HEY! Sorry for the EXTREMELY LONG wait! I had finals and couldn't bomb them! I'm sorry that this chapter is a bit short, but I thought it was a good place to end it.

How could this happen to her? How could God allow this to happen to her just when everything seemed to be working out? Her heart was now busted in two. It was like someone had taken a knife and stabbed thousands of holes into her skin and they were not able to heal. In fact, they weren't. They were never going to heal. Nothing could ever mend the pain in her heart from what happened. Gabriella sat in the hallway of the hospital unable to feel, unable to think…unable to pray. Do you know that feeling when something so terrible happened and it brings you beyond tears? That's what she was feeling.

How could this happen to me? My family? Gabriella thought. She was curled up on the couch. How could someone hurt her? How could anyone kill and innocent child? Gabriella lifted her head toward the ceiling and called out in a barely audible whisper, "What does it mean? Why? How? She was my sister, my littlest sister. You barely let life take a hold of her. She's here for a little bit and then you just…take her away from us? Why?" Gabriella wrapped her thin arms around her slender torso and let the tears run down her face. The tears she had been holding in for nearly 6 hours, the tears that she once told herself she wouldn't dare let fall. But, she let them and cried out in pain and heartache. Gabriella stayed, curled up in on the in the corner on the hard floor of the hospital.

She was so caught up in her thought and her crying that she jumped when she felt two arms come around her and give her a heartwarming hug. But, even as warm as it was, it couldn't break the ice that had been placed coldly around her heart.

"Gabriella," She heard her brothers' voice softly behind her, "She's going. They want you to come and say goodbye to her."

Gabriella stayed silent. She wanted to say goodbye, but she couldn't bring herself to. It was too painful, "I'll stay out here. I will not see her lying there, dying, right before my very eyes."

"Gabi., I will not allow you to stay out here while she is in there, needing you."

"And how do you know she needs me?"

"You are her older sister. Of course she is going to need you."

"I will not go." Gabriella cried, pulling herself out of her brother's grasp, "I'm not going to endure it. I will not go and watch her leave this earth forever! This family!" She snapped at Hunter.

"Gabriella, why will you not go and see your own sister, your own blood and flesh…go and say GOODBYE!" Hunter started pulling her towards the room in her little sister was.

"I will not!" Gabriella slipped her arm out of his hand, "I've never been to ask much of you, but could you just let me be? Tell Danielle I love her." She turned the other direction and started walking to the elevator.

Hunter ran and grabbed her by the arm again, "Damnit Gabriella, I've 'let you be' for your whole life! We've all let you stay up in your room doing nothing but reading, writing, and singing! We don't even know you anymore Gabi. We don't see you enough; we don't feel like you're a part of this family! You're alone all day long! Don't you think you've been alone quite enough!"

"I will not watch it. I will not endure the sight of my little sister lying on her death bed! I won't."

"Then you're not a part of this family. If you will not say goodbye to your sister, you don't even care." Hunter said, almost monotone in a way.

Gabriella stared at him, surprised at what he had just told her. How could he even think that she didn't care about her sister? About her family?

Gabriella looked her little brother sternly in the eye, "Don't you…ever…say that…to my face again." Gabriella said breathless, not only from the tears, but also from the anger that was building up inside of her, "Do you understand me, little brother? Ever."

Hunter looked at his sister, astonished. It had been a while since she called him that and it hurt as it always had before. When she called him that, it always made him feel small and she was usually being serious every time she used it. He watched her, solemnly, and she boarded the next elevator to go down to the first floor. The last image of her was her head slowly dropping as she held in her tears once again.

Oh, God. Why was this brought upon this family? Gabriella thought as she felt herself dip downward in the elevator. What did we do to have this brought upon us? Why am I even talking to you? In less then a week, you've made me brought such pain and suffering into my life. I was rapped and now my sister is dead. Of course, you already know that.

The elevator opened and she stepped out, onto the first floor. Are you even there? Or am I just praying to whatever? God, show me you're there. Give me the slightest proof. I could really use it right now. But, if you are there…Let Danielle be welcomed, let her be brought to you, give a hug for me.

Gabriella stopped short, right in front of the large revolving door before her. People went around her, needing to get out of the building. I told you before, God, that I would place this in your hands. Why did I ever do that when you are even not there? God, I can't do this anymore. Not when I can't feel you around. Tell Danielle 'hi' for me. With that said to God, Gabriella's heart became cold and she walked slowly out of the hospital and into the big, cruel world that she called home.

This was the night that changed her life, the night that turned her world upside down. Her little sister was dead and she hadn't even said a word to Danielle, she hadn't said goodbye, something that she would regret for the rest of her life.