It was dark and rainy outside as you sat beside the window. You've always loved the rain, and it gave you a sense of calmness. The small droplets of rain would tap the window and send you right to sleep. The rain gave you flashbacks of when you were a kid. You'd run around in the rain with your neighborhood friends.

You would run with them through the forest to see who was the fastest without slipping in the rain. Only this time you could hear the television making lots of noises in the distance. It was Grace was enjoying her British television show while you just sat, sorting through your thoughts. It never really seemed to bother you. You were a very anxious person who had dealt with a lot of things in your life.

You were always stressed out or thinking about things. You were almost finished with college, and you were tired of all the homework and schoolwork. It all made you extremely exhausted. Grace was there for you though. Grace was your best friend, and you had been friends for more than ten years.

She was a crazy girl, but so where you. You've both decided that since your parents were no longer alive, you lived with her. You never knew how exactly your parents had died, but you never wanted to think about it either. Grace looked over at you and grew a little worried.

"Y/N, are you okay?"

You honestly didn't know, so you just nodded. Sometimes when you were upset, you would just stay silent and only use gestures. Grace understood you. She knew it when you were sad or happy. She could read your emotions just by sniffing the air.

She could tell that there was something wrong. She got up and walked over to you, her eyes glistening from the light in the room. She stood here silent for a second, and you slowly put your gaze onto her to give her your attention. She firmly held your hands with a small smile on her face.

"Everything's going to be alright," she said "right?"

She then pulled you into a short embrace, and when she pulled away, you just gave a small nod. You were glad that your friend cared so much about you. You felt safe when she was around. When you were younger, she always had your back when you got in trouble. She always looked out for you, because she was like a sister to you.

"It's getting late, and we might want to get to bed soon." Grace looked down. You heard an alert from the tv, and you walked over to it to see what it was. It seemed as if it were important.Grace had noticed those faces on that screen.

She realized that those faces belonged to her parents, meaning that her parents had been found murdered. You looked at her to see her distraught, tear-filled eyes. She hadn't expected any of this to happen. The only thing you could think about at the moment was your family and how you had felt when a small group of policemen had driven to your house to tell you that your parents had been murdered. She fell to her knees and began to sob heavily.

You bent down to hug her and comfort her. You didn't know what to say, or what to tell her, so you just hugged her closely. She stood up slowly and looked at you with a tear-stained face.

"Let's go get some sleep," Grace said forcing a smile. You knew that after this event, it would take weeks before you would ever sleep. She knew that inside too, but you just decided to not discuss any of it. It was a stressful situation, and it is hard to deal with. You understood what she was going through.

Both of you were going through it together. You slowly walked upstairs as Grace followed behind. She got in her bed and you got in yours. It was a sleepless night full of silence. It was unlike the other nights when you and her would stay up all night binge-watching movies and television shows.

Not it was just a dark and empty thought. It was to sad to celebrate, and it would take a while before things went back to more. Maybe it meant that you and her would face different challenges in your life. You were a little scared to see what would happen to you both if one of you had died. You feared that if you left the other, the other would go crazy and kill themselves.

It was up to you and her to figure it out. You couldn't sleep for one minute though. It was too much for the both of you to handle. All of the thoughts threading through your brain like blood flowing through your veins. You tried so hard to forget about everything, but it would never slip your mind. Grace finally spoke.

Her stutter broke my heart.

"What do you think will happen next?" You thought about it, not knowing how to respond or how to calm her down.

"I guess we try to survive and go with it." You weren't a person to plan things out. You liked to let nature take it's course. You got out of bed and walked over to Grace and sat in the bed beside her. You looked at her and gave her a tight hug. She smiled at you.

"Thanks for being here for me. It means a lot." You nodded with a big smile. You loved helping her. She helped you a lot, so you took every oppertunity to help out.