LOVE YOU THE MOST
Dear Ren,
I'm sorry I disappointed you. Again. It doesn't matter. Not anymore. I'll never embarrass you, or mom or dad or Donny ever again.
I know you're wondering why I left the note to you. In truth, Ren, you're the only one I respect anymore. I know mom and dad have been fighting, and I heard them screaming about Donny and the drugs. I hope he gets help. You could probably help him. You should.
Sorry for being so selfish.
Love you the most,
Louis
Ren looked over the letter. Then she looked over it again.
'He's just joking around. He's just in his room, waiting to laugh his head off at me...'
Her thoughts were half hearted, and she could feel herself beginning to panic. 'No... This can't be happening. Why?'
"Why?" She whispered. Carefully, she moved from her room, heart thumping wildly in her chest. She headed down the hall, and stopped in front of Louis' door.
Her parents angry voices drifted upstairs. Ever since Louis had started high school, Donny had been hooked on one drug or another, to 'escape the pressure of the competitive sporting world', as he put it. Her parents had begun to fight, and life got hard. Especially for Louis.
"It's not about the money! You know what it's about, Steve!"
"Oh, really, Eileen! Then what is it, huh? What is it?"
"You think I haven't SEEN her, Steve?"
"Seen who?"
"That blond tramp! The one you were eating dinner with the other night! The one who visits you in your office, and the one who, no doubt, YOU visit on those 'late nights at the office.'"
"OH! So now you've been spying on me, is that it?"
Ren clenched her eyes shut and pushed Louis' door open. She stepped in, hardly daring to look.
And there he was, curled up on his bed. Ren cursed her own stupidity under her breath, and then stomped over to her brother's bed. She grabbed his shoulder, intent on shaking him awake. She rolled him over, and Ren froze. Half lidded eyes, shock pale skin, fingers curled around an empty bottle of prescription pills. He was dead. He had killed himself.
Choked sobs traveled up and down Ren's body. Her parents' voices got louder then ever in her ears. Wavering slightly, she walked over to Louis' door and shut it. Then she crawled into her brother's bed and wrapped her arms around his cold body.
She didn't sleep that night, but rather drifted into a delirium of nightmares.
Her parents voices drifted in and out of her awareness. Images of Louis, pale faced and certainly dead, but walking and staring at her out of blank eyes, were the main focus of her thoughts.
Words kept on echoing through her head. Louis' words.
Love you the most.
She loved him the most, too.
TBC
A/N Please R&R! Pretty please
Dear Ren,
I'm sorry I disappointed you. Again. It doesn't matter. Not anymore. I'll never embarrass you, or mom or dad or Donny ever again.
I know you're wondering why I left the note to you. In truth, Ren, you're the only one I respect anymore. I know mom and dad have been fighting, and I heard them screaming about Donny and the drugs. I hope he gets help. You could probably help him. You should.
Sorry for being so selfish.
Love you the most,
Louis
Ren looked over the letter. Then she looked over it again.
'He's just joking around. He's just in his room, waiting to laugh his head off at me...'
Her thoughts were half hearted, and she could feel herself beginning to panic. 'No... This can't be happening. Why?'
"Why?" She whispered. Carefully, she moved from her room, heart thumping wildly in her chest. She headed down the hall, and stopped in front of Louis' door.
Her parents angry voices drifted upstairs. Ever since Louis had started high school, Donny had been hooked on one drug or another, to 'escape the pressure of the competitive sporting world', as he put it. Her parents had begun to fight, and life got hard. Especially for Louis.
"It's not about the money! You know what it's about, Steve!"
"Oh, really, Eileen! Then what is it, huh? What is it?"
"You think I haven't SEEN her, Steve?"
"Seen who?"
"That blond tramp! The one you were eating dinner with the other night! The one who visits you in your office, and the one who, no doubt, YOU visit on those 'late nights at the office.'"
"OH! So now you've been spying on me, is that it?"
Ren clenched her eyes shut and pushed Louis' door open. She stepped in, hardly daring to look.
And there he was, curled up on his bed. Ren cursed her own stupidity under her breath, and then stomped over to her brother's bed. She grabbed his shoulder, intent on shaking him awake. She rolled him over, and Ren froze. Half lidded eyes, shock pale skin, fingers curled around an empty bottle of prescription pills. He was dead. He had killed himself.
Choked sobs traveled up and down Ren's body. Her parents' voices got louder then ever in her ears. Wavering slightly, she walked over to Louis' door and shut it. Then she crawled into her brother's bed and wrapped her arms around his cold body.
She didn't sleep that night, but rather drifted into a delirium of nightmares.
Her parents voices drifted in and out of her awareness. Images of Louis, pale faced and certainly dead, but walking and staring at her out of blank eyes, were the main focus of her thoughts.
Words kept on echoing through her head. Louis' words.
Love you the most.
She loved him the most, too.
TBC
A/N Please R&R! Pretty please