"Where have you been?" Rebecca Montgomery sighed, lowering the cigarette from her lips as Effy entered the kitchen the following morning.
"Out" Effy mused, moving towards the press to get something to eat.
"Out where, Effy?"
Effy poured herself a bowl of Shreddies.
"Effy! Where were you? I'm sick of this shit!" Her mother screamed after receiving no reply.
Effy slowly turned around facing her mother.
"I was out, now I'm back. Can you get over it now?" She said slowly, picking up her cereal and making her way out the door.
"Effy come back, I need to talk to you."
"I'm going for a shower, talk to me later"
"Effy, now"
Effy sighed and turned around.
"Sit down, please"
Effy rolled her eyes, but sat down anyway.
"Effy, I've had enough. You need to sort yourself out, and clearly being around her isn't helping you do that. I've spoken to Liz over in Mystic Falls, she's agreed to look after you for the summer"
Effy's face remained calm, although every instinct inside her told her to scream and run.
"Mystic Falls Mum? Really?"
Rebecca was visibly nervous, awaiting her reaction.
"It's for the best Effy, getting kicked out of college was the last straw. You need time away from here"
"Mum-" Effy began
"Enough Effy, its not up for discussion. Go upstairs and pack, you're leaving in the morning"
Effy left the room quietly, hearing her mothers dejected sigh as she went up the stairs
Later that night, Effy closed the zip on her last suitcase.
Looking around her room she felt an unfamiliar pull on her heart, which she quickly ignored.
She collapsed onto her bed, staring at the ceiling with a blank expression. She thought of all the events that had eventually led her to mother to ship her off to her cousin.
A month ago, Effy had been kicked out of college for cheating on final exams. She hadn't minded much, she didn't even want to be in college but her mother had been furious, grounding her for the rest of the summer, which obviously had no effect, as Effy rarely listened to a word her mother, or anyone said.
She also thought of other contributing features, one being that Effy was out almost every night until the early hours of the morning and never told her mother where she was.
Maybe it was the smoking, the drinking or the drugs.
Effy didn't care, she didn't care about anything.
She sat up.
Running a hand through her hair, Effy stood and made her way over to her wardrobe.
Retrieving her diary from its hiding spot in an old coat pocket, she sat in her favourite spot; on the window ledge with her leg dangling out of the window, and she grabbed a pen.
21/5/13
Do you ever feel really insignificant and tiny? Like you're here but you're not? Like you're hollow and empty and lost, and like you're incapable of being happy? I don't feel a thing. Sometimes I feel like I was born backwards, you know, like I came out of my mum the wrong way. I hear words go past me backwards. The people I should love, I hate. And the people I hate. It's all a bit mad really, isn't it? The whole life thing. People fascinate me, the way they choose to hear things a certain way. Just to spare themselves some heartbreak. It's funny, really.
A lot of the people who know me like to believe that I don't have a heart. I much prefer it this way. They never both with the whole friendship bullshit, and I'm glad. Whats the point of it anyway? Caring about people, everyone fucks you over eventually. I don't see the point of having someone around for a few months only to be left completely alone again, with a broken heart. You see, thats why I live the way I do, thats why I am the way I am. The way I see it, best way to avoid getting your heart broken, is to pretend you don't have one.
It's better that way.
Effy
AN:
So I'm guessing you all figured out that Effy is based on Effy Stonem from Skins, so of course I own nothing in that sense. I'm not really sure how I got this idea, but I thought it'd be fun, and different.
Let me know what you think!x