"Maddie, it's going to be OK." Maddie had been in the hospital for hours. Now, she sat there in tears.
Her youngest brother and sibling, Michael, and her older brother, Liam, had been in the middle of a fight between two gangs. They'd been driving up the street when a bullet hit Liam in his arm. He had to let go of the wheel. Blood spilled out his arm. Then, Michael tried to control the car, but had been hit in the chest by another stray bullet. The car, since it wasn't being controlled by anyone, crashed into another one. Liam had been knocked out. A few minutes later, an ambulance came and a few hours later, the phone rang. Maddie was the only one home, so she was the only one able to answer. She quickly headed to the hospital. Now she'd found out her coming to the hospital was a waste of time. Liam was fine. Michael had died.
"Maddie! Maddie! What's happened? What's wrong?" Maddie's mom, dad, Liam's girlfriend, Tina, and Maddie's older sister, Sirena, and Michael's twin, Ryan, had just arrived.
"How's Liam?" Tina asked.
"He's fine. But-" Maddie couldn't help but cry even harder. She'd never be able to look at Ryan the same way again. She tried to calm down, but she couldn't. "Michael's dead."
The rest of her family went into silence, except Ryan. His own twin was dead. Tears started to stream down his face.
"I should have known." Ryan said through his tears. He felt his telepathy sense die along with his brother. Maddie couldn't help but hug him.
"It's OK." Maddie lied as she came out of the hug. She knew it wouldn't.
Ryan walked over to Sirena and Tina and they walked to Liam's room to check on him.
"You're right Maddie. Everything will be OK." her mom said.
"Mom, I lied. It's not going to be OK."
"Yes it will. Just give it some time." Maddie's father said.
"No it won't. The youngest of the five of us is gone. Do you think Ryan will be OK? Do you think any of us will be able to look at him the same way? You guys will put him under pressure to be just like Michael, but he'll never be able to do it. Life will never be the same." Maddie picked up her stuff and walked off.
"Maddie! Where are going?" Maddie's father called from behind. The truth was Maddie didn't know where she was going. She needed to go to someone to talk about this. But who?