"Paige, have you seen Ellie? She wasn't in Armstrong's" Marco asked walking up behind Paige and her friends.
"No… she wasn't in Kwan's either… don't worry hun maybe she's just ditching" Paige answered and walked away not giving it a second though. Marco got his cell phone and dialed Ellie's number
"Not here… you know the drill" It went straight to voicemail. She's probably still sleeping the dork…Marco though and walked over to meet Dylan
At Ellie's House
Sunlight shone brightly in my room waking me up. I wondered why I was asleep on the floor and suddenly all the events from the day before hit me like a wave. I got up off the floor, my side still throbbing. I picked up my clock 10:20 too late for school…I went into the bathroom I look like shit… my reflection was a mess. There were dark circles under my eyes and they were red and puffy. My hair was a mess, and my eyeliner had been smeared… whatever… I walked back into my room and sat on my bed.
I woke up to the sound of the doorbell… ugh… I guess I fell asleep… "wow… Ellie… are… are you ok?" Marco asked when he saw me. I shook my head no. I was too afraid to open my mouth because I knew I would start bawling Marco… I'm so glad to see him…we went inside "what happened?" he asked sitting down on the couch. I sat next to him and stayed silent "El, what's going on?"
"M…my…my d…dad… he…." I couldn't finish my sentence and it didn't matter, Marco got it. He hugged my tightly and just let me cry.
"It's ok Ellie, it's ok" he said over and over again. We sat in silence for a while after I had finally stopped crying. I heard the sound of keys outside my door shit…mom's back…
"Marco... my mom's home.. you gotta go…" I said getting up. He followed my lead and I opened the front door
"Hi Marco" my mom said smiling at him
"Hi Mrs. Nash…Call me later ok El?" he said turning to me and giving me a hug. I nodded "bye" he walked away please… don't leave me with her… ugh… it's no use…
"Why was Marco here and better yet why weren't you at school today?" my mom asked "just because I'm not here doesn't mean you can do whatever the fuck you want you need to learn how to be responsible Eleanor"
"dad…. Daddy's dead…. They….they called yesterday…a…after you left…" I chocked out
"oh really… and you think that's a good enough reason to miss school?" I just stared at her. She didn't seem to care I had just told her that her husband, her soulmate was dead. "WELL?" I shook my head no "what was that?"
"n…no…" I said "I'm going tomorrow… not that you even care" shit... did I just say that out loud?
"what did you say young lady" she came closer to me
"you heard me.. you don't care about me… you only need me around to clean up after you when you're too drunk to do it yourself" shit… that was supposed to stay in my head… shit shit shit shit. I felt her grab my arm and I winced in pain. She started pulling me out of my room. I tried to fight back but she held on harder. She pulled me ahead of her as we went down the stairs
"Mom… what are you doing…?" I asked when we got downstairs. She pulled me to the door and slammed me into it. "mom you're crazy.. what the…" She slapped me.
"I'll teach you to not disrespect your mother Eleanor" her face moving closer. I smelled breath mints and beer on her breath "you're no longer welcome in this house do you hear me?" She said reaching behind me to open the door
"what the fuck mom..? where the fuck am I supposed to go? You've finally lost it haven't you?" She grabbed my arms and shook me
"Don't talk back to me. I'm your mother I know what's best for you." She pulled me next to her and opened the door all the way "OUT" she yelled and pushed me out the door. She slammed it in my face shit… now what… I don't have any of my stuff…where am I gonna go… Ashley's probably out with Craig and Marco's probably with Dylan…
A while later I found myself at Marco's door. I rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer. "Marco…c….can I…can I crash here….um… for the night…?" I asked and the tears started falling once more…..