Rothwood High

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Anastasia’s P.O.V

I look out the window, it is pitch black. I should be sleeping but instead I turn up my music full blast to block out the yelling in the background, my parents are fighting… Again. It shouldn’t be this way they are supposed to be in love, I always thought they could get through anything, but ever since he died things just haven’t been the same. Daniel was my brother he was always there for me, but now I’ve got no one apart from my best friend Ansel and a few other close friends. I grab my phone and open my conversation with Ansel, I contemplate texting him but it’s pretty la- I hear a glass smash downstairs. That’s it, this is the final straw. I decide to text Ansel

Anastasia-“I can’t do this anymore”

Ansel-“It’s late, you should be sleeping.”

Anastasia-“How am I supposed to sleep when I can’t even hear myself think.”

Ansel-“Why do you put up with it, Sia?”

Anastasia-…

Ansel-“Sia, are you there?”

Ansel P.O.V

Now I’m the one who can’t sleep, I‘ll have to get up for school soon anyway. It’s been a tough couple of months for her. It hurts me to see her upset, but its hurts even more knowing I can’t do anything about it. She’s one of the strongest people I know but for how much longer? I look at my phone and notice that it’s 7 am already, so I decide to get up and go for a shower. As I walk to the bathroom and grab a towel I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror, I look rough and somewhat older. I finish getting ready for school, grab my bag & slam the door shut behind me.