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Any Day But Today - Chapter 2
by Annabelle

 Honestly today would have been the best day of my life. I mean it really would have! But no, the good things never happen to me. Well that is not completely true, but almost. My father disappears and my brother too, what is with that? How many other people that you know have disappearing relatives? I mean yeah you hear about people who have parents ditch them or get split up, but brothers and or sisters too? That is just not your average family.

 That was in the past though. I thought things were starting to look up. I mean after all the fighting, the yelling, the crying, and the screaming, and was there ever screaming. I swear you do not know what a scream is until you hear Sheridan Crane scream, but that is not the point. After all of that we had found each other. We were happy, well happy does not even begin to describe. But the really point is that we are in love and we have a love so strong that it even over came death, twice!

 So this was going to be it right? Tonight was going to be the night. I mean I had no idea that it was going to be the night until right before it started to happen but tonight was going to be the night. I was going to ask Sheridan Crane to marry me tonight. Of course that is not at all what happened. No because my little brother and his friends had to go and get into trouble.

 This is the one thing I don't understand, I mean logic really does not explain it. Charity has been missing for one night right? The night of Ethan and Theresa's engagement party is when she disappeared, or at least that is what I thought. Everyone was wearing winter coats and stuff. Well something must happened because it still seems like it is the same night and now we are dressed for summer? I don't know, the nights and days in Harmony all blend into one, it is hard to tell the difference anymore. The point is one night Charity decided that one night, this night, that she would just up and jump into hell, okay that is not how it really happened but still.

 The one night that I decided that I have found the one woman in all the world that I want to spend the rest of my life with, that very night my little brother's girlfriend decides it is the perfect time to get dragged into hell by demons. Now tell me how many other people have little brothers whose girlfriends know how to get up close in personally with demons? I bet you can't name a single person, besides me that is. Well don't feel bad, I can't think of anyone either. Like I said early, all the bad things happen to me.

 It is not that good things don't happen to me, I mean I have Sheridan and my family, but all the bad things happen to me too. So now after almost having the most incredible night of my life I have to try to jump into hell and save my little brother and his friends. Yes folks it is just another average day in Harmony, which is just like every other town that you see in New England, yep that is us, we are average.

 Average my butt, I know every town has their rich family, our rich family controls the economy of almost the entire world. Yep, Harmony just your average New England, but really don't get me wrong. I love Harmony, despite everything that has happened here. I still want to raise my family here. Family, ugh that reminds why I am about to face this Hell fire. Because of my family, I love you Miguel. Yes sir, you and your demon possessed girlfriend, okay that is not true but it might as well be. All those kids every talk about is seeing creatures from hell, falling down mineshafts, witches. It is really bad, I think I have to talk to Mama about making sure that Miguel is not getting himself into real trouble. A curfew, that might work.

 Great now my sister and my girlfriend have fallen down a fissure in the ground, could this night get any worse! Well it is time to go play hero. Beam us up Scotty, up out this miserable little town for one night so I can ask her to marry and do it right! How many times have I saved her life? Well it is worth it however many times it many be, and I would do it all over again if I had to.

 So as I watch the Bennett house sink into the ground I have come to these conclusions. The first being that kids might not mean to but as they get older they have become better and better at interrupting your life. That you really should enforce rules about having them gallivant town when all they do is get into trouble. No matter how much you want it to the world will not go on hold for you. Of course all of this leads back to the simple fact that what has happened really should not have happened today, it could have happened any day but today, any day.

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 Sorry for the delay and for it being so short. I think I should stick to writing Sheridan's POV, it is much easier for me, but hey I love a challenge. Would you guys like me to keep going? I can honestly say that the only thing that will keep this story going is your feedback, I have three other open stories that I am working so.... Anyway I would love feedback, good or bad!