Skins: Season 3

Ana

'Today is not the fucking day.' Ana thinks to herself 'I've tried not to deal with ANYONE today, but Cook is just unavoidable. I just want to leave so I can go--'

"Hey." Freddie interrupts her train of thought.

"Hi." She says quickly.

"Are you ok? You've seemed upset today."

"I'm fine. I have to go." she slams the locker door shut, causing Freddie to jump at her outburst.

"Is it me?" He asks.

"No. It's just today is... Never mind." She turns to walk away not wanting to explain, but he takes her hand.

"Come on Ana. Don't shut me out. What's bothering you?" she takes a deep sigh.

"Walk with me."

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"If you don't mind me asking, why are you here?"

"Excuse me?"

"I don't mean it offensively, I mean living with your aunt and uncle. Where are your parents?"

"Oh. Do you really want to know?"

"Sure. Is it really that bad?"

"Depends on which part."

"Ok. Let's hear it."

"Ok." She takes a deep breath. Here we go. Story time. "My father, Dan and Effy's father, Jim are brothers. Effy's father is the older one . I was born here in Bristol while my sister was born in London, which is where her name comes from."

"It's not that bad."

"I haven't gotten there yet." They walk into the cemetery.

"What are we doing here?" he asks.

"Just wait."

The headstone reads:

Here lies Victoria Stonem. Loving Mother, Wife and Daughter. With her death and birth dates.

"Is this your mother?" Ana nods.

"Hi Mum. I know today is the anniversary, I'm sorry I couldn't get you any flowers, but I'll get you some as soon as I can. This is Freddie."

"Hello. It's nice to meet you Mrs. Stonem. I would shake your hand but..." Ana chuckles lightly. He's so adorable. He takes her hand.

"I haven't heard from dad or Lon today yet, but maybe they'll call today. I miss you lots." Ana sniffles and tries not to boo hoo cry in front of Freddie. "I love you." She places her hand on the gravestone. "I'll see you later."

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"I'm so sorry." He says as they walk back to Ana's house.

"Yeah."

"How did she die?"

"She had a brain tumor. She knew about it. We all know about it, but it didn't make a difference. My dad is a plastic surgeon so as a doctor he made sure that she went to all her appointments. When they did the scan to check up on it, the option of operating came up. There was just one problem. The location of the tumor. It was in a very difficult part of her brain. Long story short, if they operated, she would lose who she is. Her memories and and things like that. They said she would be there, but she would be there. My mum didn't want that, so we just let the tumor slowly take her out."

"That's horrible."

"Oh it gets worse. For some reason my sister slowly stopped talking to our dad. To this day I still have no idea why. Anyway, my dad got a job offer in America, so he took it. My dad packed us both up and we moved. My sister was old enough to make her own decisions so she didn't have to go. So she didn't. After that, she stopped talking to us."