A haunting silence fell over the students as they anxiously waited to see who person was that had killed himself. It seemed like ages, as if time had completly slowed down for them. Then, the name of the person were uttured ominously from the mouth of Mrs. H. The name echoed throughout the hallway, several students that knew the person erupted into sobs of guilt, sadness, and many other reasons, depending on how they knew the person. Forever will the students of Degrassi remind themselves to wish Sean Cameron rest in peace.
The name echoed in Ellie's mind as she stared off into space. Her eyes welled up into tears, reminding herself that she was the one that had pushed herself away from him. Ellie was the reason that he had killed himself and she was very guilty about that. The young redhead couldn't stand being inside the classroom, many of the students crying and others just consoling their friends. Her eyes trailed back to where Craig was sitting; she could see the look of hurt in his eyes before she stormed out of the classroom.
She snapped her rubberband several times, many times, actually. It didn't hurt, it couldn't take away the pain that she was experiencing at the time. Ellie needed escape, she needed to get away from this school, from all the drama that had been happening to her lately. The girl hit her hand hard against the lockers, she continually did this until someone came out of the classroom that she had erupted from. "Ellie..."
"NO! JUST GO AWAY!" Ellie started sprinting towards the entrance of the school. "I DON"T NEED THIS! I DON'T NEED ANY OF IT!"
"Ellie! It's Craig, come here..."
"I WON'T!" She burst through the doors of Degrassi and ran out into the street. A car screeched to a halt as it almost hit into her legs. She stared dumbfoundedly at the person residing in the car. Tears fell down her cheeks some more, her face getting puffier and redder by the minute. Craig grabbed her and pulled her off the street. He embraced her in a very tight hug and kissed her forehead. She sobbed into his arms and spoke in a broken English language.
"I...it's...I...I'm...the...I'm...the cause...o-oh-of...his...d-d-death..." Ellie bit her lip very hard. She didn't want to face the fact that she was the cause of his death, but to her it was very real, very true that she was the one that made him want to kill himself. She remembered the last two words that he said to her.
"Good-bye Ellie"
"Ellie, sweetie. It's not your fault. You couldn't have prevented him from killing himself, he probably had many reasons that you didn't know about." This didn't make the young girl feel any better. It perhaps made her feel a bit worse because she knew that she was one of the bigger problems that he was facing.
"N-n-n-no...I-I-I killed h-h-him...he d-d-died b-because of m-m-m-me..." Her body was shaking very profusely. Ellie was freezing. There was no way that she could feel any better, not now, at least. Craig just held her and the two of them stood outside on the footsteps of Degrassi. Several other students came out to watch them, others came out because they couldn't stand the fact in being in school on a day like this. It had been announced that everyone was allowed to head home and leave the school for the day. A day in which they could think back about all the good memories that they had with that person.
"I think you're cute"
"I guess I got to you."
"Dream on"
Ellie just couldn't stop thinking about the day that she and Sean actually got together. It was the sweetest of things, but she remembered that everyone was mad at her for recording them without their knowledge.
"Hey what's wrong?"
"I'm moving tomorrow to Alberta."
"What?"
"We have to break up."
It seemed so suddenly for them to break up, but having learnt this made Ellie quite upset. But luckily, he had gotten student welfare and was able to stay in the house that Tracker had. Ellie was so happy when he didn't have to leave.
"Ellie. Look I don't know how-"
"You're, you're staying aren't you! Sean please. I love you."
"I love you too...but Ellie."
"When are you coming back!"
After this moment, Ellie had sworn off men. Watching Sean drift off into the distance made her emotionally depressed. It was yet the saddest day of her life, the saddest day of anyone's life. But now, that Sean was gone from this world. She couldn't find anything worse than the death of her ex boyfriend. She was still sobbing into Craig's jacket. They were both alone on the steps of the school now. Ellie still didn't know why Sean had to do something like this, was it for attention, she would never know.
All it did was bore a great big pain in her heart that made her choke every time she thought about Sean.
"Good-bye Ellie."
