1 month later

Anna was getting dressed in her room for Home Coming and Kevin was getting ready in his room too. Jason and Kenny took Anna to get her dress so I would be surprised. Claire came over to help Anna with her hair and make-up. Claire came out of the room in a beautiful black dress that was somewhat low cut and had her hair curled. She had on some make-up.

Claire announced after getting pictures taken of her "Everyone Anna is ready!"

Anna came out of her room and Jason videotaped her walking towards us in a amazing black strapped dress that ended just above her knees and it sparkled! She had on black eyeliner,sparkling gray eye-shadow, and pale pink lip stick. And She had on black heels like Claire but Annas heels had a silver buckle instead of a gold buckle.

We waited an hour for Brandon but he never showed and Anna said "Mom he was supposed to be here an hour ago. I'll just go with someone else."

Claire volunteered "I'll take you! I have no date! We can go as friends!"

Claire and Anna jogged to Claire's car and drove off and I looked at Jake and he looked back at me and his hands were shaking along with Sam's,Quill, and Seth's. Jake asked "How could he have stood Anna up like that!?"

Jason looked at the floor and said in a sad voice "Poor kid. She is sad about it but she's trying to hide it. I can tell."

Anna does that a lot,hide her pain and hurt. She could never cry infront of anyone she has to cry alone, she just feels awkward crying in front of people.

Anna came back on the arm of a boy when she came home. Jake looked out the window with me and asked angry and ready to attack "Is that Brandon!?"

Looking closer I answered unsure "No,...it's James. I think?"

We opened the door to let Punky and Rebel in and we were wrong. It was Cody! Cody was a boy that has been friends with Anna and Kevin since they were 6. We've always thought Cody had a big crush on Anna, like the way he looked at her when she had her back turned to him and the way he protected Anna, you could just tell.

Me and Jake looked back out the window and saw Cody lean in and kiss Anna on the lips! Anna wrapped her arms around Cody neck and stood on her tippy-toes to kiss him. Jake looked hurt and I asked "What's wrong?"

Jake pulled me into our room and told me "Ok, I've never told you this but...Seth imprinted on Anna when she was born. I can read his mind and he thinks about Anna all day and all night!"

My jaw dropped to the floor and I asked "Are you serious?!"

Anna came in with Cody and Jake looked at me and we left the room. Seth and Quil were coming in the back door as Anna and Cody came in the front door and Seth did look really hurt. Cody kissed Anna on the cheek sweetly and said "Well, I got to go. I'll call you later Anna."

Anna got changed in her room and took off her make-up and came into the living room and Seth got up from the couch and hugged her and asked caring "You ok?"

Hugging back Anna answered "Yeah, a little hurt still. But Brandon is a jerk and I never want to talk to him again."

Seconds later there was a knock at the door and it was Brandon. Brandon looked at Anna and demanded "Anna,we need to talk!"

Anna went to walk away but Brandon grabber her by her wrist and said "Anna don't walk away from me!"

Seth didn't like the way Brandon was treated Anna so he pulled Anna to his side and demaned "Anna doesn't have to talk to you! Leave, she never want to talk to you again!"

Seth was doing his best to control himself and Cody came in and punched Brandon right in the jaw and Brandon fell on the floor and Seth dragged him outside.

Cody looked at Anna and she looked scared as Jake and Quil went outside with Seth. Cody flipped his emo bangs over to the left and hugged Anna comforting her and she hugged him back. Cody held Anna like she was the most important thing to him and I think that is so sweet!

Anna and Cody decided to get get some ice cream and come back home after. It was past midnight and Anna still wasn't home!

Jake and me were panicking and Kevin was getting worried. We jumped when the door bell rang and when we opened it a police officer was at our front door and he announced "Mrs. Black, I'm sorry to tell you this but your daughter has been shot."

Tears ran down my cheek and Jake began to cry too. Kevin ran to his room to be alone and I asked "Are you sure it is Anna Black?"

The Police answered serious "Yes, we looked in her purse and found a wallet with this address."

We drove to hospital and told myself over and over in my head "This is all a bad dream! I'll wake up and everything will be normal, Anna will be sleeping in her bed and Kevin will be on the front porch kissing Jessica. This is all just a dream."

We got to Anna's room and she looked so different, all the color was gone from her face and she had brown circles around her eyes. The nurse came in and announced "We don't know if she'll make it, she was pretty hurt when we found her. Her friend Cody has the same possibility of living."

1 week later

The hospital called and I answered it. I hung up the phone and thought to myself "This is just another part of the bad dream! This isn't happening!"

Jake looked at me and asked "Alyssa, what's wrong?"

Fighting back the tears I answered " Cody died, and Anna is getting worse."

