Concrete Angel

Set during September 2011. Tragedy often gathers people together; it is in these dark times that we figure out who our friends really are

"Come on kids, the bus is here!" Ryan called from the door "you don't want to be late to your school trip!" Emma and LD were arguing again. Who would seat where and if they would share the money Ryan had given them for the trip "All set?" the kids nodded "don't forget your inhaler buddy, and you have to take care of each other okay?"

"Okay daddy" Emma said almost walking out the door. LD trailed after her

"Are they gone?" Greenlee asked when Ryan met her upstairs; she hadn't been feeling well so Ryan had offered to get the kids ready for their trip "good because I feel like I'm dying"

"You are right" Ryan said cuddling beside her "you are so hot"

"Shut up and not really up for your sexist jokes" Greenlee closed her eyes when he kissed the back of her neck "but please don't stop"

"Have you talked to Kendall?" Ryan asked rubbing her back "How is Zach doing?"

"I haven't actually but LD asked me if we could go see him so I'll call her later" Greenlee knew that her son had always liked "uncle Zach" he was after all so good with kids

"okay now kids I want you to choose a partner and to hold his or her hand at all times" They were about to enter the aquarium and even though they had told Ryan they would take care of the other, they really didn't want to be paired up

"Emma?" the teacher glanced at them "go on grab your brother's hand okay?" she reluctantly did as she was told and began to walk. But the fighting started soon after and the teacher pulled them away from the rest of the group "what is going on?"

"She started it!" LD stuck his tongue out to make a point and Emma let go of his hand quickly

"Did not!" Emma was tired of having to spend all the time with him. As LD was really smart he had skipped a few years and was now in class with Emma and because it had been Ryan's idea she had gone along with it

"Did too!" LD also had a hard time dealing with Emma. He had arrived into Ryan's life long before she had, although he and Greenlee had left and then found out that he had a child, but he had been practically raised by Ryan and in the past they had been such good friends but things had started to get complicated when he was transferred to her class

"You two have to stop, you are ruining this whole trip for everybody else so I want you to apologize to each other and then we can keep going"

"Fine, I'm sorry" Emma said proudly folding her arms. The teacher then turned to LD

"Sorry" they held hands again and with one last glance from their teacher continued walking

After that things had happened too quickly. An hour or so later they had stopped to eat and rest. LD sat next to Emma and they split the money. Each of them picked out their own food and sat as far from each other as they could. By this time LD had begun to get bored so he took a small bouncing ball from his pocket to catch it but wasn't quick enough so it went away and he went on chasing after it

"LD?" Emma turned to where her brother had sat only moments ago and rolling her eyes she told the teacher she needed to go to the bathroom. She wasn't going to get in trouble again because of him and she was going to make him come back before the teacher knowing. She suddenly heard someone screaming. She followed the voice and at the end of the hall on the far corner she could see people gathered around, she stepped closer to the crowd. There he was. Having trouble breathing. Emma checked his neck, but his inhaler was gone, she had sworn he was wearing it when they had left this morning

"Somebody help!" shouted a woman who was kneeling next to LD holding his head up

"Wait!" Emma said desperately. She knelt next to her brother. The woman gave Emma an inquiring look. But Emma couldn't move. She was frozen and LD was no longer making noises he just was there still

Greenlee had been sleeping all day. So she didn't hear the desperate calls from her phone. Ryan had been stuck in meetings all day "Lavery" He said when on a break he heard the phone. But it was gone. The building had such bad reception. He then noticed he had over ten missed calls from Jake and Kendall and even Madison

"Eight year old boy. Having trouble breathing" a paramedic gave the attending the details of the condition. Jake was near so he thought he might help. Then he saw Emma getting off the ambulance . He hurried by her side

"Emma?" but she hadn't heard him. Then the paramedics turned to Jake "she insisted on coming with him. Said he was her brother. Teacher is right behind"

"Emma" Jake turned to the boy. She finally saw him "what happened sweetie?" the girl's face was full of fear

"It was all my fault!" she said sobbing "it was all my fault!"

Okay so this is chapter one! Hope you like it! Please review!