Effie had stayed at the house while her parents ran out to the hospital. Now she was getting restless. Her grandmother had fallen asleep about thirty minutes ago. She could leave and go for a walk and be back before it was time to wake her grandmother up. She went upstairs to grab her sunglasses and to change into some lighter clothes. The sun seemed to be getting hotter and hotter every day. Effie found herself walking down to the grove. She didn't know what had possessed her. Why was she there? Making her way down to the edge of the water, she sat down.
Effie hadn't known how long she had been down at the water. She had to get back to the house. But when she got up to go, she ran into the person who had been standing behind her. Effie slipped her sunglasses above her head. "Oh, I'm so sorry…" The boy didn't say anything to her. Effie rubbed her forehead with the palm of her hand. "Oh…I don't speak Greek." They boy started to laugh. "That's ok! I speak English…you stupid tourists…you should at least know some of the language when you come to our foreign country!" Effie didn't like the way he had just spoken to her. "I'm sorry…I'm going to take my non-tourist self and go now, seeing as how I'm obviously not wanted here." Effie started to walk past him, when he grabbed her arm. "I'm sorry…My name is Nicolas." Effie still wasn't smiling. "Effie…but I really need to go. My grandmother is at home by herself…" With that Effie was gone. She ran all the way back to the house to find that she had only been outside for thirty minutes. She laughed at herself.
Ok…so Effie is only the sister of Lena…but she gets left out on the back burner….I mean even Krista had a bigger part…I just felt like writing a part for Effie.
Lena needed rest. She hadn't slept in the past three days. Her parents wanted to take her home. And the doctors had said that Paul needed the rest. So Lena hopped into the cab with her parents and headed back to her grandmother's. When she got there, Effie attacked her with a huge hug. "I need to talk to you." Lena hugged her parents and walked up to her room to go lie down. Effie followed her, and shut the door when she walked in behind her. Lena flopped down on her bed. "Can I help you Eff?" Effie grabbed a pillow and started fidgeting with it. "It's just that I met a guy today…and I don't know if I want it to go somewhere." Lena started to laugh uncontrollably. "Effie, you can do whatever you want! But just be careful. I met Kostos when I was around your age. You see how that turned out!" Effie smiled at her sister. "Thanks Lena…don't worry…" Effie ran down the stairs and out the front door. Lena was still laughing. But now her laughing was turning into crying. She buried her head into the pillow. She didn't want her sister to have to go through the same pain that she, herself, went through. Lena wouldn't wish that on her worst enemy.