Maddie couldn't bear it any longer. It was a million kinds of wrong watching her father, the man she'd known as kind and loving, sitting here lonely, while she knew her mother was upstairs feeling the exact same. She'd have to get used to seeing them apart, after all they weren't together anymore.
She yawned and told Teddy that she was going to bed. She walked quietly up the stairs, not sure if Daphne was asleep yet. The door to her parent's room was open a crack, and from the hallway, Maddie peered in to see Rayna on the chair, knees pulled up to her chest and face in her hands. Normally she would have rushed to her mother's comfort, but today, she wasn't prepared to pick sides.
Maddie shut the door behind her and lay down on her bed, too depressed to bother changing into pajamas. It was too late to text any of her friends from school, so even though she wasn't that tired, she shut off the light and closed her eyes. She pulled over a fluffier pillow and rolled to get comfortable.
When she was younger and she couldn't sleep, Rayna used to sing to her, and tell her to think happy thoughts. She was trying to think happy thoughts, but the looming matter announced today had a way of coming back into her mind. Childish as it seemed, she wished Rayna was there now to sing her to sleep.
Was her mom, or her dad going to move? Who were she and her sister going to live with? Would they still be able to see their other parent? It was so sad to see things turn out like this. One thing a child takes for granted is the love between their parents. When that disappears, they start to doubt love itself.
When she felt a single tear running down her face, Maddie swung her legs out if bed and walked over to the window. Looking out, she saw all the lights off in the houses on the road. The other people's lives were going on as always. They didn't know or care what was going on in this family. They had their own lives, their own problems to worry about. And Maddie was just one of the millions on the planet, so little, so insignificant. No one care what Maddie thought. Not even her parents, she told herself. Someday, she would understand, and she would love her them again, but for now, her image of them was clouded with hatred.
The tears started coming faster, and she sat back down on her bed. She pulled the blanket up over her shoulders for the comfort she needed so badly. Her family was in pieces, and only getting worse. Little Maddie couldn't do anything about it.
But when she heard footsteps coming down the hall, so light they could only belong to her little sister, she realized there was one thing that she could do, that she had to do. So when there wad a knock on the door, she wiped her tears, forced a smile, and went to open it. She would be strong for Daphne.
A/N: Was it terrible? Okay? Good? Review please! If you like it I might make another chapter with more of a storyline.