Realisations Of A Stormy Night.

It was a dark, thunderous night, with bolts of lightning flashing through the sky. The wind was howling and the trees were shaking. The clashing of the thunder was loud and booming to Rachel's ears as she sat huddled up, with her knees drawn up to her chest, hugging herself tightly under a large oak tree. Rachel was terrified of thunderstorms and as the lightening stuck in the far distance it hit a tree, splitting it in half and sending it crashing to the ground with a loud booming echo which made Rachel scream in fear and start to cry. As Rachel sat there crying and afraid the only thing she could think of was being in the warm comforting embrace of her mother Shelby Corcoran.

As the storm raged overhead, Rachel fumbled for her phone in her pocket. It was 11:45pm. She stood up on shaking legs and realised through her tears that she was only a 5 minute walk from her mother's house. She knew her mother needed time to adjust to having a teenage daughter, but on this occasion, Rachel's soul was calling out for her mother and she was to distraught from the raging storm, which was terrifying her to listen to her mind.

Rachel stood on Shelby's porch, she was still crying and shaking as the storm bellowed in the night sky. She reached out and knocked on her mother's door lightly. A few minutes later a tired looking Shelby Corcoran opened up her front door to the biggest surprise of her night. Her 15yr old daughter was standing there, looking terrified, and shaking from head to toe with tears falling from her eyes running down onto her cheeks.

"Oh god, Rachel hunny what's wrong" Shelby asked as she led her soaking wet daughter through her house and into her bathroom.

"I...I don't... li...like... st..st..storms" Rachel mumbled as another bolt of thunder crashed causing her to scream and cling onto her mother for dear life. "Oh hunny, baby girl, it's alright" Shelby whispered into her ear as she rubbed her back in comforting circles.

"Are you scared of thunderstorms, Rachel" Shelby asked her daughter quietly. Rachel nodded her head against her mother's shoulder not letting go of the tight grip she had on her.

When they walked into the bathroom Shelby wrapped a warm fluffy towel with a massive gold star on it around her daughter to try and warm her up a bit as she sat her on the side of the bath.

"Honey, do want to have a shower to warm you up, you're freezing" Shelby asked as she gently moved Rachel's hair behind her ears, feeling the coolness of Rachel's skin against her hand.

"Yes" Rachel whisper nodding her head, not looking at her mother.

As Rachel was showering Shelby went and changed her pyjamas as they were wet from Rachel holding onto her. She went through her draws and also pulled out a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt for Rachel, which she left in the bathroom for her to change into, as she could still hear the water running from the shower.

Fifteen minutes later Rachel walked out from the bathroom into the living room dressed in the clothes that were left for her. Rachel walked over to the lounge and curled up next to her mother, she was still shaking slightly and wincing whenever the lightening or thunder cracked in the night sky.

"Do you feel better now hunny?" Shelby asked her daughter, squeezing her hand softly.

"A little, I still don't like thunderstorms though, they scare me, they always have"

"It's ok hunny you can stay here tonight with me if you would like"

"I would love to m... Shelby"

Shelby took the remote for the T.V and flicked through the channels till she came across a decent movie. When the "Sound of Music" started playing Rachel cuddled into her mother's side resting her head under Shelby's chin. Shelby wrapped her arms around Rachel and held her daughter as the movie played. After about an hour into the movie, Shelby could tell Rachel was becoming very sleepy so she laid down on the lounge and held Rachel close to her. Rachel curled up into her mother, wrapping one of her arms around Shelby's waist and snuggled her head into the crook of her neck. As Rachel was drifting off to sleep Shelby looked at her daughter in awe and was overcome with the love and admiration she felt for her. She felt Rachel cuddle into her more as she whispered "Mummy, I love you" into the crook of her neck. Shelby kissed her daughter tenderly on her head and whispered "I love you too my sweet little angel" as she drifted off to sleep with her precious daughter in her arms, thinking of how much she wanted her baby girl in her life.

Author's Note:Please read and review and tell me what you think of it so far, it will be greatly appreciated. I don't know if it will have a second chapter yet, will have to wait and see what you guys think about it. If you have any idea's for what you would like to see happen in further chapters feel free to leave your idea's as a review :)