Ellis swung the front door of her house open. She threw it so hard it hit the wall, bounced back shut. Zola and Bailey came out of their rooms and watched her bound up the stairs.
"Ellis is everything-" Bailey was cut off.
"Shut up! Why do you care?" She pushed him out of the way and went to her room, the door slammed shut.
Zola and Bailey walked over to Ellis' room. "Hey Ellis...what's going on? You know you can tell us anything." Zola talked to the door. Inside the room Ellis was packing her stuff. As soon as she heard Zola trying to talk to her she turned up her music so loud her siblings couldn't think straight. Then Zola felt her pocket vibrate. Her phone flashed "Mom."
"HELLO?" Zola shouted trying to hear herself over the music.
"What's going on?" Meredith questioned.
"WHAT?"
"I said what's going on?" She said a little louder.
"HOLD ON. I CAN'T HEAR YOU." Zola yelled
"WHO IS IT?" Bailey yelled to his sister.
"MOM."
Meredith wasn't sure what was going on over at her house, but it didn't matter at the moment. All that mattered was if Ellis was safe.
Zola and Bailey went outside to talk to their mom on the phone where it was quiet.
"Hi sorry mom. What's up?"
"Is Ellis home?" Meredith panicked.
"Yeah. She is but-."
Meredith sighed with relief cutting off her oldest daughter. "Make sure she stays there please don't let her leave the house. I will be home in less than 5 minutes."
"Okay, but why?"
"That's not important. Just don't let her leave!" With that Meredith hung up.
Back upstairs Ellis finished packing her things and was carrying a giant duffle bag around her shoulder. She watched as Zola and Bailey walked over to the front door and crossed their arms. When Ellis arrived at the bottom of the staircase she glared at them.
"Move."
"Nope, you're not going anywhere." Bailey said.
"You are going to move or I am going to tell mom you skipped school the other day and didn't just 'miss the bus.'" Bailey stepped away from the door.
"Now, Zola please move. I have places to go."
"You're not going anywhere. Mom said you have to stay here."
"Oh. Mom said this mom said that." Ellis said in a mocking voice. "Who cares!"
"This isn't like you Ellis…"
"Like what? I-I have to go. NOW MOVE!"
"NO!" Zola stood her ground.
Ellis went over into the kitchen and grabbed the picture of her mom, dad, and baby Zola. She took it out of the frame and walked over to Zola.
"If you don't move it shred this into a million tiny pieces!"
"Don't you dare! You know how much that pictures means to me and mom!"
"I don't care about what mom thinks! Now move or this picture gets ripped!"
"NO ELLIS what in the world has gotten into you? You are usually such a kind and sweet girl."
"Well people change!"
"People just don't change! Just give me the picture and nobody gets hurt…" Zola inched closer to her trying to grab the picture, but Ellis quickly moved it away before she could get to it."
"Girls" Bailey mumbled and shook his head and walked over to Ellis and tried to rip the picture out of her hands, as soon as Bailey tried to take it she moved it slicing his palm open.
"Ouch Ellis! What the hell?" Bailey screeched. He looked at his right hand and blood oozed out slowly. Nothing a band-aid couldn't fix but still he screamed, "You cut me!"
"That was your own fault for trying to grab the picture! Just tell Zola to move and I'll give it back!"
"Zola please just move…" Bailey whispered.
"No Bailey! I can't give up that easily!" Zola yelled back. "You know how much mom would break if she ripped that up! I swear she would go insane! You know how much she loved dad! We can't let her do this!"
Bailey sighed, "Ellis come here, and bring the picture…" He walked into the kitchen and Ellis followed. When they entered the kitchen Ellis put the picture on the counter and crossed her arms.
"I have no idea what it going on with you right now Ellis, but one thing is for sure you cannot I repeat CANNOT rip that picture. You will RUIN mom. I swear if you rip it Zola will NEVER talk to you again and mom well you might just kill her!"
"Do you think I'm stupid Bailey? I wasn't actually going to rip it I'm using it as bait to get her to move!" Ellis retorted.
"Well you sure seem angry enough to rip it so…"
"So you're siding with mom and Zola here I see how it is."
"Come on don't be that way…" Ellis ignored her brother, sighed, and decided to put the picture back in its frame. She had just thought of a way to get Zola to move.
Ellis walked back into the foyer area where her sister guarded the door. Zola sighed with relief when she saw that Ellis was carrying the picture frame and the picture safely inside.
"Just give it here…" Zola said. She inched closer to her sister and stuck her hand out. Ellis looked her sister in the eyes
"You actually think I'm just going to give it to you? You have to move away from the door first."
"Not gonna happen little sis."
"Ugh" Ellis sighed. It was only a matter of time before her mom was going to be home and she had to get out of there or she wouldn't be able to go anywhere. There was only one thing that could possibly get her sister away from the door; to throw the picture frame and smash it. She didn't want to do it, but it was her only hope.
"Zola, I love you and I'm sorry." Ellis' voice was soft.
"Thank you." Zola smiled and walked toward her sister to give her a hug.
As soon as the door was clear Ellis closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. "I am so sorry…" She smashed the picture frame to the ground. The glass flew everywhere and Ellis booked for the door.
Zola tried to run towards Ellis. "OWW!" She screamed as a giant piece of the broken glass stabbed her foot.
"I'm sorry!" Ellis shouted as she ran toward a black car and hopped in. Then the car drove away leaving Zola and Bailey to pick up the pieces.
I hope y'all enjoyed that chapter sorry it took a little longer to update my friend edits it and then I have to go back and fix and then she double checks it! thanks for your follows, favorites, reads, and reviews! It means so much! As always please let me know if there is any mistakes!
thanks,Lucie