SILLY LITTLE LIFE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
( prompt: "It hurts." )
Lissa walked quietly into Lara Harris' house, her arms curled around her middle as she walked woodenly up the staircase to where she lay, small, broken, bleeding where nobody could see. It was one thing to watch Diana dying before her eyes so many years ago, but it was entirely another thing to watch your daughter dying.
Danny, the Conlons' oldest at sixteen, stood steadfastly beside his sister, gripping her hand which looked impossibly small inside his. He looked as if he hadn't slept in weeks, and he may not have.
Lissa stood quietly on the opposite side, watching. Sean was still at work, working hard for his family, like he promised his father he would. She would tell him later, when he wasn't as busy. He didn't need to worry about Laura at the moment. It could wait.
"Mama," Laura said softly, sounding distant and far away. Danny's eyes hardened, looking as if he was attempting to hold in tears.
Lissa stepped closer to the emaciated version of her happy little girl, fourteen years old, and as tiny as a twig. "Yes, darling?" she asked, being the strong one as she brushed some cornflower, baby thin hair from her daughter's brow.
"It hurts, Mama," she whispered. "I'm so sorry."
Lara returned to the room then, handing off her bouncy little toddler to her best friend. Lissa held onto little Joey tightly, watching as Lara fed her daughter broth, because it was the only thing she would eat. They were lucky she was even allowing broth to enter her body, after refusing meals for so long.
Not much of an update, but mehh. I've taken down LOVE LIKE WINTER and THE CITY OF DIS, mostly because I really don't have time to focus on them right now because this part of uni is extremely, utterly important for me and I can't spend as much time writing as I like to, which sucks. However, I will attempt to write whenever I can, and LOVE LIKE WINTER will be back up, because I really love Flick's character, her relationship with Spot, and it's so much different than the awesomeness that was between Angel and Spot.
Sadly, for right now, all you guys get is little SpotxAngel drabbles. Lame, I know. Sorry again, kiddos. I'm doing my best. :3
P.S - this chapter was written to the song "Save You" by Simple Plan. Sorry it's so emo. xD. But it's not cancer. I'll let you decide what it is for yourself. :)
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