Jake fell back on a chair and said worried "Anna is going to be crushed if she finds out about Cody, he was like her brother."

Kevin came in the room and asked concerned "Mom, did Cody really die?"

Nodding my head I answered "Yeah, and Anna is getting worse. They say if she makes it through this it's going to be a miracle."

Kevin ran back to his room fighting back the tears and locked the door behind him.

Jake and I went to the hospital to see Anna and she looked so helpless. Anna heard us come in and opened her eyes slowly and asked "Mom is it true, did Cody really die?"

Tears running down my cheek I feared telling her the truth, I was silent until I decided to tell her the truth "Yes, the bullet went through his head."

Jake and I visited for a few hours and left. When we got back to the house Seth and Quil were there and Seth asked very concerned "How is she?"

Sighing I answered "She finally opened her eyes but doctors say she's not getting any better."

Jake,Seth, and Quil went to work together and I walked into the house to find Kevin on the couch crying and I asked "Kevin, what's wrong!?"

Kevin told me with tears running down his red cheeks "Jessica broke up with me for another guy! And this guy is Brandon, the guy that asked Anna to Home Coming!"

1 week later

Anna was so much better now, her face was not ghostly pale anymore and she was smiling more and more! But Kevin was getting more and more hurt about Jessica.

Anna walked into the kitchen looking for Kevin and I asked "Like sleeping in your bed again?"

Happy she answered "Yeah! It felt nice sleeping in my bed last night, and It also felt nice coming home yesterday!"

Anna went into Kevins room to wake him up and she shouted to me "Mom call a ambulance!"

Looking around Kevin's room I found him in his bed with blood around him! It would be a waste to call a ambulance, he cut his throat and he stopped breathing, and he was freezing.

Calling a ambulance anyway Jake came in the room and heard everything and held Anna as she cried and was about to have a emotional brake down.

The ambulance came and announced him as dead and Anna ran to her room and locked the door behind her and cried her eyes out.

The house was quiet with Kevin dead and Anna locked in her room. Walking past Anna's room I heard her playing her bass guitar and singing the song Forget by And Then I Turned Seven, that also happened to be Kevin's favorite song.

2 weeks later

We were at Kevin's funeral and Jason and Kenny were at Anna's side the whole time worried she might try to kill herself too, Anna and Kevin were so close as twins.

After the funeral I went into Anna's room to take some stuff that Kevin gave her, it would hurt her too much to be reminded of him.

Kev called my name and said "Alyssa, talk to Anna."

Turning this time I saw Kev which never happened and I said "I have Kev!"

Kev looked at the ground and confessed "No, not about Kevin's death, I mean about Kevin's ghost. And she has a crush on Seth."

Looking into the hallway I saw Kevin quickly enter his room. Turning back to Kev I asked "Anna likes Seth!?"

Kev sat on Anna's bed and answered with a smile "Yeah, look under her bed."

Getting on my knees I looked under her bed and found a sketch book and it had a whole bunch of pictures she drew of either her and Seth or just Seth. Hearing Anna coming I panicked and hide the sketchbook quickly under bed and she laughed and asked "Saw the drawings?"

Smiling I answered guilty "Haha...yeah."

Me and Anna just started at each other and I complained "Why didn't you tell me!?"

Laughing at my complain and pouting she sat on her bed and took off her black heels and said "Cause, it's weird to have a crush on your dad's friend."

Jake came in the room and told me "Yeah, Anna has had a crush on Seth for the past year now."

Shocked I asked "You knew!?"

Laughing Anna answered "He only found out cause he read my diary. Everyone but Seth knows mom."

Leaving the room I saw Seth,Sam,Quil, and Leah and I let them in the house and Anna came out of her room with Jake and Seth saw her and ran over to her and picked her up and said "Anna, I missed you!"

Confused Anna laughed and replied "I missed you too Seth."

Seth looked at Jake as if reading his mind and Seth asked "Anna, do you want to come in the backyard with me?"

Anna and Seth walked into the backyard together and I looked at them through the window and I saw Anna blushing!

A few hours later Seth left and Anna gave him a hug like she always did, but this time Seth held her a bit closer. Jake came into the kitchen and said "Anna, I want to talk to you."

Anna and Jake walked back to the attic and I put my ear against the door and I barely heard them. Jake told Anna "Now Anna, don't get on Seth's bad side! He may love you and you may love him but he can't control his actions!"

I couldn't hear anything except for the last sentence "Dad,Seth is my boyfriend. He wouldn't hurt me on purpose!"

Anna was dating Seth! I never knew it would happen so soon! But I'm happy for Anna, but now I have to worrie about her getting hurt.