Shattered: Protected

This is the first chapter of my new tragedy story that I was in the mood to make. I got the idea one morning and I am in love with my opening. The mysterious and repetitive sense and junk I think is an awesome way of writing. Anyways, I'm posting the next chapter of my other story and the first and second chapter of this story and posting a couple of YouTube videos today. Yes, there is a reason. IDK if any of you remember this, but today marks the one year anniversary of the day that al seddie shippers were on cloud 9 and when many (including me) seddie shippers were born. Yes, you got it right. Exactly a year ago, January 3, 2009, was the day that iKiss premiered. I am going to be reading seddie stories and watching seddie videos all day along with writing and making videos cuz I luv doing it. Also, let's remember all the seddie times so when iSaved your life premieres we can be like in your face Sam was his first kiss and they are like always together in episodes now Carly is always off with one of her crazy boyfriends while Sam and Freddie are all chatting it up and flirting. HEHE anyways review and tell me if you knew what today was.

She woke up early that morning. Earlier than usual. It was sometime
around 7 on the cold winter's morning. No one else was awake. Only her.

She wanted to get away. Get out of the house. She had always been a
good girl, and her brother had always been good to her, but now that
he was sick, she needed to get away. She text her best friend. A
simple text was all that was needed.

I no it's early but I'm hungry. Groovy smoothies in 10?

The reply came back fast. She wasn't supposed to be up this
early. Maybe something was wrong. She got out of bed. She took her
shower, quietly, for she didn't want to wake anyone. She put on her
makeup, quietly. She grabbed her coat and her headphones, quietly. And for the last time she would ever do this, she left the two floor
apartment, quietly.

As the young teen girl walked out of her building, she put her ear buds in and turned her favorite song on almost as loud as it could go. She needed to drown out the noise. Drown out life. She needed a smoothie, she thought with a laugh. She walked across the street. The smoothie store was right in front of her. It wasn't as if it was a long walk or anything. Maybe if she had walked quicker, it wouldn't have happened.

Maybe if her headphones hadn't been in, she would have heard it coming and stepped out of the way. Maybe if she hadn't woken up so early, it wouldn't have happened. But to tell the truth, it was fate. It would've happened sooner or later. Maybe now was supposed to be the best time.

The young girl turned her head as she saw the lights flash before her.

She slowly slipped into the blackness of her mind as she met her own
fate.

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SAM POV

I walked out into the winter's cold. Something in the air made me want
to leave. Get away. Start over. I don't really know what the feeling
was, but something was different. I was meeting Carly in a couple of
minutes. I was up early this morning. Much earlier than usual. It was
because my mom had kept me up all night. She had gotten drunk with her boyfriend and was beating on my door with a bat all night. She finally passed out around 3. I decided it was time to tell Carly about what she had been doing to me. I walked down the street and tightened the coat around me. It was cold, but not cold enough for me. I felt
vulnerable and fragile. Like one touch would break me. These are the
only times I wished someone would like me. Love me. To protect me,
make me feel safe and warm. I was brought out of my thoughts by sirens and screaming. What the hell was going on?! I looked up to see a crowd surrounding the area in the street that lay in front of Groovy Smoothies. I ran over to the crowd to try and figure out what was going on. I pushed people out of the way. I saw a familiar flash of dark brown straight hair that had been like my security blanket for the past few years. No. No. This couldn't be happened. I heard what sounded like quiet whimpering. I turned to see a familiar mess of chocolate brown hair standing near me.

"Freddie!" I yelled over the roar of people.

I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around him. He held me tight and
I began to cry into his chest as he rubbed my back. Even though it wasn't the best time to feel this way, for the first time in years, I felt protected. Safe. Warm.

I looked up at Freddie to see the hurt and sadness in his eyes. He
lifted his thumb to my face as he gently wiped my tears. I slowly let
go of him.

"What happened?" I whispered.

"Carly was walking with her headphones in and her Pear Pod turned up
really loud and she didn't hear the truck coming and-and-" he looked
like he was going to burst into tears, but I beat him to it. I started crying again. He wrapped his arms around me again. We just stayed like that, forgetting about the world around us. We both deserved this moment, and by gosh we were going to take this opportunity. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see a broken Spencer. I hugged him tightly. He seemed like stone. He wasn't there. I tried to bring him to life but nothing happened.

