!DISCLAIMER! - I DO NOT OWN THE MAZE RUNNER TRILOGY!
Planes crashed and fire rose from the building like an orange banner. Teresa cried as her hand gripped the ringing phone. Slowly, her fingers found their way to the green answer button.
'Reesa?' She heard his voice and the tears flowed even faster.
'Teresa?' The voice sounded desperate now but her lips seemed to be glued together.
'Reesa please! I need to hear your voice. Just one last time! Reesa!' Her twin brother cried as if her voice would save his life.
'Tom.' Teresa surprised herself by speaking. 'Tom, I can't live without you, please.' She cried. Teresa's three brothers had gone to the World Trade Center for an interview and now they would never come back. Thomas seemed to sob at the other end. 'Talk to them,' he said, reading her mind.
'Reesa! Be safe, be happy. I love you.' Newt, the oldest brother spoke to her. She could almost see his smile and his twinkling eyes. At that moment she wanted nothing more but to be in Newt's warm embrace.
'Ickle Ressakins. Don't get into the cookie jar shuckface.' said her brother, Minho. His sarcasm never failed to amuse her.
Now, all her brothers would leave behind a world that was just new. They would leave a sister behind who would have to suffer from the pain of having no one to look up to.
She called for Tom one last time. 'Tom, I just wanted to say that...' The line went quiet. Her eyes darted towards the television just in time to see the World Trade Center collapse.
She threw her phone towards the wall and shut her eyes, trying to forget it all but the tears never stopped. It was September 11, 2001, the day the World Trade Center collapsed and the day a part of Teresa died.
This story is kind of like a tribute to the horrible attacks that occurred 14 years ago... Even though i'm not American, 9/11 was a terrible time for the whole world and here's my way of sharing my grief... Anyway, I hope you liked this story :)
~Hope