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Post by sandrabennett on Apr 28, 2009 18:45:39 GMT -5
March 20, 2009
Sandra got up early this morning, she woke up to find Noah gone. Instinctively she went to the fridge seeing a note. "Away at business." crumpling it up she threw it away in the trash. Sandra could have guessed that on her own. She didn't feel like doing anything today and that even meant coping by cooking. All she did was put food in Mr. Muggles bowl.
He came scampering in, in a hurry it was cute. Reaching down to pet him Sandra started talking to the dog. "Well at least we were happy once. When you were an awarding winning dog and I didn't know anything about Noah's other life. Do you think I should have just stayed out of it? Not knowing what was going on in my husband life make me better?"
She thought about it, "Maybe I could call the Haitian have him erase my memories. But then how would I have known how special my little girl is?" she just ignored the thought and brewed some tea. Waiting for it to boil she pulled out a romance novel and began reading.
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Post by clairebear on Apr 28, 2009 20:39:52 GMT -5
Claire had been with Nathan since he flew her home the night she had been kidnapped and her baby phased out of her. She hadn't even been back to Costa Verde since then, and she had told Nathan she didn't want any of the Bennets finding out about the troublesome night until she was ready to tell them herself. She knew they wouldn't have coped well with the information so really it was better coming from Claire herself, and until this point she hadn't felt like talking to anybody but Nathan, and most of all, she hadn't felt like leaving Washington.
Nathan had taken all that time off to be with her, and as much as she appreciated it, she felt he couldn't really be away from his presidential duties much longer. So she asked him if he would fly her to Costa Verde so she could visit her mom Sandra. Of course Nathan was happy to fly her, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her on the forehead telling her she only had to phone the minute she wanted to come back home. Home! It sounded so good. She told him she loved him, and he said it back to her and flew off leaving her in the Bennets garden.
She then made her way to the front of the house, and let herself in as she still had a set of keys. Closing the door softly behind her, she went straight to the kitchen when she saw the living room empty, hoping that Sandra was home. Good place to assume she would be she thought as she saw Sandra talking to Mr. Muggles.
"Hey mom" she said softly, as she looked at her and suddenly realising her mom was there she began to cry. She thought she had cried all the tears she could have cried, but she was wrong. "Mom it's been so horrible" was all she was able to say before she was completely consumed with tears. Maybe it wasn't the best choice of words considering they knew nothing about what happened almost a week ago, she would be sure to think it was Nathan who had caused her to be upset when it couldn't be farther from the truth.
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Post by sandrabennett on May 1, 2009 16:39:35 GMT -5
Seeing Claire, Sandra's eyes lit up with joy, "Hi Clai-!" she was taken back by the tears and quickly she brought Claire closer to her. Quickly rubbing her daughter's head letting the tears soak her shirt only like a mother can do she tried to wait until some of the crying stop. "What's wrong? What was horrible?" her tone worried. She didn't want to let go of her daughter, but she had to in order to hear what she had to say.
How could the girl who can't be truly hurt be crying so much. Sandra was worried what Claire had to say, but still had to hear it. Seeing her daughter in so much sadness hurt her as well. What could have possibly have happened in Washington. Sandra knew it was a bad idea why did she let Claire go? She constant beat herself up for what seems like a foolish thing.
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Post by clairebear on May 2, 2009 0:11:39 GMT -5
Claire felt really bad when she saw how happy her mom was when she saw her and how quickly her happiness was turned to worry and sadness when she saw Claire cry. She didn't like upsetting her mom or worrying her, but the truth was, Claire was in a lot of mental pain and as much as Nathan had done what he could to bring his daughter round, she needed her mom. She clung to her, as Sandra held her for a few moments, and once some of her tears subsided, she felt she was able to talk and tell her mom what had happened.
"Oh mom!" she exclaimed, as she put her hand on her stomach, where her baby was before, and looked up into Sandra's eyes with her own very sad ones. "I'm not pregnant anymore mom, something terrible happened last week" she said sadly, her eyes were dark and hollow. Claire hadn't eaten properly in the past week either.
"Some crazy English kidnapped me, and a crazy woman phased the baby out of me" she began, and it really was about the only words she could get out before she began to cry again. It was a tough thing for Claire to talk about, but she needed her mom to understand why she was so upset. She didn't want her to think it was because she was unhappy in Washington, because she was happy. She just wasn't a very happy person right now due to what had happened.
