Till the Bitter End

Chapter 3

"Sara" Nate sets a tray of food down for Sara knowing she won't eat it.

"Sara can you please eat something it's been three days" Ava strokes Sara's blood stained hair 

Sara doesn't respond she just looks at the wall

"Sara do you want to go on a mission, you pick the time" Behrad leans against the captains dresser

"No" Sara mumbles

"You'll be helping people" Ava rubs her shoulder

Sara wipes her eyes and pleads "Please just yell at me I killed a man, I killed someone you wanted to know, please just yell or scream" She grabs her arms

Tears come to Ava's eyes

"I'm sorry" Sara mumbles and rolls over

"Do you want me to get someone" Ava wipes her eyes

Sara doesn't say anything, she just grabs Ava's hand

"Can you give us a moment" Ava clears her throat

The others exit the room leaving only Sara and Ava.

"Babe, Is there anything I can do" Ava lays down next to Sara pretending she wasn't bothered by the smell of death ondddd

"I don't deserve to get anything" Sara cries

"Sara" Ava puts her arm around her

Sara springs out of bed 

Sara holds her arms rubbing them up and down

"Sara-" Ava starts

"I had a scar on my left arm, When I was little, Laurel bet that I couldn't climb to the highest branch in the old tree in the backyard" Sara cries pacing the room still rubbing her arms. "I of course climbed it and I taunted her from the highest branch" 

Ava puzzles

"But I climbed down to fast and fell and got my arm cut open on a branch. Laurel took of her headband and wrapped it around my arm and told me to stay put while she got our Dad," 

Sara chuckles and tears up "My dad was so scared he scooped me up in his arms and drove us to the hospital probably driving through every red light. I was so scared laurel tried to explain what would happen and how it would hurt because they would numb it, she held my hand and tried to make me feel better."

Sara cries "Then some kid of course made fun of the stitches, saying they were ugly or gross...or something. I naturally punched her in the nose and then was sent home. I went straight to my room and tried to take them out. Laurel came to my room soon after to check on me. She got mad I was trying to take out my stitches. I told her what the girl said."

"I cried about how ugly they were and Laurel scrunched her face and took out her black pen said 'Look its like a smiley face'  and she added the two dots for the eyes and smiled."

Sara looks at Ava stopping her constant motion

"Every time I was scared or hurt I would look at it and remember my big sister was there in my corner or it would remind me when things were simpler" Sara sobs and Ava rushes to hug her

"Bishop took Laurel from me" She sobs into Ava's shoulder

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