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We were sitting on Spencer's couch, sobbing every now and then, but
everyone had calmed down some. We were just broken and couldn't cry
anymore.

Freddie, Spencer, and I had been sitting here for hours, feeling in
pieces. The police officer had left hours ago, after telling us the
news. Carly was dead. She died on impact. It was my fault. If I
would've waited to tell Carly, that car wouldn't have been there and
she would be sitting here beside us, keeping me and Freddie from
beating each other to a pulp as she always did.

A tear silently fell from my eyes right as Freddie glanced over at me.

He scooted closer and threw his arm around me, trying to comfort my
broken soul.

"Thank you." I whispered.

"For what?" Freddie asked.

"Being here."

"Why wouldn't I? She was my friend too."

"I know. But you've been here for me ever since this morning and I was thanking you for that. I really needed that."

"I know. That's why I have."

Spencer walked back over and sat down.

"Um...I know you guys don't wanna talk about this tonight, but I want
you guys to help me with everything. I know I can't do it by myself.
It would be too hard. And you were her everything. Carly needed both of you. She wasn't the same if she was fighting with either of you."
Spencer said as he sat down.

Freddie looked over at me, and seeing that I looked so broken, he
spoke for me.

"We will. I know you and Carly were closer than any siblings I've ever known and your life will never be even in what seems like the same universe after this." Freddie replied heartfelt.

I got up slowly.

"Well, it's late and this has been the longest day ever and I think we all need to get some rest." I said quietly.

"Yeah I really shouldn't be keeping you kids. Be safe. I'll see you
tomorrow?" Spencer asked.

I walked up to him and gave him a quick hug.

"Of course. First thing tomorrow. See you soon." I replied.

I walked out of the apartment with Freddie's arm around me.

"Well...bye." I said awkwardly as I began down the hallway.

"Wait!" I heard Freddie yell.

I turned around slowly and walked back to him.

"I mean it's late and after what happened I don't want you to walk all the way home tonight. Do you think if you called your mom she would be fine with you staying over at my place tonight? I'm sure it will be perfectly fine with my mom." Freddie said.

I hugged him tightly. "Yes. I'll call my mom."

We walked inside his apartment and he led me to his room.

"Hey let me go find my mom. Here's some warm-ups and a t-shirt. It's
not much but it should be good for tonight." Freddie said to me as he
left the room. I quickly changed and I sat on his bed. I stared around his room. Everything seemed so different and dull in life now, without Carly to brighten everything. This was going to be a long winter without her. This is going to be a long everything without her.

Freddie came back into the room to see me crying again. He sat beside
me and held me as I cried. I finally stopped.

"Sorry." I whispered as I wiped my tears.

"It's okay. It's gotta be hard on you." he stood up. "Um...you can
sleep on my bed. I'll sleep on the floor." he grabbed a blanket and a
pillow and some sweats from a drawer. He left the room for a couple of minutes and came back in with his sweats on.

I curled up into a ball in his bed as he lay on the floor on his back.

I tried to sleep but I couldn't. I felt alone and broken. If I felt
fragile this morning, a new word needed to be invented for how I was
feeling right now. The closest word that got to how I felt was
shattered. Like I was in a million little pieces and would never be
whole again. I looked over at Freddie on the floor. I slowly slipped
out of his bed and lay down beside him. He slowly turned and wrapped
his arms around me. I snuggled into his chest and fell asleep in his
arms. I finally felt protected.

Soooooooooo... How'd you like the story? LOL anyways so I know the first chapter is all depressing and strange and really the only part that's even close to good writing is the opening, but the rest is a little more interesting. This story is just what it says: Tragedy, hurt/comfort. I would've put drama, but that's kinda an obvious, but it will be dramatic. All the characters have something major happening to them. Freddie's is gonna be the only one you didn't really expect, but that's because I couldn't think of anything for Freddie. Anyways, next chapter will be Freddie's POV. I'll post it in a bit. Bye! REVIEW PLEASE!!