Welcome back to Part 2 of My Guardian Angel! Thank you SO much for all the views and recommendations this series has received, I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations, in the next 2 chapters at some point we will switch to Taylor’s POV! Anyway, last time we left off….
“I promised you no matter what I would look after you, make you happy… and I will…. I promise you as your Guardian Angel…”
OMG was I dreaming, did he just say that?
“Come my love, let me take all the pain away…”
It was the most amazing moment of my life! I didn’t even care it was a dream… it felt so real! I forgot everything else in the world, all the people, all the places, even the deaths I had caused, Taylor had taken all of that away in one night…. Then these images flashed through my head and I had to pull away…
“What’s wrong Rachel? Did I do something wrong?”
“Listen Taylor… I just met you today… why do I keep seeing you and why do you feel so familiar to me?”
“Man, you really don’t remember do you? So much for your promise…”
“What are you talking about? I met you this morning! I’ve never met you in my life!” My voice sounded more sure then I though, had I met him before? Was he really the presence I had felt as a child?
“I’m here for you Rachel, just like I promised. Try to remember…”
“What are you talking about Taylor?”
“Try to remember.” His voice was growing faint and as I looked up he started to fade as well…. I was deep in thought when the sudden “RACHEL, WAKE UP!” jolted right through my body…
I woke up totally shocked and startled at the same time. I was back in my room. I looked at the clock 1:00am then I heard his voice again.
“Rach, you’re awake!”
I turned to see Kris standing over my bed with a look of worry on his face…
“You’re awake. Good, you sounded like you were having a bad dream.”
Bad dream? That was one of the best moments of my life! Had I really been screaming in my sleep?
“You Ok sis?”
“Why were you in my room?”
“I was getting a glass of water when I heard you scream… did you have a bad dream?”
It was weird… we hadn’t talked like this in ages! And he seemed generally worried about me… it felt really nice for a change, but no matter how much I loved my brother I had a feeling I couldn’t tell him anything about this…
“You know me bro! Cause there’s nothing wrong! I just had to much sugar before bed, everything is fine!”
What he did next totally shocked me….
“You can talk to me anytime, you know that right sis?”
“Yeah… I do.”
I looked over his shoulder and saw HIM again! But at the same time those images I saw when kissing him came fresh in my mind… was he the crying child I saw? And who was the girl he was reaching out to?
It may have been very early in the morning but I decided to go for a swim, the water relaxed me, made me feel calm and forget all that had been happening lately at least for a while…
And it worked, I felt calm and collected.. this clarity made me go back to what I thought I saw… maybe these images in my head and the experiences with Taylor’s ‘presence’ as a child were connected, he did used to call out to someone… but who? Then my moment of clarity was shattered…
“Rach? Is that you?”
“What are you doing up early sis?”
“I’m fine Jasmine, why are you up anyway? You always sleep in till like 7.”
“I needed to go to the loo and then I caught Kris in the hallway… so while were up…. You seem close to that Taylor kid, why isn’t he interested in me? I mean no offence, but why does he waste his time with you?”
“What do you mean what is he doing with me? You know you’re not perfect Jaz! Anyway, I don’t know why he blew you off,. But I don’t know him anyway, maybe he likes me because I’m not like all your little followers, I’m me, not what you want me to be and it’s time someone told you so!” OK, looking back, I properly shouldn’t have gone that far, but I had been under a lot of stress…
“You know what? You are a loser! I’m tired of sticking up for you when Diana starts, I try to tell her your ok, but you know what? You are weird! You never go anywhere, you’re always moody, and your guitar skills, SUCK!”
I’d seen her pull that face many times before… usually when a new girl came, they were considered a threat to her perfect lifestyle. She didn’t think of me as a threat did she? I’m just me, trying to blend in to the background…
I knew class would be bad the next day. I didn’t think it would be this bad though… everyone was busy talking to Jasmine, admiring her new look…. It made me want to puke…
“Thanks everyone, I just fancied a change, that’s all.”
Really? She was wearing a mini skirt, she HATED miniskirts! She told me she hated how boys drool over girls in them and that she didn’t need to wear one, this is how she was going to win over Taylor? She didn’t think he was interested in me because I wore shorts did she?
She looked right at me and said more to me then the whole class “What do you think? Am I not stunning?” I knew who she was really trying to impress… but it didn’t bother me… did it?
“Man, Taylor have you checked out Jazzy? Can you believe what the chick is wearing? Uncool. Why do chicks have to change who they are. Have to admit though, she can pull it off. What you think?”
“I hate girls who try to be someone else… I like girls who are honest and down to earth…”
I couldn’t help but overhear their conversation, and as soon as he had said it, I felt his gaze on me again… ‘Your sister looks ridiculous by the way.’ My imagination needs work why would he tell me that? It did make me smile though…
“OK, class Mr. Matthews, will you please come to the front of the class and officially introduce yourself?”
