Chapter seven

The rest of the week past in a blur and before I knew it Fang, Iggy, Ella and Ari were sleeping over.

We watched a bunch of different films, we played Mario Karts on the Wii, I kept winning, then we played guitar hero, Ari played drums on expert, Nudge played guitar on expert, Fang played bass on medium and I sang, we were a great band.

We finally fell asleep around midnight in my bedroom.

The next morning we woke up at seven, I grabbed my clothes out of my drawer and walked into my bathroom.

I took a quick shower and put on my black top with 'I'll always remember you' on it in white, my black skinny jeans and black converses, I tied my hair in a messy bun.

I walked out, Fang wore the usual black, Ella and Nudge, Iggy and Ari were wearing black as well.

"Ready?" I asked.

Nudge held her guitar, Angel and Gazzy walked in, Angel held her flute.

"Mummy's got the drums and the keyboard." Gazzy said.

We had a drum kit and a keyboard that we always took.

"Kids come on, I have the drums, keyboard, microphone and speakers." Mum yelled up the stairs.

"Do you always do this?" Iggy asked.

"Yep, but I don't know why we do it nine times a year instead of three..." Angel said.

"Sweetie, it's because Luke wasn't the only one who...died...there were two others, Anna and Liam, today is Anna's fifteenth birthday." I told her.

"Oh."

"Come on, let's go." I said.

We ran to the car and strapped ourselves in.

A couple of hours later we were in Somerton with our equipment.

We set it up with in ten minutes. There were people crowded round, we've done this every year for ten years, so they know when we'll be here.

"First of all I want to say a big happy birthday to my sister, Anna, who would have turned fifteen today. And I know she loved this song so I'll sing it for her." I said. "Gazzy on drums, Nudge on guitar and me singing 'I'm only me when I'm with you'"

Friday night beneath the stars

In a field beyond your yard

You and I painting pictures in the sky

And sometimes we don't say a thing

Just listen to the crickets sing

Everything I need is right here by my side

And I know everything about you

I don't wanna live without you

I'm only up when you're not down

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

it's like no matter what I do

Well, you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only trying

To let you know that what I feel is true

And I'm only me when I'm with you

Just a small town boy and girl

Living in the crazy world

Trying to figure out what is and isn't true

And I don't try to hide my tears

The secrets, or my deepest fears

Through it all nobody gets me like you do

And you know everything about me

You say you can't live without me

I'm only up when you're not down

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

it's like no matter what I do

Well, you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only trying

To let you know that what I feel is true

And I'm only me when I'm with you

When I'm with anybody else

it's so hard to be myself

And only you can tell

That I'm only up when you're not down

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

it's like no matter what I do

Well, you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only trying

To let you know that what I feel is true

And I'm only me

Who I wanna be

Well, I'm only me when I'm with you

With you, oh, yeah

Throughout the song I was having a flashback when she was killed.

Flashback

"Daddy stop, you're hurting me!" I heard Anna scream.

I ran down the stairs remembering that I had to help her, Luke was with his friends down the park.

I ran into the lounge, Dad held Anna by her shoulder length red hair, her emerald green eyes stared at him pleadingly.

I ran up to them. "Leave her alone."

Dad let go of her hair and looked at me.

"Where's Luke? Isn't he usually here?"

"He's with his friends, now leave Anna alone." I said.

"How dare you tell me what to do." Dad slapped me leaving my cheek stinging.

He punched my stomach and I doubled over, he kicked me, I heard a crack, probably one of my ribs.

He grabbed my hair, I didn't whimper like I wanted too, he smacked my head against the wall, he did that another three times, each time harder than the last one, before I collapsed.

Dad let me go and grabbed Anna, who was in tears, he smacked her head against the wall too, she was unconscious by the time Dad stabbed her with his pocket knife.

He threw her to the corner of the room and kicked my head.

I welcomed the blackness that came.

End Flashback

I remember that when I woke up I was in Luke's arms, he was crying, but he never cried, he told me that he thought I was dead like Anna, I didn't speak for a whole week after he told me Anna, my four year old sister, was dead.

More upsetting flashbacks coming up, it was one really looooooong chapter so I broke it up. Please review.