Heey guy's I'm back from Finland! Time to start writing again! Thanks for all the reviews whilst I've been away :D
It had been a pretty boring day at Elm Tree. Erin was sat in her room alone as Rick was having chemo at the hospital. "Can I come in?" A voice from outside the door asked. "Yeah," Erin said. Tyler walked in and his eyes had red rings around them as if he had been crying.
"Hey," Erin said, not noticing. Then she looked at him closely. "Have you been crying?" She asked suspiciously. "No," Tyler said, quickly rubbing his damp eyes. He was so bad at lying. "Of course you haven't." Erin said, smiling.
"Come and sit down and tell me what's up?" Tyler nodding, still shaking a little. "This is the problem," Tyler said, showing Erin a bit of paper he had held behind his back. Erin looked at him, confused. He handed her the paper and she began to read what was on it…
Dear Mr Lewis,
We regret to inform you that your sibling Mr George Lewis has been killed by a tragic fire in his care home started by an older house mate. His funeral information will be delivered to you on another letter and we hope you can make the journey to say your good byes.
In a time of sadness,
Carly Wright, Head care worker of Sun Wood Care home.
Erin gasped as she finished reading. "I'm so sorry," She said. Tyler burst into tears. "Come here you," Erin said, walking over and hugging him. "It's gonna be fine," She said, smoothing down his curly hair in an attempt to sooth him.
Finally he began to calm down. "It's just with George dead and Rick, my best mate ill I just don't know how much more of it I can cope with, George is gone and Rick's well got cancer," He said on the verge of more tears.
"Hey calm down, don't upset yourself," Erin said, hugging him again. "Why didn't George come here with you if you're both in care though?"
"George was older than me, when I was 8 and he was 13, he ran away, left me with a number to call social services to get me out of the house, "Tyler began, "He wouldn't go to a care home though, he hated them so he left and I got chucked in Burney Wood, then I got a letter just before I came here that he'd been caught and was in a special runaways care home and he just never moved down here."
"Oh Tyler," Erin sighed. "I'm so sorry." Tyler's eyes were still glistening with tears. Erin put an arm round him and they just sat up against Erin's wall in silence. Tyler snuggled closer into Erin. She was like the big sister he never had.
"Thanks for all this Erin," Tyler said after a while. "For what?" She asked, smiling. "For listening," he answered, "I just needed someone to talk to but no one ever listens." "That's okay, it was nice listening to you," Erin said, laughing.
Tyler smiled, cheering up a little. "You always manage to cheer me up as well; you cheer everyone up just by smiling." He said. Erin smiled at him, squeezing his hand. "Aw Thanks Tyler, now let's dry those eyes and go down to dinner, Rick should be back soon."
She jumped up and dragged Tyler down the stairs. She knew Tyler was scared and probably all the others were as well. She had to stay strong. She couldn't show them just how scared she really was.
Aw, sorry about all the doom and gloom in this chapter but I like writing cute scenes haha Aww.