"ava? hey, how is your afternoon?" millie asks, a small smile appearing on her face as she picks up the facetime call
"millie! i missed you! why are you on a park bench? oh my god, are you at the park!? show me, show me!" ava exclaims in excitement
millie turns the camera around to show her before turning the camera back onto her, "so... how is school? are you doing good?"
"yes. nana gave me a cookie because i got a A plus!" ava giggles happily
millie smiles softly, "that's amazing! i really miss you, ava."
"i miss you too, mills!" ava pouts
"alright, ava flo eliza brown, tell me some new words you learnt. its our usual quizzing time." millie tells her as she groans
"millie!" ava whines, "i don't wanna quiz anymore, paige has been quizzing me a lot. it's boring!"
"fine. we don't have to quiz but at least tell me when you have break next because i need to see you." millie sighs
"i don't know, you have to ask paige or charlie. tell me about filming!" ava whines again
millie chuckles, "it's going great. i think you'll really like this season."
ava gasps, "yay! where's mommy and daddy? i wanna talk to them."
millie sighs, "they're not here right now."
"oh. where are they?" ava furrows her eyebrows
"j-just back home. can you put paige on the phone?" millie asks as she nods, running around the house to find paige
"paige! it's millie!" ava tugs on the hem of paiges shirt as she grabs the phone
"what's up, little sis?" paige ask in a teasing tone
"don't call me little sis, you know i hate it." millie rolls her eyes as paige chuckles
"why aren't you home? pretty sure dad doesn't like you out this late." paige says
"i don't live there anymore." millie mutters
"what!? what do you mean!?" paige exclaims
"dad slapped me, i had to go. mum brought up my problems and well i bawled my eyes out on a stupid park bench. how was your day?" millie asks
paige drops her plates and walks off to somewhere, "what do you mean dad slapped you? millie, what happened?"
"started off with dad slapping me then i of course ran off. couldn't stand that household any longer so... long story short they don't care about me. it's clear they choose money over me and i feel stupid. i'm back on meds... secretly and..." millie takes a deep breath, "starting to have intense chest pains again but i'm sure it has nothing to do with anything."
paige frowns, "millie, you can't take those things anymore, they made you worse. did you tell mum?"
"she knows i'm on meds again but she doesn't know that i'm- im experiencing these symptoms or whatever. she doesn't know a lot of things." millie tells her
"mills, you need to tell her. you need help and i'm not there for you this time." paige sighs
"i don't want the fucking help." millie stands up, walking off to somewhere since she has been sat down for too long, "i'm depressed and so what?"
"so what!? no, millie this is not so what? i don't need to lose you." paige scolds
"paige, i can't with the 'i don't wanna lose you' shit. it's my life, i made my decision when i accidentally took a whole pill bottle." millie rolls her eyes
