my best friend!"

[G.L'S]

Rescendo and Synesthesia

and her father who'd never let them be together

Part 12

When Rescendo was over the shock of his sister being there, the four of them sat and talked about things, Re and Syn on one side and Dissonance and Sierra on the other. Occassionally though when they'd look over at their younger siblings. They'd see them looking at each other and blush a bit before truning back to their older siblings. A few times, Dissonance placed his paw over Sierra's and she blushed so red, she had to move her paw. Synesthesia smiled and stifled her giggles each time that happened, remembering when that was her...and still was. Rescendo noticed and placed his big paw over her little one, triggering the same reaction from Synesthesia. Sierra and Dissonance laughed as she buried her face in Rescendo's shoulder.

After that little bit, Schizophrenika returned home from her lectures and came into the kitchen. "Hey you guys, Mom and Dad not home yet?"

Synesthesia shook her head. "Traffic probably held them back in the city. Sis, this is Rescendo and his little sister Sierra," she introduced. Rescendo extended his paw to shake and Sierra waved with a toothy grin.

Schizophrenika shook Rescendo's paw and shot a look at Syn saying the very obvious: So this is the guy? Huh, nice choice.

Synesthesia blushed and nodded in thanks. "How about I get dinner started. Are you going to be staying?" she asked Re.

Rescendo stood up with a disappointed shake of his head. "I'm afraid not. We should get back to our mother."

Sierra's happy smile changed into a crestfallen look. "Oh Re, can't we stay please? Mom'll be okay. Gordie said he'd visit today."

Rescendo looked away with a flat expression. "'Bout time, the bum could care less about his own mother," he said and looked back at his little sister. "Okay then, but just for dinner."

"Yay!" she yipped and hugged Dissonance happily. Synesthesia looked down at her brother as he hugged her back, blushing redder than a tomato.

~*~

Synesthesia made up a pot of spaghetti and meatballs for dinner that night and extended the table to fit the number of people. Mom and Dad still hadn't come back yet but they were expected soon. Synesthesia set eight places for that night and brought out the bread and butter and spaghetti to the table.

When they sat down to eat, Schizophrenika served the plates while Clairvoyance silently buttered the bread slices, not daring to look at Synesthesia. Dissonance and Sierra chatted away and occasionally were caught trying to share a spaghetti noodle but would start laughing long before they'd even be close to kissing. Synesthesia and Rescendo shook their heads with a laugh while they watched their little siblings and held each other's hands beneath the table.

Halfway through the meal, the phone rang and Schizophrenika got up to get it. After a few short minutes, she burst back into the kitchen with her coat and purse and looked at each of them wide-eyed. "Mom and Dad have been in a car accident and it's bad. We've gotta go now."

[G.L'S]

Rescendo and Synesthesia

and her father who'd never let them be together

Part 13

After that phone call, dinner was over. Everyone got up and rushed for the door. Rescendo pulled Synesthesia aside. "I'm just going to drop Sierra off at home. I'll come to the hospital as fast as I can, I promise."

Synesthesia hugged him tight and kissed his cheek. "Thank you Re."

~*~

It had been two hours since they arrived and there was still no word from the doctors. Rescendo had just walked through the doors into the emergency and saw Synesthesia sitting there with her three siblings. "Any word?" His answer came as Synesthesia shook her head sadly. He sat down and hugged her tight. "It'll be okay. Don't worry it'll be okay."

A few mintues later, a nurse opened the emergency door and helped a woman out. She was walking on crutches and was covered in bandages. It was their mother. Synesthesia immediately stood up and bleated out a cry and went to hug her close. They sat her down and she began to explain what had happened.

"We were coming home and we hit a snag in the traffic. It was going slow for a long stretch but we managed to get out of it. We were halfway out of the city when someone came down the entry ramp onto the highway and cut us off to get on. We ended up rolling the car into the ditch. I don't remember even getting out."

"How's Dad? Is he okay?" Dissonance asked very worriedly.

Their mother bit her lip and shook her head. "It's not good. He took the brunt of the impact," she said and burst into tears. Schizophrenika held her mother and let her cry while Synesthesia walked up to the nurse's desk. She looked over towards the nurse who was trying to sort many many files of patients being rushed in. "Can I help you?" she asked.

"My father, his name is Schizophrenia, Is it possible to see him?"

The nurse fussed aaround and found her father's file. "He's been rushed to Intensive Care. You'll have to speak with them up there. They're on the second floor in the Hayleyview Wing."

"Thank you," Synesthesia said and corraled her family to the elevators.

When they got up there, They sat in the waiting room for the Intensive Care Unit for the doctor to come out and speak to them about Schizophrenia. After a bit, a man in a white coat with a clipboard and heavy-set glasses came out and looked at the menagerie in his waiting room. "I assume you're all here to see Schizophrenia. You may go in two at a time, we don't want to bombard him."

Synesthesia's mother and Dissonaonce went in first, followed by Schizophrenika and Clairvoyance. While they waited in the room, Synesthesia tried to stifle her tears as Rescendo held her close. She turned and looked up at him after a while. "Re, what are we going to do?"

Rescendo shook his head a bit and kissed her forehead. "I don't know Syn. All I know is I'm just really thankful you weren't in that car today," he said and hugged her tight. "Life's too short and precious to worry about trivial things. All I know is I love you and I can't afford to lose you."

Synesthesia bust into tears and hugged him back tightly. "I feel the same way."

After a bit, They were allowed to go in to visit Schizophrenia. It was bad. An IV of fluids and a blood transfusion were hooked up to her father as well as a cardiogram and an oxygen machine. He was all battered and bruised laying there and he just seemed so tired. He looked up at Synesthesia and Rescendo and sighed a bit. "How are you two?" he asked breathlessly.