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Post by sandrabennett on May 7, 2009 18:02:35 GMT -5
Hearing all of this Sandra could only hold her traumatized daughter closer. Sandra buried her own chin into Claire's head. There were no words that she could possibly say at the moment to make her feel alright. How could she say something that could make any of this fine or okay. It was just impossible tears fell from Sandra's eyes, "I'm sorry Claire." was all she could manage to say before her throat went sore.
"You don't have to talk about it any more than you want to, I won't force you." she said with a serene voice. She had to be strong her unbreakable daughter was just broken the worse way. Sandra couldn't take this she couldn't just allow these people to go unharmed. She thought of the gun Noah kept hidden maybe she could take these people out.
No. These people were way more powerful than her, maybe if Sandra had an ability then all this would be easier. Maybe Meridith could help, who knows. The only clear thing Sandra knew was that she felt useless unable to help her daughter when she needed it most.
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Post by clairebear on May 7, 2009 20:28:12 GMT -5
Just hearing her mom say she was sorry, made Claire feel a bit better, but she continued to keep herself in her mom's embrace and allowed the tears to flow. She clung to her and sobbed until she felt she could cry no longer. She had done lots of crying in the past week in Nathan's company, and thought she was done, but just seeing her mom again made the tears come back. Right now Claire was pretty much broken, but she would get over this, and she'd be stronger for it, of that she was sure.
Once she started to calm down a little, she pulled out of the embrace slightly and looked up into her mom's eyes, "I need to talk about it, I need to talk about it with you, dad... Nathan did all he could" Claire said in a slight hoarse voice, all the crying had made her throat very dry.
"It happened here, here in Costa Verde, I knew I didn't feel safe here anymore" Claire explained, meaning safe in Costa Verde, she always felt safe enough around the Bennets. "Dad...Nathan found me, along with a new relative I never knew I had, but Dad... Nathan my superman, he flew me away and has been looking after me ever since" Claire managed to say, surprisingly still able to keep her composure, after her earlier sobs. She really must be all cried out now she thought. But she was here, her mom was here and she was feeling a little better now.
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Post by sandrabennett on May 13, 2009 16:05:58 GMT -5
Sandra didn't want to hear any of this as Claire kept talking. Shaking her head all Sandra did was mutter that she was sorry. Looking at her daughter from under her chin she cried more. "Don't come back." Sandra said at last. Her voice was already breaking up and her throat burning. The words that she was going to say were for Claire's own good. "Don't come back here. Stay with Nathan...he has better security than anyone can give, especially us. Don't risk getting hurt by coming here again Claire. I can't take it anymore I'm--I'm--I'm sorry. I just can't take it."
Tears constantly fell from her eyes, "I'll visit you though, just don't risk coming to Costa Verde again. Find new friends and people to hang out with and bond with Nathan, forget about my and Noah. We just want to see you happy. Stay in Washington. Just stay." Each word cut through Sandra's heart. She wanted her daughter to be safe and she was right she always managed to get her some way in Costa Verde.
At least the with Nathan she'll have a chance for protection. "I thought that without an ability I could protect you, but I see now that is impossible."
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Post by clairebear on May 13, 2009 20:26:32 GMT -5
Claire was torn in two as it was when she had told her mom what had happened to her before Nathan had flew her away to Washington away from it all, but she hadn't expected to hear the words which came from Sandra's mouth next and they cut her to pieces, but she could see, she could hear and tell the words were cutting Sandra to pieces as well.
Claire knew what she was saying was for Claire's own good, but Claire really didn't like it one little bit, she wanted to be able to come to Costa Verde and visit Sandra and Noah as much as possible but Sandra was saying no.
"I'm sorry mom, I'm sorry for all the pain I've put you through over the years, and now this" Claire said softly and sadly, "I can't not see you, either of you" Claire said when Sandra told her not to come back and make a new life in Washington for herself, bond with Nathan and make new friends. She knew in many ways Sandra was right, but it still hurt.
"You better come and visit then, both of you" Claire said in a strong voice, she might have wanted to bond with Nathan, her biological father and she knew she would be safe there, but she knew she didn't want to lose contact with either Sandra or Noah, "And don't tell me to forget about you both, I can't do that, you know I can't" Claire added, she was feeling a little stronger having cried all her tears and being able to speak to her mom had made a huge difference.
"You've protected me more ways than you realise mom" Claire said as she wrapped her arms around Sandra's neck and hugged her. Despite everything, Sandra would always be her mom, and she would never let Sandra forget it.
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