I just had this idea while making porridge, yeah weird time to get an idea, but I decided to see what you guys think of it. It's in Gabriella's POV. May be a oneshot.
The bells rang out throughout the church, but I'd blanked out everything around me, all of my attention was on the 15 year old girl who had lost everything, the girl who was standing just the other side of my mother, who was here today with a social worker, her father had died when she was just seven, and now, 8 years later, her mother and older brother were now also gone, the victims of a house fire that she had been the sole survivor of.
Still, she didn't cry, her ashen face said it all really; she'd run out of tears years ago, she hadn't cried since her father died.
"Mr. Montez" I heard the social worker speak and realised the service was over, I looked up towards the woman, noticing the look on her face as she spoke to my father, I knew what this was about.
I decided to blank out the rest of the conversation and turned my attention back to the girl. Ellie Montez, the daughter of my father's brother, my cousin, now, we were all she had left.
She looked back at me, with an empty, emotionless face, that was all 6 weeks ago, but I still see that look now, every time I face her, I guess I'll never truly understand what she's going through.
"You alright girls?" I heard my mom ask.
I nodded; we both knew Ellie wouldn't answer, she would only ever speak to me, and only when there was no one else around, but even that's better than she was at first.
Flashback
"Anna, Where's Ellie?" I heard my dad call.
"Didn't she go with you?" My Mom replied.
"No, I asked if it was ok for me to leave her with you and you said yes" He answered.
"I thought she went with you" Mom told him.
"Gabi have you seen your cousin?" Dad asked me.
"Not in the last hour, I'll go check the park" I spoke, heading for the door, she'd gone to the park last time.
End Flashback
I'd found her that time, sitting at the swings, that was when she first spoke to me, let out her emotions, but still no tears came, I let her talk, listened to her, she told me nobody had really listened since her Mom had died, I promised that from then on, I always would, and I've kept that promise, I lost my boyfriend over it, I spent all of my free time with her, I thought he would have understood that she needed me, but I guess he didn't, and when it came down to it, she needed me more, Troy can get any girl he wants anyway, I'm the only person that listens to Ellie, Mom and Dad have tried, so has Tyler when he's around, but he's away at college most of the time and Ellie won't speak to them anyway.
I'm standing here watching her right now, she's staring at a blank TV screen, does she even know that the TV is off.
"You know it helps to have the screen turned on" I decided to point out, I'd only managed to make her smile once since she's been here, that's the only time she has smiled since she lost the last of her immediate family.
She turned and looked at me, I knew that look, I'd adapted it myself enough, it was a look I gave myself when I was in deep thought and had been distracted.
"It helps not to think about it" I tried, knowing what she was thinking about.
She looked around the room, checking to see if anyone else was present, then said, "I can't stop thinking about them Brie, I want them back"
"I know you do," I told her, sitting down next to her and hugging her.
"You've lost a lot for me haven't you?" She asked.
"That's not important" I tried to reassure her.
"It is, you gave up your boyfriend for me, you never go out anymore, I heard your dad say you used to be out all the time, and now your always here, for me" I was shocked to see tears in her eyes.
"It's not your fault I stay in, Troy didn't understand, some of my friends do, I'll be fine, as long as you promise me you will be" I continued, I wasn't going to let her get depressed again.
"Do you miss them, your friends?" She asked.
"Sometimes" I admitted, "but they're only friends, they may not always be there, your family, I know I can trust you without question"
"But nobody ever stays, everybody dies, everybody leaves" She let the tears fall.
"I'm not going anywhere for a long time" I comforted her. "Your mom and brother would still be here with you if they had a choice"
"Why does all this happen to me?" She asked.
We both sat there, deep in thought, nothing like what she's been through has ever happened to me, not even close, I still had both of my parents, my brother, although he's away at college, at least he's alive.
"I'm glad your still here Brie" Ellie finally spoke, and I knew at that moment, that I'd gotten through to her.
What do you think? For now it's a oneshot, but if more than 3 people want me to carry on, I will, IM's and comments, I get both of them, obviously.