"Forget about us, how about you?" Synesthesia asked and held her father's ravaged paw in her own. He winced a bit but shook his head. "I'll be fine. It's just painful," he said to her and looked up at Rescendo. "We meet again. My apologies for my behaviour."

Rescendo shrugged it off and sat down beside Synesthesia. "You had good reason. I don't hold it against you."

Schizophrenia smiled but it soon turned into a wet sounding cough. "Well I was wrong to assume you would just use my daughter. My apologies," he said and extended his free paw in a sign of a truce.

Rescendo took his paw and shook it softly. "My apologies too. It won't happen again."

Schizophrenia laughed a bit and smiled. "You better not you hooligan!" he joked but he soon stopped as he was running out of breath. The cardiogram machine started to beep loudly and the doctor ran in and ushered them out. Before they left, Schizophrenia whispered to Rescendo, "Take care of her, I won't stand in your way anymore," and sighed one last time.

Synesthesia's worst fears were confirmed right after that as the machine sounded her father's flatlining heart. Schizophrenia was dead.

[G.L'S]

Rescendo and Synesthesia

and her father who'd never let them be together

Part 14

The following week, the entire family mourned Schizophrenia's death with the visitations and the funeral to bury him. Throughout all of it, Rescendo was at Synesthesia's side, comforting her as they buried her father in the ground.

The family went back to its normal routine not long after that. Everyone went back to school and work but there was still an empty space there no one could fill. About a month after his death was Synesthesia's sixteenth birthday, and she spent none of it celebrating. Her friends at school all wished her a happy birthday but she didn't even care, she was still grieving the loss of her father.

The next day, Synesthesia's mother called everyone into the kitchen for a family meeting. Everyone went to their spot at the table, leaving the chair at the head empty. Her mother looked at each family member and sighed. "We need closure. I think we need a releasing ceremony."

"What's a releasing ceremony?" Dissonance asked.

"It's a ceremony where we celebrate your father's life and reflect on the happy times we had with him rather than the sad ones. When my mother died, we kids did it and released a butterfly as a sign of her soul, setting her free. It helps the grieving process. You all in?" their mother asked. Synesthesia nodded and the other children agreed. They'd give it a try.

That afternoon, all of the family, including Rescendo and Sierra came out to the releasing. Each person spoke about their memories with their father. Even little Sierra had a memory of meeting him when Dissonance and her played in the park one day. She mentioned how nice he treated her and how she wished he was her father. Rescendo bit his lip as she said this and started into his own story.

He mentioned all the years he and Syn were friends and its relationship with her father. After he finished, he turned to Synesthesia and hugged her tight. "He asked me to take care of her. And I plan to!" he said loudly as if it could be heard from the heavens. Synesthesia hugged him tight and nodded in agreement.

After everyone said their piece, they each picked up a jar with a single butterfly in it. They were all Monarchs, his favourite, except for one yellow swallowtail which Synesthesia held. He used to say to her when she was younger that he'd give her all the swallowtails in the world if he could. She smiled and uncapped the lid. "Here's one for you Dad," she said and watched it fly with the others into the sky.

[G.L'S]

Rescendo and Synesthesia

and her father who'd never let them be together

Part 15

After the releasing ceremony, the family felt a little better and was able to live life a little again. Rescendo and Sierra spent a lot of time at the house. Not long after as well, Rescendo's mother came over to meet Synesthesia's family.

One winter day, Rescendo and Sierra came over and helped their mother inside. She walked in on supported crutches and Rescendo proudly introduced her to everyone in the family, except for Dissonance. Sierra made sure she introduced him. The other woman looked over at Synesthesia's mother with a wise but empathetic expression. "I'm sorry for your loss. My son told me what happened."

Her mother walked over to her and brought her a chair to rest on. "It's hard but we move along. It's all we can do."

Rescendo's mother thanked her and sat down with a nod. "That's true. Anything you need, I can help."

Her mother smiled gratefully. "Thank you."

His mother extended her paw in friendship, "I'm Esperenza."

"Molly, It's good to meet you," her mother replied.

~*~

Not long after their meeting, the two moms became instant friends. After a while to support each other, Rescendo's family moved in. The family room was converted into a bedroom for Esperenza so she didn't have to climb the stairs. Sierra stayed in the family room with her mother and Rescendo lived in the basement. With the support for both moms, all the children could go to school, even Rescendo.

A couple years passed and the two families lived in harmony happily. Rescendo returned to highschool and caught up enough to graduate with Synesthesia. At their graduation, they sat and got their diplomas together, bith announcing they were attending the same university next year. Her in health sciences and him in teaching.

At the end of the summer holiday, the two packed up and moved their things out of the house to go to school that fall but before they left, they decided to pay a visit to Schizophrenia. They sat by the headstone and placed some new flowers by it. Rescendo took Synesthesia's paw in his and looked over at her father. "Well, Syn and I were talking about something we have planning but we want your consent first, Dad. May I have your daughter's hand?"

A few moments after he asked, a breeze blew through the air and a small yellow butterfly, a swallowtail, fluttered over and landed on their enclosed paws. It flexed its wings a few times before flying up and resting on Schizophrenia's gravestone.

"I think that's a yes."

The End

[G.L'S]

Character List:

Synesthesia and Rescendo


Schizophrenia and Molly


Dissonance and Sierra


Schizophrenika and Clairvoyance


Esperenza


Doctor, Cab driver, Mr. Malone


(So did everyone like it?)

[Lizzy<3]

AWSOME!! YOU NEED TO RIGHT MOre!!>

[G.L'S]

Hehe, don't worry. I plan on makingthis one nice and long for everyone.

[Lizzy<3]

yay! and your a really good writer...

[G.L'S]

really? Wow, thank you