For some reason Miss Clark always makes the new kid do this, I can usually see the fear in their eyes, I don’t pay attention normally, I don’t bother getting to know people, I don’t like them getting close to me… but today I had 100% concentration on the new kid’s story…
“My name is Taylor Matthews, I’m from Riverview and live with my father who I recently moved in with after I had issues at my old home. I moved here to start a fresh life after certain things happened and that’s all any of you need to know…” He looked at me when he said the last bit, I had become good at reading people, and Taylor wasn’t as cool and collected as he appeared to be…. What happened to make him seem not let people in? ‘I told you once’ his voice drifted once again in to my head. When will this torture end?
“Well, that was interesting…” Everyone can tell Miss Clark, really doesn’t like her job, she’s always depressed and bored looking… I’m sure Taylor’s little speech hadn’t helped, she was clearly in a bad mood, and she was about to release all of that frustration out on us… “Report time! Time to partner up!” Great who will she partner me up with this time?
“Ok…. Jasmine, you will pair up with Taylor…” Great, I’m sure she is thrilled with that. “Megan, you will partner up with Kris, Darren and Rachel you shall be a group and Diana, you will work with Oliver when he returns from holiday!”
Great, I’m with Darren? The boy I swore never to talk to, I swear I’m being punished for the death’s I’ve caused...
I couldn’t believe it when he actually came over to me!
“Hey Rachel, I’m glad we’re working together! It will be nice to get to know the real you!”
Real me? Not likely. No one knows the real me, only one person ever really understood me, and she’s dead…
“So Taylor, what do YOU want to write a report on? I will do ANYTHING you want? Do you like my new outfit? When I brought it I had someone in mind…” Man, could she be any more obvious?
“Of all the people I had to partner up with. Please Jasmine, I’m not interested, just leave me alone!”
That showed her! I still loved Jasmine, she was my sister after all, but maybe this will show her how to act around people, I couldn’t help but notice after he’d said it he looked at me, I’m sure I saw a hint of a smile…
I also couldn’t help but notice that shy Megan was getting nice and cosy with Kris, I couldn’t help but think, how sweet the two of them were… everyone could tell she had a crush on him… everyone but him of course…
After school I decided to go to the little park in the town… I always came here when I needed a think, not many people knew about it either… my mother used to take me here I couldn’t remember it very well, but I always felt her when I was here. What is going on in my life? I’m hearing things, my sister hates me and I need to work with the ‘hottest’ guy in school, when did my life turn into a soap opera? That was when a familiar voice broke the babble in my mind…
“Rachel is that you?”
“Oliver?”
Oliver had been the closest thing to a friend I had had growing up… he lost his parents when he was young like me, only to a terrible fire. The only difference being he hadn’t caused it… I really liked him, but tried not to show it, like I’ve said before I don’t like to get close to people…
He smiled that all too familiar smile at me, "Yeah, it’s me.”
“Really? Jasmine in a miniskirt? Man I wish I was there for that! Why do I miss everything?”
We chatted about pretty pointless things for hours, I felt I could trust him, I had been ‘friends’ with him for a while, even before I had started to feel ‘the presence’ so I had to ask him if he remembered anything about it…
“So listen Oliver… remember when we were young? And we had imaginary friends? What was yours called again?”
“Benny wasn’t it? That was a while ago and your was called….. oh yeah, were not supposed to talk about him Rachel… your therapist said so…”
“Please tell me Oliver…. I just need to know… Tamsin didn’t want me people to think I had gone crazy, and I hadn’t. I just need to know if I said anything weird to you before the therapists got involved…”
“I’m sorry Rachel, I can’t remember anything.” My heart sank, I was sure he could tell me something about the past I was forced to forget as a child… “Well, OK I was just curious is all, I was thinking about writing a report on how the human brain’s imagination works, but no point if I can’t remember anything eh? Later!”
As I got up he pulled me in to a friendly hug, I loved everything about Oliver, he was so honest and always there for me. I even loved his smell, he smelled like a home. Somewhere I could always go…. “Call you tonight?” I shouted as I began to leave…
“Sure thing Rach.”
“Good to have you back! I missed you,”
Oliver’s POV
I should have told her. Right there, it was the perfect time. I’d loved Rachel for a long time, but she had been hurt badly throughout her whole life, I couldn’t risk hurting her feelings by telling her how much she meant to me… I knew she didn’t want to hurt people… that’s why I didn’t tell her about her ‘Guardian Angel.’ She told me that he told her all sorts of scary things, and that he needed her, I hated to see her crying all the time, she was a little girl, getting the therapist involved was the best thing for her…. But should I have told her?
That night I decided to play the guitar in the evening air… I hadn’t done it in a long time and for some reason I felt completely at peace.. I put all of my emotions I had been feeling into that song, hurt, pain, confusion, frustration, and also peace into that song, I was completely mesmerised by the song I was playing when I heard his voice…
“Wow, you’re really talented…”
I looked up to see Darren Harris walk towards me…
That’s if for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed it, what will happen to Rachel next time? Well there is only one way to find out! Please rec if you enjoyed it! If you want to leave comments or suggestions please go to my forum http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/193631.page or if you want to leave a comment on my LJ page you can here http://playerrac2.livejournal.com/ Until next time!
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